Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Saba, Ayah 50

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قُلْ إِن ضَلَلْتُ فَإِنَّمَآ أَضِلُّ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِى ۖ وَإِنِ ٱهْتَدَيْتُ فَبِمَا يُوحِىٓ إِلَىَّ رَبِّىٓ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ سَمِيعٌۭ قَرِيبٌۭ
Say, "If I should err, I would only err against myself. But if I am guided, it is by what my Lord reveals to me. Indeed, He is Hearing and near."

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Ibn Abbas Commentary

(Say) to them, O Muhammad: (If I err) from the Truth and guidance, (I err only to my own loss) he says: the punishment of that is against my soul, (and if I am rightly guided) to the Truth and guidance (it is because of that which my Lord hath revealed unto me) that I am guided. (Lo! He is Hearer) of he who calls Him, (Nigh) in responding to whoever calls Him.

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Say ‘If I go astray from the truth I will be going astray only to my own loss that is to say the sin of my going astray shall be held against me; and if I am rightly guided it will have been by what my Lord reveals to me of the Qur’ān and wisdom. Truly He is Hearer of supplications Nigh’.

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