Tafseer Ibn Kathir of YUNUS [84]

84. And Musa said: ”O my people! If you have believed in Allah, then put your trust in Him if you are Muslims.'' 85. They said: ”In Allah we put our trust. Our Lord! Make us not a trial for the folk who are wrongdoers. 86. ”And save us by Your mercy from the disbelieving folk.'' Allah told us that Musa said to the Children of Israel:

(O my people! If you have believed in Allah, then put your trust in Him if you are Muslims.) Allah is sufficient for those who put their trust in Him.

(Is not Allah sufficient for His servant)(39:36)

(And whosoever puts his trust in Allah, then He will suffice him.)(65:3) Allah combines worship and reliance in many places. He said:

(So worship Him and put your trust in Him.)(11:123)

(Say: ”He is the Most Gracious (Allah), in Him we believe, and in Him we put our trust..)(67:29) and

((He alone is) the Lord of the east and the west; none has the right to be worshipped but He. So take Him (alone) as a protector.)(73:9) And Allah commanded the believers to say many times in their Salah:

(You (Alone) we worship, and You (Alone) we ask for help (for each and everything).)(1:5) The Children of Israel complied with this command and said:

(In Allah we put our trust. Our Lord! Make us not a trial for the folk who are wrongdoers.) This means don't give them victory over us so that they rule us. So they might not think that they have authority over us because they were following the truth and we were falsehood. This might be a deceiving trial for them. This meaning was reported from Abu Mijliz and Abu Ad-Duha, `Abdur-Razzaq, in a narration from Mujahid, said,

(Our Lord! Make us not a trial for the folk who are wrongdoers) meaning, ”Do not give them authority over us so they might make us fall into Fitnah.'' Allah's statement:

(And save us by Your mercy) means save us through Your mercy and beneficence

(from the disbelieving folk. ) meaning, from those who denied the truth and covered it. We truly have believed in You and put our trust in You.