and summer.”

And His words:

“Indeed, it is a reminder for you and your people.”

It also contains passages that encompass all the Arabs while referring specifically to them, such as His words:

“He is the One who sent among the unlettered a Messenger from among themselves, reciting His verses to them.”

“The unlettered” encompasses all the Arabs, as distinct from the People of the Book. Then He says:

“And others among them who have not yet joined them.”

This encompasses everyone who enters Islam after the Arabs entered it, until the Day of Resurrection, as stated by Muqātil ibn Hayyān, ʿAbd al-Rahmān ibn Zayd, and others. His words, “And others among them,” mean that they belong to them in religion, not in lineage; had they belonged to them in lineage, they would have been included among the unlettered.

This is like His words, Most High:

“And those who believed afterwards, emigrated, and strove alongside you—they are of you.”

It is established in the authentic collection that when this verse was revealed, the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was asked about those people and said:

“Were faith suspended at the Pleiades, men of Persian descent would reach it.”

This indicates that these people are included; it does not preclude the inclusion of people from other nations. Since they belong to them, they are included in His words:

“Allah has certainly bestowed favour upon