Tanwîr al-Miqbâs min Tafsîr Ibn ‘Abbâs
That ye may mount upon their backs) i.e. the backs of camels, (and may remember your Lord's favour) for making them subdued for you (when ye mount thereon, and may say: Glorified be He Who hath subdued these) camels (unto us, and we were not capable (of subduing them)) and we were not capable of owning them or making them subdued;
Tafsir Ibn 'Abbas, trans. Mokrane Guezzou
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