“And put your trust in Him Who is Immensely Mighty, Most Compassionate, Who observes you when you rise [to pray] and observes your movements among those who prostrate themselves. He is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.”
(Al-Qur’ān – 26:217-20)
Allah’s Messenger ﷺ was asked not to take into account any earthly power, and to continue to perform his mission with full trust in God Who is both All-Mighty and Most Merciful. God’s Might is a sufficient assurance for the success of anyone who enjoys His support. On the other hand, God also holds out the promise that He will never let the striving and sacrifice of those who seek to exalt the Word of God end in vain.
The word “rise” here could either refer to Prayers or to the performance of the mission entrusted to the Messenger.
The purpose for which the attributes of the Messenger and his Companions are mentioned here pertains to both the content of the ayaat that precede it and those that follow. The relationship of the present statement with the preceding ayaat is that quite evidently the Messenger is fully worthy of God’s support. In other words, God is well aware of all the efforts made by him in His cause along with his pious and devout Companions.
This statement is also connected with the next few ayaat insofar as it emphatically conformed to the highest moral standards so that only a victim of mental blindness could contend that the Messenger had any contact with satans, or that he was a poet.