Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-Ankaboot, Ayah 67

Al-Ankaboot · Ayah 67 · View Ayah
أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّا جَعَلْنَا حَرَمًا ءَامِنًۭا وَيُتَخَطَّفُ ٱلنَّاسُ مِنْ حَوْلِهِمْ ۚ أَفَبِٱلْبَٰطِلِ يُؤْمِنُونَ وَبِنِعْمَةِ ٱللَّهِ يَكْفُرُونَ
Have they not seen that We made [Makkah] a safe sanctuary, while people are being taken away all around them? Then in falsehood do they believe, and in the favor of Allah they disbelieve?

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Ibn Abbas Commentary

(Have they not seen) i.e. the disbelievers of Mecca (that We have appointed a sanctuary immune (from violence)) such that they are not attacked in the Sacred Precinct, (while mankind are ravaged all around them) by their enemies? (Do they then believe in falsehood) do they believe in the devil and idols (and disbelieve in the bounty of Allah) which He gave them in the Sacred Precinct, thus rejecting Allah's divine Oneness?

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Or is it that they have not seen have not realised that We have appointed their town of Mecca to be a secure Sanctuary while people are snatched away all around them? by being killed or taken captive except for them? Is it that they believe in falsehood in the idol and are wont to be ungrateful for God’s grace? when they ascribe partners to Him?

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