God has been true to His promise when you slew them by His leave until you lost heart and quarreled over the command; and you disobeyed after he had shown you what you longed for. This verse alludes to the fact that the Real al-ḥaqq raises His friends up aqāma in the right of His right bi-ḥaqqi ḥaqqihi and holds them back from attaining their worldly fortunes ḥuẓūẓ. He سبحانه stands qāma as sufficient for them in every way. Whoever persists in the path of uprightness istiqāma will not deviate from His boundary and [God] will not deviate from His pact for God has been true to His promise to them with beautiful and continuous sufficiency. But whoever falls away from uprightness istiqāma-even if only a step-stumbles in his walking and his state and ability is destabilized to the extent of his offense. Whoever has found increase has been increased from Him and whoever suffers decrease has suffered decrease from Him. Some of you desired this world; and some of you desired the hereafter. Then He turned you away from them so that He might try you; yet now He has pardoned you and God is bounteous to the believers. The value of each person is his desire irāda. Whoever's aspiration himma is for this world his value is base and paltry like this world. Whoever's aspiration is for the hereafter his rank is a noble one. Whoever's aspiration is knowledge of divine lordship rabbāniyya he is the leader sayyid of his time. It is said that whoever is purified of his [lower] desire reaches Him and whoever reaches Him is drawn near to Him by His kindness and is brought close to the place of intimate friendship khuṣūṣiyya in His presence. Then He turned you away from them: This alludes to [the way] He has turned some people away from Him and distracted them from Himself by what is other than Him. Others He turned from any other thing singling them out for Himself. He turned the ascetics zāhidūn away from this world dunyā the worshipers ʿābidūn from following whims hawā the aspirants murīdūn from lower desires munā and those who declare God's oneness muwaḥḥidūn from everything other [than Him] siwā.
