And when their story was opened with the fact that the righteous do not stop in their commitment to jihad for any new matter or permission, but rather they suffice with what has preceded from the general encouragement towards it and the urging to it, so they hasten towards it without hesitation and do not fear death. And among the hypocrites are those who seek permission for jihad, making their seeking permission a means for seeking permission to refrain from it. Among them are those who openly declare their seeking permission in contracts without any concealment. He followed that by prohibiting being impressed by their wealth and children. Then he proceeded to mention their divisions and what is required of them from their disgrace and sins, until he concluded the story by stating that their wealth is indeed a trial for them, not a mercy for them, and a test for them, not a gift for them. He followed that with his evidence that they do not attain through it to jihad, nor do they seek a means to the abode of the Hereafter. He said, adding to what the context has made clear, that it could be said that they do not do good with it nor earn a reward, or establishing a state from the 'kaaf' in 'tu'jibuka': 'And when a surah is revealed,' meaning: a part of the Qur'an is revealed.

And when the revelation indicates the one who reveals it necessarily, he explained it by saying: 'That they believe in Allah,' meaning: the One who possesses all perfection, 'and strive,' meaning: undertake jihad, 'with His Messenger.' He sought permission from you, meaning: in the refraining of those who have no excuse, and they are 'the wealthy,' meaning: the people of virtue (p-570) from wealth and abundance and prosperity in most cases, 'among them.' He specified them in mention because the blame upon them is more binding, especially after hearing the Qur'an. It may be that it is connected to the news of 'that' in his saying: 'That is because they disbelieved in Allah and His Messenger.' [At-Tawbah: 80] This is alongside what their seeking permission contains of the vices of morals and the lowly aspirations mentioned in his saying: 'And they said: Leave us,' meaning: let us be, even if in a bad state, 'to be,' meaning: in accordance with our dispositions, 'with those who sit,' meaning: with the excuse implied - especially with the expression of 'leave us,' which its essence revolves around what is disliked, unlike 'let us be' - for what he has initiated or clarified from his saying: