And when he called - glorified and exalted is He - in it to the heights of noble character; and the absence of objection; and he concluded with the command of the Hanif faith, which is the ease of submission to the evidence; and the absence of being with the rigid; following the father (p-276) the greatest; and the disagreement and difficulty were contrary to his faith; so it did not lead to any good; and it was known that every ruling that occurred after him is not from his faith; and the Jews falsely claimed that he was on their religion; and the Sabbath was one of their greatest rituals; this resulted in his saying (the Most High) - in response to those who might claim from the Jews that he was on their religion; and a warning against punishment for differing in the truth; by emphasizing the matter; ﴿Indeed, the Sabbath was made﴾; meaning: by making it for those who have no command for others; ﴿the Sabbath﴾; meaning: its prohibition; and its respect; or its burden; ﴿upon those who differed in it﴾; when their prophet commanded them with the Friday; so some of them accepted that; and others wanted the Sabbath; so they replaced the Friday with the Sabbath; and He made it strict upon them in His command; as a retaliation against them; by what the transitive indicates with 'upon'; so that was a burden upon them; and in that is a reminder of the blessing of ease upon us; Al-Baghawi said: Al-Kalbi said: Musa - peace be upon him - commanded them with the Friday; and he said: "Devote yourselves to Allah every seven days one day; worship Him on the Friday; and do not work in it for your craft; and six days for your crafts"; but they refused except for a small group among them; and they said: (p-277) "We want only the day that Allah completed creation in; the day of the Sabbath; so that day was imposed upon them; and it was made strict upon them in it; then 'Isa - peace be upon him - came to them on the Friday; and they said: "We do not want our feast to be after our feast;" so they took the Sunday; and Allah granted the Friday to this nation and they accepted it; and they were blessed in it.

And Abdur-Razzaq said; in his tafsir: Mu'ammar informed me; he informed me of one who heard Mujahid say - regarding His saying (the Most High): ﴿Indeed, the Sabbath was made﴾ -; he said: They rejected the Friday; and took the Sabbath in its place; and both Shaykhs narrated from Abu Huraira - may Allah be pleased with him - that the Prophet - blessings and peace be upon him - said: "We are the last ones but the first on the Day of Resurrection; although they were given the Book before us; and we were given it after them; so this is their day which Allah has made obligatory upon them; so they differed in it; and Allah guided us to it; so they are followers of us in it; so the Jews tomorrow; and the Christians the day after tomorrow."

And when polytheism was clear in the matter of the Christians; He sufficed by negating it without explicitly stating that it is not their religion; then He warned against disagreement; affirming the matter of resurrection; He said (glorified and exalted is He): "And indeed your Lord"; meaning: the One who is good to you by the obedience of your companions to you; "will judge between them"; meaning: these differing ones; "on the Day of Resurrection"; and the gathering of all creatures "in what they were"; meaning: by their natures; "in it they differ"; regarding the acceptance of Friday; and its rejection; and the submission to the prohibition of hunting; and its refusal; and other than that; so each group among them will be rewarded according to what they deserve.