665 - Al-Qāsim narrated to us, he said: Al-Ḥusayn narrated to us, he said: Ḥajjāj narrated to me, on the authority of Ibn Jurayj, on the authority of Mujāhid: "Then He presented them," He presented the possessors of the names to the angels (1).

666 - ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥasan narrated to us, he said: Muslim narrated to us, he said: Muḥammad ibn Muṣʿab narrated to us, on the authority of Qays, on the authority of Khuṣayf, on the authority of Mujāhid: "Then He presented them to the angels," meaning He presented the names, the dove and the crow (2).

667 - Al-Qāsim narrated to us, he said: Al-Ḥusayn narrated to us, he said: Ḥajjāj narrated to me, on the authority of Jarīr ibn Ḥāzim—and Mubārak from al-Ḥasan—and Abū Bakr from al-Ḥasan and Qatāda—they both said: He taught him the name of everything: these horses, these mules, and the like. And he began naming everything by its name, and nation after nation was presented to him (3).

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The discourse regarding the Interpretation of His statement: {And He said, "Tell Me the names of these"}

Abū Jaʿfar said: And the Interpretation of His statement, "Tell Me": Inform Me, as in:

668 - Abū Kurayb narrated to us, he said: ʿUthmān narrated to us, he said: Bishr narrated to us, on the authority of Abū Rawq, on the authority of al-Ḍaḥḥāk, on the authority of Ibn ʿAbbās: "Tell Me," he says: Inform Me of the names of these (4).

And from it is the saying of al-Nābigha of Banū Dhubyān: