[His saying, the Almighty: "Except diversion and play."]

[The first interpretation]

17426 - Al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah narrated to us: Shababah narrated to us: Warqa' narrated to us, from Ibn Abi Najih, from Ibrahim ibn Abi Bakr, from Mujahid, he said: "Diversion [lahw] is the drum."

The second interpretation.

17427 - My father narrated to us: Abu Salih narrated to us: Mu'awiyah ibn Salih narrated to me, from 'Ali ibn Abi Talhah, from Ibn 'Abbas regarding His saying: "Diversion," he says: "Play [la'iban]."

The third interpretation.

17428 - Yazid ibn Sinan al-'Umari narrated to us in Egypt: Abu 'Asim narrated to us: Al-Hasan ibn Maymun narrated to us, from Ibn Jurayj, from Ibrahim ibn Abi Bakr, from Mujahid, regarding "diversion," he said: "Falsehood."

His saying, the Almighty: "And play."

17429 - Abu Sa'id al-Ashajj narrated to us: Ya'la ibn 'Ubayd narrated to us, from Sufyan, from 'Abd al-Karim, from Mujahid, he said: "All of it is play and diversion."

His saying, the Almighty: "And indeed, the home of the Hereafter - that is the [eternal] life."

17430 - 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 Ibn 'Umar regarding His saying: "The home of the Hereafter," he says: "Paradise."

His saying, the Almighty: "If only they knew."

17431 - Abu Sa'id al-Ashajj narrated to us: Abu 'Abd al-Rahman al-Harithi narrated to us, from Juwaybir, from al-Dahhak regarding "And indeed, the home of the Hereafter - that is the [eternal] life," he said: "The everlasting life."

17432 - My father narrated to us: Abu Salih narrated to us: Mu'awiyah ibn Salih narrated to me, from 'Ali ibn Abi Talhah, from Ibn 'Abbas regarding "that is the [eternal] life," he says: "Lasting."

17433 - Hajjaj ibn Hamzah narrated to us: Shababah narrated to us: Warqa' narrated to us, from Ibn Abi Najih, from Mujahid regarding "And indeed, the home of the Hereafter - that is the [eternal] life," he said: "No death in it."

17434 - Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us: Al-'Abbas ibn al-Walid narrated to us: Yazid ibn Zuray' narrated to us, he said: