As for the meaning of His saying: "and He was refreshed [breathed]," it means He breathed with the dawn of His existence, breathing out from the darkness of the receding night, which the Exalted indicated by His saying: {And by the night when it recedes, and by the dawn when it breathes} (Al-Takwir 17-18). It is the dawn of existence shining forth from the essence of concealment, for out of Occultation (Ghayba) comes the renewal of Manifestation (Zuhur).

As for what is intended by His saying: "It is a sign between Me and Israel forever," it means that He, the Exalted, has made it a parable so they may remember Him by it and so they may infer through its Outward (Zahir) its Inward (Batin) forever; because its existing outward parable is constant for them as long as they endure forever. The Exalted said, mentioning the singular parable: {And for Him is the highest parable in the heavens and the earth} (Al-Rum 27). Then the Exalted said, mentioning the parables in general: {And Allah strikes parables for the people so that perhaps they may remember} (Ibrahim 25).

The Exalted said in Surah Al-Ankabut: {And these parables We strike for the people, and none understands them except the knowing} (Al-Ankabut 43).

As for what is intended by His saying: "My Sabbaths you shall keep, for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations," it is an indication to denote that it is one Sabbath forever, but it rotates with all