He says: You study the Book thereby. And by "the Book" he means: the Torah. (1)
The discourse regarding the interpretation of the statement of the Exalted: {Will you not then understand? (44)}
Abū Jaʿfar said: He means by His statement, "(Will you not then understand?)" (2): Will you not comprehend and understand the foulness of what you commit of disobeying your Lord, which you command people to do the opposite of, and forbid them from engaging in while you yourselves engage in it, knowing that what is incumbent upon you of God's right, obedience to Him, following Muḥammad, and believing in him and in what he brought (3) is like what is incumbent upon the one whom you command to follow him? As:
848- Muḥammad ibn al-ʿAlāʾ narrated to us, he said: ʿUthmān ibn Saʿīd narrated to us, he said: Bishr ibn ʿUmāra narrated to us, from Abū Rawq, from al-Ḍaḥḥāk, from Ibn ʿAbbās: "(Will you not then understand?)" He says: Will you not comprehend? So He forbade them from this foul character trait. (4)
Abū Jaʿfar said: And this indicates the correctness of what we said regarding the command of the Jewish rabbis of the Children of Israel to others to follow Muḥammad, peace and blessings of God be upon him, and that they used to say: He is sent to other than us! As we mentioned before. (5)
The discourse regarding the interpretation of the statement of the Exalted: {And seek help through patience and prayer}
Abū Jaʿfar said: He means by His statement, majestic is His praise, "(And seek help through patience)": Seek help in fulfilling My covenant which you covenanted with Me in your Book—of obedience to Me, following My command, and abandoning what you desire
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