"And you will surely find them the most greedy of people for life—[even more than] those who associate others with Allah. One of them wishes if he could be granted life a thousand years." Ibn Abbas said: Those who associate others with Allah are the Magians, and that is because
﴿وَلَتَجِدَنَّهُمْ أَحْرَصَ النَّاسِ عَلَى حَيَاةٍ وَمِنَ الَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا يَوَدُّ أَحَدُهُمْ لَو يعمر ألف سنة﴾ قَالَ ابْن عَبَّاس: الَّذين أشركوا هُم الْمَجُوس، وَذَلِكَ أَن
