[364] The Deniers asked this question intending to scorn the Prophet (ﷺ) for what they saw as breaking an oath when a group of Believers unknowingly killed a Denier during a sacrosanct month (cf. al-Wāḥidī, Ibn ʿĀshūr, al-Nasā’ī, al-Sunan al-Kubrā: 8803).
[365] These trials and tribulations (fitnah) that the Deniers subjected the Believers to are far graver than unknowingly killing a single Denier during a sacrosanct month (cf. al-Ṭabarī, al-Wāḥḍī, Ibn ʿAṭiyyah, al-Saʿdī, Ibn ʿĀshūr).
[366] ‘Benefits’ are mentioned only way of preparing the then newly-formed Muslim community for the total prohibition of intoxicants and gambling which was to come (cf. 5: 90-91).
[367] In God’s cause.
[368] al-ʿAfw is what is more than necessary to sustain you. (al-Ṭabarī, Ibn ʿĀshūr)