And whoever imitates a people is one of them.”
Just as humiliation is imposed upon those who disobey his command, honour belongs to those who obey and follow him. Allah Most High says:
“Do not lose heart or grieve, for you will have the upper hand if you are believers.” [Āl Imrān: 139]
And He says:
“Honour belongs to Allah, His Messenger, and the believers.” [Al-Munāfiqūn: 8]
And He says:
“So do not lose heart and call for peace while you have the upper hand, and Allah is with you.” [Muhammad: 35]
Allah Most High also says (1):
“O Prophet, Allah is sufficient for you and for the believers who follow you.” [Al-Anfāl: 64]
That is, Allah alone suffices you and your followers, so you have no need (2) of anyone besides Him. There are two grammatical analyses here. The first is that the conjunction wāw (“and”) coordinates (man), meaning “those who,” with the genitive pronoun kāf (“you”). According to the preferred grammatical view, it is permissible to coordinate a noun with a genitive pronoun without repeating the governing particle. There are many examples supporting this, and the objections raised against it are flimsy.
The second is that wāw means “with,” and (man) occupies an accusative position through coordination according to the underlying syntactic position. For “hasbuka” means “kāfīka”—“sufficient for you”: that is, Allah suffices you and those who follow you. This is like the Arabic expression, “A dirham suffices you and Zayd.” The poet said:
“When battle breaks out and unity is torn apart,
A sword of Indian steel suffices you and al-Dahhāk.” (3)