His saying, exalted and glorified is He:

﴿That is for what you used to rejoice in the earth without right and for what you used to exult﴾ ﴿Enter the gates of Hell, abiding therein. And wretched is the residence of the arrogant﴾ ﴿So be patient. Indeed, the promise of Allah is true. Either We will show you some of what We promise them or We will cause you to die, and to Us they will be returned﴾ ﴿And We had certainly sent messengers before you, some of whom We have related to you and some of whom We have not related to you. And it was not for any messenger to bring a sign except by permission of Allah. And when the command of Allah comes, it will be concluded in truth, and there the falsifiers will lose﴾

The meaning: It is said to the disbelievers who are being punished: That is the punishment in which you are for what you used to rejoice in the worldly life with sins and disbelief and for what you used to exult. Mujahid said: Its meaning is: arrogance and pride. Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, said: boasting and haughtiness. And His saying, exalted and glorified is He: ﴿[Enter]﴾, its meaning is: it is said to them before this discourse at the beginning: enter, because this address is only after their entry and at the time when the chains are around their necks. And the gates of Hell are the seven that lead to its levels and depths. And "the residence": is the place of abode.

Then Allah, exalted and glorified is He, comforted His Prophet, blessings and peace be upon him, and promised him by saying: ﴿So be patient. Indeed, the promise of Allah is true﴾ in your victory and the establishment of your matter. For that is a matter either you will see some of it in your life, so your eyes will be pleased with it, or you will die before that, and to Our matter and Our punishment they will return and be brought back. The majority read: "[they will return]" with a dammah on the ya, and Abu Abdur-Rahman and Ya'qub read: [they will return] with a fathah on the ya. And Talhah ibn Masrif and Ya'qub - in the narration of Walid ibn Hassan - read: [you will return] with a fathah on the ta, marked from above.

(p-458) And His saying, exalted and glorified is He: ﴿And We had certainly sent messengers before you﴾, the verse is a response to the Arabs, who said: Indeed, Allah does not send a human as a messenger, and they distanced themselves from that. And His saying, exalted and glorified is He: ﴿Some of whom We have related to you﴾, Al-Naqqash said: they are twenty-four. And His saying, exalted and glorified is He: ﴿And some of whom We have not related to you﴾, it has been narrated from the route of Anas ibn Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, from the Prophet, blessings and peace be upon him: "Indeed, Allah, exalted and glorified is He, sent eight thousand messengers," and it has been narrated from Salman, from the Prophet, blessings and peace be upon him, who said: "Allah sent four thousand prophets," and it has been narrated from Ali ibn Abi Talib, may Allah be pleased with him, and Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them, that he said: "Allah sent a messenger from Abyssinia who was black," and he is the one who was not related to Muhammad, blessings and peace be upon him.

Qadi Abu Muhammad, may Allah have mercy on him, said: And this is presented on the basis that this Abyssinian is an example of those who were not related, not that he is the only one intended, for that is far.

And His saying, exalted is He: "And it was not for a messenger" is a response to Quraysh in their denial of the matter of Muhammad, blessings and peace be upon him, and their saying: "Indeed, he is a liar against Allah, exalted is He." And permission entails knowledge and empowerment. So, if it is accompanied by a matter, it becomes strong, as is the case in the sending of the Prophet. Then He, exalted is He, said: "So when the command of Allah comes," meaning when Allah intends to send a messenger and the mission of a prophet, He decrees that and enforces it with truth, and every falsifier loses and incurs the corruption of his Hereafter. The verse may also carry another meaning, which is that by "the command of Allah" He means the Day of Resurrection, so the verse would be a warning to them.