The discourse regarding the interpretation of His statement, exalted be His praise: {That Book}.
The generality of the exegetes said: The interpretation of the statement of Allah the Exalted, "(That Book)," is: This Book.
247- Hārūn ibn Idrīs al-Aṣamm al-Kūfī narrated to me, he said: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad al-Muḥāribī narrated to us, from Ibn Jurayj, from Mujāhid: "That Book"; he said: It is this Book.
248- Yaʿqūb ibn Ibrāhīm narrated to me, he said: Ibn ʿUlayya narrated to us, he said: Khālid al-Ḥadhdhāʾ informed us, from ʿIkrama, he said: "That Book": This Book.
249- Aḥmad ibn Isḥāq al-Ahwāzī narrated to us, he said: Abū Aḥmad al-Zubayrī narrated to us, he said: Al-Ḥakam ibn Ẓuhayr narrated to us, from al-Suddī, regarding His statement, "That Book," he said: This Book. (1)
250- Al-Qāsim ibn al-Ḥasan narrated to us, he said: Al-Ḥusayn ibn Dāwūd narrated to us, he said: Ḥajjāj narrated to me, from Ibn Jurayj, regarding His statement, "That Book": This Book. He said: Ibn ʿAbbās said: "That Book": This Book. (2)
If a questioner should say: How is it permissible for "that" to mean "this", when "this" is undoubtedly an indication of something present and observed, while "that" is an indication of something absent, neither present nor observed?
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