Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-Qalam, Ayah 40
سَلْهُمْ أَيُّهُم بِذَٰلِكَ زَعِيمٌ
Ask them which of them, for that [claim], is responsible.
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Other Scholars on This Ayah
Tafsir
Scholars offer diverse perspectives
Ask them which of them will aver will guarantee for them that? that decision which they have made for themselves namely that they will be given better reward than the believers in the Hereafter?
Related Hadiths
Sunan Abu Dawud#3456Hasan in chain
"Or one of them tells the other: "Exercise the right."
Narrated by The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Ibn 'Umar from the Prophet (ﷺ) to the same effect through a different chain of narrators. This version adds:
Jami` at-Tirmidhi#1354Sahih
"The proof is due from the claimant, and the oath is due from the one the claim is made against."
Narrated by 'Amr bin Shu'aib narrated from his father, from his grandfather, that during a Khutbah, the Prophet (ﷺ) said:
Ibn Abbas Commentary
(Ask them) O Muhammad (which of them will vouch for that) that they say!