15579 - And by the same chain, regarding His saying: "The Lord of the East and the West": meaning the Creator of the East and the West and what is between them, meaning the Creator of what is between them of creation. His saying: "If you were to reason."

Abu Yazid al-Qaratisi informed us in what he wrote to me, that Asbagh ibn al-Faraj informed [us], saying: I heard 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Zayd ibn Aslam regarding His saying: "reason," [meaning] they reflect.

His saying: "He said, 'If you take a god other than me, I will surely place you among those who are imprisoned.'"

15580 - 'Ali ibn al-Husayn narrated to us, Muhammad ibn 'Isa reported to us, Salamah reported to us, from Ibn Ishaq, who said: "If you take a god other than me, I will surely place you among those who are imprisoned" — meaning, if you persist in this, that you worship other than me and abandon my worship, I will surely place you among those who are imprisoned.

His saying, the Exalted: "He said, 'Even if I brought you something manifest?'"

15581 - Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us, al-'Abbas ibn al-Walid informed [us], Yazid ibn Zuray' reported to us, Sa'id reported to us, from Qatadah, who said: "Even if I brought you something manifest?" — Moses said: "Even if I brought you something manifest?"

15582 - Abu Zur'ah narrated to us, 'Amr ibn Hammad reported to us, Asbat reported to us, from al-Suddi, who said: Then Pharaoh said to him: "If you have brought a sign, then bring it, if you are of the truthful." That was after he had said: "Allah" — from the speech that Allah mentioned. He said: Moses said to him: "Even if I brought you something manifest?"

15583 - 'Ali ibn al-Husayn narrated to us, Muhammad ibn 'Isa reported to us, Salamah reported to us, from Ibn Ishaq, who said: "Even if I brought you something manifest?" — meaning with a matter by which you would know my truthfulness and your falsehood, and my right and your wrong.

His saying: "He said, 'Then bring it, if you are of the truthful.'"

15584 - Muhammad ibn 'Ammar ibn al-Harith narrated to us, Sahl ibn Bakkar reported to us, Abu 'Awanah reported to us, from Yazid ibn Abi Ziyad, from Miqsam, from Ibn 'Abbas, who said: Moses entered upon Pharaoh wearing a coarse wool garment that did not reach past his elbows. He said: Permission was sought for him to enter upon Pharaoh, and he said: "Let him in." He entered and said: "Indeed, my Lord has sent me to you." He said to the assembly around him: "I do not know of any god for you other than me." He said: "Take him." He said: "Indeed, I have brought you a sign." He said: "Then bring it, if you are of the truthful."

15585 - Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us, al-'Abbas ibn al-Walid informed [us], Yazid ibn Zuray' reported to us, Sa'id reported to us...