Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-Jaathiya, Ayah 14
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Tell those who believe to forgive those who do not anticipate those who do not fear the days of God the events which He precipitates that is to say forgive the disbelievers the harm which they have caused you — this was before the command to struggle against them had been revealed — that He God may requite a variant reading for li-yajziya has li-najziya ‘that We may requite’ a people for what they used to earn when they used to forgive disbelievers the harm which they did.
Related Hadiths
The Prophet of Allah (ﷺ) was commanded to hold to forgiveness from the conduct of the people.
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) Said: Forgive the people of good qualities their slips, but not faults to which prescribed penalties apply.
Allah ordered His Prophet to forgive the people their misbehavior (towards him).
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The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Forgive the infliction of prescribed penalties among yourselves, for any prescribed penalty of which I hear must be carried out.
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Ibn Abbas Commentary
(Tell) O Muhammad (those who believe) 'Umar and his fellow believers (to forgive those who hope not for) those who fear not (the days of Allah) the torment of Allah, the reference here is to the people of Mecca; (in order that He may requite folk) i.e. 'Umar and his fellow believers (what they used to earn) what they used to do of good deeds. This forgiveness relates to the period before the migration to Medina. They were later commanded to fight the disbelievers.