In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
The discourse regarding the interpretation of the statement of the Exalted: ﴿Do you order righteousness upon the people and forget yourselves﴾
Abu Ja'far said: The scholars of interpretation differed regarding the meaning of righteousness which those addressed by this verse were ordering people to do while forgetting themselves, after their unanimous consensus that every act of obedience to God is termed "righteousness." Thus, it was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas:
840- Ibn Humaid narrated to us, saying: Salama narrated to us, from Ibn Ishaq, from Muhammad ibn Abi Muhammad, from 'Ikrima, or from Sa'id ibn Jubayr, from Ibn 'Abbas: {Do you order righteousness upon the people and forget yourselves, while you recite the Book? Do you not then reason?} meaning: you forbid people from disbelief in what you possess regarding prophethood and the covenant from the Torah, yet you neglect yourselves: (1) meaning while you disbelieve in what it contains of My covenant to you regarding believing My Messenger, and you break My covenant, and deny what you know from My Book.
841- And Abu Kuraib narrated to us, saying: 'Uthman ibn Sa'id narrated to us, saying: Bishr ibn 'Umara narrated to us, from Abu Rawq, from al-Dahhak, from Ibn 'Abbas regarding His statement: {Do you order righteousness upon the people}, he says: Do you order people to enter the religion of Muhammad, peace and blessings of God be upon him, and other things that you were commanded to do such as establishing Prayer, while you forget yourselves?
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