Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-Israa, Ayah 85
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And they will question you that is the Jews concerning the Spirit from which the body receives life. Say to them ‘The Spirit is of the command of my Lord that is it belongs to His knowledge about which you know not. And of knowledge you have not been given except a little’ relative to His knowledge exalted be He.
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Ibn Abbas Commentary
(They will ask thee) O Muhammad (concerning the Spirit) it was the people of Mecca-Abu Jahl and his host-who asked. (Say: The Spirit is by command of my Lord) the Spirit is of the marvels of my Lord; it is also said that this means: it is the restricted knowledge of my Lord, (and of knowledge) which is with Allah (ye have been vouchsafed) you have been given (but little).