And when He, glorified and exalted is He, had done with them a great and prolonged security in the land, unlike the state of their severe fear at sea, and He was capable of frightening them on land just as He was capable of frightening them at sea to ensure their sincerity, their disbelief in the state of security after sincerity in the state of fear - although it is one of the greatest deficiencies - is [UNTRANSLATED-LATIN: hazalan] that only one who feels secure from such a calamity on land would do. The denial was directed towards the saying: 'Did they not see that We are capable of frightening them and destroying them on land just as We are capable of that at sea, as We did with others?' So He followed it with His saying: 'Did they not see' [meaning:] with the eyes of their insight 'that We made' meaning: by Our greatness for them 'a sanctuary' and He, exalted is He, said: 'secure' because there is no fear for whoever enters it. So when every resident in it was secure, it was as if it was the essence of security itself, and it is the sanctuary of the honored Mecca. Its security necessitates monotheism and sincerity, desiring its permanence and fearing its cessation, [just as the fear at sea necessitated sincerity out of fear for its permanence, and a desire for its cessation]. And the state is that it 'takes away' and He built it for the passive form because the intended action is the deed, not a specific doer.

And when it became clear that the taking away is not specific to certain people, but rather all the Arabs would raid each other, and some would attack others with killing, capturing, plundering, and other types of harm, He said: 'the people around them' meaning: from around those in it from every direction that the birds take away with the few who are in Mecca and the many who are around them. So the one who broke the norm in doing that until it became on this pattern is capable of reversing the situation, making those in the sanctuary taken away and those around them secure, or making everyone in fear in a single manner.

And when it became clear that there is no justification for their associating partners with Him nor for their disbelief in this apparent and manifest blessing, the denial caused the saying: 'Then is it by falsehood' meaning: specifically from the idols and others 'that they believe' while no rational person doubts its falsehood. And the restriction came from the fact that whoever disbelieves in Allah, disbelief follows him in every truth and belief in every falsehood 'and by the blessing of Allah' which He brought about for them from salvation and others 'they disbelieve' where they made the place of their gratitude to Him for salvation their associating partners with Him in worshiping others.