And it became clear to them; meaning: it appeared completely, as if it were in the wilderness; there is no barrier to it. The evils of what; and since it was in the context of redemption; and a person gives up his desires and valuables in redeeming his soul; he expressed here with the term 'earning'; which implies the essence and extraction, which is the secret of the matter; it is more specific than action. Therefore, Al-Ash'ari made it the basis of reward; he said - clarifying that their pure deeds are nullified; so how about others?! This is contrary to what is in 'Al-Jathiya'; they earned; meaning: the thing they did with desire; striving in it; believing in its benefit; and that it is specific to their deeds; and the greatest and most beneficial of them. And it surrounded; meaning: it encompassed in terms of necessity and harm. The reward of the thing which; they were always with it; as if they were created upon it; they mock; meaning: they seek and create mockery and ridicule with it; from the Fire; and all that they were warned about.