Tanwîr al-Miqbâs min Tafsîr Ibn ‘Abbâs
(But those of them who did wrong) the sinning people (changed the word which had been told them for another saying) they were commanded to say "hittah [there is no deity except Allah; or as in the other meaning: forgive our sins"] but instead said "hintah [wheat]", (and We sent down upon them wrath from heaven) We sent upon them the plague from heaven (for their wrong-doing) for changing what they were commanded to say.
Tafsir Ibn 'Abbas, trans. Mokrane Guezzou
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