He has obsessed her with love." He said: "The shaghaf is a thin, white membrane that is upon the heart. His love pierced that membrane until it reached the heart."

11528 - Ahmad ibn Mansur al-Marwazi narrated to us, 'Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak informed us, Ma'mar informed us, from Yahya ibn al-Mukhtar, from al-Hasan regarding His saying: "He has obsessed her with love," he said: The woman saw a creature the likes of which she had never seen, to the point that she was overcome in her intellect; her heart refused to let her go. So God made a creature from His creation speak, and he said: "If his shirt..."

11529 - Abu Yazid al-Qaratisi informed us in what he wrote to me, Asbagh narrated to us, he said: I heard 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Zayd saying regarding the saying of God: "He has obsessed her with love," he said: The shaghaf and the sha'af are different; the sha'af is in hatred, and the shaghaf is in love.

11530 - My father narrated to us, 'Abd al-Samad ibn Muhammad al-'Abbadani narrated to us, he said: I heard my father saying: A man said to Yusuf—meaning the Prophet, peace and blessings of God be upon him—: "I love you." Yusuf said to him: "I do not want anyone to love me except God. Because of my father's love [for me], I was thrown into the well, and because of the love of the wife of al-'Aziz, I was thrown into prison."

The saying of the Most High: "So when she heard of their plotting."

11531 - Abu Zur'ah narrated to us, Safwan ibn Salih narrated to us, al-Walid narrated to us, Sa'id ibn Bashir narrated to us, from Qatadah regarding the saying of God: "So when she heard of their plotting," meaning: their talk.

11532 - My father narrated to us, Ibn Abi 'Umar narrated to us, he said: Sufyan said: "So when she heard of their plotting," he said: Their action. And he said: Every "plotting" (makr) in the Quran is an action.

The saying of the Most High: "She sent for them and prepared for them a reclining place."

[The first interpretation]

11533 - Abu Zur'ah narrated to us, Minjab narrated to us, Bishr ibn 'Umarah informed us, from Abu Rawq, from al-Dahhak, from Ibn 'Abbas regarding His saying: "And prepared for them a reclining place (muttaqa'an)," he said: And she prepared for them a place to recline.

11534 - My father narrated to us, Ahmad ibn 'Abd Allah ibn Yunus narrated to us, Fudayl ibn 'Iyad narrated to us, from Husayn, from Mujahid, from Ibn 'Abbas regarding His saying: "And prepared for them a reclining place," he said: The citron (al-utrujj).

11535 - My father narrated to us, Sahl ibn 'Uthman narrated to us, Yahya ibn Yaman narrated to us, from al-Minhal—meaning: