Tafsir Ibn Abbas: An-Nisaa, Ayah 154
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And We raised above them the Mount by the covenant with them that is on account of the covenant made with them that they might fear and so they accepted it; and We said to them while it cast a shadow hovering above them ‘Enter the gate the gate of the town bowing’; and We said to them ‘Transgress not a variant reading of lā ta‘dū is lā ta‘addū where the original tā’ of lā tata‘addū is assimilated with the dāl in other words it is similar in meaning to lā ta‘tadū ‘do not act unjustly in’ the Sabbath’ by fishing during it and We took from them a firm covenant over this but they broke it.
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Ibn Abbas Commentary
(And We caused the Mount to tower above them) We uprooted and fixed the Mount above them (at (the taking of) their covenant: and We bade them: Enter the gate) the gate of Jericho, (prostrate!) bowing down (and we bade them: Transgress not the Sabbath!) by taking the fish (and We took from them a firm covenant) regarding Muhammad (pbuh).