33:2 Al-Ahzaab (The Clans)

{ وَ } لكن { اتَّبِعْ مَا يُوحَى إِلَيْكَ مِنْ رَبِّكَ } فإنه هو الهدى والرحمة، وَارْجُ بذلك ثواب ربك، فإنه بما تعملون خبير، يجازيكم بحسب ما يعلمه منكم، من الخير والشر.فإن وقع في قلبك، أنك إن لم تطعهم في أهوائهم المضلة، حصل عليك منهم ضرر، أو حصل نقص في هداية الخلق، فادفع ذلك عن نفسك، واستعمل ما يقاومه ويقاوم غيره، وهو التوكل على اللّه، بأن تعتمد على ربك، اعتماد من لا يملك لنفسه ضرًا ولا نفعًا، ولا موتًا ولا حياة، ولا نشورًا، في سلامتك من شرهم، وفي إقامة الدين، الذي أمرت به.

ولهذا قال تعالى "واتبع ما يوحى إليك من ربك" أي من قرآن وسنة "إن الله كان بما تعملون خبيرا" أي فلا تخفى عليه خافية.

Which was revealed in Al-Madinah

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

The Command to defy the Disbelievers and Hypocrites by followingthe Revelation of Allah and putting One's Trust in Him

Here Allah points out something lower by referring to something higher. When He commands His servant and Messenger to do this, He is also commanding those who are lower than him, and the command is addressed to them more so. Talq bin Habib said: "Taqwa means obeying Allah in the light of the guidance of Allah and in hope of earning the reward of Allah, and refraining from disobeying Allah in the light of the guidance of Allah and fearing the punishment of Allah."

وَلاَ تُطِعِ الْكَـفِرِينَ وَالْمُنَـفِقِينَ

(and obey not the disbelievers and the hypocrites.) means, do not listen to what they say and do not consult them.

إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيماً حَكِيماً

(Verily, Allah is Ever All-Knower, All-Wise) means, He is more deserving of your following His commandments and obeying Him, for He knows the consequences of all things and is Wise in all that He says and does. Allah says:

وَاتَّبِعْ مَا يُوحَى إِلَـيْكَ مِن رَبِّكَ

(And follow that which is revealed to you from your Lord.) meaning, of the Qur'an and Sunnah.

إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيراً

(Verily, Allah is Well-Acquainted with what you do.) means, nothing at all is hidden from Him, and put your trust in Allah, i.e., in all your affairs and situations.

وَكَفَى بِاللَّهِ وَكِيلاً

(and sufficient is Allah as a Wakil.) means, sufficient is He as a Trustee for the one who puts his trust in Him and turns to Him.

And follow what is revealed to you from your Lord namely the Qur’ān. Truly God is Aware of what you do ta‘malūna; a variant reading has ya‘malūna ‘what they do’.

What is said in verse وَاتَّبِعْ مَا يُوحَىٰ إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّ‌بِّكَ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّـهَ كَانَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرً‌ا وَاتَّبِعْ مَا يُوحَىٰ إِلَيْكَ مِن رَّ‌بِّكَ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّـهَ كَانَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرً‌ا (And follow what is revealed to you from your Lord. Surely Allah is All-Aware of what you do.) is actually a complement of the first order. It means: Do not be beguiled or taken in by what the disbelievers and hypocrites say and do not agree or yield to it. Instead of all that, whatever you have been told by Allah through walhy (revelation) remains the only thing you and your companions should follow. Since, the noble companions ؓ and Muslims at large are included under this address, therefore, by saying: بِمَا تَعمَلُونَ (what you do) in the plural form at the end, everyone was alerted.