From al-Dahhak, from Ibn 'Abbas regarding His saying: "Then Allah sent down His tranquillity upon him," he said: It is serenity.

It is like the other [mention of] "And sent down the tranquillity," which has already been mentioned exhaustively in [Surah] al-Baqarah.

His saying, Exalted is He: "upon him."

10046 - My father narrated to us, Ahmad ibn 'Abd Allah ibn Yunus and Ibrahim ibn Mahdi al-Missisi narrated to us—the wording is Ibrahim's—they said: Abu Mu'awiyah informed us, 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Siyah narrated to us, from Habib ibn Abi Thabit regarding His saying: "Then Allah sent down His tranquillity upon him," he said: It descended upon Abu Bakr. As for the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), his tranquillity was upon him before that.

10047 - 'Ali ibn al-Husayn narrated to us, Muhammad ibn Abi Hammad narrated to us, 'Ali ibn Mujahid narrated to us, from Ash'ath ibn Ishaq, from Ja'far, from Sa'id, from Ibn 'Abbas [regarding] "His tranquillity upon him," he said: Upon Abu Bakr, for the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), the tranquillity never ceased to be with him.

10048 - It was mentioned from Yazid ibn Zuray', Sa'id ibn Abi 'Arubah narrated to us, from Qatadah regarding His saying: "Then Allah sent down His tranquillity upon him," meaning: Upon His Messenger and upon the believers.

His saying, Exalted is He: "And supported him."

10049 - Ahmad ibn 'Amr ibn Abi 'Asim al-Nabil narrated to us, my father narrated to us, Shabib informed us, 'Ikrimah narrated to us, from Ibn 'Abbas regarding His saying: "And supported him," he says: We strengthened [him].

10050 - My father narrated to us, Shihab ibn 'Abbad narrated to us, Ibrahim ibn Humayd narrated to us, from Isma'il ibn Abi Khalid [regarding] "And supported him," he said: Gabriel aided him. It was also narrated from al-Rabi' ibn Anas: similar to this.

His saying, Exalted is He: "with soldiers you did not see."

10051 - Ahmad ibn 'Uthman ibn Hakim informed us in what he wrote to me, Ahmad ibn Mufaddal narrated to us, Asbat narrated to us, from al-Suddi [regarding] His saying: "with soldiers you did not see," he said: They are the angels.

His saying, Exalted is He: "And He made the word of those who disbelieved the lowest, while the word of Allah is the highest," the verse.

10052 - My father narrated to us, Abu Salih narrated to us, Mu'awiyah ibn Salih narrated to us, from 'Ali ibn Abi Talhah, from Ibn 'Abbas: "And He made the word of those who disbelieved the lowest," and it is associating partners with Allah; "while the word of Allah is the highest," he said: [It is] there is no god but Allah.