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{ أَن رَّآهُ ٱسْتَغْنَىٰ }

when he sees it that is to say his own soul to be self-sufficient in terms of wealth — this was revealed regarding Abū Jahl ra’ā ‘sees’ means to see mentally; istaghnā ‘self-sufficient’ is the second direct object; an ra’āhu ‘when he sees it’ is an object denoting reason.

Tafsir al-Jalalayn, trans. Feras Hamza
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