Al-Hajj • EN-TAFSIR-IBN-ABBAS
﴿ وَهُدُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلطَّيِّبِ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْلِ وَهُدُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطِ ٱلْحَمِيدِ ﴾
“for they were [willing to be] guided towards the best of all tenets, and so they were guided onto the way that leads to the One unto whom all praise is due.”
(They are guided unto gentle speech) they were guided in this worldly life to say: there is no deity except Allah; (they are guided unto the path of the Glorious One) and they were guided to the praiseworthy religion. This is Allah's judgement regarding the dispute between the believers, the Jews and the Christians.