His saying: "And we do not see in you any favor over us."

10816 - Abu Zur‘ah told us, Yahya ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn Bukayr told us, ‘Abd Allah ibn Lahi‘ah told us, ‘Ata’ ibn Dinar told us, from Sa‘id ibn Jubayr, regarding His saying: "any favor" meaning: any superiority.

His saying, the Exalted: "Have you considered: if I should be upon clear evidence from my Lord?"

10817 - It was mentioned from Yazid ibn Harun, from Ja‘far ibn Sulayman: I heard Abu ‘Imran al-Jawni read this verse: "if I should be upon clear evidence from my Lord," he said: "Upon certainty."

10818 - And by the chain of ‘Ali ibn al-Mubarak, from Ibn Jurayj, regarding His saying: "Have you considered: if I should be upon clear evidence from my Lord?" [He said]: "I have known Him through it, and I have known His command through it, that there is no god but Him."

His saying, the Exalted: "...has been made obscure to you," up to His saying: "...are averse to it."

10819 - My father told us, Hisham ibn Khalid told us, Shu‘ayb ibn Ishaq told us, from Sa‘id, from Qatadah, regarding His saying: "Have you considered: if I should be upon clear evidence from my Lord?" up to His saying: "should we force it upon you while you are averse to it?" By Allah, if the Prophet of Allah could have forced it upon his people, he would have done so, but he did not possess that, nor was he empowered to do so.

10820 - Muhammad ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn Yazid al-Muqri’ told us, Sufyan told us, from ‘Umar, and Ibn ‘Abbas read: "has been made obscure to you (fa-‘ummiyat ‘alaykum), should we force it upon you from the depth of ourselves (min shatri anfusina)."

His saying: "My reward is not but from Allah."

10821 - Hajjaj ibn Hamzah told us, Shababah told us, Warqa’ told us, from Ibn Abi Najih, from Mujahid: "My reward" meaning: my recompense.

His saying, the Exalted: "...they will meet their Lord," the verse.

10822 - My father told us, Yahya ibn al-Mughirah told us, Jarir told us, from Ya‘qub, from Ja‘far, from Sa‘id, regarding His saying: "...they will meet their Lord," he said: "Those who sold their souls for Allah and resigned them to death."

His saying, the Exalted: "And O my people, who would protect me from Allah if I drove them away?"

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His saying, the Exalted: "And I do not tell you that I have the depositories of Allah..." to the end of the verse.

10823 - Abu Yazid al-Qaratisi informed us in what he wrote to me, Asbagh ibn al-Faraj told us, he said: I heard ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Zayd ibn Aslam regarding the saying of Allah: "And I do not say to those whom your eyes despise" he said: "You deemed them insignificant."