And when the Prophet, blessings and peace be upon him and his family, was very eager for their faith and greatly saddened by their turning away from him, he was almost killing himself out of grief for them. They would say to him, when they saw such truth that they could not refute: "If you expel these poor ones and distance them from you, like 'Ammar, Suhayb, and Bilal, then we would sit with you and listen to you, hoping to follow you." He was encouraging him to follow him, dissuading him from those other than them, whoever they may be, indicating that there is no refuge for anyone who opposes the command of Allah and that they only want to change the words of Allah. So He will humiliate them soon, and they will not find for themselves a refuge. "And be patient with yourself" means to restrain and stabilize yourself in reciting it and clarifying its meanings, "with those who call upon their Lord" in gratitude for His kindness and acknowledgment of His favors. He alluded to the continuity of [the act] by what indicates the resurrection, of which the story of the People of the Cave was a proof. So He, the Exalted, said: "In the morning," meaning [the time] of transitioning from sleep to wakefulness, like the transition from death to life. "And in the evening," meaning [the time] of transitioning from wakefulness to sleep, like the transition from life to death. Then He praised them with His saying, the Exalted, justifying their supplication: "They seek" meaning by that "His face," and nothing else, in hope of reward or fear of punishment, even if they were in utmost poverty. He confirmed that by prohibiting its opposite, saying, emphasizing the meaning to limit the action and imply another action: "And do not let your eyes pass beyond them" in elevation and transgression, "to others than them," meaning do not turn away from them while you want the adornment of the worldly life, which we have stated in this surah that we adorned the earth with to test them by that. For indeed, even if they are today considered among these late ones, they are with the Most High King advanced. And they will soon be, when We resurrect whom We will from the servants with life from the barrier of ignorance, in the highest rank among the people of honor. And after the true resurrection, they will have processions that are feared to approach, just as the People of the Cave were after their resurrection from this slumber, after they had been in their lives before it fleeing and hiding in utmost fear and humiliation. As for if the two eyes counted anyone for what they neglected from the remembrance and what they were permitted from gratitude, that is not part of the prohibition in anything because He intended by it nothing but the Hereafter.

And when he persisted in his matter, blessings and peace be upon him and his family, by associating with the Muslims, he was forbidden from turning to the heedless. He emphasized turning away from those who deviate, so He, the Most High, said: "And do not obey one whose heart We have made heedless of Our remembrance"; meaning, We have made him heedless, because the action in him is for Us, not for him, "from Our remembrance" with that adornment. And when the estimation was: he became heedless, because Our greatness cannot be overcome by anything, so there is nothing except what We want. He added to the action of compliance with His saying, the Most High: "And he followed his desire" by inclining towards what We have led him into of it and the disdain for associating with Our allies whom We have honored with protection from it, because the remembrance of Allah is the source of lights. When the lights fade, darkness accumulates, and desire comes and turns towards creation. "And his matter was excessive"; meaning, transgressing the limit, being extravagant in it, advancing upon the truth, so the truth would be cast aside by him behind his back, neglected in it due to negligence. Indeed, your Lord, glorified is He, will save your followers, despite their weakness, from them, just as He saved the companions of the cave. And He will increase you by exalting them over them and driving away the tyrants in their hands, because they are turning towards Allah, turning away from anything else, while others are turning towards something else, turning away from Him.