As-Saffat 37:89 فقال اني سقيم ٨٩
فَقَالَ
إِنِّي
سَقِيمٞ
٨٩
And he said: "Verily, I am sick1 (with plague). [He did this trick to remain in their temple of idols to destroy them and not to accompany them to the pagan feast)]."
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
فَتَوَلَّوْاْ عَنْهُ مُدْبِرِينَ
(So they turned away from him and departed.) Qatadah said, "The Arabs say of one who thinks deeply that he is looking at the stars." What Qatadah meant is that he looked at the heavens thinking of a way to distract his people. So he said,
إِنِّى سَقِيمٌ
(Verily, I am si
…فَتَوَلَّوْاْ عَنْهُ مُدْبِرِينَ
(So they turned away from him and departed.) Qatadah said, "The Arabs say of one who thinks deeply that he is looking
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