Tanwîr al-Miqbâs min Tafsîr Ibn ‘Abbâs
(They it is who say) the one who said this is 'Abdullah Ibn Ubayy, especially to his host at the Battle of Tabuk: (Spend not on behalf of those (who dwell) with Allah's messenger) who are poor and needy (that they may disperse (and go away from you)) to join their clans; (when Allah's are the treasures of the heavens and the earth) when Allah has the keys to the stores of the heavens through providing rain and vegetation; (but the hypocrites) 'Abdullah Ibn Ubayy and his host (comprehend not) that Allah provides for them.
Tafsir Ibn 'Abbas, trans. Mokrane Guezzou
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