Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-An'aam, Ayah 88
ذَٰلِكَ هُدَى ٱللَّهِ يَهْدِى بِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦ ۚ وَلَوْ أَشْرَكُوا۟ لَحَبِطَ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ
That is the guidance of Allah by which He guides whomever He wills of His servants. But if they had associated others with Allah, then worthless for them would be whatever they were doing.
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That religion to which they were guided is God’s guidance wherewith He guides whom He will of His servants; had they hypothetically speaking been idolaters all that they did would have been in vain.
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Narrated by Abu Musa reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying:
Ibn Abbas Commentary
(Such) the straight path (is the guidance of Allah) the religion of Allah (wherewith He guideth whom He will) whoever is fit for it (of His bondmen. But if they had set up (for worship) aught beside Him) had these prophets associated anyone or anything with Allah, ((all) that they did) of works (would have been vain).