Tanwîr al-Miqbâs min Tafsîr Ibn ‘Abbâs
(Then we destroyed men mightier than these) mightier than the people of Mecca (in prowess) in strength and power; (and the example of the men of old hath gone (before them)) i.e. they were destroyed when they disbelieved in their messengers.
Tafsir Ibn 'Abbas, trans. Mokrane Guezzou
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