Tanwîr al-Miqbâs min Tafsîr Ibn ‘Abbâs
Then she pronounced words of wisdom. (She said: Lo! Kings) worldly kings, (when they enter a township) by force in instances of war and fighting, (ruin it) destroy it (and make the honour of its people shame) by beating, killing and exposing them to other things. (Thus will they do) Allah said: this is how worldly kings behave because of arrogance.
Tafsir Ibn 'Abbas, trans. Mokrane Guezzou
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