"O you who have believed, respond to Allah and to the Messenger when he calls you to that which gives you life" (8:24). He means: the Quran. "And know that Allah intervenes between a man and his heart" (8:24). The interpretation of al-Dahhak ibn Muzahim is: He intervenes between the heart of the believer and his disobedience, and between the heart of the disbeliever and his obedience.
﴿يَا أَيهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اسْتَجِيبُوا لِلَّهِ وَلِلرَّسُولِ إِذا دعَاكُمْ لما يُحْيِيكُمْ﴾ يُرِيدُ: الْقُرْآنَ ﴿وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ يحول بَين الْمَرْء وَقَلبه﴾ تَفْسِيرُ الضَّحَّاكِ بْنِ مُزَاحِمٍ: يَحُولُ بَيْنَ قَلْبِ الْمُؤْمِنِ وَبَيْنَ مَعْصِيَتِهِ، وَبَيْنَ قَلْبِ الْكَافِرِ وَبَيْنَ طَاعَتِهِ.
