And when it became clear, by what has passed of their audacity towards sins and their hastiness in them, their deserving of continuous humiliation and disgrace, He informed that He acted towards them in a manner that necessitates the conclusion that they are committing errors in misguidance, engaging in evil deeds, as long as that punishment remains upon them. He said: "And when" which is a conjunction to: "Ask them" [Al-A'raf: 163], meaning: and mention to them when "He proclaimed" meaning: He made a great announcement, openly and with attention, "Your Lord" meaning: the One who nurtures you and prepares the evidence of your Shari'ah and supports you against those who oppose you.

And when what was said was in the manner of an oath, it was received with its preposition, so it was as if it was said: He will certainly send, swearing by His might, greatness, knowledge, and power: "He will surely raise" meaning: from a distant place, and it was understood that it is a sending of punishment with the tool of elevation indicating that the meaning is: He will certainly impose upon them, meaning: the Jews, and He extended the duration of the imposition, saying: "until the Day of Resurrection" which is the greatest decisive day, "who will impose upon them" meaning: will continually bring upon them "the worst of punishment" through humiliation, belittlement, the imposition of tribute, and contempt. And so He did, glorified and exalted is He; for He imposed upon them nations and scattered them throughout the earth in every manner since they denied the message of the Messiah, blessings and peace be upon him, as the truthful promise came to them in the Torah. And the translation of that is present among them now in His saying at the end of the first book: The scepter shall not depart from the house of Judah, nor shall the ruler's staff from between his feet until he comes to whom it belongs - and in one version: (p-142) all - and Him the nations await, tying his colt to the rope; and Al-Samawal said in the beginning of his book (The Ultimate Objective): We say to them: There is no interpretation in the Torah that is in your hands that explains: The kingdom shall not depart from the house of Judah and the one who is drawn between their shoulders until the Messiah comes, so they cannot deny him. We say to them: If you know that you were the people of a state and kingdom until the appearance of the Messiah, then your kingdom has ended - it has come to an end.

And from the days of the message of the Messiah, Allah imposed upon them nations and scattered them throughout the earth, so they were once under the rule of the Babylonians, and another time under the hands of the Magians, and again under the oppression of the Romans from the children of Esau, and another time in captivity by others until the Prophet, blessings and peace be upon him, came and imposed upon them the tribute, he and his nation after him.

And when the context was for punishment and its necessitations, He emphasized that with His saying: "Indeed, your Lord" meaning: the One who is gracious to you by humiliating your enemies who are the most hostile nations to you and to those who believe in you, "is swift in punishment" meaning: He punishes immediately after the sin with retribution, inwardly with the black spots in the heart, and outwardly - if He wills - with what He desires, and this is unlike what is in Al-An'am, for it is in the context of favor by making them successors.

And when He warned, He encouraged by His saying: "And indeed, He is Forgiving." This means: He erases sins in essence and effect for whoever repents and believes. "Merciful" means: He is generous and bestows success for what pleases Him, then for what will be a cause for it from elevation in this world and the Hereafter.

168 169 (p-143) Mention of something of what they were threatened with in the Torah for disobedience, oppression, and aggression, other than what has been mentioned in Al-Ma'idah regarding: ﴿Whom Allah has cursed and upon whom He has become angry﴾ [Al-Ma'idah: 60] and other verses. It was said in the fifth book: And if you do not keep and act upon all the commandments and traditions that have been written in this book, and you fear Allah your Lord and revere His praised name, your Lord will specifically strike you with painful blows and test you with them. He will also test your offspring after you, and it will last upon you, and a small number will remain from your offspring after their multitude, which had become like the stars of the sky. You will be expelled from the land that you enter to inherit, and your Lord will separate you among the peoples. You will worship there other gods that are made of stone and wood, and you will not dwell among those peoples. But Allah will make your hearts there tremble with fear in the morning, saying: When will we be evening? And in the evening, saying: When will we be morning? And that is from the fear of your hearts and your lack of means. And Allah will return you to the land of Egypt in thousands on the road which the Lord said: Do not return to see it. And you will be sold there [as] slaves and maidservants, and there will be no one to buy you. These are the words of the covenant which Allah commanded Moses to make with the Children of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant which he made with them at Horeb. Then Moses called all the Children of Israel and said to them: You have seen what Allah has done in the land of Egypt with Pharaoh and all his servants and all his people, and the great plagues which your eyes have seen and the signs and wonders which you have witnessed. And Allah has not given you hearts to understand and knowledge, nor eyes to see, nor ears to hear to this day. And He has led you in the wilderness for forty years; your clothes have not worn out upon you, and your sandals have not worn out either, and you have not eaten bread, so that you may know that I am Allah your Lord, and I am the One who brought you to this land. So keep the commandments of this Torah and act upon them and complete all the works in obedience to Allah and fulfill them; for you all know that we were inhabitants of the land of Egypt and we passed among the peoples, and you saw their filth and their idols. Perhaps among you today there is a man or a woman or a tribe or a clan whose heart turns away from the worship of Allah our Lord and seeks the worship of the gods of those peoples. So he hears this covenant and says: Peace will be upon me, so I will follow the pleasure of my heart. Allah does not want to forgive him, but there, the anger of the Lord intensifies against him and His wrath descends upon him with all the curses that are in this book. And the Lord will blot out his name from under heaven and will separate him from all the tribes of the Children of Israel for evil and calamities. And the next generation, your children who will rise after you and the strangers, will look at the blows of that land and the pains which Allah has sent down upon it, and the people will say: Why has the Lord done this? And why has His anger intensified against this great people? And they will say: Because they have forsaken the covenant of Allah, the God of their fathers. So the anger of the Lord has intensified against this nation and He has commanded that all the curses written in this book befall them. And the Lord will expel them from their land in anger and fierce rebuke and will drive them to a strange land as you see today. As for the hidden and secret matters, they are for Allah our Lord, and the manifest matters are for us.