His saying, the Exalted: "And when I restrained the Children of Israel from you."

[7004] Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us, Abu Ghassan narrated to us, Salamah narrated to us, he said: Muhammad ibn Ishaq said: Muhammad ibn Abi Ikrimah or Sa'id ibn Jubayr narrated to me, from Ibn 'Abbas, who said: "By the clear signs," meaning the miracles which He placed at his hands, such as bringing the dead to life, his creating from clay the likeness of a bird, then blowing into it, and it becoming a bird by the permission of Allah; his healing of illnesses; his informing them of many of the unseen matters, such as what they hoard in their houses; and what he brought to them from the Torah alongside the Gospel which Allah gave to him. Then He mentioned their disbelief in all of that.

His saying, the Exalted: "And when I inspired..."

[7005] Ahmad ibn 'Uthman ibn Hakim informed us—in what he wrote to me—, Ahmad ibn Mufaddal narrated to us, Asbat informed us from al-Suddi, regarding His saying: "And when I inspired to the disciples," he says: I cast into their hearts.

• It was reported from al-Hasan that he said: I inspired them.

His saying, the Exalted: "to the disciples"

[First Aspect]

[7006] Abu Sa'id al-Ashajj narrated to us, Waki' narrated to us, from Sufyan, from Abu 'Uthman al-Nahdi, from al-Minhal ibn 'Amr, from Sa'id ibn Jubayr, from Ibn 'Abbas, who said: They were only called al-hawariyyun (the disciples) because they were cleaners (sayyadin) in the whiteness of their clothes. A similar narration was reported from Muslim al-Batin.

Second Aspect:

[7007] Abu Zur'ah narrated to us, Minjab ibn al-Harith narrated to us, Bishr ibn 'Umarah narrated to us, from Abu Rawq, from al-Dahhak, regarding the saying of the Exalted: "the disciples," he said: The chosen ones of the prophets.

Third Aspect:

[7008] Abu Sa'id al-Ashajj narrated to us, al-Walid ibn al-Qasim narrated to us, from Juwaybir, from al-Dahhak, regarding His saying: "the disciples," he said: 'Isa, peace and blessings be upon him, passed by a people who were misguided, so he called them and they responded to him. He said: That is why he named them the disciples. He said: And in Nabataean, it is 'hawari', and in Arabic, it is 'al-mujawwar' (the neighbor/close companion).