to obey and speak rightly. Then when fighting was ordained, it surely would have been better for them if they were true to Allah.
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أي : وكان الأولى بهم أن يسمعوا ويطيعوا ، أي : في الحالة الراهنة ، ( فإذا عزم الأمر ) أي : جد الحال ، وحضر القتال ، ( فلو صدقوا الله ) أي : أخلصوا له النية ، ( لكان خيرا لهم )
He has revealed to you ˹O Prophet˺ the Book in truth, confirming what came before it, as He revealed the Torah and the Gospel