Pharaoh, and We gave them the explicit Scripture, he said: The Torah. And We guided them on the straight path, he said: Islam. And We left for them [favorable mention] among the later generations, he said: Allah preserved good praise for them among the later generations. (1)

18248 - From Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, regarding His saying: "Do you call upon Ba'l?" (Qur'an 37:125), he said: An idol. (2)

18249 - Al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn Shaybah al-Wasiti narrated to us, Yazid narrated to us, Sharik narrated to us, from 'Ata' ibn al-Sa'ib, from Ikrimah, from Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, that he saw a man driving a cow and said: "Who is the ba'l (owner) of this?" Then he called him and asked: "Where are you from?" He replied: "From the people of Yemen." He said: "It is a language; [the phrase] 'Do you call upon Ba'l' means a lord." (3)

18250 - From al-Dahhak, may Allah be pleased with him, he said: A man passed by saying: "Who knows the cow?" A man said: "I am its ba'l." Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, said to him: "Do you claim that you are the husband of the cow?" The man said: "Have you not heard the word of Allah: 'Do you call upon Ba'l and leave the best of creators?' (Qur'an 37:125)?" He said: "[It means] you call upon Ba'l, while I am your Lord?" Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, said to him: "You have spoken the truth." (4)

18251 - From Qatadah, may Allah be pleased with him, regarding His saying: "Do you call upon Ba'l," he said: A lord, in the language of the tribe of Azd Shanu'ah. (5)

18252 - From Zayd ibn Aslam, may Allah be pleased with him, regarding His saying: "Do you call upon Ba'l," he said: An idol of theirs that they used to worship in Ba'labakk, which is behind Damascus, and the Ba'l they used to worship was there. (6)

His saying: "Peace be upon Elias" (Qur'an 37:130)

18253 - From al-Dahhak, that he read: "Peace be upon the family of Yasin," and he said: It is like Ilyas (Elias), like 'Isa (Jesus), al-Masih (the Messiah), Muhammad, Ahmad, Isra'il, and Ya'qub (Jacob). (7)

18254 - From Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, regarding His saying: "Peace be upon Elias," he said: We are the family of Muhammad, the family of Yasin. (8)

His saying: "Except an old woman among those who remained" (Qur'an 37:135)

18255 - From al-Suddi, may Allah be pleased with him, regarding His saying: "Except an old woman among those who remained," he said: The ones who perished. "And indeed, you pass by them" (Qur'an 37:137), he said: In your travels. (9)