Surah At-Tawbah 9:62
ﱁ ﱂ ﱃ ﱄ ﱅ ﱆ ﱇ ﱈ ﱉ ﱊ ﱋ ﱌ
They swear by Allah to you [Muslims] to satisfy you. But Allah and His Messenger are more worthy for them to satisfy, if they should be believers.
Tafsir of At-Tawbah 9:62
Tafsir
Al-Kashshaf
Verse range: 9:62
Surah At-Tawbah: 62
{لكم ليرضوكم} The address is to the Muslims. The hypocrites used to speak with slanders or lag behind in Jihad, then they would come to them, offer excuses, and confirm their excuses with oaths so that they might excuse them and be pleased with them.
It was said to them: If you are believers as you claim, then the most worthy of being pleased is Allah and His Messenger through obedience and conformity.
The pronoun was singularized [in "His pleasure" (رضاه)] because there is no difference between the pleasure of Allah and the pleasure of His Messenger (peace be upon him). Thus, they are in the ruling of a single object of pleasure, like your saying: "Zayd’s kindness and his generosity revived me and mended me." Or, it means: Allah is more worthy that they should please Him, and His Messenger is likewise.
{ألم يعلموا أنه من يحادد الله ورسوله فأن له نار جهنم خالدا فيها ذالك الخزى العظيم}