'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī
تفسير : and from his narration on the authority of ibn 'abbas that he said regarding the interpretation of allah's saying (the power of abu lahab will perish): '(the power of abu lahab will perish) this is because when allah said to his prophet (pbuh) (and warn your tribe of near kindred [26: 214]) he called them and said: “say: there is no god but allah” and his uncle-the brother of his father from their mother's side-'abd al-'uzza whose agnomen was abu lahab said: “may you perish! is this why you summoned us?” allah then revealed his saying (the power of abu lahab will perish) he says: the hand of abu lahab is deprived of all good (and he will perish) he lost himself by rejecting belief in allah's divine oneness.
Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī
تفسير : perish, ruined be, the hands of abū lahab, in other words, all of him — the use of ‘hands’ here to denote [all of] him is figurative, and is because most actions are performed by them; the statement is an invocation — and perish he!, may he be ruined! (this [tabba] is a predicate, as where one says, ahlakahu’llāhu wa-qad halak, ‘god destroyed him and he indeed is destroyed’. when the prophet threatened him with the chastisement, he said, ‘if what my brother’s son says is true, then i shall ransom [myself] from it with my wealth and sons!’; so the following was revealed:
Ali ibn Ahmad al-Wahidi
تفسير : (the power of abu lahab will perish, and he will perish…) [111:1-5].
ahmad ibn al-hasan al-hiri informed us> the chamberlain of ibn ahmad> muhammad ibn hammad> abu mu‘awiyah> al-a‘mash> ‘amr ibn murrah> sa‘id ibn jubayr> ibn ‘abbas who said: “one day, the messenger of allah, allah bless him and give him peace, climbed al-safa [hill] and shouted: ‘come to me!’ and so all the quraysh gathered around him. they said: ‘what ails you?’ he said: ‘if i were to tell you that the enemy is going to attack you in the morning or in the evening, would you not have believed me?’ they said: ‘indeed, we would believe you’. he said: ‘in that case, i am a warner sent to you against a tremendous chastisement’. abu lahab said in response: ‘may you perish, is this why you have summoned all of us here?’ and so allah, glorified and majestic is he, revealed (the power of abu lahab will perish, and he will perish…) up to the end of the surah”. this was narrated by bukhari from muhammad ibn salam from abu mu‘awiyah.
sa‘id ibn muhammad al-‘adl informed us> abu ‘ali ibn abu bakr al-faqih> ‘ali ibn ‘abd allah ibn mubashshir al-wasiti> abu’l-ash‘ath ahmad ibn al-miqdam> yazid ibn zuray‘> al-kalbi> abu salih> ibn ‘abbas who said: “the messenger of allah, allah bless him and give him peace, stood up once and called: ‘o household of ghalib! o household of lu’ayy! o household of murrah! o household of kilab! o household of qusayy! o household of ‘abd manaf! i have nothing in my possession which will spare you from allah’s chastisement nor can i promise you any share from this world unless you say: there is no deity except allah’. abu lahab said to him: ‘may you perish, is this why you have summoned us?’ and so allah, exalted is he, revealed (the power of abu lahab will perish, and he will perish)”.
abu ishaq al-muqri’ informed us> ‘abd allah ibn hamid> makki ibn ‘abdan> ‘abd allah ibn hashim> ‘abd allah ibn numayr> al-a‘mash> ‘abd allah ibn murrah> sa‘id ibn jubayr> ibn ‘abbas who said: “when the verse (and warn thy tribe of near kindred) [26:214], the messenger of allah, allah bless him and give him peace, went toward al-safa, climbed it and then called: ‘it’s morning time, get ready!’ people gathered around him (some came in person and some sent their own emissary). he said: ‘o banu ‘abd al-muttalib! o banu fihr! o banu lu’ayy! if i were to inform you that horsemen at the foot of this mountain intend to raid you, would you believe me?’ they said: ‘yes!’ he said: ‘then, i am a warner sent to you against an imminent, tremendous chastisement’. abu lahab said: ‘may you perish! you summoned us just for this!’ and so allah, exalted is he, revealed (the power of abu lahab will perish, and he will perish)”.
Sahl al-Tustari
تفسير : perish the hands of abū lahab, and may he perish too!he said:that is, may his hands be ruined [lit. lost], and may he perish too! the first loss is the loss of his wealth and the other loss is in the loss of his soul. the meaning of loss is mentioned in what comes after this.he says:
