5692 - Muhammad ibn Sa'd al-'Awfi reported to us in what he wrote to me, my father narrated to me, my uncle narrated to me, my father narrated to me, from his father, from Ibn 'Abbas regarding His saying: "those who [can] investigate it would have known it from among them," he says: They announce it and spy it out from among them.

5693 - My father narrated to us, Ahmad ibn 'Abd al-Rahman al-Dashtaki narrated to us, 'Abdullah ibn Abi Ja'far narrated to us, from his father, from Abu al-'Aliyah regarding His saying: "those who [can] investigate it would have known it from among them," he said: Those who track it and spy it out. A similar statement to that of Abu al-'Aliyah was narrated from 'Ata' al-Khurasani.

5694 - Hajjaj ibn Hamzah narrated to us, Shababah narrated to us, Warqa' narrated to us, from Ibn Abi Najih, from Mujahid regarding His saying: "those who [can] investigate it would have known it from among them," their saying: What was it? And what did you hear?

5695 - Ahmad ibn 'Uthman ibn Hakim narrated to us, Ahmad ibn Mufaddal narrated to us, Asbat narrated to us, from al-Suddi regarding His saying: "those who [can] investigate it would have known it from among them" concerning news, and they are those who investigate the news. It was also narrated from Qatadah that he said: They examine.

His saying, the Exalted: "And if it were not for the favor of Allah upon you..."

[The first interpretation]

5696 - Abu Sa'id al-Ashajj narrated to us, Abu Khalid al-Ahmar narrated to us, from Hajjaj, from 'Atiyyah, from Ibn 'Abbas, and Hajjaj, from al-Qasim, from Mujahid: The favor of Allah is the religion. A similar statement was narrated from Abu al-'Aliyah, 'Ikrimah, Hilal ibn Yasaf, Qatadah, and al-Rabi' ibn Anas.

And the second interpretation:

5697 - Abu Sa'id al-Ashajj narrated to us, Abu Mu'awiyah narrated to us, from Hajjaj, from 'Atiyyah, from Abu Sa'id, he said: The favor of Allah is the Qur'an. A similar statement was narrated from Zayd ibn Aslam.

His saying, the Exalted: "...and His mercy."

[The first interpretation]

5698 - Abu Sa'id al-Ashajj narrated to us, Abu Khalid al-Ahmar narrated to us, from Hajjaj, from 'Atiyyah, from Ibn 'Abbas: "and His mercy," he said: And His mercy is that He made you among the people of the Qur'an. A similar statement was narrated from Abu al-'Aliyah, Mujahid, al-Hasan, al-Dahhak, Hilal ibn Yasaf, Qatadah, Zayd ibn Aslam, Salim ibn Abi al-Ja'd, and al-Rabi' ibn Anas.