His saying: "And Allah chooses for His mercy whom He wills, and Allah is the possessor of great bounty."

[The first interpretation]

1050 - Hajjaj ibn Hamzah narrated to us, Shababah narrated to us, Warqa' narrated to us, from Ibn Abi Najih, from Mujahid, regarding "He chooses for His mercy whom He wills," he said: "Prophethood." Similar to this was narrated from al-Rabi' ibn Anas.

The second interpretation:

1051 - It was mentioned from Nu'aym ibn Hammad, Ibn al-Mubarak informed us, from Ibn Jurayj, from Mujahid, regarding "He chooses for His mercy whom He wills," he said: "The Quran and Islam."

1052 - Al-Hasan ibn Ahmad narrated to us, Musa ibn Muhallim narrated to us, Abu Bakr al-Hanafi narrated to us, 'Abbad ibn Mansur narrated to us, from al-Hasan, regarding His saying: "He chooses for His mercy whom He wills," he said: "His mercy is Islam; He chooses for it whom He wills."

His saying: "Whatever We abrogate of a verse"

[The first interpretation]

1053 - Al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah narrated to us, 'Abd al-Wahhab ibn 'Ata' narrated to us, from Ibn Jurayj, from Mujahid: "Whatever We abrogate of a verse," meaning: "We wipe out of a verse."

The second interpretation:

1054 - Abu Sa'id al-Ashajj narrated to us, Abu 'Abd al-Rahman al-Harithi narrated to us, from Qurrah ibn Khalid, from al-Dahhak, who said: "Whatever We abrogate (ma nansakh)," meaning: "Whatever We cause to be forgotten (ma nunsik)."

His saying: "Of a verse"

[The first interpretation]

1055 - Al-Hajjaj ibn Hamzah narrated to us, Shababah narrated to us, Warqa' narrated to us, from Ibn Abi Najih, from Mujahid, regarding His saying: "Whatever We abrogate of a verse," he said: "We retain its script and replace its ruling." It was narrated to me from the companions of 'Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud. A similar view was narrated from Abu al-'Aliyah and Muhammad ibn Ka'b al-Qurazi.

The second interpretation:

1056 - Al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah narrated to us, Hajjaj narrated to us, from Ibn Jurayj, from 'Ata': "(Whatever We abrogate of a verse)," refers to what was abrogated regarding that which was left out of the Quran. Abu Muhammad [Ibn Abi Hatim] said: "He means it was left out and not revealed to Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace."