13315 - From Qatadah, may Allah be pleased with him, regarding His saying: 'And We gave David the Psalms (Zabur)', he said: 'We used to be told that it was a supplication which Allah, the Exalted and Majestic, taught David, along with praises and glorification of Allah, and it contains no rules of lawful or unlawful, no religious obligations, and no legal limits.'

13316 - From al-Rabi' ibn Anas, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: 'The Zabur is praise of Allah, supplication, and glorification.'

His saying, the Almighty: 'Say, "Invoke those you have claimed [as gods] besides Him, for they do not possess the [ability for the] removal of affliction from you or [for its] transfer."

13317 - From Ibn Mas'ud, may Allah be pleased with him, regarding His saying: 'Say, "Invoke those you have claimed [as gods] besides Him, for they do not possess the [ability for the] removal of affliction from you or [for its] transfer"', he said: 'A group of humans used to worship a group of jinn, then the group of jinn embraced Islam, while the humans persisted in their worship. So Allah revealed: "Those whom they invoke seek means of access to their Lord"—both (verbs) with the letter ya.'

His saying, the Almighty: 'Those whom they invoke'

13318 - From Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, regarding the verse, he said: 'The people of polytheism used to worship the angels, the Messiah, and Uzair.'

His saying, the Almighty: 'And [remember] when We told you, "Indeed, your Lord has encompassed the people."

13319 - From al-Hasan, may Allah be pleased with him, regarding His saying: 'And [remember] when We told you, "Indeed, your Lord has encompassed the people"', he said: 'He protected you from the people.'

13320 - From Mujahid, may Allah be pleased with him, regarding His saying: 'Indeed, your Lord has encompassed the people', he said: 'They are in His grasp.'

13321 - From Qatadah, may Allah be pleased with him, regarding His saying: 'Indeed, your Lord has encompassed the people', he said: 'He has encompassed them, so He is your protector against them and your guardian until you convey His message.'

13322 - From Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, regarding His saying: 'And We did not make the vision which We showed you except as a trial for the people', he said: 'It is a vision of the eye which the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was shown on the night he was taken on the night journey (Isra) to Bayt al-Maqdis, and it is not a dream of sleep.' And regarding 'the cursed tree in the Quran', he said: 'It is the tree of Zaqqum.'