7698 - Abu Muhammad said: This is one of the two opinions of 'Ata' ibn Abi Rabah, and the opinion of Zayd ibn 'Ali ibn al-Husayn.

His saying: "We have detailed the signs for a people who understand"

7699 - Muhammad ibn Yahya informed us, al-'Abbas ibn al-Walid narrated to us, Yazid ibn Rabi' ibn Zuray' narrated to us, Sa'id narrated to us from Qatadah, regarding His saying: "We have detailed the signs for a people who understand," he said: "We have made clear the signs for a people who understand."

His saying, the Almighty and Exalted: "And it is He who sent down rain from the sky"

7700 - My father narrated to us, Sulayman ibn Harb narrated to us, Hammad ibn Zayd narrated to us from 'Abd al-Jalil, from Shahr ibn Hawshab, that Abu Hurayrah said: "No rain descends except by a measure."

7701 - My father narrated to us, Mahmud ibn Ghaylan narrated to us, 'Ali ibn al-Hasan ibn Shaqiq narrated to us, al-Husayn ibn Waqid narrated to us, 'Ilba' ibn Ahmar narrated to us, from 'Ikrimah, he said: "Allah sends down water from the seventh heaven, and a drop of it falls onto the cloud like a camel."

His saying, the Almighty: "And We brought forth from it the growth of all things"

7702 - My father narrated to us, Abu al-Ash'ath narrated to us, al-Mu'tamir narrated to us, he said: I heard my father narrate from Sayyar, from Khalid ibn Yazid, he said: I was with 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan and they mentioned water. Khalid ibn Yazid said: "Some of it comes from the sky, and some of it is watered by the clouds from the sea, then the thunder and lightning make it sweet. As for that which is from the sea, it does not produce growth, whereas the growth is from that which is from the sky."

His saying, the Almighty: "And We brought forth from it greenery; We produce from it grains arranged in layers"

7703 - Ahmad ibn 'Uthman ibn Hakim informed us in what he wrote to me, Ahmad ibn Mufaddal narrated to us, Asbat narrated to us from al-Suddi, regarding His saying: "And We brought forth from it greenery; We produce from it grains arranged in layers," he said: "The grain stalk."

His saying, the Almighty: "And from the palm trees, from its emerging fruit"

7704 - My father narrated to us, 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Munib narrated to us, Abu Mu'adh al-Nahwi narrated to us from 'Ubayd ibn Sulayman, from al-Dahhak, regarding His saying: "And from the palm trees, from its emerging fruit," he said: "He means the palm trees that are close to the ground."