Commentary
If you say: To what does the pronoun in 'and what He made it' refer? I say: It refers to His saying 'that I will support you' because the meaning is: He responded to you by supporting you. If you say: What about those who read it with a kasrah? I say: It refers to His saying 'that I will support you' because it is the object of the implied saying, thus it is in the meaning of the saying. It is also possible that it refers to the support indicated by 'I will support you' except for the glad tidings, meaning a message for you of victory, like the tranquility for the Children of Israel, meaning that you sought help and humbled yourselves due to your weakness and humiliation, so the support by the angels was a glad tidings for you of victory, and a calming for you, and a strengthening of your hearts. And the victory is only from Allah, meaning do not consider victory to come from the angels, for the one who grants victory is Allah for you and for the angels. Or, and what is victory by the angels and others from the means except from Allah, and the one granted victory is the one whom Allah supports.
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