That is an Ummah from your predecessors that has passed away, for them is what they earned and for you is what you earned, and you will not be asked about their deeds, and they will not be asked about your deeds. And in the verse is a cutting off of attachment to the created, and not being deluded by affiliation to them, and that the criterion is faith in Allah and worshipping Him alone, and following His messengers, and that whoever disbelieves in one messenger of them has surely disbelieved in all the messengers.