Ibn Abbas contradicted Sufyan in interpreting this verse and...

Ibn Abbas contradicted Sufyan in interpreting this verse and in his thought about his uncle Abu Talib.[^20] We have mentioned his clear thought about his uncle in the previous chapter.[^21] f. The unity of the meaning between the three Quranic verses prevents any one from distorting the meaning of the second verse where it is connected with the previous and the following one. g. Distorting the meaning of the middle verse especially conflicts with its clear meaning.

The meaning of the verse, as it was explained by all the interpreters, was: they prohibited from listening to the Quran and to the Prophet (S) and they kept away from the Prophet (S) …whereas the distorters distorted the meaning of (prohibition) and interpreted…