Tafsir Ibn Abbas: At-Tur, Ayah 15
أَفَسِحْرٌ هَٰذَآ أَمْ أَنتُمْ لَا تُبْصِرُونَ
Then is this magic, or do you not see?
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Is this then sorcery this chastisement that you see — as you were wont to say about the revelation that it was sorcery — or is it that you do not see?
Related Hadiths
Jami` at-Tirmidhi#2096Sahih
"Indeed there is magic in eloquence'-or- 'Indeed some eloquence is magic.'"
Narrated by Ibn 'Umar narrated that two men arrived during the time of the Messenger of Allah delivering an address. The people were amazed by their speech, so the Messenger of Allah turned to us and said:
Sahih Muslim#7066Sahih
You do not see what I am seeing and I am seeing the places of turmoil between your houses as the places of rainfall.
Narrated by Usama reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) climbed up a battlement amongst the battlements of Medina and then said:
Ibn Abbas Commentary
(Is this magic) is this Day and its torment magic, since you said in the life of the world to the messengers that they were wizards, (or do ye not see) or do you not perceive?