Then they came to him, but the hypocrites refused and went to Abu Burdah and asked [for his judgment]. He said: "Magnify the morsel," meaning: "Magnify the stake." So Allah the Exalted revealed: "wishing to seek judgment from the Taghut [false judge]."
[His saying, the Exalted: "The Taghut"]
Its interpretation has already preceded.
His saying, the Exalted: "And they have been commanded to disbelieve in it, and Satan wants to lead them far astray."
5550 - My father narrated to us, Khalid ibn Khidash al-Muhallabi narrated to us, Hammad ibn Zayd narrated to us, from al-Zubayr ibn Khirrit, from 'Ikrimah, who said: He was only called Satan (Shaytan) because he became rebellious (tashaytana).
5551 - Ahmad ibn 'Uthman ibn Hakim al-Awdi narrated to us, Ahmad ibn al-Mufaddal narrated to us, Asbat narrated to us, from al-Suddi, regarding His saying: "And they have been commanded to disbelieve in it," and he is Abu [Burdah] the Aslami soothsayer.
His saying, the Exalted: "And when it is said to them, 'Come to what Allah has revealed and to the Messenger,' you see the hypocrites turning away from you in aversion."
5552 - Muhammad ibn Sa'd al-'Awfi reported to us in what he wrote to me, my father narrated to me, my uncle al-Husayn narrated to me, my father narrated to me, from his father, from Ibn 'Abbas, regarding His saying: "And when it is said to them, 'Come to what Allah has revealed and to the Messenger,' you see the hypocrites turning away from you in aversion." He said: When they were called to what Allah revealed and to the Messenger to judge between them, they would say: "Rather, we seek judgment from the Taghut," whereas they have been commanded to disbelieve in it, and Satan wants to lead them far astray.
His saying, the Exalted: "So how [will it be] when disaster strikes them because of what their hands have put forth, and then they come to you swearing by Allah, 'We intended nothing but good conduct and reconciliation.'"
5553 - al-Hasan ibn Ahmad narrated to us, Musa ibn Muhkam narrated to us, Abu Bakr al-Hanafi informed us, 'Abbad ibn Mansur narrated to us, who said: I asked al-Hasan—meaning about His saying: "So how [will it be] when disaster strikes them because of what their hands have put forth." He said: A punishment for them for their hypocrisy, and they disliked the judgment of Allah, "and then they come to you swearing by Allah, 'We intended nothing but good conduct and reconciliation.'"
5554 - 'Ali ibn al-Husayn narrated to us, Ibn Abi Hammad narrated to us, Ibrahim ibn al-Mukhtar narrated to us, from Ibn Jurayj, regarding His saying: "disaster strikes them," he says: "because of what their hands have put forth" for themselves and between that—between that, "say to them a word, profound."
