Tafsir Ibn Abbas: As-Saaffaat, Ayah 29
قَالُوا۟ بَل لَّمْ تَكُونُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ
The oppressors will say, "Rather, you [yourselves] were not believers,
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They the ones who were followed say to them the followers ‘On the contrary! You were simply not believers for it would only be true that we led you astray if you had actually been believers in the first place and then rejected faith and followed us.
Ibn Abbas Commentary
(They answer) the satans would answer the humans: (Nay, but ye (yourselves) were not believers) in Allah.