His saying, the Exalted: "That I design for you out of clay the form of a bird, then I breathe into it and it becomes a bird by permission of Allah."

3540 - 'Ali b. al-Mubarak informed us in what he wrote to me, Zayd b. al-Mubarak reported to us, Ibn Thawr reported to us, from Ibn Jurayj regarding His saying: "That I design for you out of clay the form of a bird," they said: Meaning, which bird is most firmly created, so that he may design accordingly.

His saying, the Exalted: "Then I breathe into it."

3541 - My father narrated to us, al-Hasan b. al-Rabi' reported to us, 'Abd Allah b. Idris reported to us, Muhammad b. Ishaq reported to us, who said: Then Allah placed at his hands—meaning 'Isa (Jesus)—matters that point through him to His power in resurrecting; resurrecting whom He wills to resurrect after death, and creating what He wills to create of things, whether seen or unseen. So He made him breathe into the clay, and it becomes a bird by the permission of Allah.

[His saying, the Exalted: "And I heal the blind and the leper, and I give life to the dead, by permission of Allah."]

[The first interpretation]

3542 - Abu Zur'ah narrated to us, Minjab b. al-Harith reported to us, Bishr b. 'Umarah informed us, from Abu Rawq, from al-Dahhak, from Ibn 'Abbas, regarding His saying: "And I heal the blind and the leper," he said: The akmah (blind) is he who is born blind. Abu Muhammad said: The like of this has been narrated from al-Hasan, al-Dahhak, al-Suddi, and Qatadah.

3543 - Al-Husayn b. al-Hasan narrated to us, Ibrahim—meaning al-Harawi—reported to us, Hajjaj informed us, 'Uthman b. 'Ata' narrated to me, from his father, from Ibn 'Abbas, who said: The akmah is the blind and the one whose eye is smooth (wiped smooth).

[The second interpretation]

3544 - Ya'qub b. 'Ubayd al-Nahratiri narrated to us, Abu 'Asim informed us, 'Isa—meaning Ibn Maymun b. Dayah—informed us, from Ibn Abi Najih, from Mujahid, who said: The akmah is the one who suffers from night blindness (yatakammuh); he who sees by day but does not see by night.

[The third interpretation]

3545 - My father narrated to me, Nasr b. 'Ali reported to us, Hafs b. 'Umar informed us, from al-Hakam b. Aban, from 'Ikrimah, regarding "And I heal the blind," he said: The one with weak vision (al-a'mash).