And the third interpretation:
2539 - My father narrated to us, Ibrahim b. Mahdi reported to us, al-Faraj b. Fadalah reported to us, from Rabi'ah b. Yazid, who said: Were it not for what Allah repels [from the earth] by the people of the cities for the sake of the people of the desert, the punishment would have come upon them directly.
2540 - Abu Yazid al-Qaratisi informed us in what he wrote to me, Asbagh reported to us, he said: I heard 'Abd al-Rahman b. Zayd b. Aslam saying regarding the saying of Allah: "And were it not for Allah repelling people, some by others"—he said: Were it not for fighting and Jihad.
His saying: "The earth would have been corrupted"
2541 - al-Hajjaj b. Hamzah narrated to us, Shababah reported to us, Warqa' reported to us, from Ibn Abi Najih, from Mujahid: "The earth would have been corrupted"—He means: Its inhabitants would have perished.
It was also narrated from al-Rabi' b. Anas something similar to that.
His saying: "But Allah is full of bounty to the worlds"
2542 - Muhammad b. al-'Abbas, the freed slave of Banu Hashim, narrated to us, Zunayj Muhammad b. 'Amr reported to us, Salamah reported to us, Ibn Ishaq said: "But Allah is full of bounty to the worlds"—that is: favor.
His saying, the Exalted: "These are the verses of Allah; We recite them to you in truth, and you are indeed from among the messengers"
2543 - Abu Bakr b. Abi Musa narrated to us, Harun b. Hatim reported to us, 'Abd al-Rahman b. Abi Hammad reported to us, from Asbat, from al-Suddi, from Abu Malik, regarding his saying: "These"—meaning: These [verses].
[His saying: "The verses of Allah"]
2544 - Abu Zur'ah narrated to us, Yahya b. 'Abd Allah reported to us, Ibn Lahi'ah narrated to me, 'Ata' b. Dinar narrated to me, from Sa'id b. Jubayr, regarding His saying: "The verses of Allah"—meaning: The Qur'an.
2545 - My father narrated to us, Hisham b. 'Ubayd Allah reported to us, 'Abd Allah b. al-Mubarak reported to us, regarding His saying: "These are the verses of Allah"—he said: The Qur'an.
(1). Tafsir Mujahid 1/114.
وَالْوَجْهُ الثَّالِثُ:
٢٥٣٩ - حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، ثنا الْفَرَجُ بْنُ فَضَالَةَ، عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ، قَالَ: لَوْلا مَا يَدْفَعُ اللَّهُ بِأَهْلِ الْحَضَرِ عَنْ أَهْلِ الْبَدْوِ، لأَتَاهُمُ الْعَذَابُ قُبُلا.
٢٥٤٠ - أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَزِيدَ الْقَرَاطِيسِيُّ فِيمَا كَتَبَ إِلَيَّ، ابنا أَصْبَغُ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، يَقُولُ فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ: وَلَوْلا دَفْعُ اللَّهِ النَّاسَ بَعْضَهُمْ بِبَعْضٍ قَالَ: لَوْلا الْقِتَالُ وَالْجِهَادُ.
قَوْلُهُ: لَفَسَدَتِ الأَرْضُ
٢٥٤١ - حَدَّثَنَا الْحَجَّاجُ بْنُ حَمْزَةَ، ثنا شَبَابَةُ، ثنا وَرْقَاءُ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ «١»
لَفَسَدَتِ الأَرْضُ: لَهَلَكَ أَهْلُهَا.
وَرُوِيَ عَنِ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ، نَحْوُ ذَلِكَ
قَوْلُهُ وَلَكِنَّ اللَّهَ ذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى الْعَالَمِينَ
٢٥٤٢ - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ مَوْلَى بَنِي هَاشِمٍ ثنا زُنَيْجٌ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ثنا سَلَمَةُ، قال بن إِسْحَاقَ وَلَكِنَّ اللَّهَ ذُو فَضْلٍ عَلَى الْعَالَمِينَ أَيْ: مَنٍّ
قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: تِلْكَ آيَاتُ اللَّهِ نَتْلُوهَا عَلَيْكَ بِالْحَقِّ وَإِنَّكَ لَمِنَ المرسلين
٢٥٤٣ - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي مُوسَى، ثنا هَارُونُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ، نثا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي حَمَّادٍ، عَنْ أَسْبَاطٌ، عَنِ السُّدِّيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي مَالِكٍ، قَوْلُهُ: تِلْكَ يعني: هذه.
[قوله: آيات الله]
٢٥٤٤ - حدثنا أبو زرعة، ثنا نحيى بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ، حَدَّثَنِي عَطَاءُ بْنُ دِينَارٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنُ جُبَيْرٍ، فِي قَوْلِهِ: آيَاتُ اللَّهِ يَعْنِي: الْقُرْآنَ.
٢٥٤٥ - حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، ثنا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، ثنا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ فِي قَوْلِهِ تِلْكَ آيات الله قال: القرآن.
(١) . تفسير مجاهد ١/ ١١٤.
