'In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful' He says, the Exalted and Majestic: ﴿To Him belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and to Allah return all matters﴾ ﴿He causes the night to enter into the day, and He causes the day to enter into the night, and He is All-Knowing of what is in the breasts﴾ ﴿Believe in Allah and His Messenger and spend from that which He has made you successors therein. So those of you who have believed and spent, for them is a great reward﴾ ﴿And what is [the matter] with you that you do not believe in Allah while the Messenger invites you to believe in your Lord? And He has taken your covenant if you should be believers﴾ ﴿It is He who sends down upon His Servant clear verses that He may bring you out from darkness into light. And indeed, Allah is to you Kind and Merciful﴾. His saying, the Exalted and Majestic: ﴿And to Allah return all matters﴾ is a statement that encompasses all existents. The "

," here is not a plural of the source, but rather it refers to all existents because the matter, the thing, and existence are common names for all existents, their attributes, and their essences. The majority read:

And His saying, glorified and exalted is He: "And what is [the matter] with you that you do not believe in Allah?" The verse is a prelude to their supplication and an affirmation that they are deserving of these lofty ranks. If that is established, then there is no barrier to faith. This is like wanting to encourage a man to give, and you say to him: "You, O so-and-so, are from a people who are generous, so you should be honored." This is consistent in all matters. If you want someone to perform an action, you create him with the character of the people of that action and assign him their rank. If it is established among these that the Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him, is calling them, and that they are among those with whom Allah took a covenant, then how can they refrain from believing? The majority of the reciters read: "And He has taken your covenant" in the form of the active verb. Abu Amr read: "And He has taken" in the form of the verb for the passive subject. The one who takes, according to all opinions, is Allah, glorified and exalted is He. This taking was at the time of the extraction from the back of Adam, peace be upon him, as has been mentioned in other than this surah. The address in the form of the verb for the passive subject is more severe upon the addressed. An example of this is the saying of Allah, glorified and exalted is He: "So remain steadfast as you have been commanded" [Hud: 112]. It is like saying to a person: "Do as you have been told." It is more emphatic than saying: "Do what I told you."

And His saying, glorified and exalted is He: "If you are believers". Al-Tabari said: The meaning is: If you are believers at any time, then now. This meaning is not in the wording of the verse and contains much implication. Rather, the meaning to me is that the saying of Allah, glorified and exalted is He: "And the Messenger is calling you to believe in your Lord, and He has taken your covenant if you are believers" necessitates that it should be understood in its effect: You are in noble ranks and high statuses if you are believers, meaning: If you persist in what you have begun with.

And some of the seven reciters read: "He sends down" in the heavy form, while some read it: "He sends down" in the light form. Al-Hasan and Isa read it in both ways. Al-Amash read: "I send down." The servant in His saying, glorified and exalted is He: "Upon His servant Muhammad" is Muhammad, blessings and peace be upon him, and "the signs" are the signs of the Qur'an, and "the darknesses" refer to disbelief, and "the light" refers to faith. And what is in the verse is a promise and an assured encouragement.