Commentary
So it is as if it was said: What did Musa - blessings and peace be upon him - say? It was said: He said; when he despaired of them; turning away from them; complaining to Allah, the Most High: O my Lord; meaning: O You who are gracious to me. And when it is the right of the messenger that everyone protects himself; and his child; how about what is less than that? So no one would believe that his followers do not obey him; this is in accordance with human nature; even if he is addressing the Knower of the unseen. He said - affirming -: Indeed, I. And when it was understood from the matter of the two men that their entry was conditioned by the entry of the group; he specified in his saying: I do not own except myself and my brother; meaning: and we are obedient to what You command; so separate between us; meaning: me and my brother; and between the disobedient people; meaning: those who are outside of obedience; in word and deed; and do not gather us with them in one place; in deed or recompense.
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