Tafsir Ibn Abbas: As-Saaffaat, Ayah 35
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For truly it was they who in other words it was these sinners who — given the context that follows — when it was said to them ‘There is no god except God’ used to be scornful
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Ibn Abbas Commentary
(For when it was said unto them) in the life of the world, say: (There is no god save Allah, they were scornful) they were too proud to say it