And they were witnessing what they were doing to the believers.
Before deputing Muhammad as the Messenger, the believers in different parts of the world had to suffer many cruelties and tortures. The transgressing Jews—who were cursed by the tongues of Messengers Davud and Jesus, as told in verses 5: 78–80, and were killed by Allah as told in verse 9: 30—were giving leadership for such activities. Such an event that happened at Najran in Saudi Arabia is mentioned here. The disbelievers, by making a ditch, filling it with firewood, and kindling it with fire, were pushing the believers into it, and were enjoying their burning by sitting around the ditch. These verses warn that those who do such deeds will be killed.
The Fujjar who are reading these verses in the Arabic Qur’an today have overtaken the Jews of that day—and of nowadays also—in all types of cruelties and mischievous activities all over the world. The lifestyle of these worst people—who shout their love toward Messenger Muhammad by celebrating his birthday—has no relation with Adhikr, which is the Three-Time Knowledge of the Lord. These worthless people who reject Adhikr and serve Satan are following 29 prophets and are welcoming the 30th Pseudo-prophet, Antichrist. They will accept Antichrist as a prophet at first, and later even as lord. By the second coming of Jesus, he will kill Antichrist, and all other people belonging to the Messenger’s community will approve Islam, and they will kill these Fujjar, implementing the command of verses 4: 90–91; 5: 33; 9: 5, 123; and 33: 60–61. By that, Islam—as submitted by Adhikr—will come into practice here, and thus Messenger Muhammad will be familiarized as Mercy to the entire world, as told in verse 21: 107. See explanation 7: 130; 9: 73; 38: 78; and 98: 6.