Tanwîr al-Miqbâs min Tafsîr Ibn ‘Abbâs
(Or deem they) i.e. Safwan Ibn Umayyah and his two friends (that We cannot hear their secret thoughts and private confidences) around the Ka'bah? (Nay) We do hear, (but Our envoys) the guardian angels, (present with them, do record) their secrets and private conferences.
Tafsir Ibn 'Abbas, trans. Mokrane Guezzou
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