and when they hear any vain talk,1 they turn away from it, saying: "We have our deeds and you have your deeds. Peace be to you. We do not desire to act like the ignorant."
Footnotes
[1]
The reference is to the “vain talk” that Abu Jahl and his men had with the Christians from Habash, as mentioned in (E.N. 72) above.
[2]Qira’at: All except for Ibn Kathir and Hafs read it as: “. . . His messages .”