[3497] That is, when the punishment for such rebellion is due (cf. al-Ṭabarī, Ibn Kathīr, al-Saʿdī).
[3498] Ulī ba’s shadīd, that is of terrible might and toughness (cf. al-Ṭabarī, Ibn Kathīr, al-Saʿdī).
[3499] Fa-jāsū khilāla al-diyāri, i.e. these ‘soldiers of God’ would move freely to and fro between houses pillaging and ransacking (cf. al-Tafsīr al-Muyassar, al-Tafsīr al-Mukhtaṣar).