and forbid them from disobeying God on His earth among the Muslims.

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The statement regarding the interpretation of the statement of God, may His praise be exalted: {And when it is said to them, "Believe as the people have believed"}

Abū Jaʿfar said: The interpretation of His statement: {And when it is said to them, "Believe as the people have believed"} means: And when it is said to these whom God described and characterized as saying: {We believe in God and in the Last Day, but they are not believers}: Believe in Muḥammad and in what he brought from God, just as the people have believed in him. By "the people," He means: the believers who believed in Muḥammad, his prophethood, and what he brought from God. Just as:

343- Abū Kurayb narrated to us, he said: ʿUthmān b. Saʿīd narrated to us, from Bishr b. ʿUmāra, from Abū Rawq, from al-Daḥḥāk, from Ibn ʿAbbās regarding His statement: {And when it is said to them, "Believe as the people have believed"}, he says: And when it is said to them, believe just as the Companions of Muḥammad believed; say: He is a prophet and a messenger, and what was revealed to him is true; and believe in the Hereafter, and that you will be resurrected after death (1).

The alif and lām (the definite article) were only introduced into "the people" (al-nās), while they are some of the people and not all of them, because they were known specifically to those addressed by this verse. Its meaning is only: Believe as the people whom you know have believed, from the people of certainty and belief in God, in Muḥammad, peace and blessings of God be upon him, in what he brought from God, and in the Last Day. For that reason, the alif and lām were introduced into it, just as they were introduced in His statement: {Those to whom the people said, "Indeed, the people have gathered against you