[29]. A variant reading has al-malikayn, "the two kings" who were in Babylon - Harut and Marut - here the names stand for the two angels or the two kings.
[30]. Rāʿinā in Arabic literally means “consider us / give us your attention” but was twisted mockingly by some Jews into an insulting play on words, which is why believers were forbidden to use it.
Unẓurnā means “look upon us / grant us attention” and avoids the ambiguity.
“listen” stresses attentiveness to the Prophet ﷺ instead of demanding his attention improperly. In this Verse there is evidence of severe prohibition to imitate the pagans and the deniers in their words and actions, their dress, their festivals, their worship and other matters that were not prescribed for us or approved by Islam.