Various reactions and responses of people to the Holy Qurän, is discussed in this verse. So was it that some truthful people rejoiced in it, and some selfish and obstinate persons rejected the Message.

      A group of the Jews and Christians were happy because they found it in conformity with their own scriptures. The verse then criticizes some of the religious sects who deny and reject some parts of the Holy Qurän. They believe in some passages and disbelieve in some other passages.

      The Arabic word AHZÄB is the plural for HEZB, which denotes to a party, but connotes to religious sects, groups, or clans. It may also refer to the pagans an polytheists in Arabia who made an alliance against the prophet and his followers.

      But the verse in general is taken to mean that, there are persons among all sects who apprehend a portion of God's truth, but reject whatever does not suit them, and conforms not with their caprices and material gains. Inspite of all that Qurän is the universal message of God to mankind, and its main and general commandment is to worship Allah, and prostrate not before any other being.