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لَاۤ اُقْسِمُ بِہٰذَا الْبَلَدِ ۙ﴿۱﴾

I swear by this city (Mekkah)

Tafsir al-Tabari                                                         تفسیر الطبری                                

أُقْسِمُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ بِهَذَا الْبَلَدِ الْحَرَامِ، وَهُوَ مَكَّةُ

i.e. Allah Almighty states:  O Muhammad, I swear by this sacred city of Makkah.

Tafsir Al-Tabari (Tafsir Ibn Jareer / Jame’ al-Bayaan fi Taweel al-Quraan) of Imam Abu Ja’far Muhammad ibn Jareer al-Tabri t D. 310 A.H.

Tafsir al-Kabeer                                                                                                             التفسیر الکبیر                        

أَجْمَعَ الْمُفَسِّرُونَ عَلَى أَنَّ ذَلِكَ الْبَلَدَ هِيَ مَكَّةُ

The exegetists have formed consensus that the city (in this verse) indeed refers to Makkah Mukarramah.

Tafsir al-Kabeer (Mafateeh al-Ghaib) of Imam Fakhruddin Muhammad ibn Umar al-Raazi al-Shafe’i t D. 606 A.H.

Tafsir al-Jalalain                                                                                                                        تفسیر الجلالین                                                

{لَا} زَائِدَة {أُقْسِم بِهَذَا الْبَلَد} مَكَّة

I swear (“La” is extra) by this city, of Makkah.

Tafsir al-Jalalain of Imam Jalaaluddin Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Mahalli al-Shafe’i t D. 864 A.H. and Imam Jalaaluddin Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr al-Suyooti al-Shafe’i t D. 911 A.H.