Mujahid said «جعلكم مستخلفين‏ فيه‏» means He settled you on the earth, made you successors, and populated it. «من الظلمات إلى النور‏» means from misguidance to guidance. «ومنافع للناس‏» means you make shields and weapons from iron, etc. «مولاكم‏» means the Fire is more deserving for you. «لئلا يعلم أهل الكتاب‏» so that the People of the Book may know ( «الا» is extra). «الظاهر» according to knowledge. «الباطن» according to knowledge. «أنظرونا‏» (with the hamza open and the zaa with kasrah is one recitation) means: Wait for us.

Mujahid said: «يحادون‏ الله‏» means "they oppose Allah." «كبتوا‏» means "they were humiliated." «استحوذ‏» means "he became dominant."

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The meaning of the word «الجلاء‏» is to expel from one land to another land, which is called exile.

Narrated Sa`id bin Jubair: I asked Ibn `Abbas about Surat Al-Tauba, and he said, "Surat Al-Tauba? It is exposure (of all the evils of the infidels and the hypocrites). And it continued revealing (that the oft-repeated expression): '...and of them ...and of them.' till they started thinking that none would be left unmentioned therein." I said, "What about) Surat Al-Anfal?" He replied, "Surat Al-Anfal was revealed in connection with the Badr Battle." I said, "(What about) Surat Al-Hashr?" He replied, "It was revealed in connection with Bani an-Nadir."