Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-Furqaan, Ayah 41

Al-Furqaan · Ayah 41 · View Ayah
وَإِذَا رَأَوْكَ إِن يَتَّخِذُونَكَ إِلَّا هُزُوًا أَهَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى بَعَثَ ٱللَّهُ رَسُولًا
And when they see you, [O Muhammad], they take you not except in ridicule, [saying], "Is this the one whom Allah has sent as a messenger?

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Ibn Abbas Commentary

(And when they) the disbelievers of Mecca (see thee (O Muhammad) they treat thee only as a jest) they only speak to you in jest and derision ((saying): Is this he whom Allah sendeth as a messenger) to us?

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And when they see you they take you in mockery only as an object of derision saying ‘Is this the one whom God has sent as a messenger? as he is wont to claim? — contemptuously of him as one not worthy of being a messenger.

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