And when the listener's longing for the action that warranted the description of "the oft-returning" intensified; after hearing his words in reproaching himself to combine between the knowledge of the saying and the action; he was answered by his saying: ﴿Return them﴾; meaning: Solomon - peace be upon him - said: Return ﴿to me﴾ the horses that distracted me; and when the implication was: "So return them to him"; he coordinated his saying with: ﴿So he began﴾; meaning: he took to act, achieving his desire; necessary for him; determined upon it; reaching it; relying on Allah for strength against the enemy; not on the means, of which the greatest is the horses; departing from what caused his distraction from the remembrance; turning away from what the heart might attach to; drawing near to Allah (glorified and exalted is He) with it; as one draws near in this religion with sacrifices; ﴿A stroke﴾; meaning: he inflicts a stroke - that is, a cut - in it with the sword; inflicting a great blow; and when the sword only strikes a small part of the two limbs; he included the preposition; and said: ﴿with the necks﴾; meaning: from them; ﴿and the necks﴾; striking them with a blow of a sharp sword; and a strong arm; and a precise action; proceeding in it without any pause at all; until it was as if he was wiping it with a stroke on the surface of their skins; as it is said: he wiped his neck; meaning: he struck his neck; and Allah knows best.