{رِبِّيُّونَ} {many religious scholars}: They are the ones who follow the law of the Lord, like the Rabbi, and what is meant here is:
1- The community.
2- Or the followers of the Messengers.
فَمَا وَهَنُواْ {nor did they weaken}: They were not weakened by what befallen them in the cause of Allah (swt), There must be an injury or wound in the confrontation between the truth and the falsehood, and one must not be weak, for the confrontation between truth and falsehood is permanent, and this is a law of Allah (swt) in His creation, there are always prices.
وَاللّهُ يُحِبُّ {And Allah loves}: It is not the matter that you love Allah (swt), what is matter is that Allah (swt) loves you. If you want to gain Allah’s (swt) love you have to seek what He (swt) loves, He (swt) does not like the unjust, rather He (swt) loves the doers of good, the patient, the righteous, and He loves the just.