The Fifth Aspect:

7030 - Abu Shaybah Ibrahim ibn 'Abd Allah ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us, 'Ubayd ibn Ya'ish narrated to us, Hasan ibn 'Atiyyah narrated to us, Qays narrated to us, from al-A'mash, from Muslim, from Sa'id ibn Jubayr, who said: Everything was sent down on the Table (Ma'idah) except for meat.

7031 - Yunus ibn 'Abd al-A'la reported to us by way of reading, Ibn Wahb informed us, he said: Al-Layth said: As for al-Qurazi, he says: [It consisted of] every lawful food in the world.

7032 - Ishaq ibn Wahb ibn Ziyad al-'Allaf al-Wasiti narrated to us, 'Umar ibn Yunus ibn al-Qasim al-Hanafi al-Yamami narrated to us, my father narrated to me, from Isma'il ibn al-Dahhak ibn Fayruz, that they asked Wahb ibn Munabbih about the Table which Allah sent down from the heaven upon the Children of Israel. He said: There used to descend upon them every day on that Table fruits from Paradise, and they would eat whatever they wished of various kinds. Four thousand people would sit at it, and when they finished eating, Allah would replace that place with the like thereof, and they would remain there for as long as Allah the Exalted willed.

The Sixth Aspect:

7033 - Hajjaj ibn Hamzah al-'Ijli narrated to us, Yahya ibn Adam narrated to us, Sharik narrated to us, from Layth, from Mujahid, regarding His saying: "Send down to us a table from the heaven," he said: It is an analogy that was struck, and nothing was actually sent down.

His saying, the Exalted: "It would be for us an 'Id (festival/commemoration) for the first of us and the last of us"

[The First Aspect]

7034 - Ja'far ibn 'Ali reported to us in what he wrote to me, Isma'il ibn Abi Uways narrated to us, 'Abd al-Quddus ibn Ibrahim narrated to me, from Ibrahim ibn 'Umar, from Wahb ibn Munabbih, from Abu 'Uthman al-Nahdi, from Salman al-Khayr, that he said regarding: "Send down to us a table from the heaven [it would be for us an 'Id]," i.e., it would be a lesson for the first of us and the last of us.

The Second Aspect:

7035 - Ahmad ibn 'Uthman ibn Hakim al-Awdi reported to us in what he wrote to me, Ahmad ibn Mufaddal narrated to us, Asbat narrated to us, from al-Suddi, regarding his saying: "It would be for us an 'Id," he says: We would take the day on which it was sent down as a festival that we, and those after us, would honor.

The Third Aspect:

7036 - 'Ali ibn al-Husayn narrated to us, Muhammad narrated to us, Mihran narrated to us, from Sufyan, regarding: "Send down to us a table from the heaven [it would be for us an 'Id]," he said: A day on which we pray.

His saying, the Exalted: "and the last of us"

7037 - Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us, al-'Abbas ibn al-Walid narrated to us, Yazid ibn Zuray' narrated to us, from Sa'id, from Qatadah, regarding his saying: "It would be for us an 'Id for the first of us and the last of us," he said: They wanted it to be for their descendants after them.

His saying, the Exalted: "and a sign from You"

7038 - Ja'far ibn 'Ali reported to us in what he wrote to me, Isma'il ibn Abi Uways narrated to us, 'Abd al-Quddus ibn Ibrahim narrated to me, from Ibrahim ibn 'Umar, from Wahb ibn Munabbih, from his father 'Uthman, from Salman, regarding: "and a sign from You," i.e., and a token from You that would be between us and You.

His saying, the Exalted: "and provide for us, and You are the best of providers"

7039 - And through the same chain from Salman, regarding: "and provide for us, and You are the best of providers," he said: Provide for us upon it food that we may eat, and You are the best of providers. So Allah the Exalted sent down upon them a red dining mat (sufra) with some of what was mentioned previously upon it.

His saying, the Exalted: "Allah said: I am going to send it down to you"

7040 - And through the same chain from Salman al-Khayr, he said: Allah the Exalted said: "I am going to send it down to you." So Allah sent down upon them a red dining mat. 'Isa, the disciples, and his companions approached and sat around the dining mat, and they said: "O Spirit of Allah and His Word, we would love for You to show us a sign in this sign." 'Isa said: "Glory be to Allah, have you not been satisfied with what you have seen of this sign, that you ask for another sign within it?" Then 'Isa turned to the fish and said: "O fish, return alive by the permission of Allah as you were." So Allah the Exalted brought it back to life by His power; it thrashed and returned alive by the permission of Allah, fresh, smacking its lips as a lion smacks its lips, its eyes rolling.