Tafsir Ibn Abbas: An-Nahl, Ayah 47
أَوْ يَأْخُذَهُمْ عَلَىٰ تَخَوُّفٍۢ فَإِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ لَرَءُوفٌۭ رَّحِيمٌ
Or that He would not seize them gradually [in a state of dread]? But indeed, your Lord is Kind and Merciful.
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Or that He will not seize them amid growing fear? amid a gradual diminishing of their numbers little by little until all are destroyed ‘alā takhawwufin is a circumstantial qualifier referring to the subject of the verb God or the object. Indeed then your Lord is Gentle Merciful insofar as He does not hasten for them their punishment.
Ibn Abbas Commentary
(Or that He will not seize them with a gradual wasting) of their leaders and companions? (Lo! thy Lord is indeed Full of Pity, Merciful!) towards him who repents; it is also said that this means: He is full of pity in that He defers His punishment.