Tanwîr al-Miqbâs min Tafsîr Ibn ‘Abbâs
(And of them) i.e. of the hypocrites (is he who made a covenant with Allah) he who swore by Allah, the reference here is to Hatib Ibn Abi Balta'ah ((saying): If He give us of His bounty) the wealth that he has in Historic Syria (We will give alms) for the sake of Allah's religion: we shall give from it what is due to Allah and will use it to keep our ties of kinship (and become of the righteous) of the thankful.
Tafsir Ibn 'Abbas, trans. Mokrane Guezzou
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