Narrated Umm Salamah, wife of the Prophet ﷺ: The reading of the following verse by the Prophet ﷺ goes: "Nay, but there came to thee (ja'atki) my signs, and thou didst reject them (fakadhdhabti biha) ; thou wast haughty (wastakbarti) and became one of those who reject Faith (wa kunti). Abu Dawud said: This is a mursal tradition, i. e. the link of the Companion has been omitted, for the narrator al-Rabi did not meet Umm Salamah.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
The narration is weak in its chain of transmission.
The well-known narration according to the majority is with masculine verb forms; those reciters who have read it with feminine verb forms have done so considering the word (nafs), which is grammatically feminine by hearing.
The meaning of the noble verse is: Yes, why not, indeed My signs came to you, but you denied them and acted arrogantly, and you were among the disbelievers.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 3990