Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Taa-Haa, Ayah 45

Taa-Haa · Ayah 45 · View Ayah
قَالَا رَبَّنَآ إِنَّنَا نَخَافُ أَن يَفْرُطَ عَلَيْنَآ أَوْ أَن يَطْغَىٰ
They said, "Our Lord, indeed we are afraid that he will hasten [punishment] against us or that he will transgress."

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Ibn Abbas Commentary

(They said: Our Lord! Lo! we fear that he may be beforehand with us) we fear that he may be hasty with us (or that he may play the tyrant) and kill us.

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The two of them said ‘Our Lord We truly fear that he may forestall us that is by hastening to punish us or become tyrannical’ against us that is be high-handed with us.

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