Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-A'raaf, Ayah 156
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And prescribe for us grant us in this world good and in the Hereafter good. We have turned repented to You’. He God says ‘My chastisement — I smite with it whom I will to chastise and My mercy embraces subsumes all things in this world and so I shall prescribe it in the Hereafter for those who are God-fearing and pay the alms and those who believe in Our signs;
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Ibn Abbas Commentary
(And ordain for us in this world that which is good) knowledge, worship and protection from sins, (and in the Hereafter (that which is good)) the good of Paradise and its bliss, (Lo! We have turned unto Thee) we have repented to You; it is also said this means: we are betaking ourselves to You. (He) Allah (said: I smite with) I single out with (My punishment whom I will, and My mercy embraceth all things) whether the person is righteous or sinner. Iblis seized this opportunity and said: " I am of the things " , but Allah excluded him from this by saying: (therefore I shall ordain it for those who ward off (evil)) disbelief, idolatry and indecencies (and pay the poor-due) and give from their wealth what is due to the poor, (and those who believe Our revelations) believe in Our Scripture and Messenger. The people of the Book seized this opportunity and said: " we are the people of God-fearingness and Scripture " , but Allah excluded them from this and explained to whom this mercy is ordained, saying: