The discourse concerning the interpretation of the statement of Him Whose praise is Majestic: ﴿And He misleads not thereby except the transgressors (26) ﴾

And the interpretation of that is what:

568- Mūsā ibn Hārūn narrated to me, he said: ʿAmr narrated to us, he said: Asbāṭ narrated to us, from al-Suddī in a report he mentioned, from Abū Mālik, and from Abū Ṣāliḥ, from Ibn ʿAbbās — and from Murra, from Ibn Masʿūd, and from some people among the Companions of the Prophet, peace and blessings of God be upon him: "And He misleads not thereby except the transgressors", [meaning] they are the hypocrites (1).

569- Bishr ibn Muʿādh narrated to us, he said: Yazīd narrated to us, from Saʿīd, from Qatāda: "And He misleads not thereby except the transgressors", [meaning] they transgressed, so Allah misled them due to their transgression (2).

570- Al-Muthannā narrated to me, he said: Isḥāq narrated to us, he said: Ibn Abī Jaʿfar narrated to us, from his father, from al-Rabīʿ ibn Anas: "And He misleads not thereby except the transgressors", they are the people of hypocrisy (3).

Abu Ja'far said: The root meaning of transgression (fisq) in the speech of the Arabs is stepping out from something. It is said from it: fasaqat al-ruṭaba when it emerges from its skin. From that, the mouse was named fuwaysiqa, because of its emerging from its hole (4). Likewise, the hypocrite and the disbeliever are both named transgressors (fāsiqayn), because of their stepping out from obedience to their Lord. For that reason, He whose remembrance is Majestic said regarding the description of Iblīs: {except Iblīs; he was of the jinn and transgressed against the command of his Lord} [Sūrat al-Kahf: 50], meaning by it that he stepped out from His obedience and from following His command.

571- As Ibn Ḥumayd narrated to us, he said: Salama narrated to us, he said: Ibn Isḥāq narrated to me,