His saying: "Indeed, We have sent down signs."

14729 - Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us, [saying]: al-'Abbas ibn al-Walid informed us, [saying]: Yazid ibn Zuray' reported to us, [saying]: Sa'id ibn Abi 'Arubah reported to us, from Qatadah regarding His saying: "Indeed, We have sent down signs," [he said]: It is this Qur'an, in which is its lawful and its unlawful.

His saying: "Manifest."

14730 - I read to Muhammad ibn al-Fadl ibn Musa, [saying]: Muhammad ibn 'Ali ibn al-Hasan reported to us, [saying]: Muhammad ibn Muzahim reported to us, [saying]: Bukayr ibn Ma'ruf reported to us, from Muqatil ibn Hayyan regarding His saying: "Indeed, We have sent down manifest signs," [he said]: It means what He has obligated upon them in this surah from its beginning to its end.

His saying: "And Allah guides whom He wills to a straight path."

Its interpretation has been mentioned more than once.

His saying: "And they say, 'We have believed in Allah.'"

14731 - 'Isam ibn Rawwad al-'Asqalani narrated to us, [saying]: Adam reported to us, [saying]: Abu Ja'far al-Razi reported to us, from al-Rabi' ibn Anas, from Abu al-'Aliyah regarding His saying: "And they say, 'We have believed in Allah,'" he said: These are the hypocrites.

His saying: "in Allah."

14732 - Abu Zur'ah narrated to us, [saying]: Yahya ibn 'Abd Allah ibn Bukayr reported to us, [saying]: 'Abd Allah ibn Lahi'ah reported to us, [saying]: 'Ata' ibn Dinar narrated to me, from Sa'id ibn Jubayr regarding the saying of Allah: "We have believed in Allah," meaning: they profess the unity of Allah.

His saying: "and obeyed."

14733 - Abu Zur'ah narrated to us, [saying]: Safwan reported to us, [saying]: al-Walid reported to us, [saying]: Bakr ibn Ma'ruf reported to us, from Muqatil ibn Hayyan regarding the saying of Allah: "and obeyed," he said: They affirmed to Allah that they would obey Him in His command and His prohibition.

His saying: "Then a party of them turns away after that."

14734 - Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us, [saying]: al-'Abbas ibn al-Walid al-Narsi informed us, [saying]: Yazid ibn Zuray' reported to us, [saying]: Sa'id reported to us, from Qatadah regarding His saying: "Then a party of them turns away after that," he said: People from among the hypocrites who manifested belief and obedience, while in that state they were obstructing [people] from the path of Allah, His obedience, and striving in His cause.