al fawz al kabir fi usul al tafsir

Or an incident occurs

in which the believers sacrifice their lives and wealth

and the hypocrites show cowardice and withhold,

so Allah - the Most High - praises the believers in His Book,

and blames the hypocrites, threatens them, and warns them of the painful punishment.

Or an incident of victory over the enemies occurs

and repelling their aggression and harms,

so Allah - the Most High - bestows favor thereby upon the believers

and reminds them of His favor and His grace in His Wise Book.

Or a condition arises from among the conditions

that requires an alert and a deterrent, or an indication and an allusion, or an order or a prohibition,

so Allah - the Most High - sends down what the situation requires

and special circumstances call for.

So it is inevitable for the exegete to mention these stories

(which the meanings of the verses are not revealed except by explaining them)

by way of summary.

Some examples of these stories:

Indeed, allusions to the story of the Battle of Badr have occurred in Surah Al-Anfal

and to the story of Uhud in Surah Ali Imran,

and the story of the Battle of the Trench in Surah Al-Ahzab,

and the story of Al-Hudaybiyyah in Surah Al-Fath,

and the story of Banu An-Nadir and Tabuk in Surah Al-Bara'ah,

and reference to the Farewell Pilgrimage has come in Surah Al-Ma'idah,

and reference to the story of the marriage of Zainab - may Allah be pleased with her