Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-Qalam, Ayah 51

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وَإِن يَكَادُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَٰرِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا۟ ٱلذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُۥ لَمَجْنُونٌۭ
And indeed, those who disbelieve would almost make you slip with their eyes when they hear the message, and they say, "Indeed, he is mad."

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Ibn Abbas Commentary

(And lo! those who disbelieve) the disbelievers of Mecca (would fain disconcert thee) would kill you (with their eyes) and it is said this means: they would give you the evil eye (when they hear the Reminder) when they hear you recite the Qur'an, (and they) i.e. the people of Mecca (say: Lo! he is) i.e. Muhammad (indeed mad) bewitched;

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Indeed those who disbelieve would almost throw you down to the ground read la-yuzliqūnaka or la-yazliqūnaka with their looks looking at you in a severe way almost hurling you to the ground or making you fall from your place when they hear the Reminder the Qur’ān and they say out of envy ‘He is truly a madman!’ on account of the Qur’ān that he has brought.

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