Satisfaction, quenching, clothing, and shelter: these are the pillars upon which the sustenance of a person revolves. [Mahamud said: "Allah mentioned the categories by which a person is sustained... etc."] Ahmad said: "This is a good reminder, and in the verse is a wondrous secret of eloquence called cutting the counterpart from the counterpart. This is because it separates thirst from hunger and clothing from shelter, despite the relation between them. The purpose of this is to affirm the enumeration of these blessings and classify them. If each were paired with its counterpart, it would be assumed that the counted items are a single blessing. The people of eloquence have observed this meaning in the past and present. The first al-Kindi said: 'As if I have not ridden a steed for pleasure... nor have I embraced a maiden with anklets... nor have I tasted the sustenance of quenching, nor have I said... for my horses a drink after a chase.' So he separated riding the steed from the saying 'for my horses a drink' and separated embracing the maiden from tasting the cup, while maintaining the relation. His aim is to enumerate his pleasures and glories and to increase them. Another al-Kindi followed him and said: 'I stood, and there is no doubt in death for the one standing... as if you are in the eyelid of death while it is asleep. The champions pass by you, all defeated... and your face is radiant, and your lips are smiling.' So he was interrupted by Sayf al-Dawla, who said that there is no separation of one thing from its counterpart in it. However, with his insight, he limited his understanding of what Abu al-Tayyib has reached regarding this wondrous meaning. Moreover, in this verse is a secret that goes beyond what has been mentioned, which is the intention of the harmony of the pauses. If thirst were paired with hunger, and it were said: 'You may not hunger therein nor thirst,' the coherence of the verses would be disrupted, and it would be better organized. And Allah knows best.