184. This 'manifest commandment' refers to the commandments hichhad been handed over to Moses on tablets. (For a more detailed account of this incident see (Surah al-A'raf 7, verses 143 ff.).The covenant referred to here is that which had been entered into by the representatives of Israel in the valley of Mount Sinai. For this see (Surah al-Baqarah 2: 63)and (Surah al-A'raf 7:171.)
185. See Towards Understanding the Qur'an. vol. I, (Surah 2: 58-9 and n. 75).
186. See ibid., (Surah 2: 65 and nn. 82-3).