Tafsir Ibn Abbas: At-Tawba, Ayah 59
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If only they had been content with what God and His Messenger have given them in the way of spoils and the like and had said ‘Sufficient for us is God; God will give us from His bounty and His Messenger will also give us from other spoils what will suffice us; to God we are suppliants’ that He enrich us the response of the conditional law ‘if only’ is la-kāna khayran lahum ‘it would have been better for them’.
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Ibn Abbas Commentary
((How much more seemly) had they) i.e. the hypocrites (been content with that which Allah and His messenger had given them) of Allah's bounty (and had said: Allah sufficeth us) we trust in Allah. (Allah will give us of His bounty) Allah will make us rich with His favour by means of His sustenance, (and (also) His messenger) through his gifts. (Unto Allah we are supplicants) we desire Allah. Had they said this, it would have been better for them.