Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-Maa'un, Ayah 2

Al-Maa'un · Ayah 2 · View Ayah
فَذَٰلِكَ ٱلَّذِى يَدُعُّ ٱلْيَتِيمَ
For that is the one who drives away the orphan

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Ibn Abbas Commentary

(That is he who repelleth the orphan) from his own right; and it is also said this means: he denies the orphan his right,

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That is he read an implied huwa after the fā’ of fa-dhālika who repels the orphan that is to say who violently drives him away from what is his due

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