The fourth view:
16960 - Abu Sa'id al-Ashajj narrated to us: Abu Salamah narrated to us, he said: Isma'il—meaning Ibn Abi Khalid—said: I heard Abu Razin reciting it as "Two magicians" (sihran), [and] he said: "Two books, the Torah and the Gospel."
16961 - Muhammad ibn Sa'd ibn 'Atiyyah informed us in what he wrote to me: My father narrated to me: My uncle narrated to us, from his father, from his grandfather, from Ibn 'Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, [regarding] His saying: "And they said: 'We are disbelievers in all of it,'" he said: They are the People of the Scripture.
His saying, Exalted is He: "We are disbelievers in all of it"
16962 - Abu Sa'id al-Ashajj narrated to us: Abu 'Abd al-Rahman—meaning al-Harithi—narrated to us, from Juwaybir, from al-Dahhak: "And they said: 'We are disbelievers in all of it'"—he says: We are disbelievers in the Torah and the Quran.
16963 - Abu Yazid al-Qaratisi informed us in what he wrote to me: Asbagh ibn al-Faraj informed us: 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Zayd narrated to us regarding the saying of Allah: "And they said: 'We are disbelievers in all of it'"—[meaning] that which Musa brought, and that which Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon them both, brought.
16964 - Hajjaj ibn Hamzah narrated to us: Shababah narrated to us, Warqa' narrated to us, from Ibn Abi Najih, from Mujahid, [regarding] His saying: "We are disbelievers in all of it"—we also disbelieve in that which was given to Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
His saying, Exalted is He: "Say: 'Then bring a scripture from before Allah that is more guiding than both of them, [so] I will follow it,'" the verse.
16964 [repeated] - My father narrated to us: al-Mu'alla ibn Asad al-'Ammi narrated to us, al-Mu'alla ibn 'Isa narrated to us, from 'Asim al-Jahdari, that he used to recite: "Two magicians" (sihran), [and] he said: "Two books, the Torah and the Furqan." Do you not see that He says: "A scripture from before Allah that is more guiding than both of them"?
16965 - Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us: al-'Abbas ibn al-Walid informed us: Yazid narrated to us, from Sa'id, from Qatadah, [regarding] His saying: "And they said: 'We are disbelievers in all of it'"—Allah says: "Then bring a scripture from before Allah that is more guiding than both of them, [so] I will follow it, if you are truthful."
16966 - Abu Yazid al-Qaratisi informed us in what he wrote to me: Asbagh informed us: 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Zayd narrated to us, [he said]: Allah answered them: "Say: 'Then bring a scripture from before Allah that is more guiding than both of them, [so] I will follow it'"—meaning
الْوَجْهُ الرَّابِعُ:
١٦٩٦٠ - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الأَشَجُّ، ثنا أَبُو سَلَمَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ إِسْمَاعِيلُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي خَالِدٍ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا رَزِينٍ يَقْرَأْهَا سِحْرَانِ يَقُولُ: كِتَابَانٍ، التَّوْرَاةُ وَالإِنِجِيلُ.
١٦٩٦١ - أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَطِيَّةَ فِيمَا كَتَبَ إِلَيَّ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا عَمِّي، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ، عَنْهُمَا قَوْلُهُ: وَقَالُوا إِنَّا بِكُلٍّ كَافِرُونَ قَالَ هُمْ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ.
قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: إِنَّا بِكُلٍّ كَافِرُونَ
١٦٩٦٢ - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الأَشَجُّ، ثنا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ يَعْنِي الْحَارِثِيَّ، عَنْ جُوَيْبِرٍ، عَنِ الضَّحَّاكِ وَقَالُوا إِنَّا بِكُلٍّ كَافِرُونَ يَقُولُ: بِالتَّوْرَاةِ وَالْقُرْآنِ كَافِرُونَ.
١٦٩٦٣ - أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَزِيدَ الْقَرَاطِيسِيُّ فِيمَا كَتَبَ إِلَيَّ أَنْبَأَ أَصْبَغُ بْنُ الْفَرَجِ، ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ زَيْدٍ فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ: وَقَالُوا إِنَّا بِكُلٍّ كَافِرُونَ الَّذِي جَاءَ بِهِ مُوسَى، وَالَّذِي جَاءَ بِهِ مُحَمَّدٌ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمَا وَسَلَّمَ.
١٦٩٦٤ - حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ حَمْزَةَ، ثنا شَبَابَةُ، ثنا وَرْقَاءُ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ قَوْلُهُ: إِنَّا بِكُلٍّ كَافِرُونَ نَكْفُرُ أَيْضًا بِمَا أُوتَى مُحَمَّدٌ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ.
قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: قُلْ فأَتُوا بِكِتَابٍ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ هُوَ أَهْدَى مِنْهُمَا أَتَّبِعْهُ الْآيَةَ
١٦٩٦٤ - حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي ثنا الْمُعَلَّى بْنُ أَسَدٍ الْعَمِّيُّ، ثنا الْمُعَلَّى بْنُ عِيسَى، عَنْ عَاصِمٍ الْجَحْدَرِيِّ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ: سِحْرَانِ يَقُولُ: كِتَابَانِ: التَّوْرَاةُ وَالْفُرْقَانُ، أَلا تَرَاهُ يَقُولُ:
بِكِتَابٍ مِنْ، عِنْدِ اللَّهِ هُوَ أَهْدَى مِنْهُمَا.
١٦٩٦٥ - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى أَنْبَأَ الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ، ثنا يَزِيدُ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَوْلُهُ: وَقَالُوا إِنَّا بِكُلٍّ كَافِرُونَ قَالَ اللَّهُ: فَأَتَوْا بِكِتَابٍ مِنْ، عِنْدِ اللَّهِ هُوَ أَهْدَى مِنْهُمَا أَتَّبِعْهُ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ.
١٦٩٦٦ - أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَزِيدَ الْقَرَاطِيسِيُّ فِيمَا كَتَبَ إِلَيَّ أَنْبَأَ أَصْبَغُ، ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ زَيْدٍ قَالَ اللَّهُ وَأَجَابَهُمْ: قُلْ فَأَتَوْا بِكِتَابٍ مِنْ عند الله هو أهدى منهما أتبعه أي
