When the example of Mary's son is quoted before them, your people cry out at it,
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'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī
تفسير : (and when the son of mary is quoted as an example) they likened him to their deities, (behold! the folk laugh out) upon hearing the words of 'abdullah al-zib'ari and his folk,
Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī
تفسير : and when the son of mary is cited as an example — after god’s [following] words were revealed: ‘truly you and what you worship besides god shall be fuel for hell’ [q. 21:98] and the idolaters said, ‘we are satisfied that our gods be together with jesus [in hell], for he too was worshipped besides god’ — behold! your people, that is, the idolaters, laugh at it, at this example — they clamour with joy at what they hear.
Ali ibn Ahmad al-Wahidi
تفسير : (and when the son of mary is quoted as an example…) [43:57].
isma‘il ibn ibrahim al-nasrabadhi informed us> isma‘il ibn nujayd> muhammad ibn al-hasan ibn al-khalil> hisham ibn ‘ammar> al-walid ibn muslim> shayban ibn ‘abd al-rahman> ‘asim ibn abi al-nujud> abu razin> abu yahya, the client of ibn ‘afra’> ibn ‘abbas who said: “the prophet, allah bless him and give him peace, said to the quraysh: ‘o quraysh, there is no good in anyone who is worshipped beside allah’. they said to him: ‘do you not claim that jesus was a prophet and a righteous slave? if what you claim is true, he is like a deity to them’. as a response, allah, exalted is he, revealed this verse (and when the son of mary is quoted as an example)”. we have already mentioned this story and the debate of ibn al-zib‘ara with the messenger of allah, allah bless him and give him peace, upon dealing with the occasion of revelation of allah’s saying (lo! ye (idolaters) and that which ye worship beside allah are fuel of hell…) [21:98].
