[28] From the Jews and the Christians.
[29] i.e., the People of the Book.
[30] These are the basic human needs, for Messengers are human beings, not angelic beings.
[31] Although everything is set in the Record, He decrees whatever He wishes and the angels erase or affirm in the scrolls whatever He dictates.
[32] The Preserved Tablet.
[33] Referring to the spread of Islam by diminishing the lands controlled by the disbelievers.