Conditional expectation and set times random variable??

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On page 62, what in the world is the meaning of equation (5.2)?

$\mathcal{F}_t$ is a $\sigma$-algebra, so $Z_t \in \mathcal{F}_t$ is a set. $X_u$ is a random variable, so what is $Z_t X_u$?