Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Fussilat, Ayah 52
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Say ‘Consider this if it the Qur’ān is from God as the Prophet says and you disbelieve in it who — in other words none — will be further astray than one who is in extreme defiance?’ of the truth this third person singular address is used instead of ‘who will be further astray than you’ in order to point out their status as disbelievers.
Related Hadiths
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Controverting about the Qur'an is disbelief.
" It would be said to him: You have told a lie; what had been demanded from you was quite easier than this (the belief in the Oneness of Allah)."
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "If a man says to his brother, O Kafir (disbeliever)!' Then surely one of them is such (i.e., a Kafir). "
that he considered it recommended for the two Rak'ah of Tawaf to recite: Say: "O you disbelievers!" and: Say: "He is Allah, (the) One."
Ibn `Abbas said, "How can you ask the people of the Scriptures about their Books while you have Allah's Book (the Qur'an) which is the most recent of the Books revealed by Allah, and you read it in ...
The Prophet (ﷺ) said to a man, "Have you got anything of the Qur'an?" The man said, "Yes, such-andsuch Sura, and such-and-such Sura," naming the Suras.
Ibn 'Umar narrated that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Whoever says to his brother 'disbeliever' then it will have settled upon one of them." Sahih
‘Have you seen a man whose Dīn you do not trust- how do you trust him regarding Ḥadīth?’
I said: What do you think about it, Messenger of Allah? He said: A live coal between your shoulders which you have put around your neck or hanged it.
Ibn Abbas Commentary
Say to them, O Muhammad, (Bethink you: If it is from Allah) if this Qur'an is from Allah (and ye reject it) saying that it is not from Allah, what will Allah do to you? (Who is further astray) from the Truth and guidance (than one who is at open feud) than one who is in opposition to the Truth and guidance; and it is also said that this means: than one who is in enmity with the Prophet (pbuh)? The reference here is to Abu Jahl.