Tanwîr al-Miqbâs min Tafsîr Ibn ‘Abbâs
(And if they) the Banu 'Anbar (had patience till thou camest forth unto them) for the prayer, (it had been better for them) he would have freed all their wives and children; instead he freed half of them and agreed the ransom of the remaining half. (And Allah is Forgiving) He forgives whoever repents of them, (Merciful) in that He did not hasten His punishment on them.
Tafsir Ibn 'Abbas, trans. Mokrane Guezzou
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