[He] said, "Have you no desire for my gods, O Abraham," meaning to worship them. "If you do not desist," from reviling and criticizing them, "I will surely stone you," meaning with stones, so I shall kill you with them.
Al-Suddi said: The meaning of "I will surely stone you" is: I will surely revile you.
Muhammad said: The Arabs say, "So-and-so throws at so-and-so," and "So-and-so stones so-and-so," with one meaning; they intend by it reviling. "And avoid me a long time," meaning: for a long while.
﴿قَالَ أَرَاغِبٌ أَنْتَ عَنْ آلِهَتِي يَا إِبْرَاهِيم﴾ أَنْ تَعْبُدَهَا ﴿لَئِنْ لَمْ تَنْتَهِ﴾ عَن شتمها وذمها ﴿لأرجمنك﴾ أَيْ: بِالْحِجَارَةِ فَلَأَقْتُلَنَّكَ بِهَا.
وَقَالَ السّديّ: معنى (لأرجمنك): لَأَشْتِمَنَّكَ.
قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ: تَقُولُ الْعَرَبُ: فُلَانٌ يَرْمِي فُلَانًا، وَفُلَانٌ يَرْجُمُ فُلَانًا؛ بِمَعْنًى وَاحِدٍ؛ يُرِيدُونَ الشَّتْمَ. ﴿واهجرني مَلِيًّا﴾ يَعْنِي: طَويلا
