Commentary
And when the greatest of the major sins after shirk is killing, He followed it by reminding them of what He took from them in the covenant. He associated with it the expulsion from the homes because wealth is equivalent to the soul, and the home is the greatest wealth. It is to the body as the body is to the soul. So He said: "And when We took your covenant, O Children of Israel, that you do not shed each other's blood," meaning: let not some of you shed the blood of others, "and do not expel yourselves," by expelling some of you for others; for those who are connected by lineage or religion are like one soul. "From your homes," Al-Harali said: Its origin is what the Arabs turned around from the houses like a ring, preserving what it contains of their wealth. This is the end.
And when they had turned back from the rights of the matter and did not accept what came to them of good until they feared destruction by the falling of the mountain upon them, He indicated that by saying: "Then you acknowledged," meaning: with all of that after hesitation and pause. Acknowledgment is the manifestation of commitment to what is hidden in its matter, as Al-Harali said.
"And you are witnessing," by your adherence to it, and you see those great signs that compel you to that. And what has passed from what confirms this (p-10) from the Torah previously contains enough for the successful one. And its remainder will come in Al-Ma'idah, if Allah, the Most High, wills.
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