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Ibn Al-Jawzi reports that

was claimed abrogated by




He says that Ibn Abbaas is reported by Ad-Dhahhaak to have interpreted 42:23 to mean that the Prophet (PBUH) would ask for good relations between relatives as his payment for guiding people. Muqaatil saw it that way too. Another report tracing to Ibn Abbaas, narrated by Taawoos and Al-Awfi, says that the meaning is "so that I would remind you to be good to your relatives." On that basis, Ibn Al-Jawzi sees no abrogation.

Besides the confusion about what Ibn Abbaas said, there is no contradiction between the two verses. Verse 42:23 simply says that if people are good to their relatives, the Prophet, peace be upon him, would then feel fully paid; he's done his job. Verse 34:47 simply says that such effect, which is metaphorically called a payment, is actually a payment to those who heed the message; i.e., they are the only beneficiaries.

Two points:

1. Another example of conflicting narrations attributed to Ibn-Abbas, may God be pleased with him.

2. My simple reading of 42:23 is that it is another example where relations of the womb are elevated to the same place where profound matters of faith (in this case the concept of a payment for conveying God's message) are brought up. The most striking example of this observation is

For:
Ibn Abbaas (in one report by Ad-Dhahhaak),
Muqaatil,
Ibn Salaama.

Against:
Ibn Abbaas (in many reports by Taawoos, Al`Awfi and others, see Dr. Zayd's),
Al-Hasan (according to An-Nahhaas and Makki, per Al-Khazraji),
Mujaahid, Ikrima, Qataada, As-Suddi, Abu-Maalik, Abdur-Rahmaan ibn Zayd ibn Aslam (implied, according to Dr. Zayd),
Abu-Ja`far An-Nahhaas (quoted by Dr. Zayd),
Ibn Al-Jawzi,
Dr. Mustafa Zayd,
Dr. Az-Zalmi.