[902] The hypocrites whose hearts are diseased.
[903] The Qur’an and earlier Scriptures, respectively.
[904] According to ʿAbdullāh Ibn ʿAbbās (رضي الله عنهما) this aya was revealed with regards to a group of the Aslam tribe, who professed Islam, then went to Abū Zurārah al-Aslamī, the soothsayer, to settle a dispute. (al-Ṭabarī, Ibn Kathīr, al-Saʿdī)
[905] Judgement which is not in accordance with what God sent down to His Messenger (ﷺ). (al-Ṭabarī, Ibn Kathīr, al-Saʿdī)
[906] At times of hardship they know only too well to whom they should resort; the one who possesses the truth and is able to alleviate their affliction by praying to the True God.
[907] That is, do not take measures to punish them for their insincerity. As long as they did not make manifest the Denial that they are really bent on, there is no way against them (cf. al-Ṭabarī, Ibn Kathīr, al-Jazā’irī).
[908] Qawl balīgh is penetrating speech that reaches people’s hearts because of its frankness and persuasiveness. For it to be so, it has to be true and to the point. (Ibn Fāris, Maqāyīs al-Lughah; al-Iṣfahānī, al-Mufradāt)