As regards the inclusion of refraining from shirk among the excellences of the true servants, one may ask why it should be presented as virtue before the disbelievers who did not regard shirk as a vice.
وقد قيل : إن هذه الآية ، يا عبادي الذين أسرفوا نزلت في وحشي قاتل حمزة ; قاله سعيد بن جبير وابن عباس.
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