When He reveals, it is permissible for it to be a third alternative to 'When He promises you' and to be in the accusative case as a proof that I am with you, the object of 'reveals'. It has been recited: 'Indeed', with a kasra, intending the saying, or by treating 'reveals' like 'says', as in the saying 'that I will support you'. The meaning is: I am helping you in your steadfastness, so strengthen them. And His saying: 'I will cast...' then strike, it may be an explanation of His saying 'that I am with you, so strengthen them'. There is no assistance greater than casting terror into the hearts of the disbelievers, nor is there a more effective steadfastness than striking their necks. Their combination is the ultimate victory. It may also be that it is not an explanation, and that by steadfastness it is meant to bring to their minds what strengthens their hearts and corrects their resolve and intentions in fighting, and to show what they are certain of that they are supported by the angels. It is said that the angel would resemble a man whose face they recognized, and he would come and say: 'I heard the polytheists say: By Allah, if they attack us, we will be defeated,' and he would walk between the ranks and say: 'Rejoice, for Allah is your supporter because you worship Him, and these do not worship Him.' And it has been recited 'terror' with emphasis over the necks, meaning the tops of the necks which are the slaughtering points, because they are joints, so striking there would be a cutting and a beheading. It is said that he meant the heads because they are above the necks, meaning striking the heads. He said: 'And strike the head of the hero who turns away.' [This verse has been explained in the first part, page 409, refer to it if you wish, the corrector.] He covered him while he was in the midst of a valiant battle... a sword struck the center of the head and split it. [And the knight is immersed in the depths of death... when he swore an oath against something disliked, he was truthful.] He covered him while he was in the midst of a valiant battle... a sword struck the center of the head and split it. For Bal'aa ibn Qais al-Kinani, and the depths are the great waters, he likened death to a great flood in a metaphorical manner. The depths and immersion in it are imaginative. It is permissible for the depths to be borrowed for the horrors of death in a literal way. It is also possible that it is borrowed for the army of that knight in a literal way as well. He added it to death because it arises from it, and immersion is a confirmation. 'When he swore' means he swore 'against something disliked' meaning war 'truthfully' meaning he was sincere in his oath. 'He covered him' means he was attached to him while he was 'in the midst' meaning a great battalion that darkened or turned green with the abundance of weapons and armor, from 'jaw' like 'hawa', or from 'jawa' like 'hamra', which is the same condition that it is overshadowed by darkness. It is said that the darkness is overshadowed by greenness due to the rust of their armor. 'Valiant' means protective and frowning. It is possible that 'the midst' refers to the rusted armor. And 'a sword': the object of 'he covered him', meaning a cutting sword. 'Struck' means he sought and attained 'the center' meaning the middle of the head 'and split' the head or its middle, praising his horn with his victory over it, to indicate his reaching the peak of bravery. The fingers: refer to the fingers, meaning the extremities. The meaning is: strike the fighter and the shank, because the strike is either on a killing point or not, so he commanded them to combine both types together. It is permissible that His saying 'I will cast' to His saying 'every finger' is a response to His saying 'so strengthen those who believe', as if he said: say to them His saying 'I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve' or as if they said: how do we strengthen them? So it was said: say to them His saying 'I will cast', and the strikers in this case are the believers.