Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-Muddaththir, Ayah 37
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alike to those of you who wish li-man shā’a minkum is a substitution for li’l-bashar ‘to all humans’ to advance towards good or towards Paradise by means of faith or linger behind in evil or in Hell because of their disbelief.
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Ibn Abbas Commentary
(Unto him of you who will advance) towards goodness (or hang back) from evil and therefore holds back from it; it is also said this means: or hang back from goodness and therefore disbelieve; this being a threat to them.