And those who preceded the people first to the faith in Allah and His Messenger from the Muhajirun who emigrated their people and their tribe and moved to the abode of Islam, and the Ansar who helped the Messenger of Allah peace and blessings of Allah be upon him over his disbelieving enemies, and those who followed them with excellence in the belief and the words and the deeds seeking the pleasure of Allah Glorified and Exalted be He, those are the ones whom Allah was pleased with them for their obedience to Allah and His Messenger, and they were pleased with Him for what He gave them in abundance of the reward on their obedience and their faith, and He prepared for them gardens beneath which rivers flow abiding therein ever, that is the great success. And in this verse is a purification for the Sahaba-may Allah be pleased with them-and an endorsement for them, and a praise upon them; for that reason indeed their respect is from the foundations of faith.