[Surah as-Sajdah]

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[His saying: Alif-Lam-Mim. The revelation]

17818 - From Tawus (may Allah be pleased with him) who said: There is no man on earth who reads 'Alif-Lam-Mim. The revelation of the Scripture' (as-Sajdah) and 'Blessed is He in whose hand is dominion' (al-Mulk) in a single night but that Allah writes for him the equivalent of the reward of the Night of Decree. Hatim (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I mentioned that to Ata (may Allah be pleased with him), and he said: Tawus spoke the truth. By Allah, I have not abandoned them since I heard of them, unless I was ill (1).

His saying: He arranges [each] matter from the heaven to the earth

17819 - From Qatadah regarding His saying: 'He arranges [each] matter,' he said: The matter descends from the heaven to the earth and ascends from the earth to the heaven in one day, the measure of which is a thousand years—five hundred [years] in travel when it descends, and five hundred [years] when it ascends (2).

His saying: Then it ascends to Him in a day, the measure of which is a thousand years

17820 - From Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) regarding His saying: 'He arranges [each] matter from the heaven to the earth. Then it ascends to Him in a day, the measure of which is a thousand years,' he said: It is [one] of the six days in which Allah created the heavens and the earth (3).

17821 - From as-Suddi (may Allah be pleased with him) regarding His saying: 'He arranges [each] matter...' [to the end of] the verse, he said: The matter descends from the lowest heaven to the earth. Then it ascends to Him in a time that, if people were to travel it going and coming, they would have traveled for a thousand years (4).

17822 - From Abdullah ibn Abi Mulaykah (may Allah be pleased with him) who said: I entered upon Ibn Abbas, along with Abdullah ibn Fayruz, the freed slave of Uthman ibn Affan (may Allah be pleased with him). Fayruz said: O Abu Abbas, [what of] His saying: 'He arranges [each] matter from the heaven to the earth. Then it ascends to Him in a day, the measure of which is a thousand years?' It seemed as if Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) suspected him, so he said: What [about the] day