His saying, the Exalted: "And they speak a lie about Allah while they know."

3737 - Al-Hasan b. Ahmad narrated to us, Musa b. Muhkam narrated to us, Abu Bakr al-Hanafi narrated to us, 'Abbad b. Mansur narrated to us, he said: I asked al-Hasan about His saying: "And they speak a lie about Allah while they know," he said: They are all the People of the Scripture; they have lied about Allah and distorted the words from their places.

His saying, the Exalted: "It is not for a human that Allah should give him the Scripture."

3738 - Al-Hasan b. Ahmad narrated to us, Musa b. Muhkam narrated to us, Abu Bakr al-Hanafi narrated to us, 'Abbad b. Mansur narrated to us, he said: I asked al-Hasan about His saying: "It is not for a human that Allah should give him the Scripture, authority, and prophethood," he said: It is not for a believer to do that.

3739 - 'Ali b. al-Mubarak informed me, in what he wrote to me, Zayd b. al-Mubarak narrated to us, Ibn Thawr narrated to us, from Ibn Jurayj, concerning His saying: "It is not for a human that Allah should give him the Scripture," he says: It is not for a prophet that Allah should give him the Scripture.

[His saying, the Exalted: "And authority and prophethood"]

[The First Aspect]

3740 - 'Ali b. al-Husayn narrated to us, he said: Muhammad b. al-'Ala' said: Yunus b. Bukayr narrated to us, from Matar b. Maymun, from 'Ikrimah, from Ibn 'Abbas, he said: Authority: [is] knowledge.

The Second Aspect:

3741 - It was mentioned from Abu Dawud al-Tayalisi, Aban b. Yazid al-'Attar narrated to us, from Malik, from Mujahid, he said: Authority: [is] wisdom (al-lubb).

His saying, the Exalted: "Then he says to the people."

3742 - 'Ali b. al-Mubarak informed me, in what he wrote to me, Zayd b. al-Mubarak narrated to us, Ibn Thawr narrated to us, from Ibn Jurayj, concerning His saying: "Then he says to the people," then he orders the people [with] other than what Allah revealed to him in His Scripture.