Tafsir Ibn Abbas: An-Nisaa, Ayah 53
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Tafsir
Or have they a share in the Kingdom? that is to say they have no share in it whatever and even if they did then they would not give the people a single date-spot that is not even something as worthless as the tiny spot on the back of a date-pit because of the extent of their niggardliness.
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Ibn Abbas Commentary
(Or have they even a share) if the Jews had a share (in the Sovereignty? Then in that case, they would not give mankind) they would not give Muhammad and his Companions (even the speck on a date stone).