Asbat reported from al-Suddi regarding His saying: "Darknesses, one above another." He said: The darknesses are three: the darkness of the night, the darkness of the sea, and the darkness of the clouds. Likewise, the heart of the disbeliever has three darknesses: the darkness of the heart, the darkness of the chest, and the darkness of the inner being, just as He set a parable for the hearts of the believers.

14691 - Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us, [saying]: al-'Abbas ibn al-Walid reported to us, [saying]: Yazid ibn Zuray' reported to us, [saying]: Sa'id reported from Qatadah regarding His saying: "Darknesses, one above another." He said: This is a parable of the disbeliever's work; it is misguidances in which he wanders, not finding guidance.

14692 - Abu Yazid al-Qaratisi informed us in what he wrote to me, [saying]: Asbagh reported to us, [saying]: I heard 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Zayd regarding the saying of Allah: "Darknesses, one above another." He said: It is evil, some of it above other [parts].

His saying, the Exalted: "When he brings out his hand, he can hardly see it."

14693 - My father narrated to us, [saying]: Sulayman ibn Harb reported to us, [saying]: Hammad ibn Zayd reported to us, from Bakr, from Maymun, from al-Hasan regarding this verse: "When he brings out his hand, he can hardly see it." He said: Have you not seen a man who says: "By Allah, I did not see it, and I could hardly see it."

14694 - Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us, [saying]: al-'Abbas ibn al-Walid reported to us, [saying]: Yazid ibn Zuray' reported to us, [saying]: Sa'id reported from Qatadah regarding His saying: "When he brings out his hand, he can hardly see it." He said: He finds no way out and no exit; he is blind within it, not seeing.

His saying: "And he for whom Allah has not made light."

14695 - 'Abd Allah ibn Sulayman narrated to us, [saying]: al-Husayn ibn 'Ali reported to us, [saying]: 'Amir ibn al-Furat reported to us, [saying]: Asbat reported from al-Suddi: "And he for whom Allah has not made light," he says: He has no faith.

His saying: "Do you not see that Allah, He is glorified by..."

14697 - My father narrated to us, [saying]: Abu Salih reported to us, [saying]: Mu'awiyah ibn Salih narrated to me, from 'Ali ibn Abi Talhah, from Ibn 'Abbas regarding His saying: "is glorified by Him" (yusabbihu lahu), he says: He prays to Him.

His saying: "is glorified by Him whoever is in the heavens and the earth."

14698 - 'Ali ibn al-Hasan al-Hisinjani narrated to us, [saying]: Abu al-Jamahir reported to us, [saying]: Sa'id reported from