10376 - 'Umar ibn Thawr al-Qaysari informed us in what he wrote to me, al-Faryabi told us, Sufyan told us, from Ibn Abi Najih, from Mujahid, [regarding] "fear Him (tattaqun)," he said: "You are able."

His saying, the Exalted: "That is Allah, your Lord, the Truth. And what can be after the truth except misguidance?"

10377 - 'Ali ibn al-Husayn told us, Abu al-Tahir told us, Harmalah ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz told us, he said: I said to Malik ibn Anas, "What is your view on a man whose affair concerns me?" He said, "That is not from the truth." He said, "Allah says: 'And what can be after the truth except misguidance?'"

It was read to Yunus ibn 'Abd al-A'la and Muhammad ibn 'Abd Allah ibn 'Abd al-Hakam, Ashhab reported, he said: Malik was asked about the testimony of those who play chess and backgammon; do you see their testimony as valid? He said, "As for those who engage in them, I do not see their testimony as having any weight; Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, says: 'And what can be after the truth except misguidance?' So this is all from misguidance."

His saying, the Exalted: "So how are you diverted?"

10378 - Abu Zur'ah told us, Minjab told us, Bishr ibn 'Umarah told us, from Abu Rawq, from al-Dahhak, from Ibn 'Abbas, regarding his saying: "So how (fa-anna)," he said: "How."

His saying: "Thus, the word of your Lord has come into effect upon those who defiantly disobeyed."

10379 - And by the same chain from Ibn 'Abbas, regarding his saying: "Thus, the word of your Lord has come into effect upon those who defiantly disobeyed," he says: "The word of your Lord has preceded."

His saying, the Exalted: "That they do not believe."

10380 - al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah mentioned, al-Hajjaj ibn Muhammad told us, Ibn Jurayj said, Ibn Kathir informed me, from Mujahid, his saying: "They do not believe," he said: "When it comes with news, they do not believe."

His saying: "Is there of your 'partners' one who begins creation and then repeats it?"

10381 - Hajjaj ibn Hamzah told us, Shababah told us, Warqa' told us, from Ibn Abi Najih, from Mujahid, regarding his saying: "Begins creation and then repeats it," he said: "He gives it life, then causes it to die, then originates it, then gives it life."

His saying, the Exalted: "Say, 'Allah begins creation and then repeats it.' So how are you deluded?"

[The first interpretation]

10382 - Abu Zur'ah told us, Minjab ibn al-Harith told us, Bishr ibn 'Umarah told us, from Abu Rawq, from al-Dahhak, from Ibn 'Abbas, regarding his saying: "How are you deluded (tufakun)," he said: "You are lied to."