Sa'id, from Qatadah, regarding His saying: "Do not be haughty with me" - "Do not oppose me."
16308 - 'Abd Allah ibn Sulayman narrated to us, al-Husayn ibn 'Ali narrated to us, 'Amir narrated to us, Asbat narrated to us, from al-Suddi, regarding "Do not be haughty with me," he says: Do not act boldly against me, and come to me in submission.
16309 - 'Ali ibn al-Husayn narrated to us, Muhammad ibn Abi Hammad narrated to us, Mihran narrated to us, from Sufyan, regarding "Do not be haughty with me," he says: Do not refuse me.
16310 - Abu Zur'ah narrated to us, Safwan ibn Salih narrated to us, al-Walid narrated to us, Zuhayr ibn Muhammad, regarding the saying of Allah: "Do not be haughty with me," he says: Do not disobey me.
16311 - Abu Yazid al-Qaratisi informed us, in what he wrote to me, Asbagh informed us, he said: I heard 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Zayd ibn Aslam, regarding the saying of Allah: "Do not be haughty," he said: [Do not] abstain from that which I have called you to; if you abstain, I will fight you. It was said to him: "'Do not be haughty with me' means 'do not act arrogantly toward me'?" He said: "Yes."
His saying, the Almighty: "And come to me in submission"
[The first interpretation]
16312 - My father narrated to us, Abu Salih narrated to us, Mu'awiyah ibn Salih narrated to me, from 'Ali ibn Abi Talhah, from Ibn 'Abbas, regarding "in submission," he says: "maintaining [God's] unity (muwahhidin)."
The second interpretation:
16313 - Abu Zur'ah narrated to us, Safwan narrated to us, al-Walid narrated to us, Zuhayr ibn Muhammad narrated to us, regarding "and come to me in submission," he says: "sincere (mukhlisin)."
16312 - 'Ali ibn al-Husayn narrated to us, Muhammad ibn Abi Hammad narrated to us, Mihran narrated to us, from Sufyan, regarding His saying: "and come to me in submission," he said: "obedient (ta'i'in)."
16313 - Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us, al-'Abbas ibn al-Walid informed us, Yazid narrated to us, Sa'id narrated to us, from Qatadah, regarding His saying: "Do not be haughty with me and come to me in submission," he said: "This is how the prophets used to write: concise, not wordy, and not excessive."
16314 - Ahmad ibn 'Isam al-Ansari narrated to us, Mu'ammal narrated to us, Sufyan narrated to us, from Mansur, he said: It used to be said: Sulayman ibn Dawud was the most eloquent of people in a letter, and the least in dictation. Then he recited: "Indeed, it is from Sulayman, and indeed, it is 'In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful,' Do not be haughty with me and come to me in submission."
