Tafsir for verse: 4:173
فَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ فَيُوَفِّيهِمۡ أُجُورَهُمۡ وَيَزِيدُهُم مِّن فَضۡلِهِۦۖ وَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسۡتَنكَفُواْ وَٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْ فَيُعَذِّبُهُمۡ عَذَابًا أَلِيمٗا وَلَا يَجِدُونَ لَهُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَلِيّٗا وَلَا نَصِيرٗا ١٧٣ ﴿173
173As for those who believe and do good deeds, He shall give them their reward in full, and give them more out of His grace. But, to those who spurn and show arrogance, He shall give a painful punishment, and they shall find for themselves neither a friend other than Allah, nor a helper.
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Commentary

And when the gathering of the arrogant and others became widespread, the details came to the two categories. He said: ﴿So as for those who believed﴾; meaning: they submitted to Allah (glorified and exalted is He); and they humbled themselves to Him; ﴿and did righteous deeds﴾; confirming their acknowledgment of faith; ﴿He will give them their rewards in full﴾; meaning: those that customs have established among you to be given; even if they do not truly deserve them; because Allah (glorified and exalted is He) is the One who granted them success for it; so it is a favor from Him upon them; ﴿and He will increase them﴾; meaning: after what has been established by customs; ﴿from His bounty﴾; meaning: something that does not fall under enumeration; because He is the Possessor of great bounty; ﴿And as for those who were disdainful and arrogant﴾; meaning: they sought both refusal and pride; ﴿He will punish them with a painful punishment﴾; meaning: with what they found of the pleasure of arrogance and pride; and this caused pain to the allies of Allah; ﴿And they will not find for themselves﴾; meaning: a state; nor an outcome; ﴿besides Allah﴾; for whom no one has authority with Him; ﴿a protector﴾; meaning: a close one who acts with them as a close one would act; ﴿nor a supporter﴾; meaning: even if he is distant; and in this is the most complete deterrent from what the hypocrites intended by allying with the people of the Book; and the greatest denial of what they promised them of what they have; and they claimed of the status with Allah; which necessitates that they bring close whom they wish; and distance whom they wish; and this is among the most suitable matters for the conclusion of the first verses warning against them: ﴿And sufficient is Allah as a protector, and sufficient is Allah as a supporter﴾ [An-Nisa: 45]

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