Commentary
And when the decree was: 'If you believe in that and submit to Me, you will be successful,' He followed it with His saying: 'And if you do not believe in Me,' meaning: 'you do not affirm for My sake what I have informed you of,' 'then keep away from Me,' meaning: 'and if you do not keep away from Me, you will perish. You cannot kill me in any way, while I am one of those whom you subject to severe punishment. You have not killed their sons except for My sake. So, He raised me against the one for whom the earth became constricted because of Me and shed blood concerning Me. And Allah prevented him from reaching Me with any harm before I sought refuge with Him. So how about after He sent me and I sought refuge with Him, and He granted me refuge, and I sought protection with Him, and He protected me.
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