Tanwîr al-Miqbâs min Tafsîr Ibn ‘Abbâs
((Saying): Taste) O Abu Jahl! (Lo! thou wast forsooth the mighty) among your own folk, (the noble) in their midst! And it is also said that this means: you were the mighty who felt powerful through your own folk, the noble who was magnanimous with them!
Tafsir Ibn 'Abbas, trans. Mokrane Guezzou
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