Tafheem-ul-Quran (En) - Saad : 6
وَ انْطَلَقَ الْمَلَاُ مِنْهُمْ اَنِ امْشُوْا وَ اصْبِرُوْا عَلٰۤى اٰلِهَتِكُمْ١ۖۚ اِنَّ هٰذَا لَشَیْءٌ یُّرَادُۖۚ
And their chiefs went away, 6 saying, "Go and stand firm in the service of your gods; for this thing 7 is being said with a purpose. 8
6 The allusion is to the chiefs who got up and left Abu Talib when they had heard what the Holy Prophet said. 7 "This thing" : the Holy Prophet's asking them to affirm faith in "La ilaha ill-Allah " so as to overpower both Arabia and the adjoining lands. 8 What they meant to say was this: "Muhammad has some vested interests: He is extending this invitation to us in order to subjugate us and rule us as his subjects."
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