Verse. 2323

'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī

تفسير : (and when our clear revelations) expositing the commands and prohibitions (are recited unto them) are recited to al-nadr and his host (those who disbelieve) in muhammad (pbuh) in the qur'an and the resurrection; the reference here is to al-nadr and his host, (say unto those who believe) in muhammad (pbuh) and in the qur'an, i.e. abu bakr and his fellow believers: (which of the two parties) the adherents of which religion, among us and you, (is better in position, and more imposing as an army?)

Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī

تفسير : and when our manifest, evident (bayyinātin, ‘manifest’, is a circumstantial qualifier) signs, in the qur’ān, are recited to them, namely, [to] the believers and the disbelievers, those who disbelieve say to those who believe, ‘which of the two parties — us or you — is better in station, in lodging and abode (read as maqāman, it is [derived] from [the first form] qāma, ‘he stood’; read as muqāman, it is [derived] from the [fourth form] aqāma, ‘he took up residence’) and more excellent in assembly?’ (nadiyyan, meaning the place in which a folk assemble and converse). they [the disbelievers] mean ‘we [are the better of the two parties]’, and so we will fare better than you. god, exalted be he, says: