Allah and His Messenger had given them and had said, ‘Allah is sufficient for us. Allah will give us of His bounty, and so will His Messenger. To Allah alone we turn in hope.’”

Concerning giving, He said:

“Allah and His Messenger had given them,”

because the Messenger is the intermediary between us and Allah in conveying His commands and prohibitions, what He makes lawful and unlawful, and His promises and warnings. Thus, what is lawful is what Allah and His Messenger have made lawful; what is forbidden is what Allah and His Messenger have forbidden; and religion is what Allah and His Messenger have prescribed.

Allah Most High says:

“Whatever the Messenger gives you, take it, and whatever he forbids you, refrain from it.”

For this reason, Allah Most High said:

“Had they been content with what Allah and His Messenger had given them and had said, ‘Allah is sufficient for us.’”

Here He did not say, “and His Messenger,” because Allah alone is sufficient for all His believing servants. As He, Most High, says:

“O Prophet, Allah is sufficient for you and for the believers who follow you.”

That is, He is sufficient for you and for the believers who follow you.

Allah Most High also says:

“Indeed, my Protector is Allah, who sent down the Book, and He protects the righteous.”

He mentioned this after His words:

“Indeed, those whom you call upon besides Allah are servants like yourselves,”

through to His words:

“Say, ‘Call upon your partners, then plot against me and give me no respite.’”

“Indeed, my Protector is Allah, who sent down the Book, and He protects the righteous.”

Ibn ʿAbbās said: “They are those who do not set up equals to Allah. He therefore protects and supports them, and the hostility of those who oppose them does not harm them.”

As Allah Most High says:

“Indeed, We will support Our messengers and those who believe, both in the life of this world and on the Day when the witnesses stand forth.”

Then Allah Most High said, among the words He commands them to say:

“Allah will give us of His bounty, and so will His Messenger. To Allah alone we turn in hope.”

Thus He commanded them to