The benefits of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “Make complete coats of mail, and measure in the weaving, and do good. Indeed, I am Seeing of what you do.”
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Then He, Mighty and Majestic, said: [Saba 34:11] to the end of it.
Among the benefits of this noble verse is that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, bestowed upon Dawud and others the teaching of this craft, which is the craft of making armor, as He, the Exalted, said: [Al-Anbiya: 80]. This teaching that Allah taught Dawud has remained until our day. This is just as Allah taught Nuh the making of the ship, and Allah, the Exalted, indicated the materials of its construction in His saying: [Al-Qamar: 13], meaning nails.
And among the benefits of this noble verse is that it is recommended for whoever makes something to complete it, based on His saying:[Saba 34:11], complete, and not to diminish anything from it. It is also recommended for whoever makes something to perfect it, and this is a new benefit: to perfect it, based on His saying: [Saba 34:11], completion and perfection.
And among the benefits of this noble verse is that it is recommended, indeed obligatory, for whoever Allah has blessed with a favor to express gratitude for it through righteous deeds, based on His saying:.
And among its benefits is that when Allah bestows a favor upon a person from a tribe, it is a favor upon the entire tribe. How is that? Based on His saying:, so the address was directed to the family of Dawud, all of them, even though the distinction was specific to Dawud. Therefore, when a person of distinction emerges in a tribe, he raises the status of that entire tribe, is that not so? Just as the opposite is the opposite: if one person from a tribe degrades himself, the entire tribe is blamed for it. And this is a known matter.
And among the benefits of this noble verse is the warning against disobedience, based on His saying:[Saba 34:11].
And among its benefits is that Allah, the Exalted, is Seeing of everything we do, whether good or evil, little or much, apparent or hidden, even the deeds of the hearts, He knows them. Yes, Allah, the Exalted, said: [Qaf: 16]. Be careful, do not harbor in your heart anything that angers Allah, for if you do, then Allah, the Exalted, will know it, and nothing is hidden from Him: [Saba 34:11].
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أَنِ اعْمَلْ سَابِغَاتٍ وَقَدِّرْ فِي السَّرْدِAmong the benefits of this noble verse is that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, bestowed upon Dawud and others the teaching of this craft, which is the craft of making armor, as He, the Exalted, said:
And We taught him the fashioning of coats of armor to protect you from your [enemy in] battle. So will you then be grateful?
وَعَلَّمْنَاهُ صَنْعَةَ لَبُوسٍ لَكُمْ لِتُحْصِنَكُمْ مِنْ بَأْسِكُمْ فَهَلْ أَنْتُمْ شَاكِرُونَAnd We carried him on a [construction of] planks and nails,
وَحَمَلْنَاهُ عَلَى ذَاتِ أَلْوَاحٍ وَدُسُرٍAnd among the benefits of this noble verse is that it is recommended for whoever makes something to complete it, based on His saying:
[Commanding him], "Make full coats of mail
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وقدر في السردAnd among the benefits of this noble verse is that it is recommended, indeed obligatory, for whoever Allah has blessed with a favor to express gratitude for it through righteous deeds, based on His saying:
and do good
وَاعْمَلُوا صَالِحًاAnd among its benefits is that when Allah bestows a favor upon a person from a tribe, it is a favor upon the entire tribe. How is that? Based on His saying:
and do good
واعملوا صالحاًAnd among the benefits of this noble verse is the warning against disobedience, based on His saying:
Indeed I, of what you do, am Seeing."
إِنِّي بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌAnd among its benefits is that Allah, the Exalted, is Seeing of everything we do, whether good or evil, little or much, apparent or hidden, even the deeds of the hearts, He knows them. Yes, Allah, the Exalted, said: