Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Saba, Ayah 52

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وَقَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِهِۦ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُمُ ٱلتَّنَاوُشُ مِن مَّكَانٍۭ بَعِيدٍۢ

And they will [then] say, "We believe in it!" But how for them will be the taking [of faith] from a place far away?

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Ibn Abbas Commentary

(And say) when the earth swallows them: (We (now) believe therein) in Muhammad (pbuh) and in the Qur'an. Allah says: (But how can they reach (faith)) and repent (from afar off) after death,

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And they will say ‘We believe in him now’ in other words in Muhammad (s) — or if read ‘We believe in it’ then in the Qur’ān. But how can they attain it read tanāwush or tanā’ush that is attain faith from a place that is far away from the place for attaining it — as they are now in the Hereafter and the proper place for attaining it was in this world —

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