[327] These are Shawwal, Dhū al-Qiʿdah, and the first ten days of Dhū al-Ḥijjah.
[328] The reason for this aya’s revelation is as mentioned by Ibn ʿAbbās (رضي الله عنهما): “The people of Yemen used to come for Hajj without providing themselves with supplies, saying: “We are the Reliant ˹on God˺”. But when they reached Makkah they used to solicit provisions from people”. (al-Bukhārī: 1523)
[329] By trading. (Wāḥidī, al-Wajīz, al-Qurṭubī, al-Saʿdi, al-Shinqīṭī)
[330] Engage in dhikr, Prayers and Praying.
[331] al-Mashʿar al-Ḥarām is Muzdalifah. (al-Ṭabarī, al-Wāḥidī, al-Saʿdī)
[332] God’s Guidance of you to the correct Abrahamic rites of Hajj. (al-Ṭabarī, al-Wāḥidī, Ibn Kathīr, al-Saʿdī, Ibn ʿĀshūr)
[333] The addressees are the Quraysh who, known as al-ḥums, held back from going to ʿArafāt and instead remained in Muzdalifah. Being the guardians and the tenders of the Holy Sanctuary they considered themselves a station above others, but after the advent of Islam, this command remedied the situation (cf. al-Ṭabarī, Ibn Kathīr, al-Shinqīṭī).
[334] That is istighfār (seeking forgiveness) for any shortcomings during the performance of Hajj.
[335] The Arabs were, particularly at that juncture in history, very fond of talking without end at almost any social interaction, about the chivalric and heroic deeds of their forefathers.
[336] These are the ones who are well-guided.
[337] This supplication (Rabbanā ātinā fī al-dunyā ḥasanah wa fī al-ākhirati ḥasanah wa qinā ʿadhāb an-nār) contains all that is good and desirable by humans. Hence why, as found in al-Bukhārī (6389) and Muslim (2690), it is the supplication prayed most often by the Prophet (ﷺ).
[338] The ones who supplicate with this Prayer. (al-Ṭabarī, al-Qurṭubī, Ibn ʿĀshūr)
[339] The good deeds that they did.
[340] Repayment. (Ibn ʿUthaymīn)