The intended meaning of the phrase of Allah the Exalted: "except for the minor sins"

Question:
The questioner asks: What is the intended meaning of the phrase of Allah the Exalted, "except for the minor sins," in the noble verse?

Answer:
From among the other sins. Sins are of three types: major sins, the greatest of the major sins, the destructive sins, and the rest of the major sins. Then, after the major sins, come the minor sins.
Prayer, prayer does not expiate except through repentance if it is shirk (associating partners with Allah); it does not expiate except through repentance. If it is major sins other than shirk, then they are under the will of Allah: if He wills, He forgives them, and if He wills, He punishes for them. As for minor sins, they are expiated by the fact that they are a great matter The major sins are removed, and likewise the expiations for minor sins: the punishments that befall a person, the hardships that befall a person, by which Allah expiates their sins, and likewise they are expiated by the supplication of Muslims for their forgiveness. Minor sins are expiated, meaning that Shaykh al-Islam disliked [the idea that] the expiations for minor sins are close to ten; there are ten expiations. Yes.