Commentary
And when what has preceded is not conclusive in declaring the sanctity of what has been established for the mosques, the report is resumed that it is not counted among the mosques in any way. Rather, it is counted among the houses of idols, and thus it is obligatory to destroy it. So He said: ﴿Their building will not cease﴾ (p-22) meaning the essence of the structure, which is the mosque ﴿that they built out of doubt﴾ meaning out of suspicion and hypocrisy ﴿in their hearts﴾ just as the houses of idols are for their people. This was an encouragement to destroy it, erase it, and cut off its trace. The meaning is that it gathers them upon suspicion at all times that may exist ﴿except that﴾ and when the cutting is a means to achieve the intended goal without regard to a specific cutter, He said, building upon the action: ﴿Their hearts have been cut off﴾ meaning: except for a time in which there exists a profound and abundant cutting of their hearts and their resolves, and it distances them and disperses their unity by its expulsion. And the reading of Ya'qub: with
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