Commentary
And when he finished encouraging them regarding the Qur'an by stating that it is from Allah and that it confirms their Book, and in [regard to] Jibril, that he is the one bringing it by the permission of Allah, and by warning them against enmity towards it, he followed it with praise of this Qur'an. He stated that it is clear in its matter for the seeker of truth, and whoever among them or others disbelieves in it is a fasiq, meaning: one who is outside of what is known of the truth, for it is such that it is not hidden from anyone. So Allah, the Exalted, said, in connection to His saying: "Indeed, He has sent it down upon your heart by the permission of Allah" [Al-Baqarah: 97] or His saying: "And indeed, Musa came to you with clear signs" [Al-Baqarah: 92] or according to what you may estimate: "Indeed, it has become clear by that which Jibril, peace be upon him, has sent down that the Hereafter is not exclusive to them and that they are among those whose sin has encompassed them due to their disbelief: "And indeed, We have sent down": with Our greatness in that and in other matters,
"To you" and you are the greatest of creation,
"Clear signs" in indicating your truthfulness and the correctness of your matter, and the clear sign is the decisive indication between the truthful story and the false one. So they became fasiq due to their disbelief in it,
"And whoever disbelieves in it" among them and others, "except the fasiqoon" who have the characteristic of fasiq as a necessary trait. And from Al-Hasan, that fasiq, when it is used in a type of disobedience, applies to the greatest of it, which is disbelief and others. And in that is a return to the description of the Book, which is the aim of the Surah.
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