His saying, the Exalted: "Had it not been that Allah was gracious to us, He would have caused it to swallow us. Oh, it is as if... the disbelievers do not succeed."
17171 - Abu ‘Abd Allah al-Tahrani informed us in what he wrote to me, ‘Abd al-Razzaq informed us, Ma‘mar informed us, from Qatadah regarding His saying: "Oh, it is as if the disbelievers do not succeed." He says: Do they not know that the disbelievers do not succeed?
17172 - Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us, al-‘Abbas informed us, Yazid ibn Zuray‘ narrated to us, Sa‘id narrated to us, from Qatadah regarding His saying: "Oh, it is as if..." [He says:] Do you not see that the disbelievers do not succeed?
17173 - ‘Ali ibn al-Husayn narrated to us, Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us, Muhammad ibn Khalid ibn ‘Athmah narrated to us, Sa‘id narrated to us, from Qatadah: "Oh, it is as if..." he said: Do you not see that...
His saying, the Exalted: "That [Home]"
17174 - Abu Bakr ibn Abi Musa narrated to us, Harun ibn Hatim narrated to us, ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Hammad narrated to us, from Asbat, from al-Suddi, from Abu Malik regarding His saying: "That [Home]"—he means: Paradise.
His saying, the Exalted: "That Home of the Hereafter"
17175 - My father narrated to us, al-Haytham ibn Yaman narrated to us, Isma‘il ibn Zakariyya narrated to us, Muhammad ibn ‘Awn al-Khurasani narrated to me, from ‘Ikrimah regarding His saying: "The Home of the Hereafter"—he says: Paradise.
His saying, the Exalted: "We assign it to those who do not desire exaltedness upon the earth"
17176 - Abu Zur‘ah narrated to us, Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah al-Bazzar narrated to us, Isma‘il ibn Zakariyya narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn ‘Awn al-Khurasani, from ‘Ikrimah regarding "We assign it to those who do not desire exaltedness upon the earth," he said: We assign the Home of the Hereafter to those who do not desire exaltedness upon the earth, in the presence of its rulers and kings.
His saying, the Exalted: "exaltedness upon the earth"
[The first interpretation]
17177 - Abu Sa‘id al-Ashajj narrated to us, Ibn Yaman narrated to us, from Ash‘ath, from Ja‘far, from Sa‘id—meaning Ibn Jubayr—regarding "to those who do not desire exaltedness upon the earth," he said: Transgression.
The second interpretation:
17178 - Ahmad ibn Sinan narrated to us, ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi narrated to us, from Sufyan, from Mansur, from Muslim al-Batin regarding "do not desire exaltedness upon the earth," he said: Exaltedness is arrogance without right."
