1280: 7223: And they do not trade it: 2: Al-Fath (13/89) and al-Manthur (3/151).

1281: 7228: What they bear: 1: Tafsir Ibn Kathir: (2/129).

: 7229: Their backs: 2: The previous source.

1283: 7239: The verse: 1: Tafsir Ibn Kathir: (2/129).

: 7241: And they reject: 2: Tafsir 'Abd al-Razzaq: (1/201).

1284: 7246: That: 1: Tafsir 'Abd al-Razzaq: (1/201).

: 7248: Like that: 2: The previous source.

1285: 7250: The first: 1: Tafsir Ibn Kathir: (2/130).

: 7255: The dead: 2: Tafsir Mujahid: (1/214).

: 7255: His Lord: 3: Al-Hasan said: "Lawla" (if only/why not) here carries the meaning of "hala" (why did they not). A poet said:

You consider the slaughtering of the best of the camels as your greatest glory, O sons of Dawtara, why not the armored knight?

This was an act of stubbornness on their part after the proofs had become manifest and the argument had been established by the Quran, which they were unable to match with even a single Surah similar to it, due to what it contains of descriptions and knowledge of the Unseen.

: 7256: By its names: 4: Tafsir Ibn Kathir: (2/131).

1286: 7257: A community: 1: Tafsir Ibn Kathir: (2/131).

: 7258: Like you: 2: The previous source.

: 7262: With its two wings: 3: Tafsir 'Abd al-Razzaq: (1/200).

Hafiz Abu Ya'la said: Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us, 'Ubayd ibn Waqid al-Qaysi Abu 'Abbad narrated to us, Muhammad ibn 'Isa ibn Kaysan narrated to me, Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir narrated, from Jabir ibn 'Abd Allah, who said: Locusts became scarce in one of the years of 'Umar—may Allah be pleased with him—during which he held authority. He inquired about them but was informed of nothing, which caused him grief. So he sent a rider...