And when they faltered in their standing from faith due to fear of being seized, He reminded them of His favor upon them by establishing the means of security and providing sustenance. He made them aware that He alone is the one whose might they should fear, and whose punishment they should avoid for those who oppose Him and His wrath. Their fear of the consequences of following Him was either for themselves or for what they possessed of belongings. From all of this, it is certainly known that the estimation of what caused the fear from the consequences of wrongdoing is similar to the fates of the former peoples: your souls are in danger from the fear of destruction from the One who has power over you, just as His power over those who accepted you due to the cessation of following is more severe than the danger of fear from being seized due to following. Or the estimation could be that what you feared from being seized does not harm you, and your cessation from following for its sake does not lead to your eternal destruction. Thus, your destruction is not difficult for Allah in any way. So He turned to this, which the context guided to its estimation, His saying: "And whatever you have been given" meaning: from any giver, "of anything" meaning: from these things that are in your hands and others, "then the enjoyment" meaning: it is enjoyment, "of the worldly life" and its benefit does not return to anything other than it, so it is destined to perish even if the time of enjoyment of it is prolonged. "And its adornment" meaning: and it is the adornment of the worldly life, which is all - apart from its adornment - destined for annihilation. Neither it nor anything from it is eternal or everlasting. "And what is with Allah" meaning: the Most High King, from what the following brings you of the reward that He promised you in the Hereafter, which is indicated clearly by your insistence on describing this as being in the world. And who is more truthful in promise than Him? "Better" on the estimation of sharing what is in the world with Him in goodness in your assumption, because what is with Him is more abundant, purer, more manifest, better, more delightful, more joyful, and more splendid. And with all of that, "it is everlasting" because although it shares the enjoyment of the worldly life in that it is not eternal, it is everlasting.

So when it became clear that He does not advance towards the danger of the mentioned opposition out of fear of the danger of the described following, He directed the denial against them in His saying: "Do you not understand?"