According to Taberî, the expression 'remember Me, and I will remember you' in the verse means that when a servant obeys Allah and remembers Him, this will be a means for Allah to remember that servant with mercy and forgiveness. He rejects the interpretation of some scholars who explain this through the rhetorical device of 'fronting and postponing' (taqdim-tehir) and paraphrase it as 'remember Me as you sent messengers,' considering this to be a distortion of the word from its known meaning. He also reports that some exegetes understand this remembrance in the sense of praise and commendation; he conveys the view that a believer's remembrance will be met with mercy, while a disbeliever's remembrance will be met with punishment.

وذلك أن الجاري من الكلام على ألسن العرب المفهوم في خطابهم بينهم إذا قال بعضهم لبعض: «كما أحسنت إليك يا فلان فأحسن» أن لا يشترطوا للآخر، لأن الكاف في «كما» شرط معناه: افعل كما فعلت

This text focuses on the meaning of the command 'remember Me so that I may remember you' and discusses the question of whether remembrance occurs in a state of forgetting or after forgetting is removed. It also lists different interpretations of the word 'to remember': remembering through obedience - being remembered with mercy, responding and acting with kindness, and so forth. The notion that gratitude requires increase and the abundance of blessings given to the Children of Israel are also addressed in this context.

اذكروني بطاعتي أذكركم برحمتي . الثانية : اذكروني بالإجابة والإحسان

According to Kurtubî, the command 'fâzkurûnî ezkurkum' (remember Me, I will remember you) is a command with a response and contains a meaning of recompense/reciprocation; its meaning is 'remember Me through obedience, and I will remember you with reward and forgiveness.' The essence of remembrance is the heart being awake and alert to the One being remembered; remembrance performed with the tongue is called remembrance because it testifies to remembrance of the heart, but due to the common usage of the term on the literal level, remembrance performed with the tongue comes to mind first. Furthermore, it is stated that true remembrance is obedience to Allah, and those who disobey will not be counted as having remembered even if they recite much glorification and declaration of oneness.

ومعنى الآية : اذكروني بالطاعة أذكركم بالثواب والمغفرة قاله سعيد بن جبير وقال أيضا : الذكر طاعة الله فمن لم يطعه لم يذكره وإن أكثر التسبيح والتهليل وقراءة القرآن

According to Ibn Kesîr, the verse 'remember Me, and I will remember you' informs us that Allah's remembrance of His servant is greater than the servant's remembrance of Him, and when the servant remembers Him through obedience, Allah will also remember him with forgiveness and mercy. Moreover, the text conveys that this command of gratitude in this verse carries a promise of blessing connected to the previous representation of the people of Mecca, transforming from fear and hunger to security and abundance.

ذكر الله إياكم أكبر من ذكركم إياه

According to this exegete, the expression 'as We sent messengers before' in the 155th verse is connected to the completion of the previous blessing; the blessings enumerated are sending messengers, reciting verses, purification, teaching the Book and wisdom, and teaching the unknown. The command of remembrance is also explained in this context as remembering Allah through obedience in response to these blessings, in return for which Allah remembers His servant with reward. Gratitude is defined as reciprocal response to blessing, and ingratitude is defined as denial of blessing and disobedience to command.

فاذكروني بالطاعة. أذكركم بالثواب. واشكروا لي ما أنعمت به عليكم.