And when that was a cause for the hearts to be stripped, and when a person believes in resurrection, he may say, in a state of negligence regarding some sins: 'My return is to the Most Generous, and He will do nothing to me except good.' His saying is produced by calling with the tool of distance because most of creation, with that, is exposed, denying glorified and exalted is He, upon one who says this, being deceived by the tricks of Satan, a denial that shakes the foundations: ﴿O mankind﴾ meaning: O humans, now aware of themselves, forgetting what concerns them, ﴿What has deceived you﴾ meaning: what has led you into negligence, which is to see your ugly deeds as good or to think that you will be forgiven without a doubt. This is in the sense of the reading of Sa'id ibn Jubayr and al-A'mash: 'Did it deceive you?' - with the hamzah of denial, and the famous reading adds the meaning of astonishment. ﴿By your Lord﴾ meaning: the Benefactor towards you, who has made you forget His benefaction, what you were created for, which is the salvation of your soul by doing what He has prescribed for you.

And when the expression by 'Lord' with its indication of benefaction implies punishment when one persists in wrongdoing, because that is the concern of the Nurturer, this serves as a deterrent from being deceived for one who contemplates. He follows it with what is likewise, its apparent meaning is gentleness, and its hidden meaning is might and overpowering. So He said, for the sake of emphasizing the prevention from being deceived,

﴿The Most Generous﴾ meaning: the One who possesses all perfection, necessitating that the oppressor is not neglected, but rather given respite, and does not equate between the benefactor and the wrongdoer, the ally and the enemy, the obedient and the disobedient. This necessitates that one should strive to draw closer to Him through obedience, in gratitude to Him, and that no one should turn away from Him, for in His hand is everything, and nothing is in the hand of others. Therefore, one must fear the severity of His might, for indeed, the one who is characterized by generosity can only be mighty, for he is one who is greatly forbearing, and his might is immense when his sanctity is violated after that forbearance. He finds many helpers for his intent, and the punisher does not find an excuse in his negligence, unlike the mean person, for he finds no helpers, so his taking does not become severe. [Thus,] denial through these two descriptions is more severe and harsher from this aspect, and from another aspect that it is appropriate to feel shy before the benefactor who has no disturbance in his benefaction whatsoever, so no command of his is disobeyed, nor is any right of his neglected. And with that, in mentioning these two descriptions, it provides the proof. Abu Bakr al-Warraq said: 'If he were to ask me, I would say: I was deceived by the generosity of the Generous and his forbearance.' And Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, said: 'From the generosity of a man is the bad manners of his servants.' And Imam al-Ghazali said in his explanation of the names: 'He is the one who, when he is able, forgives, and when he promises, fulfills, and when he gives, exceeds the utmost hope, and he does not care whom he gives to or how much he gives. And when a need is raised to another, he is not pleased, and when he is harsh, he admonishes and does not seek revenge, and he does not lose one who seeks refuge with him and to whom he turns, and he is made self-sufficient from means and intercessors.