his saying (al-Tawbah, 9:60): "Charities are only for the poor and the needy," they became two types. And it has been said: the specific conjoined with the general does not fall under the general when conjoined but is of this kind, and the verification is that this is not necessary. Allāh said (al-Baqarah, 2:98): "Whoever is an enemy to Allāh, His angels, His messengers, Gabriel, and Michael." And Allāh said (al-Aḥzāb, 33:7): "And [remember] when We took from the prophets their covenant, and from you and from Noah, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus son of Mary." Mentioning the specific with the general occurs for various reasons: sometimes because it has a particular characteristic not shared by the rest of the general individuals, as with Noah, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus. And sometimes because the general has a broadness that may not be understood as universal, as in His saying (al-Baqarah, 2:2-4): "Guidance for the righteous * who believe in the unseen, establish prayer, and spend out of what We have provided for them * and who believe in what has been revealed to you and what was revealed before you." So His saying: "who believe in the unseen" encompasses all the unseen that must be believed in, but it is general and does not indicate that among the unseen is "what has been revealed to you and what was revealed before you." And it may be intended that they believe in what is informed, which is the unseen, and in the informing of the unseen, which is "what has been revealed to you and what was revealed before you." And from this category is His saying (al-ʿAnkabūt, 29:45): "Recite what has been revealed to you of the Book and establish prayer," and His saying (al-Aʿrāf, 7:170): "And those who hold fast..