Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Ash-Shu'araa, Ayah 54
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Tafsir
‘Lo! these are but a small gang. It is said that they the Children of Israel numbered 670000 while his Pharaoh’s vanguard alone numbered 700000 and so he deemed their number insignificant in comparison to his huge army.
Related Hadiths
This hadith had been transmitted by Sulaiman Shaibani with the same chain of narrators (and the words are)," There would arise out of (this group) many a group"
“If a funeral procession was brought and the number of people who followed it was considered to be small, they would be organized into three rows, then the funeral prayer would be offered.” He said: “...
A hadith like this is narrated on the authority of Hammam, Sa'id, Bishr b 'Umar, but with a small variation of words.
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Anas through another chain of transmitters, but with a small variation of wording.
Ibn Abbas Commentary
((Who said): Lo! These) the followers of Moses (indeed are but a little troop) a small group,