His saying: "Its fruit" (tali'uha), meaning its produce, "is as if it were the heads of the devils," describing its ugliness thereby.
Muhammad said: When something is considered ugly, it is said: "It is like the face of a devil," or "It is like the head of a devil." Although the devil is not seen, it is sensed that he is the ugliest thing imaginable if one were to look at him. This is like the saying of Imru' al-Qais:
(Would he kill me while my Mashrafi sword lies beside me, and the brown spears are around me like the fangs of ogres?)
قَوْله ﴿طلعها﴾ يَعْنِي: ثَمَرَتهَا ﴿كَأَنَّهُ رُءُوسُ الشَّيَاطِينِ﴾ يقبحها بذلك.
قَالَ محمدٌ: الشَّيْء إِذا استقبح يُقَال: كَأَنَّهُ وجهُ شَيْطَان، وَكَأَنَّهُ رَأس شَيْطَان، والشيطان لَا يُرَى، وَلكنه يستشعر أَنَّهُ أقبح مَا يكون من الْأَشْيَاء لَو نظر إِلَيْهِ، وَهَذَا كَقَوْل امْرِئ الْقَيْس.
(أَيَقْتُلُنِي وَالمَشْرَفيُّ مُضَاجِعِي … وَسُمْر القَنَا حَوْلي كَأَنْيَابِ أَغْوَالِ)
