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“Obey Allah and the Messenger, so that you may be shown mercy.” That is, so that you may receive mercy.
“And hasten toward forgiveness from your Lord and toward a Garden as wide as the heavens and the earth, prepared for those who are mindful of Allah. (133)”
Regarding His saying, “And hasten”: the people of Madinah and Syria recited it as “Hasten,” without the conjunction “and.” “Toward forgiveness from your Lord” means: hasten and vie with one another in deeds that make forgiveness obligatory.
﴿وَسَارِعُوا إِلَى مَغْفِرَةٍ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ وَجَنَّةٍ عَرْضُهَا السَّمَاوَاتُ وَالْأَرْضُ أُعِدَّتْ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ (١٣٣) ﴾
﴿وَأَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَالرَّسُولَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ﴾ لِكَيْ تُرْحَمُوا.
﴿وَسَارِعُوا﴾ قَرَأَ أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ وَالشَّامِ سَارِعُوا بِلَا وَاوٍ، ﴿إِلَى مَغْفِرَةٍ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ﴾ أَيْ بَادِرُوا وَسَابِقُوا إِلَى الْأَعْمَالِ الَّتِي تُوجِبُ الْمَغْفِرَةَ.