He enumerated His blessings and favors upon you, and that He did not leave you alone from the beginning of your upbringing and the start of your growth. This is to prepare you for what He intended, so that you may measure the expected favor of Allah against what has preceded it, so that you do not expect anything but goodness and an increase in goodness and honor.

And let not your heart be constricted nor your patience diminish. Did He not find you as an orphan? This means: Were you not an orphan, for your father died while you were a fetus, having completed six months, and your mother died when you were eight years old? Your uncle Abu Talib took care of you, and Allah showed mercy to you and raised you well.

Among the novel interpretations is that it is from the saying 'a unique pearl,' meaning: Did He not find you as one without a peer in Quraysh and sheltered you? It has been recited as 'fa awā' (and He sheltered), which has two meanings: either from 'awā' meaning He sheltered. Some shepherds heard someone say: 'Where did this diseased one find shelter?' The term 'mawqisa' refers to camels afflicted with mange, from 'waqasa,' which means the onset of mange.

Or it is from 'awā' meaning He had mercy on you when you were lost, meaning lost in knowledge of the laws and what the path of hearing is, as in His saying: 'You did not know what the Book was.' It is said that he was lost in his childhood in some valleys of Mecca, and Abu Jahl returned him to Abdul Muttalib. It is said that Halima lost him at the gate of Mecca when she weaned him and brought him back to Abdul Muttalib. It is said that he was lost on the way to Syria when Abu Talib took him. So He guided you, meaning He made you recognize the Quran and the laws. Or He removed your misguidance from your grandfather and uncle.

As for the one who said he was upon the matter of his people for forty years, if he meant that he was without the knowledge of the worldly sciences, then yes. But if he meant that he was upon their religion and disbelief, then may Allah protect us. The prophets must be preserved from major and minor sins, both before and after prophethood. So how could there be disbelief and ignorance of the Creator? It is not for us to associate anything with Allah, and it is enough for the Prophet to be belittled by the disbelievers that he had previously experienced poverty. It has been recited as 'a'īlan' (in need), just as it has been recited as 'sihāt.' And he was in need, so He enriched you with the wealth of Khadijah, or with what He bestowed upon you from the spoils. The Prophet, blessings and peace be upon him, said: 'My provision has been placed under the shade of my spear.'

This is part of a hadith. It has been narrated by al-Bukhari, Ahmad, Abu Dawood, Ibn Abi Shaybah, Abdul bin Hamid, Abu Ya'la, al-Tabarani, and al-Bayhaqi in 'al-Shu'ab' from the hadith of Abdullah ibn Umar. In al-Nasa'i from Abu Huraira, it has been narrated by al-Bazzar from the narration of Sadaqa ibn Abdullah from al-Awza'i from Yahya from Abu Salamah from Abu Huraira. It was said that Sadaqa was not followed on this. Others narrate it from al-Awza'i as a disconnected narration. There is another route in the translation of Ahmad ibn Mahmoud in the history of Isfahan by Abu Nu'aym with his chain to Anas.

And its chain is sound. It was said: He sufficed you and enriched your heart.