His words, Exalted is He:

By those sent forth in succession;

By this is meant the angels who are sent with the good (maʿrūf) of His command (amr).

He said:

In its inner meaning it refers to the spirits (arwāḥ) of the believers which are sent inspiration (ilhām) in accordance with the Book and the Sunna.

by the sweeping spreaders;

by which He causes virtuous deeds (aʿmāl ṣāliḥa) to appear.^{1All three MSS (Z515, f. 127a, F638, f. 61b and F3488, f. 308b) appear to have yuẓhiru instead of yuṭahhiru in the published edition.}

by the decisive discriminators;

[which discriminate] between truth (ḥaqq) and falsehood (bāṭil), and between the Sunna and innovation (bidʿa).

By those that deliver the reminder,^{1Exoteric or conventional commentaries interpret the deliverers of the reminder (dhikr) as the angels who delivered the revelation to prophets and messengers.}

This is the revelation (waḥy) through inspiration (ilhām) which the spiritual self (nafs al-rūḥ), the intellect (ʿaql) and the heart (qalb) cast upon the natural self (nafs al-ṭabʿ), and this is the hidden form of reminder (dhikr khafiyy).^{2Thus Tustarī seems to be understanding two forms of revelation, one outer, taking the form of the revealed books delivered by the angels to prophets, and one inner, ‘hidden (khafiyy)’ revelation, which through inspiration (ilhām) is transmitted from the spiritual faculties in the human being to the natural self.}

as an excuse or as a warning.

God has excused the suppression of that by which the Book and the Sunna is opposed; or as a warning to His creatures of His punishment. Furthermore, God, Exalted is He, swore by them to the reality of the Resurrection.^{1‘Them’ presumably referring to those who are sent in verses 1–5.}

His words, Exalted is He:

Woe to the deniers of that Day!

He said:

Woe on that day to those who make claims that have no truth [in them], for their claims will deny them publicly before [many] witnesses. This will occur at the time of exposure (iftiḍāḥ).

His words, Exalted is He:

On that Day they will be speechless.

He said:

Nobody will speak for himself by [presenting an] argument (bi-ḥujja), unless it be by the exhibiting of helplessness (ʿajz) and servanthood (ʿubūdiyya), and by refraining from infringements [of the Law] (mukhālafāt) and crimes (jarāʾim).

His words, Exalted is He:

‘Eat and enjoy — for a short while, evildoers that you are’.

He said:

Whoever’s only concern is with [satisfying] his stomach and private parts, has [already] manifested his ruin (khasāra), for He says [to such people], Exalted is He: ‘Eat and enjoy — for a short while, evildoers that you are’.

But God, Glorified and Exalted is He, knows best.