some of them said to others: "Fight the companions of Muhammad, for they forbid fighting in the sacred month." And the companions of Muhammad implored them and reminded them of Allah not to initiate fighting against them, for they do not permit fighting in the sacred month unless someone initiates it against them. But the polytheists initiated it and fought them, so the companions permitted fighting them at that point. They fought them, and Allah granted them victory over them (1).

14014 - From Mujahid regarding His saying: "And that what they call upon besides Him is the falsehood," he said: The devil (2).

His saying, the Almighty: "Indeed, man is ungrateful."

14015 - From al-Hasan regarding His saying: "Indeed, man is ungrateful," he said: After calamities, and he forgets blessings (3).

14016 - From Mujahid, he said: Everything in the Qur'an "Indeed, man is ungrateful," he means by it the disbelievers (4).

His saying, the Almighty: "To every nation We have appointed rites which they must perform."

14017 - From Abu al-Malih, he said: The 'nation' (ummah) is between forty to one hundred and more (5).

14018 - From Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) regarding His saying: "which they must perform," he means: they are the ones who slaughter. "So do not let them dispute with you over the matter," he means: regarding the matter of the sacrifices (6).

14019 - From Mujahid (may Allah be pleased with him) regarding "rites which they must perform," he said: The shedding of the blood of the sacrificial animal (hadi).

14020 - From Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) regarding "To every nation We have appointed rites," he said: Slaughtering and Hajj.

14021 - From Muqatil (may Allah be pleased with him) regarding "And invite to your Lord," he said: To the religion of your Lord. "Indeed, you are upon straight guidance," he said: A straight religion... "And if they dispute with you," he means: regarding the sacrifices.

14022 - From Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), he said: Allah created the Preserved Tablet (al-Lawh al-Mahfuz) a distance of one hundred years' journey. He said to the Pen, before He created the creation and while He was on the Throne: "Write." It said: "What shall I write?" He said: "My knowledge of My creation until the day the Hour is established." So the Pen ran with what is to be in the knowledge of Allah