Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-Anbiyaa, Ayah 22
لَوْ كَانَ فِيهِمَآ ءَالِهَةٌ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ لَفَسَدَتَا ۚ فَسُبْحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَرْشِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ
Had there been within the heavens and earth gods besides Allah, they both would have been ruined. So exalted is Allah, Lord of the Throne, above what they describe.
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Had there been in either of them that is in the heavens and the earth gods other than God that is other than Him the two would have surely deteriorated they the heavens and the earth would have deviated from their observed order because counteractive forces would exist among such gods as is usually the case when there is more than one ruler that there is counteraction and a lack of consensus regarding something. So glory be to God — an exaltation — the Lord the Creator of the Throne al-kursī above what they ascribe the disbelievers to God of His having a partner and otherwise.
Ibn Abbas Commentary
(If there were therein) in the heavens and earth (Gods beside Allah) other than Allah, (then verily both had been disordered) the dwellers of the heavens and the earth would have been destroyed. (Glorified be Allah, the Lord of the Throne, from all that they ascribe (unto Him)) from the children and partners they ascribe to Allah.