Asbat narrated to us, from al-Suddi, regarding His saying: "And made the darkness and the light," he said: "He created the darkness before the light."

7085 - Ahmad ibn 'Uthman ibn Hakim informed me in what he wrote to me: Ahmad ibn Mufaddal narrated to us, Asbat narrated to us, from al-Suddi, regarding His saying: "And made the darkness and the light," he said: "The light is the light of the day."

His saying: "Then those who disbelieve equate [others] with their Lord."

7086 - 'Ali ibn al-Husayn narrated to us, Hafs ibn 'Umar narrated to us, 'Amir ibn Ibrahim narrated to us, from Ya'qub al-Qummi, from Ja'far, from Ibn Abza, from 'Ali, he said: A man from the Khawarij came to him and said to him: "'All praise is due to Allah, who created the heavens and the earth and made the darkness and the light; then those who disbelieve equate [others] with their Lord.' Is it not so?" He said: "Yes." Then he turned away from him, and 'Ali said to him: "Return! Return! That is, say: It was only revealed concerning the People of the Scripture, and they are the ones who equated [others] with their Lord," meaning the People of the Scripture.

7087 - My father narrated to us, Sa'id ibn 'Abd al-Hamid al-Muqri' narrated to us, Ya'qub narrated to us, from Ja'far, from Ibn Abza, the like of that, but he did not mention: "from 'Ali, may Allah be pleased with him."

7088 - Hajjaj ibn Hamzah narrated to us, Shababah narrated to us, Warqa' narrated to us, from Ibn Abi Najih, from Mujahid, regarding His saying: "Equate [others] with their Lord," he said: "They associate partners [with Him]." It was also narrated from al-Suddi the like of that.

7089 - Abu Yazid al-Qaratisi informed me in what he wrote to me: Asbagh ibn al-Faraj narrated to us, he said: I heard 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Zayd ibn Aslam regarding His saying: "Then those who disbelieve equate [others] with their Lord," he said: "The deities that they worshipped, they equated them with Allah, yet He has no equal, nor any peer, nor are there deities with Him, nor did He take a companion or a child."

His saying: "Then He decreed a term."

[The First Aspect]

7090 - 'Ali ibn al-Husayn narrated to us, Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us, Mu'awiyah ibn Hisham narrated to us, Sufyan narrated to us, from Abu Husayn, from Sa'id ibn Jubayr, from Ibn 'Abbas regarding: "Then He decreed a term," he said: "The term of the worldly life."