Tanwîr al-Miqbâs min Tafsîr Ibn ‘Abbâs
(In the nearer land) close to Persia and, as a consequence, the believers were aggrieved while the idolaters rejoiced, saying: "We shall defeat the believers just as the Persians defeated the Romans", but then Allah proceeded to mention their victory (and they) i.e. the Romans, (after their defeat) at the hand of the Persians (will be victorious) over the Persians.
Tafsir Ibn 'Abbas, trans. Mokrane Guezzou
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