Tanwîr al-Miqbâs min Tafsîr Ibn ‘Abbâs
They are) i.e. al-Lat, al-'Uzza and Manat (but names) idols (which ye have named ye and your fathers) you have appointed them as deities; it is also said that this means: you and your forefathers have made them, (for which Allah hath revealed) regarding their worship or naming (no warrant) no Scripture wherein is found your proof. (They follow) they do not worship al-Lat, al-'Uzza and Manat or that which they call deities (but a guess) except through surmise and have no certainty about their worship (and that which (they) themselves desire) and they also worship them because they follow their own desires. (And now the guidance from their Lord) the explanation in the Qur'an that Allah has no son or partner (hath come unto them) to the people of Mecca.
Tafsir Ibn 'Abbas, trans. Mokrane Guezzou
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