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So respite, O Muhammad "sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam", the disbelievers; grant them respite ([reiterated as] an emphasis, one enhanced by the use of a different form [mahhil, amhil]), that is to say, put them off, for a little (ruwaydā is a verbal noun emphasising the import of the operator, and is the diminutive form of rūd or irwad, with shortening of final consonant [ruwaydan, ruwaydā]). Surely enough Allahu ta’ālā, exalted be He, seized them at Badr and abrogated [the dispensation of] 'granting respite' by the 'sword' verse, in other words, by the command to fight and struggle.