Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Ibrahim, Ayah 42
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And do not suppose that God is heedless of what the evildoers the disbelievers from among the people of Mecca do. He but gives them respite without chastisement until a day when eyes shall stare wide-open because of the terror of what they see one says shakhasa basaru fulān to mean ‘he opened them his eyes and did not shut them’;
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Ibn Abbas Commentary
(Deem not that Allah is unaware of what the wicked do) do not think that Allah will not punish the idolaters for what they do. (He but gives them a respite till a day when eyes will stare (in terror)) the eyes of the disbelievers will stare in terror on the Day of Judgement.