* It may also mean: ‘He might have inclined towards repelling her by force if he had not seen the manifest sign of his Lord.’ Had he reacted physically in his defence, it was likely that his shirt would have been torn from the front in the struggle, later causing him trouble by serving as evidence against him. So Allah’s sign stopped him from using force.
* It may also mean: ‘The load we have already bought is little.’
* It may also mean: ‘Above every man of knowledge, there is the One Who is All-Knowing.’