Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-Israa, Ayah 74

Al-Israa · Ayah 74 · View Ayah

وَلَوْلَآ أَن ثَبَّتْنَٰكَ لَقَدْ كِدتَّ تَرْكَنُ إِلَيْهِمْ شَيْـًۭٔا قَلِيلًا

And if We had not strengthened you, you would have almost inclined to them a little.

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Ibn Abbas Commentary

(And if We had not made thee wholly firm) if We had not protected and preserved you (thou mightest almost have inclined unto them a little) regarding that which they requested from you.

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And if We had not made you stand firm upon the Truth by way of divine protection ‘isma certainly you might have you nearly inclined to them a little because of the extent of their deception and their persistence. This statement is explicit about the fact that the Prophet s neither inclined nor came close to doing so.

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Had you not weighed it, you would be eating out of it and it would have remained intact for you.

Narrated by Jabir reported that a person came to Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) and asked for food. And he gave him half a wasq of barley, and the person and his wife and their guests kept on making use of it (as a food) until he weighed it (in order to find out the actual quantity, and it was no more). He came to Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) (and informed him about it). He said: