And when He, glorified and exalted is He, prohibited harming him, blessings and peace be upon him, and urged bringing joy to him, He threatened those who harm him. He said, in the context of beginning or reasoning, indicating that being careless about anything from the prayer and peace upon him is a form of harm. He confirmed this by showing that it is something that deserves to be emphasized, and that everyone who speaks of it should have the utmost desire to affirm it: "Indeed, those who harm..." meaning they act in a way that is harmful by committing what indicates carelessness regarding all that opposes "Allah," meaning the One who is greater than Him and no blessing is with them except by His grace, "and His Messenger," meaning the one who has deserved from them what He informs them about regarding Allah, which saves them from the misery of both abodes and necessitates for them their happiness, which they are unable to fulfill in gratitude to Him by any harm, even in the deficiency of the prayer upon him with the tongue. "Allah has cursed them," meaning He distanced them, expelled them, and made them detestable, "the One who is not greater than Him," meaning in this world, by holding them accountable for what necessitates His wrath, "and the Hereafter," by entering them into the abode of humiliation. And when the reason for harm is disdain, He said: "And He has prepared for them a humiliating punishment."