And for his saying: "to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins... etc."; meaning that he manifested the crucifixion upon himself because of the annulment of the Outward so they might learn and be disciplined—that is so that they may learn the refutation of the Outward (Al-Zahir) and the establishment of the Inward (Al-Batin), and be disciplined in manifesting Dissimulation (Al-Taqiya); otherwise, there would befall them what befell the Lord Christ of crucifixion and insult from the Jews due to his not manifesting Dissimulation. And so they may learn how to manifest apparent weakness (Al-‘Ajz) upon the prophets while transcending them from it, just as the Lord Christ manifested crucifixion upon himself, then his ascension to God, to demonstrate that he was not crucified, as the Almighty informed us by His saying:

{And they did not kill him, nor did they crucify him; but it was made to appear so to them} (An-Nisa: 157).

And His saying: {Rather, Allah raised him to Himself} (An-Nisa: 158).

And that because of this instruction and discipline, Allah turns to them in mercy and forgives them, as he indicated to signify this meaning by his saying: "to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins."

Among what indicates this meaning is what the high priest spoke in the eleventh chapter of the Gospel of John, saying: "Ye know