Al-Anfaal • EN-TAFSIR-IBN-ABBAS
﴿ وَلَوْ عَلِمَ ٱللَّهُ فِيهِمْ خَيْرًۭا لَّأَسْمَعَهُمْ ۖ وَلَوْ أَسْمَعَهُمْ لَتَوَلَّوا۟ وَّهُم مُّعْرِضُونَ ﴾
“For, if God had seen any good in them, He would certainly have made them hear: but [as it is,] even if He had made them hear, they would surely have turned away in their obstinacy.”
(Had Allah Known of any good) felicity (in them) i.e. in the Banu 'Abd al-Dar (He would have made them hear) He would have honoured them with faith, (but had He made them hear) had He honoured them with faith (they would have turned away) from faith due to Allah's foreknowledge about them, (averse) they are disbelieving in it.