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Mahmoud Khaleel Al-Husary

Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

Ryoichi Mita

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Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

Imām Ibn al-Jawzī (d. 597/1201) summarized the scholars' opinions in his book "Zād al-Masīr" as follows: 

1. It means that they saw this with their eyes, meaning: "while you watched them drowning." .
2. It means awareness or knowledge (in this interpretation, the meaning is: "while you know this"), as in verses which say "Have you not seen" with the meaning of "considered". [al-Farrāʾ]

What is meant by "while you were looking on" (*tanẓurūn*)?