Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-Baqara, Ayah 94
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Say to them ‘If the Abode of the Hereafter that is Paradise with God is purely yours that is exclusively and not for other people as you allege then long for death — if you speak truly’ here both conditionals are connected to the verb tamannū ‘long for’ so that the first is dependent upon the second in other words ‘If you speak truly when you claim that it is yours then you will naturally incline to what is yours and since the path to it is death long for it death’.
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Ibn Abbas Commentary
(Say (unto them): If the abode of the Hereafter) i.e. Paradise (in the providence of Allah is indeed for you alone) specifically for you alone (and not for others of mankind) and not for the believers in Muhammad and his Companions ((as you pretend), then long for death (for ye must long for death)) ask for death (if ye are truthful) in your claim.