[2259] This is a crucial regulatory note to the community. As much as fighting in the path of God is important to safeguard the Faith, seeking knowledge is no less important for the wellbeing of the society (cf. Ibn ʿĀshūr).
[2260] The meaning of this aya is disputed, however, most exegetes interpret it in the way it is translated here with the explanatory parentheticals (cf. al-Zajjāj, al-Wāḥidī, al-Wajīz, al-Qurṭubī, al-Qāsimī, al-Saʿdī, al-Muyassar, al-Mukhtaṣar).