Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Luqman, Ayah 7
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And when Our signs in other words in the Qur’ān are recited to such a one he turns away disdainfully as though he never heard them as though there were a deafness in his ears both comparisons constitute two circumstantial qualifiers referring to the subject of the verb wallā ‘turns away’; or it is that the second comparison is an explication of the first. So give him tidings of inform him of a painful chastisement. The use of the expression ‘good tidings’ meant derisively against such a person — this was al-Nadr b. al-Hārith. He used to visit al-Hīra for commerce and purchase books containing the stories of the non-Arab peoples and then recount these to the people of Mecca. He would say ‘Muhammad recounts to you the stories of ‘Ād and Thamūd whereas I relate to you the stories of the Persians and the Byzantines!’ They would thus go to enjoy his stories and neglect to listen to the Qur’ān.
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Ibn Abbas Commentary
(And when Our revelations) which explain the commands and prohibitions (are recited unto him he turneth away in his pride) too proud to accept faith (as if he heard them not, as if there were a deafness in his ears. So give him) O Muhammad (tidings of a painful doom) and he was killed in captivity on the Day of Badr.