And know that the sigh and the call are an indication of distance from the state to which the one who calls him for it calls him, so he says, “O you who have believed,” because of their distance from what He intended for them to believe in. Therefore, “what about them?” If they were immediately described by what He called them to, then the distance relates to the future time in their case, meaning, be steadfast on the matter. Your state, which religion has approved, is for you in the future, as Jacob said to his sons: “And you shall not die unless you have submitted to Islam in the state of your life.” He commanded them to embrace Islam in the future, that is, to remain firm on it and to receive it far from the time of the present. Thus, the belief in what is present in the present moment also means that it will remain in the future. God Almighty said, “O you who have believed.” Fulfill the contracts while they are in the state of fulfilling the contract of faith, for in his wande