The Commentary On The Quran Vol. 2 By Al-tabari __full__ | EXTENDED 2024 |

Tabari spends nearly ten pages on the Arabic word Tansawna (you forget). He brings pre-Islamic poetry to prove that the root word Nasiya can mean both "to forget" and "to abandon deliberately." He argues that the verse actually means the hypocrites deliberately abandoned their own souls while preaching to others. This shifts the verse from a mere memory lapse to a harsh indictment of hypocrisy.