An-Noor • EN-TAFSIR-IBN-ABBAS
﴿ وَإِذَا دُعُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَهُمْ إِذَا فَرِيقٌۭ مِّنْهُم مُّعْرِضُونَ ﴾
“And [so it is that] whenever they are summoned unto God and His Apostle in order that [the divine writ] might judge between them, lo! some of them turn away;”
(And when they appeal unto Allah) when they are called to the Book of Allah (and His messenger to judge between them) by Allah's Book, (lo! a faction of them are averse) from the Book of Allah and the judgement of the Messenger;