I heard Sa'id, from Qatadah, regarding His saying: "And none rejects Our verses except the disbelievers," he said: "Rejection only occurs after knowledge."

His saying, the Almighty: "And you did not recite before it any scripture"

17370 - Abu Sa'id al-Ashajj narrated to us, Abu Usamah narrated to us, from Idris, from al-Hakam, from Mujahid, regarding "And you did not recite before it any scripture, nor did you inscribe one with your right hand," he said: "The People of the Scripture used to find in their books that Muhammad does not inscribe with his right hand nor read a scripture, so this verse was revealed."

17371 - Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us, al-'Abbas ibn al-Walid narrated to us, Yazid ibn Zuray' narrated to us, who said: I heard Sa'id, from Qatadah, regarding His saying: "And you did not recite before it any scripture, nor did you inscribe one with your right hand," he said: "The Prophet of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, did not read a scripture before it, nor did he inscribe one with his right hand." He said: "And he was unlettered (ummi), and the unlettered is the one who does not write."

[His saying, the Almighty: "Nor did you inscribe one with your right hand"]

[The first version]

17372 - Muhammad ibn Sa'd informed us, in what he wrote to me, my father narrated to me, my uncle narrated to me, my father narrated to me, from his grandfather 'Atiyyah, from Ibn 'Abbas regarding His saying: "Nor did you inscribe one with your right hand," he said: "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was unlettered; he did not read and did not write."

The second version

17373 - 'Ali ibn al-Husayn narrated to us, Ibn Abi Hammad narrated to us, Mihran narrated to us, from Sufyan, from Mansur, from Ibrahim, who said: "The unlettered is one who reads but does not write."

His saying, the Almighty: "Otherwise the falsifiers would have had doubt"

17374 - Hajjaj ibn Hamzah narrated to us, Shababah narrated to us, Warqa' narrated to us, from Ibn Abi Najih, from Mujahid, regarding His saying: "Otherwise the falsifiers would have had doubt," he said: "Quraysh."

His saying, the Almighty: "Rather, it is distinct verses in the breasts of those who have been given knowledge"

17375 - Abu 'Abd Allah al-Tahrani informed us, in what he wrote to me, 'Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us, Ma'mar narrated to us, from Qatadah, regarding His saying: "Rather, it is distinct verses," he said: "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, is a distinct sign (ayah)." And thus Qatadah recited. Ma'mar said: al-Hasan said: "The Qur'an is distinct verses."