Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Adh-Dhaariyat, Ayah 23
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So by the Lord of the heaven and the earth it that which you are promised is as assuredly true as the fact that you have power of speech read mithlu in the nominative as an adjective with the mā being extra; or read mithla in the accusative as being a compound with mā that is to say it is as true as your speech is in reality that is in your knowing it to be true necessarily by its issuing from you.
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"I heard the Messenger of Allah say: 'Allah has placed the truth on the tongue of 'Umar, and he speaks with that (truth).'"
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Ibn Abbas Commentary
(And by the Lord of the heavens and the earth) Allah swore by Himself, (it) that which I have related to you concerning provision (is the Truth) it will surely happen, (even as (it is true) that ye speak) even as you say: there is no deity except Allah.