Then we shall say: Indeed, Moses has done that to her." He said: So they gathered and brought the prostitute, and they detained her. And Moses said: "Indeed, Allah commands you to do such and such; regarding one who steals, his hand should be cut off." They said: "Even if it were you?"
He said: "Even if it were I." They said: "What is upon the adulterer if he commits adultery?" He said: "Stoning." They said: "Even if it were you?" He said: "Even if it were I." They said: "Then you have committed adultery." He said: "I?" And he was distressed by that. He said:
So they sent for the woman, and when she came, Moses adjured her by Allah and asked her by the One who parted the sea for the Children of Israel and sent down the Torah upon Moses, to tell the truth. She said: "Since you have adjured me, I bear witness that you are innocent and that you are the Messenger of Allah." And she said: "They sent to me and gave me my fee on the condition that I slander you with my own self." He said: So Moses fell down for Allah, prostrating and weeping. Then Allah revealed to him: "What makes you weep? I have commanded the earth to obey you, so command it whatever you wish."
The second interpretation:
17077 - My father narrated to us, Sahl ibn ‘Uthman al-‘Askari narrated to us, Ibn al-Mubarak narrated to us, from Juwaybir, from al-Dahhak regarding His saying: "But he behaved insolently towards them"—he said: Disbelief in Allah.
The third interpretation:
17078 - My father narrated to us, al-‘Ala’ ibn ‘Amr al-Hanafi and ‘Ali ibn Ja‘far al-Ahmar both said: Hafs, meaning Ibn Ghiyath, narrated to us, from Layth, from Shahr ibn Hawshab that Qarun was from the people of Moses, "But he behaved insolently towards them"—he said: He lengthened his garments by a span.
The fourth interpretation:
17079 - Ahmad ibn Yahya ibn Malik al-Susi narrated to us, ‘Abd al-Wahhab, meaning Ibn ‘Ata’, narrated to us, from Sa‘id, from Qatadah, regarding His saying: "But he behaved insolently towards them"—"However, the enemy of Allah became a hypocrite just as the Samiri became a hypocrite, and Allah destroyed him for his insolence. He only became insolent toward them due to the abundance of his wealth and his children." Allah said: "Did he not know that Allah had destroyed before him of generations..."
The fifth interpretation:
17080 - Musa ibn Harun al-Tusi reported to us in what he wrote to me: al-Husayn ibn Muhammad al-Marwazi narrated to us, Shayban ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman narrated to us, from Qatadah, regarding His saying: "But he behaved insolently towards them"—he said: He acted overbearingly toward them.
فَنَقُولُ: إِنَّ مُوسَى قَدْ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ بِهَا، قَالَ: فَاجْتَمَعُوا وَجَاءُوا بِالْبَغِيِّ فَحَبَسُوهَا وَقَالَ مُوسَى: إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْمُرُكُمْ بِكَذَا وَكَذَا فِيمَنْ سَرَقَ أَنْ تُقْطَعَ يَدُهُ، قَالُوا: وَإِنْ كُنْتَ أَنْتَ؟
قَالَ: وَإِنْ كُنْتُ أَنَا، قَالُوا مَا عَلَى الزَّانِي إِذَا زَنَى؟ قَالَ: الرَّجْمُ، قَالُوا: وَإِنْ كُنْتَ أَنْتَ؟ قَالَ: وَإِنْ كُنْتُ أَنَا، قَالُوا: فَإِنَّكَ قَدْ زَنَيْتَ قَالَ: أَنَا؟ وَجَزِعَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ قَالَ:
فَأَرْسَلُوا إِلَى الْمَرْأَةِ فَلَمَّا أَنْ جَاءَتْ عَظَّمَ عَلَيْهَا مُوسَى بِاللَّهِ وَسَأَلَهَا بِالَّذِي فَلَقَ الْبَحْرَ لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَأَنْزَلَ التَّوْرَاةَ عَلَى مُوسَى إِلا صَدَقْتِ، فَقَالَتْ: أَمَا إِذَا حَلَّفْتَنِي فَإِنِّي أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ بَرِيءٌ وَأَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ، وَقَالَتْ: أَرْسَلُوا إِلَيَّ فَأَعْطَوْنِي حُكْمِي عَلَى أَنْ أَرْمِيَكَ بِنَفْسِي، قَالَ: فَخَرَّ مُوسَى لِلَّهِ سَاجِدًا يَبْكِي، فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ مَا يُبْكِيكَ؟ قَدْ أَمَرْتُ الأَرْضَ أَنْ تُطِيعَكَ فَأْمُرْهَا بِمَا شِئْتَ.
الْوَجْهُ الثَّانِي:
١٧٠٧٧ - حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، ثنا سَهْلُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ الْعَسْكَرِيُّ، ثنا ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، عَنْ جُوَيْبِرٍ، عَنِ الضَّحَّاكِ فِي قَوْلِهِ: فَبَغَى عَلَيْهِمْ قَالَ: الْكُفْرُ بِاللَّهِ.
الْوَجْهُ الثَّالِثُ:
١٧٠٧٨ - حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، ثنا الْعَلاءُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الْحَنَفِيُّ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الأَحْمَرُ قَالا:، ثنا حَفْصٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ غِيَاثٍ، عَنْ لَيْثٍ، عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ أَنَّ قَارُونَ كَانَ مِنْ قَوْمِ مُوسَى فَبَغَى عَلَيْهِمْ قَالَ: زَادَ فِي طُولِ ثِيَابِهِ شِبْرًا.
الْوَجْهُ الرَّابِعُ:
١٧٠٧٩ - حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ مَالِكٍ السُّوسِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَطَاءٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ يَعْنِي قَوْلَهُ: فَبَغَى عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَكِنَّ عَدُوَّ اللَّهِ نَافَقَ كَمَا نَافَقَ السَّامِرِيُّ فَأَهْلَكَهُ اللَّهُ بِبَغْيهِ، وَإِنَّمَا بَغَى عَلَيْهِمْ لِكَثْرَةِ مَالِهِ وَوَلَدِهِ قَالَ اللَّهُ: أَوَلَمْ يَعْلَمْ أَنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ أَهْلَكَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ مِنَ الْقُرُونِ
الْوَجْهُ الْخَامِسُ:
١٧٠٨٠ - أَخْبَرَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ هَارُونَ الطُّوسِيُّ فِيمَا كَتَبَ إِلَيَّ ثنا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ، ثنا شَيْبَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَوْلَهُ: فَبَغَى عَلَيْهِمْ قَالَ: فَعَلا عَلَيْهِمْ.
