His saying, the Exalted: "Have you not seen those who claim purity for themselves?"
[The First Aspect]
5430 - My father narrated to us, Muhammad ibn al-Musaffa narrated to us, Muhammad ibn Jumayr narrated to us, from Ibn Lahi'ah, from Bashir ibn Abi 'Amrah, from 'Ikrimah, from Ibn 'Abbas who said: The Jews used to bring their children forward for them to pray, and they would offer their sacrifices, claiming that they had no faults and no sins. They lied. Allah said: "I do not purify a person of sin by another who has no sin." Then Allah, the Exalted, revealed: "Have you not seen those who claim purity for themselves?" It was narrated from Mujahid, Abu Malik, al-Suddi, 'Ikrimah, and al-Dahhak something similar to that.
[The Second Aspect]
5431 - Al-Hasan ibn Abi al-Rabi' narrated to us, 'Abd al-Razzaq informed us, Ma'mar informed us, from al-Hasan regarding His saying: "Have you not seen those who claim purity for themselves?" He said: They are the Jews and the Christians; they said: "We are the children of Allah and His beloved ones," and they said: "None shall enter Paradise except one who was a Jew or a Christian."
[The Third Aspect]
5432 - Abu al-Azhar al-Naysaburi informed me in what he wrote to me, Wahb ibn Jarir narrated to us, my father narrated to us, from 'Ali ibn al-Hakam, from al-Dahhak: As for His saying: "Have you not seen those who claim purity for themselves?" The Jews said: "We have no sins, just as our forefathers have no sins," so Allah, the Exalted, revealed that concerning them.
His saying, the Exalted: "Rather, Allah purifies whom He wills."
5433 - My father narrated to us, Muhammad ibn al-Musaffa narrated to us, Muhammad ibn Himyar narrated to us, from Ibn Lahi'ah, from Bashir ibn Abi 'Amrah, from 'Ikrimah, from Ibn 'Abbas regarding His saying: "Rather, Allah purifies whom He wills," Allah the Exalted said: "I do not purify a person of sin by another who has no sin."
His saying, the Exalted: "And they will not be wronged, not even by a fatil (a tiny thread).
[The First Aspect]
5434 - My father narrated to us, 'Ubayd Allah ibn Musa narrated to us, Isra'il narrated to us, from Mansur, from Mujahid, from Ibn 'Abbas: "And they will not be wronged, not even by a fatil." He said: The fatil is what is twisted between the two fingers. And it was narrated from Mujahid—in one of the narrations—Sa'id ibn Jubayr, Abu Malik, and al-Suddi something similar to that.
قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ يُزَكُّونَ أنفسهم
[الوجه الأول]
٥٤٣٠ - حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُصَفَّى، ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جُمَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ لَهِيعَةَ، عَنْ بَشِيرِ بْنِ أَبِي عَمْرٍة، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: كَانَتِ الْيَهُودُ يُقَدِّمُونَ صِبْيَانَهُمْ يُصَلُّونَ بِهِمْ، وَيُقَرِّبُونَ قُرْبَانَهُمْ، وَيَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّهُمْ لَا خَطَايَا لَهُمْ وَلا ذُنُوبَ، وَكَذَبُوا قَالَ اللَّهُ إِنِّي لَا أُطَهِّرُ ذَا ذَنْبٍ بِآخَرَ لَا ذَنْبَ لَهُ، ثُمَّ أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ يُزَكُّونَ أَنْفُسَهُمْ وَرُوِيَ عَنِ مُجَاهِدٍ وَأَبِي مَالِكٍ، وَالسُّدِّيِّ، وَعِكْرِمَةَ وَالضَّحَّاكِ نَحْوَ ذَلِكَ.
وَالْوَجْهُ الثَّانِي:
٥٤٣١ - حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ أَبِي الرَّبِيعِ، أَنْبَأَ عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَنْبَأَ مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ فِي قَوْلِهِ: أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ يُزَكِّونَ أَنْفُسَهُمْ قَالَ: هُمُ الْيَهُودُ وَالنَّصَارَى قَالُوا: نَحْنُ أَبْنَاءُ اللَّهِ وَأَحِبَاؤُهُ، وَقَالُوا: لَنْ يَدْخُلَ الْجَنَّةَ إِلَّا مَنْ كَانَ هُودًا أَوْ نَصَارَى.
الْوَجْهُ الثَّالِثُ:
٥٤٣٢ - أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الأَزْهَرِ النَّيْسَابُورِيُّ فِيمَا كَتَبَ إِلَيَّ، ثنا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ، ثنا أَبِي، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ، عَنِ الضَّحَّاكِ: أَمَّا قَوْلُهُ: أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ يُزَكُّونَ أنفسهم فَإِنَّ اليَهُودَ قَالُوا: لَيْسَ لَنَا ذُنُوبٌ كَمَا أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ لآبَائِنَا ذُنُوبٌ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى ذَلِكَ فِيهِمْ.
قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: بَلِ اللَّهُ يُزَكِّي مَنْ يَشَاءُ
٥٤٣٣ - حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُصَفَّى، ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حِمْيَرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ لَهِيعَةَ، عَنْ بَشِيرِ بْنِ أَبِي عَمْرٍة، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَوْلَهُ: بَلِ اللَّهُ يُزَكِّي مَنْ يَشَاءُ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: إِنِّي لَا أُطَهِّرُ ذَا ذَنْبٍ بِآخَرَ لَا ذَنْبَ لَهُ.
قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: ولا تظلمون فتيلا
[الوجه الأول]
٥٤٣٤ - حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، ثنا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى، ثنا إِسْرَائِيلُ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَلا يُظْلَمُونَ فَتِيلا قَالَ: الْفَتِيلُ: مَا فُتِلَ بَيْنَ الأُصْبُعَيْنِ- وَرُوِيَ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ فِي إِحْدَى الرِّوَايَاتِ- وَسَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ وَأَبِي مَالِكٍ، وَالسُّدِّيِّ نَحْوُ ذَلِكَ.
