[His saying: And thus do We diversify the verses...]

[The first interpretation]

7748 - My father narrated to us, Abu Salih narrated to us, Mu'awiyah ibn Salih narrated to me from 'Ali ibn Abi Talhah from Ibn 'Abbas: 'And so they will say, "You have studied [daras-ta]," (they said: You have read and learned), meaning: Quraysh will say that.

7749 - Ahmad ibn Sinan narrated to us, 'Abd al-Rahman narrated to us from Sufyan from Abu Ishaq from al-Tamimi from Ibn 'Abbas: 'And so they will say, "You have studied [daras-ta]," he said: "You have read and learned."

In a narration by 'Ikrimah from Ibn 'Abbas, he said: "You have read [it] to the People of the Scripture."

7750 - My father narrated to us, al-Mu'alla ibn Asad narrated to us, 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn al-Mukhtar narrated to us from Abu al-Mu'alla al-'Attar from Sa'id ibn Jubayr, he said: 'Daras-ta,' he said: 'You have read [it].' He said, 'Yes,' and he cited this verse:

You found my reading like the taste of colocynth and wormwood.

The second interpretation:

7751 - al-Hasan ibn Abi al-Rabi' narrated to us, 'Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us, Sufyan—meaning Ibn 'Uyaynah—narrated to us from 'Amr ibn Dinar from 'Amr ibn Kaysan from Ibn 'Abbas, he said: 'Daras-ta' [means]: you have recited, disputed, and debated.

7752 - Hajjaj ibn Hamzah narrated to us, Shababah narrated to us, Warqa' narrated to us from Ibn Abi Najih from Mujahid: regarding His saying: 'And so they will say, "You have studied [daras-ta],"' [it means]: you have negotiated and read to the Jews, and they read to you.

The third interpretation:

7753 - al-Hasan ibn Abi al-Rabi' informed us, 'Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us, Ma'mar narrated to us, and al-Hasan said: 'Darasat' means: [it] has grown old and [it] has been erased.

7754 - Musa ibn al-Kufi narrated to us, Harun ibn Hatim narrated to us, 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Hammad narrated to us from Asbat ibn Nasr from al-Suddi from Abu Malik: regarding His saying: 'Daras-ta' means: the study of the Qur'an.