They say, meaning they create this saying and renew it, confirming it due to their feeling that most of their people deny it: "If we return," meaning [we, O hypocritical group] from this expedition of ours - in which they saw from the support of the Prophet, blessings and peace be upon him, what is beyond description, and it is the expedition of Banu Al-Mustaliq, a tribe from Hudhayl, at Al-Marisiy, which is water from their waters from the direction of Qadid to the coast. In it, Ibn Ubayy spoke of slander and spread it - "to Medina" [and] they indicated their determination not to reside there by saying: "Surely the mighty will expel the lowly," meaning themselves. They are lying in this, but they imagined, due to their extreme ignorance, that honor is for them and that they are capable of expelling the believers. "And to Allah," meaning while the case is that everyone who has a type of insight knows that to the Most High King belongs alone the honor of divinity. "All honor" is His, for He is overpowering to those beneath Him [and everything besides Him is beneath Him].

And when he confined honor to what was indicated by the precedence of the conditioned, he informed that He gives from it to whom He wills, and the most deserving of that are those who obey Him. So he translated that by saying: "And for His Messenger," because his honor is from His honor with the honor of prophethood and messengership and the manifestation of Allah's religion over all religions. Likewise, honor is for those who obey the Messenger by saying: "And for the believers," meaning those for whom faith has become a firmly established attribute, for their honor is with the honor of guardianship. And Allah supported them with honor for their Messenger, blessings and peace be upon him, and whoever seeks honor through Allah will not be afflicted by humiliation.

And when their ignorance in this matter was severe due to the abundance of what they saw from Allah's support for His Messenger, blessings and peace be upon him, and those who followed him, may Allah be pleased with them, and their elevation over all who opposed them, He said, warning about that: "But the hypocrites," meaning those in whom the disease of the hearts has become entrenched.

And when the signs of Allah's might are not hidden from anyone due to the reality of His overpowering of kings and others with the death from which no one can escape or contest, and from the prevention of most desires, and He supported the Messenger and his followers by destroying their enemies in various ways, and that He, glorified and exalted is He, did not say anything except that it was fulfilled, nor did the messengers say anything except that He was truthful in it. He concluded the verse with the broader knowledge of jurisprudence by saying: ﴿They do not know﴾ meaning that no one has knowledge now, nor does it renew at any time. Therefore, they say such foolishness. It has been narrated that when this verse was revealed, Abdullah, the son of Abdullah ibn Ubayy [ibn] Salul, for whom it was revealed, came to his father. This was during the battle of Al-Muraisi' against the Banu Al-Mustaliq. He took hold of his father's she-camel and said: 'You, by Allah, are the humiliated one, and the Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him, is the honored one.' And when they approached the noble city, he drew his sword and went to his father, taking hold of the reins of his she-camel. He drove it back and said: 'You, behind you, by Allah, will not enter until the Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him, permits you. And if you do not acknowledge that the Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him, is the honored one and you are the humiliated one, I will surely strike your neck.' He said: 'Are you going to do that?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'I bear witness that honor belongs to Allah and to His Messenger and to the believers.' He complained about his son to the Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him, who commanded him to let him enter the city, so he released him and he entered.