"And those who have responded to their Lord" - meaning: they believed - "and established prayer" - the prayer on the day this verse was revealed consisted of two units in the morning and two units in the evening, before the five prayers were made obligatory - "and their affair is [determined by] consultation among themselves" - the interpretation of al-Hasan is: they consult regarding
﴿وَالَّذين اسْتَجَابُوا لرَبهم﴾ أَي: آمنُوا ﴿وَأَقَامُوا الصَّلَاة﴾ كَانَت الصَّلَاة يَوْم نزلت هَذِه الْآيَة رَكْعَتَيْنِ غدْوَة , وَرَكْعَتَيْنِ عَشِيَّة قَبْلَ أَنْ تُفْرَضَ الصَّلَوَاتُ الْخَمْسُ ﴿وَأمرهمْ شُورَى بَينهم﴾ تَفْسِير الْحسن أَي: يتشاورون فِي
