12953 - Sa'd ibn Abi Salih said: It used to be said: "Were it not for the clamor of the people of al-Rumiyyah, people would hear the rumbling of the sun when it sets."

12954 - Hajjaj ibn Hamzah narrated to us, Muhammad—meaning Ibn Bishr—narrated to us, 'Amr ibn Maymun narrated to us, Ibn Hadir informed us that Ibn 'Abbas mentioned to him that Mu'awiyah ibn Abi Sufyan recited the verse in Surah al-Kahf: 'sets in a hot (hamiyah) spring.' Ibn 'Abbas said: I said to Mu'awiyah: "We do not recite it except as a murky (hami'ah) spring." Mu'awiyah asked 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr: "How do you recite it?" 'Abdullah said: "Just as you recited it." Ibn 'Abbas said: "I said to Mu'awiyah: The Quran was revealed in my house." He then sent for Ka'b and said to him: "Where do you find the sun sets in the Torah?" [Ka'b said to him: Ask the people of Arabic, for they are more knowledgeable about it. As for me, I find the sun sets in the Torah] in water and mud, and he pointed with his hand to the West. Ibn Hadir said: "If I were in your presence, I would provide you with speech that would increase your insight regarding [the word] hami'ah." Ibn 'Abbas said: "What is it?" I said: "In what is recorded of the speech of Tubba', regarding what he mentioned of Dhu al-Qarnayn, in his devotion to knowledge and his pursuit of it:

He reached the Easts and the Wests, seeking the means of a matter from a wise, guided mentor. He saw the setting of the sun at its decline, in a spring of khalab (mud) and thath (black mud) that is harmad (black)."

His saying: "He said: As for one who does wrong"

12955 - Al-Dahhak regarding His saying: "He said: As for one who does wrong," he said: "Whoever commits shirk (associates partners with Allah)."

His saying: "We will punish him"

12956 - Qatadah regarding His saying: "We will punish him," he said: "Killing."

12957 - Al-Suddi said: His punishment was to be placed in copper vessels, then fire is kindled beneath them until they are severed within them."