سورة آل عمران

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): لا تَحْسَبَنَّ الَّذِینَ یَفْرَحُونَ بِما أَتَوْا وَ یُحِبُّونَ أَنْ یُحْمَدُوا بِما لَمْ یَفْعَلُوا [Do not think those who rejoice for what they have done and love that they should be praised for what they have not done]; it was revealed concerning the hypocrites who love to be praised for what they have not done.

Ibn Abbas (may Allah have mercy on him): They rejoice because of the people's veneration of them and their attributing knowledge to them.

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family): O son of Mas'ud! Whenever people praise you and say: "Indeed you fasted by day and stood in prayer by night," while you have not done these deeds, do not be joyful at these words, for Allah the Exalted says: لا تَحْسَبَنَّ الَّذِینَ یَفْرَحُونَ بِما أَتَوْا وَ یُحِبُّونَ أَنْ یُحْمَدُوا بِما لَمْ یَفْعَلُوا فَلا تَحْسَبَنَّهُمْ بِمَفازَةٍ مِنَ الْعَذابِ وَ لَهُمْ عَذابٌ أَلِیمٌ [Do not think those who rejoice for what they have done and love that they should be praised for what they have not done—so do by no means think them to be safe from the chastisement, and they shall have a painful chastisement].

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family): فَلاَ تَحْسَبَنَّهُمْ بِمَفَازَةٍ مِّنَ الْعَذَابِ [So do by no means think them to be safe from the chastisement]; what is meant by مَفَازَةٍ مِّنَ الْعَذَابِ is being far from the chastisement — [rather] for them is a painful chastisement.