Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-A'raaf, Ayah 102

Al-A'raaf · Ayah 102 · View Ayah
وَمَا وَجَدْنَا لِأَكْثَرِهِم مِّنْ عَهْدٍۢ ۖ وَإِن وَجَدْنَآ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَفَٰسِقِينَ
And We did not find for most of them any covenant; but indeed, We found most of them defiantly disobedient.

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Ibn Abbas Commentary

(We found no (loyalty to any) covenant) the first covenant (in most of them. Nay, most of them) all of them (We found wrong-doers) breakers of covenants.

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And We did not find in most of them that is people any covenant that is any loyalty to a covenant from the day the pledge was made. Nay wa-in in is softened We found that most of them were indeed wicked.

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