106 Preface ذٰلِكَ جَزاؤُهُم جَهَنَّمُ بِما كَفَروا وَاتَّخَذوا آياتي وَرُسُلي هُزُوًاYusuf AliThat is their reward, Hell, because they rejected Faith, and took My Signs and My Messengers by way of jest.1False motives, pretence, deception, and hypocrisy, flourish because people do not take the higher life seriously. Tn effect they treat it as ajest. Signs and Messengers are sent as a special and personal Mercy from God, and for such things the first person singular is used as in this verse, even when it involves a sudden transition from the first person plural as in the last verse.