And when He prohibited alliance with them; and informed that the doer of it is among them; He negated the metaphor; clearly stating the intended meaning; so He said - revealing the result of what preceded -: "O you who have believed"; meaning: acknowledge faith; "whoever allies with them among you"; this was the original; but He clarified that this is abandoning the religion; so He said: "whoever turns back"; even if in a subtle manner - as indicated by the merging in the recitation of those other than the Medinians; and Ibn 'Amir - "from you from his religion"; meaning: what we mean is the alliance with the allies of Allah; and enmity towards the enemies of Allah; so they ally with His enemies; and abandon His allies; so Allah will hate them; and they will hate Him; and they will be honored over the believers; humiliated before the disbelievers; for Allah is free of need of them; "so surely Allah will come"; meaning: the One who has absolute wealth; and supreme greatness; in their place; even if the time is long; by a truthful promise with no contradiction in it; "with a people"; meaning: their state will be contrary to their state; they will remain steadfast in their religion; and they are Abu Bakr; and those who follow him with goodness - may Allah be pleased with them.

And when His love is the foundation of all happiness; He presented it; so He said: "He loves them"; and He will make them steadfast upon it; and reward them with His generosity with the best reward; "and they love Him"; so they will remain steadfast upon it; then He described them with what clarifies that; so He said: "humble"; and it is the plural of "humble"; and when their humility is indeed gentleness and softness; not humiliation; it is in reality honor; so He indicated it with the letter of elevation; implying the meaning of compassion; so He said - clarifying that their humility is from high status; and honor -: "over the believers"; meaning: due to their knowledge that Allah loves them; "mighty against the disbelievers"; meaning: they show severity and strength against them; due to their knowledge that Allah is forsaking them; and destroying them; even if their affair becomes severe; and their dominance appears; and their oppression; so the verse (p-192) is from the intertwining: He omitted first the hatred; and what it produces; for the indication of love towards Him; and He omitted secondly the steadfastness; for the indication of apostasy towards Him; then He justified that by saying: "they strive"; meaning: they engage in jihad continuously for those who deserve it; without weariness; nor burden; like the hypocrites; and He omitted the object generally; and indicated it by signaling that obedience encompasses them; so He said: "in the way of Allah"; meaning: the path of the greatest King; the vast, straight, clear path; not for anything other than that; like the hypocrites.

And when the hypocrites would go out for jihad, He separated them from them by His saying: ﴿And not﴾; meaning: while they do not ﴿fear the blame of﴾; meaning: a single one of the blame of a ﴿blamer﴾; even if it is great; and He is great; because of that, they are firm in their religion; when they begin in a matter of the religion - a matter of good; or a prohibition of evil - they are like heated nails; the saying of a speaker does not terrify them; nor does the objection of an objector; and they do in jihad all that their ability reaches; and their strength extends to it; from the defeat of the enemies; and their humiliation; and supporting the allies; and assisting them; and they are not like the hypocrites who fear the blame of their allies from the Jews; so they do not act; even if they are with the believers; something that harms them.

And when these attributes of high rank in praise are in a place that cannot be reached; He said - pointing to them with the tool of distance; and the masculine noun -: ﴿That﴾; meaning: that which has preceded of their high attributes; ﴿is the favor of Allah﴾; meaning: encompassing every perfection; ﴿He gives﴾; meaning: Allah; because He is the creator of all the actions of the servants; ﴿whom He wills﴾; meaning: so let a person exert all effort in His obedience; to look at Him with this gaze by His mercy; ﴿And Allah﴾; meaning: the One who has complete encompassing; ﴿is All-Encompassing﴾; meaning: encompassing all attributes of perfection; for He gives from a vastness that has no limit; and no deficiency reaches it at all; ﴿All-Knowing﴾; meaning: possessing profound knowledge of who deserves good; and who deserves otherwise; and of all that can be known.