Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Ar-Ra'd, Ayah 27
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And those who disbelieve from among the people of Mecca say ‘Why has not some sign like the staff and the glowing hand or the she-camel been sent down upon him upon Muhammad (s) from his Lord?’ Say to them ‘Indeed God sends astray whomever He will to send astray — such that signs cannot avail him in any way — and He guides He directs to Him to His religion those who turn in repentance’ those who return to Him man ‘those who’ is substituted by the following alladhīna ‘those who …’;
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Ibn Abbas Commentary
(Those who disbelieve) in Muhammad (pbuh) and in the Qur'an (say: If only a portent were sent down upon him) why is Muhammad (pbuh) not given a sign (from his Lord!) to prove his prophethood, as was given to earlier messengers, as he claims. (Say) O Muhammad: (Lo! Allah sendeth whom He will) whoever deserves it (astray) from His religion, (and guideth unto Himself) to His religion (all who turn (unto Him)) all those who betake themselves to Him,