His saying: "And the Messenger will be a witness over you."

1336 - 'Amr al-Awdi narrated to us, Waki' narrated to us, from al-A'mash, from Abu Salih, from Abu Sa'id, who said: The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said: "Nuh (Noah) will be called on the Day of Resurrection, and it will be said to him: 'Did you convey (the message)?' He will say: 'Yes.' Then you will be called to testify regarding the conveyance." He said: "Then I will testify against you after him."

1337 - Al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah narrated to us, Hajjaj narrated to us, from Ibn Jurayj, who said: I asked 'Ata': "And the Messenger will be a witness over you"? He said: "He will testify that they believed in the truth when it came to them, accepted it, and attested to it." It was narrated from Abu al-'Aliyah, 'Ikrimah, Qatadah, and al-Rabi' ibn Anas similarly.

1338 - Al-Hasan ibn Ahmad narrated to us, Ibrahim ibn 'Abd ibn Bashshar narrated to us, Surur ibn al-Mughirah narrated to me, from 'Abbad ibn Mansur, from al-Hasan: "And the Messenger will be a witness over you," meaning: just/fair.

1339 - 'Isam ibn Rawwad narrated to us, Adam narrated to us, Abu Ja'far narrated to us, from al-Rabi', from Abu al-'Aliyah, from Ubayy ibn Ka'b: "To be witnesses over the people": They will be witnesses over the people on the Day of Resurrection. They were witnesses over the people of Nuh, the people of Hud, the people of Salih, the people of Shu'ayb, and the family of Pharaoh, that their messengers had conveyed the message to them and that they had belied them. In the recitation of Ubayy ibn Ka'b, it is: "And you will be witnesses over the people on the Day of Resurrection."

His saying: "And We did not make the Qiblah (direction of prayer) which you were upon."

1340 - Al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah narrated to us, Hajjaj narrated to us, from Ibn Jurayj, who said: I asked 'Ata': "And We did not make the Qiblah which you were upon"? 'Ata' said to me: "Bayt al-Maqdis (Jerusalem)." It was narrated from 'Atiyyah and al-Suddi similarly.

His saying: "Except that We might distinguish those who follow the Messenger from those who turn back on their heels."

1341 - My father narrated to us, Abu Salih (the scribe of al-Layth) narrated to us, Mu'awiyah ibn Salih narrated to me, from 'Ali ibn Abi Talhah, from Ibn 'Abbas: "Except that We might distinguish those who follow the Messenger from those who turn back on their heels." Ibn 'Abbas said: "To distinguish the people of certainty from the people of doubt and suspicion."