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that they may be ungrateful for what We have bestowed on them, of graces, and that they may seek enjoyment, in consenting to worship idols together (a variant reading [for the purposive wa-li-yatamatta'ū] has wa'l-yatamatta'ū, 'and let them seek their enjoyment', as an imperative denoting a threat) for they will soon know!, the consequences of this.