And when he sought what was for him in the position of Prophethood from Allah's teaching to him the rites without an intermediary, he sought for his descendants something similar through whom it was customary for such as them. He said: "Our Lord, and raise up among them" meaning: the Muslim community that is from my descendants and the descendants of my son Ishmael, "a Messenger from them" so that he may be more gentle with them and more compassionate towards them, and they would be more deserving of following him and striving in his support. That Messenger is Muhammad, blessings and peace be upon him, for he was not sent from their descendants with the Book other than him. So it is the invocation of Ibrahim, peace be upon him, the father of the Arabs and the most honored of his descendants. In that is the greatest blame upon them for their enmity while he was sent to purify them with the Book which is guidance without doubt in it. And to him is the reference in His saying: "reciting" meaning: reading continuously, "to them Your signs" meaning: Your signs that indicate You, more general than that which was revealed by the Book or derived from it. "And teaching them the Book" the complete and comprehensive Book that includes every Book, "I have been given the comprehensive words." "And the wisdom" which is every matter that He legislates for them, so that He protects them in the two paths of their lives and their afterlife from deviation leading to the misguidance that necessitates destruction.

And when the apparent nature of his call, peace be upon him, was that the resurrection in the Muslim community (p-162) was more in need of teaching what was mentioned than of purification, for its origin is present in Islam, he delayed his saying: "and purifying them" meaning: He purifies their hearts with what he was given of the subtleties of wisdom, so that it may elevate them with its purity and gentleness from the peak of religion to a place where it secures them from turning back on their heels and distorting their Book as was done by those before them. And purification is the acquisition of zakah, and it is the growth of the soul with what is to it like food for the body - as said by Al-Harali.

And when He, glorified and exalted is He, mentioned in Surah Al-Jumu'ah His sending among the unlettered generally, the situation necessitated the precedence of purification whose head is the innocence from major shirk so that they may accept what has come to them of knowledge. As for its precedence in the family of 'Imran along with the mention of sending to the believers, it was due to the necessity of the situation with admonition regarding their inclination towards the spoils which was the cause of their defeat due to their inclination towards the worldly life which is the mother of all abominations. Then He justified that by saying: "Indeed, You are the Mighty" meaning: the One who overcomes everything and nothing overcomes Him, for might, as Al-Harali said, is the overcoming that comes over all that is apparent and hidden.

"The Wise" meaning: the One who is certain of what He intends, so it cannot be undone, nor is there anything that possesses such a quality other than You; and in that is a great manifestation of the honor of knowledge and the purity of morals, and that cannot be attained except through struggles that humans cannot bear and cannot be realized at all except through effort that is purified by might (p-163) and an arrangement that wisdom has established. This is for the absolute of that, so how about what is suitable for the message? And in it is an indication that He suppresses the enemies of the messengers even if their number increases and their determination grows. And He establishes their affairs so that no one can undo anything of it.