His saying, the Exalted: "Have they not seen that We have made the night for them to rest therein and the day enlightening?"

16617 - Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us, 'Abd al-A'la ibn Hammad al-Narsi reported to us, Yazid ibn Zuray' narrated to us, Sa'id narrated to us, from Qatadah regarding His saying: "and the day enlightening," meaning: it is luminous.

His saying, the Exalted: "Indeed, in that are signs for a people who believe."

16618 - Abu Zur'ah narrated to us, Yahya narrated to us, Ibn Lahi'ah narrated to me, 'Ata' narrated to me, from Sa'id regarding the saying of Allah: "Indeed, in that," meaning that which is with them.

His saying, the Exalted: "And the Day the Horn will be blown."

16619 - Abu Sa'id al-Ashajj narrated to us, Abu Khalid al-Ahmar narrated to us, from Sulayman al-Taymi, from Aslam, from Bishr ibn Shaghaf, from 'Abd Allah ibn 'Amr, who said: I asked the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, about the Horn (al-Sur). He said: "A horn (qarn) into which it is blown."

16620 - Al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah narrated to us, Yahya ibn 'Abbad narrated to us, Khalid ibn Abi Khalid narrated to us, 'Atiyyah al-'Awfi narrated to us, from Abu Sa'id, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "If the people of Mina were to gather to lift the Horn from the earth, they would not be able to lift it."

16621 - It was read to Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn 'Uthman al-Dimashqi, Muhammad ibn Shu'ayb ibn Shabur reported to us, Abu Rafi' al-Madini (Isma'il ibn Rafi') reported to us, from Muhammad ibn Ka'b al-Qurazi, from Abu Hurayrah, that he said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, narrated to us while he was among a group of his companions and said: "Indeed, Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, when He finished creating the heavens and the earth, created the Horn (al-Sur), and He gave it to Israfil. He is keeping it at his mouth, fixing his gaze upon the Throne, waiting for when he is commanded." I said: "O Messenger of Allah, and what is the Horn?" He said: "A horn." I said: "And what is it like?" He said: "A great horn. By the One in Whose hand is my soul, the size of the circle within it is as the width of the heavens and the earth. He will blow into it three times: the first is the blast of terror, the second is the blast of stunning, and the third is the blast of standing before the Lord of the worlds." And he mentioned the hadith in its entirety.

16622 - Abu 'Abd Allah al-Tahrani narrated to us, Hafs ibn 'Umar reported to us, al-Hakam ibn Aban narrated to us, from 'Ikrimah regarding His saying: "And the Horn will be blown," he said: "The Horn is with Israfil, and in it are the souls of everything, it being in it. Then he blows into it the [blast of] stunning, and when he blows the blast of resurrection, Allah says: 'By My Might, every soul shall return to its body and its abode.'" [He said: It is] greater than the seven heavens and the earth. He said: "So He created the Horn on the mouth of Israfil, and he is fixing his gaze [waiting] for when he is commanded to blow into the Horn."