Surah Al Mumtahanah Tafseer

لَقَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ فِيهِمْ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ لِمَن كَانَ يَرْجُو اللَّهَ وَالْيَوْمَ الاْخِرَ

Certainly, there has been in them an excellent example for you to follow -- for those who look forward to (the meeting with) Allah and the Last Day.

asserting what He has said before with the exemption mentioned, i.e., the good example that Allah mentioned before,

لِمَن كَانَ يَرْجُو اللَّهَ وَالْيَوْمَ الاْخِرَ

(for those who look forward to Allah and the Last Day), thus encouraging the believers who believe in Allah and the Return to Him.

Allah said,

وَمَن يَتَوَلَّ

And whosoever turns away,

meaning, from what Allah has ordained,

فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْغَنِيُّ الْحَمِيدُ

verily, Allah is Al-Ghani, Al-Hamid.

Allah said in another Ayah,

إِن تَكْفُرُواْ أَنتُمْ وَمَن فِى الاٌّرْضِ جَمِيعًا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَغَنِىٌّ حَمِيدٌ

If you disbelieve, you and all on the earth together, then verily! Allah is Ghani, Hamid. (14:8)

Ali bin Talhah reported from Ibn `Abbas,

الْغَنِيُّ

Ghani, is the One Who is perfectly rich."

That is Allah. This is Allah's attribute that He alone is worthy of being described by; surely, He has no equal, none like unto Him. All praise is due to Allah, the One, the Irresistible.

الْحَمِيدُ

Hamid means, the praiseworthy, in all His statements and actions, there is no (true) God except Him alone