and the polytheists and their rabbis, whom He described as having sealed their hearts and their hearing, and placed a veil over their vision.
And the people of Interpretation (Ta'wil) said the like of what we said regarding the Interpretation (Ta'wil) of that.
402- Bishr ibn Muʿādh narrated to us, he said: Yazīd ibn Zurayʿ narrated to us, on the authority of Saʿīd, on the authority of Qatāda: "so they will not return," meaning: they will not repent nor take admonition.
403- And Mūsā ibn Hārūn narrated to me, he said: ʿAmr ibn Ḥammād narrated to us, he said: Asbāṭ narrated to us, on the authority of al-Suddī in a report he mentioned, on the authority of Abū Mālik, and on the authority of Abū Ṣāliḥ, on the authority of Ibn ʿAbbās—and on the authority of Murra, on the authority of Ibn Masʿūd, and on the authority of some people among the Companions of the Prophet, peace and blessings of God be upon him: "so they will not return": so they will not return to Islam.
And a statement has been narrated from Ibn ʿAbbās whose meaning differs from the meaning of this report, which is what:
404- Ibn Ḥumayd narrated to us, he said: Salama narrated to us, on the authority of Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq, on the authority of Muḥammad ibn Abī Muḥammad, the freed slave of Zayd ibn Thābit, on the authority of ʿIkrima, or on the authority of Saʿīd ibn Jubayr, on the authority of Ibn ʿAbbās: "so they will not return," meaning: so they will not return to guidance nor to any good, thus they will not attain salvation as long as they remain upon what they are on (1).
And this is an Interpretation (Ta'wil) contradicted by the apparent text of the recitation. That is because God, Exalted be His Praise, reported concerning the people that they do not return—from purchasing error for guidance—to seeking guidance and perceiving truth, without any restriction from Him, Exalted be His Mention, of that state of theirs to one time over another (2) or one situation over another. But this report which we mentioned from Ibn ʿAbbās indicates that this attribute of theirs is restricted to a time (3), which is as long as they remain upon their affair, and that they have a way to return
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