17550 - From Yazid ibn Abi Habib (may Allah be pleased with him) regarding His saying: "And be moderate in your pace," he said: He means speed.

17551 - From Sa’id ibn Jubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) regarding His saying: "And be moderate in your pace," he says: Do not behave with arrogance. "Lower your voice," he said: Soften your voice before the gathering. "Indeed, the harshest of sounds," he said: The ugliest of sounds, "is the voice of donkeys," (2).

17552 - From Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) regarding His saying: "And be moderate in your pace," he said: He forbade him from arrogance. "And lower your voice," he said: He commanded him to be moderate in his voice. "Indeed, the harshest of sounds," he said: The ugliest of sounds, "is the voice of donkeys," he said: Its beginning is a bray and its end is a gasp (3).

17553 - From Sufyan al-Thawri (may Allah be pleased with him) who said: The cry of every creature is a glorification (tasbih), except for the donkey (4).

17554 - From Ibn Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him) who said: If raising the voice were something good, Allah would not have granted it to donkeys (5).

[His saying, the Exalted: "And has bestowed upon you His blessings, [both] apparent and hidden"]

17555 - From Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he read: "And has bestowed upon you His blessings, [both] apparent and hidden," he said: It is "La ilaha illa Allah" (There is no god but Allah) (6).

17556 - From Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he used to read it as: "And has bestowed upon you His blessings," he said: If it were just one blessing, it would be a blessing beneath a blessing (7).

17557 - From Mujahid (may Allah be pleased with him) regarding His saying: "And has bestowed upon you His blessings," he said: "La ilaha illa Allah." "Apparent," he said: Upon the tongue, "and hidden," he said: In the heart (8).

17558 - From Muqatil (may Allah be pleased with him) regarding His saying: "His blessings [both] apparent," he said: Islam, "and hidden," he said: His covering of your sins (9).

17559 - From Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Jewish rabbis said to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) in Medina: "O Muhammad, what do you think of your saying: 'And you have not been given of knowledge except a little'? Do you mean us or your people?" He replied: "It is little in the knowledge of Allah." Then Allah revealed regarding that: "And if whatever tree upon the earth were pens" (1).