8717 - Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us, al-'Abbas ibn al-Walid informed us, Yazid ibn Zuray' told us, Sa'id told us, from Qatadah regarding his statement: "And when you do not bring them a sign, they say, 'Why did you not contrive it?'" i.e., why did you not bring it to us from yourself? This is the statement of the disbelievers of Quraysh.

His statement, the Exalted: "Say, 'I only follow what is revealed to me from my Lord.'"

8718 - My father narrated to us, Abu Hudhayfah told us, Shibl told us, from Ibn Abi Najih, from Mujahid (1) regarding his statement: "Why did you not contrive it?" i.e., you innovated it from yourself. He (the Prophet) said, as stated by the Exalted: "Say, 'I only follow what is revealed to me from my Lord.'"

His statement, the Exalted: "These are insights from your Lord."

8719 - Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us, al-'Abbas informed us, Yazid told us, Sa'id told us, from Qatadah regarding his statement: "Insights from your Lord," i.e., an evidence from your Lord.

8720 - Abu Yazid al-Qaratisi informed me in what he wrote to me, Asbagh ibn al-Faraj told us, he said: I heard 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Zayd ibn Aslam saying regarding His statement: "Insights from your Lord," he said: The insights are guidance, insights of what is in their hearts for their religion; they are not the insights of the physical heads. He recited: "For indeed, it is not eyes that are blinded, but blinded are the hearts which are in the breasts" (2), and he said: Truly, the religion is its sight and its hearing in this heart.

His statement, the Exalted: "And guidance."

[The first aspect]

8721 - Al-Hasan ibn Abi al-Rabi' narrated to us, 'Abd al-Razzaq informed us, al-Thawri informed us, from Bayan, from al-Sha'bi regarding "guidance," he said: From misguidance.

The second aspect:

8722 - Abu Zur'ah narrated to us, Yahya ibn 'Abd Allah ibn Bukayr told us, Ibn Lahi'ah told me, 'Ata' ibn Dinar told me, from Sa'id ibn Jubayr: "Guidance," meaning a clarification.

The third aspect:

8723 - Abu Zur'ah narrated to us, 'Amr ibn Hammad told us, Asbat told us, from al-Suddi regarding his statement: "Guidance," he said: Light.