These nonpriestly beneficiaries are also God’s people, and he loves and accepts them. It is appropriate that they are likened to his people of ancient times.
وَهُمْ أَيْضًا شَعْبُ ٱللهِ ،‏ وَهُوَ يُحِبُّهُمْ وَيَقْبَلُهُمْ .‏