There is disagreement over the meaning of sirr. Some say it means intense cold; others, fire. The latter view was stated by Ibn ‘Abbās. Ibn al-Anbārī said: “The wind was described as sirr because of the sound it makes when it blazes.” Others say that sirr is the sound accompanying the wind when it blows fiercely.
These three explanations are interconnected: it is intense cold that scorches the crops by drying them out, just as fire scorches them, and it is accompanied by a loud sound.
His words, “strikes the crops of people who have wronged themselves,” indicate that their wrongdoing caused the wind to strike their crops. It was their wrongdoing that unleashed this wind upon them until it destroyed their crops and left them withered. Thus, their wrongdoing is the wind that destroyed and ruined their deeds and their spending.
As for abandonment
[Surah Āl ‘Imrān (3): verse 160]
“If Allah helps you, none can overcome you. But if He forsakes you, who can help you after Him? So in Allah let the believers put their trust.” (160)
The basic meaning of abandonment is leaving and letting go. A cow or ewe that stays behind with her young in the pasture, leaving her companions, is called khadhūl (one that stays behind).
Muhammad ibn Ishāq said concerning this verse: “If Allah helps you, no one among the people can overcome you, and the desertion of those who desert you will not harm you. But if He forsakes you, people will never help you. That is: do not abandon My command for the sake of people; rather, forsake people for the sake of My command.”
Abandonment means that Allah Most High leaves the servant to himself and entrusts him to his own devices. Divinely granted success is its opposite: He does not leave the servant to himself or entrust him to his own devices. Rather, He acts on his behalf, treats him with kindness, helps him, defends him, and watches over him as a compassionate father watches over a child who cannot care for himself. Whoever is left to himself is utterly ruined. Hence, among the Prophet’s ﷺ supplications was:
“O Ever-Living, O Sustainer of all, O Originator of the heavens and the earth, O Possessor of Majesty and Honor, there is no god but You,