Tafsir Ibn Abbas: As-Saaffaat, Ayah 169
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we would have surely been God’s devoted servants’ devoting worship purely to Him.
Related Hadiths
"The Messenger of Allah gave us the choice and we chose him, and that was not counted as anything."
" As Allah pleased."
"We would sleep in the Masjid during the time of Allah's Messenger and we were young men."
"The Messenger of Allah gave us the choice and we chose him; was that a divorce?"
"The Messenger of Allah gave us the choice, and we chose him, and he did not consider it as something (i.e., an effective divorce)."
"We were with the Prophet (ﷺ), and we were strong youths, so we learned faith before we learned Qur'an. Then we learned Qur'an and our faith increased thereby."
"The Messenger of Allah gave us the choice, so we chose him. So was that a divorce?"
“We would have finished by this time.” And that was the time of Tasbih.
"We used to sleep in the mosque at the time of the Messenger of Allah."
'We sacrificed a Jadh'ah sheep with the Messenger of Allah."
Ibn Abbas Commentary
(We would be single minded slaves of Allah) who believe in Allah's divine Oneness.