"And when We said, 'Enter this village,'" up to His saying: "and We will increase those who do good." Al-Kalbi said: When the Children of Israel separated from the Tih (the wilderness), and entered the inhabited lands, they were at the mountains of Jericho in the Jordan, it was said to them: "Enter this village and eat from it wherever you wish in abundance." The Children of Israel had committed a sin, and Allah wished to save them from it if they repented. He said to them: "When you reach the gate of the village, prostrate, and say: 'Hittah' (forgiveness/relieve us of our burden)," so that We may remove your sins from you. "And We will increase those who do good"—those who were not among the people of that sin—with goodness upon their goodness. As for those who were righteous, they said what they were commanded to say, but as for those who disobeyed, they spoke a word other than...
﴿وَإِذْ قُلْنَا ادْخُلُوا هَذِهِ الْقَرْيَةَ﴾ إِلَى قَوْله: ﴿وسنزيد الْمُحْسِنِينَ﴾ قَالَ الْكَلْبِيّ: لما فصلت بَنو إِسْرَائِيل من التيه، ودخلوا إِلَى الْعُمْرَان، فَكَانُوا بجبال أرِيحَا من الْأُرْدُن قِيلَ لَهُم: ادخُلُوا هَذِه الْقَرْيَةَ، فَكُلُوا مِنْهَا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمْ رغدا. وَكَانَ بَنو إِسْرَائِيل قد خطئوا خَطِيئَة؛ فَأحب اللَّه أَن يستنقذهم مِنْهَا - إِن تَابُوا وقَالَ لَهُم: إِذا انتهيتم إِلَى بَاب الْقرْيَة، فاسجدوا، وَقُولُوا: حِطَّةٌ - نحط عَنْكُم خطاياكم ﴿وسنزيد الْمُحْسِنِينَ﴾ الَّذين لم يَكُونُوا من أهل تِلْكَ الْخَطِيئَة - إحسانا إِلَى إحسانهم، فَأَما المحسنون: فَقَالُوا الَّذِي أمروا بِهِ، وَأما الَّذين عصوا: فَقَالُوا قولا غير
