Tanwîr al-Miqbâs min Tafsîr Ibn ‘Abbâs
(And if ye call them) O Muhammad, i.e. the disbelievers (to the Guidance) to Allah's divine Oneness, (they follow you not) they will not answer you. (Whether you call them) to Allah's divine Oneness (or are silent is all one to them) the disbelievers will not follow you regarding Allah's divine Oneness; it is also said: O group of disbelievers, if you call the idols to the Truth, they will not answer: it is the same whether you call them or not, because they are not living but dead.
Tafsir Ibn 'Abbas, trans. Mokrane Guezzou
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