تفسير : and from the evil of the envier when he envieth) this refers to labid ibn al-a'sam, the jew, who was envious of the prophet (pbuh) and used black magic to separate him from 'a'ishah'.
Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī
تفسير : and from the evil of an envier when he envies’, [when] he manifests his envy and behaves in accordance with it — such as the mentioned labīd from among the jews who were envious of the prophet (s); the mention of these three [elements of evil] which are [already] subsumed by [the statement] ‘of what he has created’, is because of the severity of their evil.
Sahl al-Tustari
تفسير : and from the evil of the envier when he envies.’this means the jews who envied the prophet <img border="0" src="images/salatonmassenger.jpg" width="24" height="22"> to the point that they practised sorcery against him. ibn ʿabbās said: in this verse [is a reference to] the lower self of a human being [lit. son of adam] ⸢and his eye (wa ʿaynuhu)⸣. his words: exalted is he:
