Tafsir for verse: 3:179
مَّا كَانَ ٱللَّهُ لِيَذَرَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ عَلَىٰ مَآ أَنتُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ حَتَّىٰ يَمِيزَ ٱلۡخَبِيثَ مِنَ ٱلطَّيِّبِۗ وَمَا كَانَ ٱللَّهُ لِيُطۡلِعَكُمۡ عَلَى ٱلۡغَيۡبِ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَجۡتَبِي مِن رُّسُلِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُۖ فَـَٔامِنُواْ بِٱللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِۦۚ وَإِن تُؤۡمِنُواْ وَتَتَّقُواْ فَلَكُمۡ أَجۡرٌ عَظِيمٞ ١٧٩ ﴿179
179Allah is not to leave the believers in the state you are in, unless He separates the impure from the pure. Allah is not to inform you of the Unseen. But Allah selects from His messengers whom He wills. So, believe in Allah and His messengers. If you believe, and fear Allah, you will deserve a great reward.
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Commentary

And when the generality of hastening is broader than that which is by compensation; and it is broader than that which is by return; the arrangement of the verses came upon that. And when this incident revealed a number of the unseen; among the greatest of them is the distinction of the sincere in action; or in words; from others; He (the Most High) informed that this is among its secrets; in a manner that indicates the denunciation of the hypocrites by their delaying themselves from returning; and others; He said - indicating by addressing the followers to the increase of his knowledge, blessings and peace be upon him, and the high rank he has with Him - glorified and exalted is He -: "What was Allah"; meaning: with what He has of the attributes of perfection; and when the abandonment of distinction is not praiseworthy; He expressed it with the action of 'wa-dhar'; and revealed the place of the implicit; to show the honor of the description; magnifying its people; He said: "Let the believers"; meaning: those who are steadfast in the description of faith; "upon what you are upon" of mixing with the hypocrites; and those who are close to them from those who believed in a state of ambiguity; for the conviction by the claim of the tongue; as evidence of faith; "until He distinguishes the vile from the good"; by exposing the falsehood; even if its concealment is prolonged; with arduous obligations; and severe conditions; none can endure them except the sincere among the servants; the sincere in belief; "And what was Allah"; for His exclusivity in the knowledge of the unseen; "to inform you of the unseen"; meaning: He is the One who has not been manifested to the world of testimony in any way; for you to know what is in their hearts; with the possibility that the return is for the reason they mentioned in appearance; and the saying for the intensity of sorrow for their brothers; "But Allah"; meaning: the One to whom belongs all command; "chooses"; meaning: He selects a profound selection; "from His messengers whom He wills"; meaning: so He informs upon their tongues of what He wills from the unseen; as He informed that they are closer to returning to disbelief than to faith; and that they say with their mouths what is not in their hearts; and when this necessitated the obligation of believing in Him; He said: "So believe in Allah"; meaning: in the unseen; and the testimony; to Him are the best names; "and His messengers"; in that He sent them; and in that they are truthful in all that they inform about Him.

And when the estimation was: "For if you do not believe, you will have what has preceded; of the great punishment; the painful; the humiliating"; He added to it His saying: "And if you believe"; meaning: in Allah; "and His messengers"; "and you fear"; meaning: by persevering in faith; and what it necessitates of righteous deeds; "then for you is a great reward"; meaning: from Him that the plotting of your enemies will not harm you at all; as has preceded His promise to you.

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