وَلِيُمَحِّصَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَيَمْحَقَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ
And that Allah may purify the believers [through trials] and destroy the disbelievers.
And that God may prove the believers�This means their being purified (takhlīṣ) from the blemishes of sins, just as they devoted themselves purely to Him (akhlaṣū lahu) in deed, which was [their] striving (jihād) in the way of God; �and efface the disbelievers. This means the destruction of the disbelievers through the affliction brought on by their sins.His words: