Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Maryam, Ayah 78
أَطَّلَعَ ٱلْغَيْبَ أَمِ ٱتَّخَذَ عِندَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ عَهْدًۭا
Has he looked into the unseen, or has he taken from the Most Merciful a promise?
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Has he come to learn something of the Unseen that is has he been given some knowledge of it and of the fact that he will be given what he has mentioned here the interrogative hamza of a-ittala‘a ‘has he come to learn?’ suffices in place of the conjunctive hamza which has therefore been omitted or has he made a covenant with the Compassionate One? to the effect that he be given what he claims?
Ibn Abbas Commentary
But Allah answered him, saying: (Hath he perused the Unseen) did he have a look at the Guarded Tablet for him to claim what he claimed, (or hath he made a pact with the Beneficent) by means of 'there is no deity except Allah' such that he can claim this claim?