Tanwîr al-Miqbâs min Tafsîr Ibn ‘Abbâs
(They will say: We tarried but a day) upon saying this, they will have some doubt, and therefore will say: (or part of a day). Then, they said: we do not know: (Ask of those who keep count!) i.e. the angels who record people's deeds; it is also said that this refers to the angel of death and his helpers.
Tafsir Ibn 'Abbas, trans. Mokrane Guezzou
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