Commentary
And when this trait is a mother encompassing all the interests of religion and the world, he said, alerting to its great virtue and remarkable nobility, urging to seek refuge in all of its shade, indicating by the construction for the object that it is the essential pillar aimed at, in a way that alerts to the fact that it is contrary to the nature of man, urging the desire to seek it from its [UNTRANSLATED-LATIN: wahib] ﴿And none will be granted it﴾ meaning, he will make one who encounters this trait, which is responding to harm with the best of goodness, and that is the goodness which is better than pardon, forbearance, patience, and endurance, by having Allah, glorified and exalted is He, attach His will to the aspect of severity and exaggeration by casting it into the heart ﴿Except for those who are patient﴾ meaning, this reality was found among them and it became established in their nature, so they became ones who suppress their anger and endure hardships. He repeated the indication of the construction for the object to alert to the fact that there is no ability to it at all except by the success of the Creator through a national matter that Allah casts into the heart as an inspiration, the fruit of which appears on the rest of the body. He said, indicating by the repetition of the negation to the increase of greatness and that the possessors of this trait are of two ranks, each rank of them is aimed at in itself ﴿And none will be granted it﴾ as it is in its greatness ﴿Except﴾ and he singled out here after the gathering of the patient to indicate the rarity of the upright in this trait ﴿One who has a share﴾ meaning a portion and a division and luck ﴿Great﴾ meaning magnificent in this world and the Hereafter with Allah and with the people.
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