Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-Furqaan, Ayah 5

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وَقَالُوٓا۟ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ٱكْتَتَبَهَا فَهِىَ تُمْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ بُكْرَةًۭ وَأَصِيلًۭا
And they say, "Legends of the former peoples which he has written down, and they are dictated to him morning and afternoon."

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Ibn Abbas Commentary

And they) al-Nadr Ibn al-Harth and his host (say: Fables of the men of old) this Qur'an is nothing but the tales and lies of the people of old (which he hath had written down) which Muhammad (pbuh) copied from Jabr and Yasar (so that they are dictated to him) to Muhammad (pbuh) (morn and evening) in the morning and the evening.

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And they say that it the Qur’ān is also ‘Fables their lies asātir is the plural of ustūra of the ancients which he has had written down that he has had someone from among those people copy it down for him so that they are read to him for him to memorise morning and evening’. God exalted be He responds to them saying

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