15528 - Al-'Abbas ibn al-Walid ibn Yazid al-Bayruti reported to us by reading, Muhammad ibn Shu'ayb ibn Shabur informed me, 'Uthman ibn 'Ata' informed me, from his father 'Ata' ibn Abi Muslim al-Khurasani, regarding "Lest you kill yourself (bakhi'un nafsaka)," it is said: meaning you are casting your soul out and killing it.

15529 - 'Abd Allah ibn Sulayman ibn al-Ash'ath narrated to us, al-Husayn ibn 'Ali ibn Mihran reported to us, 'Amir ibn al-Furat reported to us, Asbat reported to us, from al-Suddi regarding His saying: "Lest you kill yourself," he said: Meaning killing yourself out of grief if they do not believe.

15530 - Abu Yazid al-Qaratisi informed us in what he wrote to me, Asbagh ibn al-Faraj informed me, who said: I heard 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Zayd ibn Aslam regarding His saying: "Lest you kill yourself lest they do not become believers," he said: Lest you, out of your eagerness for their faith, cast your soul out of your body.

His saying: "Lest they do not become believers"

15531 - My father narrated to us, Abu Salih reported to us, Mu'awiyah ibn Salih informed me, from 'Ali ibn Abi Talhah, from Ibn 'Abbas regarding His saying: "Indeed, those who disbelieve—it is all the same for them whether you warn them or do not warn them, they will not believe," and His saying: "And if Allah had willed, He could have gathered them upon guidance," and His saying: "So whoever Allah wants to guide, He expands his chest for Islam; and whoever He wants to misguide, He makes his chest tight and constricted," and His saying: "They would not have believed unless Allah should will," and His saying: "And if We had willed, We could have given every soul its guidance," and His saying: "And if your Lord had willed, all those on earth would have believed, every one of them," and His saying: "We have placed shackles on their necks," and His saying: "And [do not be] among those who are heedless of Our remembrance," and His saying: "Indeed, you will not make the dead hear," and His saying: "Indeed, you do not guide whom you like, but Allah guides whom He wills," and similar [verses] from the Qur'an. For the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—was eager for all people to believe and to follow him upon guidance, so Allah informed him that none will believe except those for whom happiness was decreed by Allah in the First Remembrance (the Preserved Tablet), and none will go astray except those for whom wretchedness was decreed by Allah in the First Remembrance.

His saying: "If We will, We can send down to them a sign from the heaven"

15532 - My father narrated to us, Hisham ibn 'Umarah reported to us, al-Walid reported to us, Sa'id reported to us, from Qatadah regarding His saying: "If We will, We can send down to them a sign from the heaven," he said: If We will.

His saying: "A sign from the heaven"

My father narrated to us, Muhammad ibn Kathir reported to us, from Dazan regarding His saying: "We can send down to them a sign from the heaven," [meaning] the sun from its setting place.