16322 - Al-'Abbas ibn al-Walid narrated to us, my father informed me, he said: It has reached me regarding the saying of Allah: "We are possessors of strength and possessors of great might," we are twelve thousand "aswar" (guards), with each one of the aswar are twelve thousand soldiers equipped with weapons, and the "mustalim" is the bearer of weapons. Who can count the army of these, how many they were? Al-'Abbas said: I went to count how many they were, and behold, they were one million two hundred thousand. My father said: And it was so. Then, even more amazing than this, it reached me that Dhul-Qarnayn, whenever he went out on an expedition, was followed by seventy thousand from every class of laborers. He went out toward this mountain and descended, and his camp spanned the width of this mountain. He said: And behind it was her kingdom. So it reached her while she was in her residence, and she went out in her army and surrounded the mountain and the army of Dhul-Qarnayn.

His saying, the Almighty: "And the command is yours, so look at what you will command"

16323 - My father narrated to us, Abu al-Rabi' al-Zahrani narrated to us, Hammad ibn Zayd narrated to us, he said: Ayyub narrated to us, he said: I heard al-Hasan saying: And he was asked about this verse: "And the command is yours, so look at what you will command," he said: Even if she commands them, a young woman whose breasts are quivering.

His saying, the Almighty: "She said, 'Indeed, kings, when they enter a city'"

16324 - Sahl ibn Bahr al-'Askari narrated to us, Abu Hisham al-Rifa'i narrated to us, Abu Bakr ibn 'Ayyash narrated to us, al-A'mash narrated to us, from Muslim, from Ibn 'Abbas: "Indeed, kings, when they enter a city," he said: When they take it by force.

16325 - Muhammad ibn al-'Abbas, the freed slave of the Banu Hashim, narrated to us, 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Salamah narrated to us, Salamah narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Ishaq, from Yazid ibn Ruman: "She said, 'Indeed, kings, when they enter a city,'" meaning: by force.

His saying, the Almighty: "They corrupt it"

16326 - Sahl ibn Bahr narrated to us, Abu Hisham narrated to us, Abu Bakr ibn 'Ayyash narrated to us, al-A'mash narrated to us, from Muslim, from Ibn 'Abbas: His saying: "They corrupt it," he said: They destroy it.

His saying, the Almighty: "And make the most honored of its people"

16327 - Abu Zur'ah narrated to us, Safwan ibn Salih narrated to us, al-Walid narrated to us, Zuhayr ibn Muhammad narrated to us regarding the saying of Allah, the Almighty and Majestic: "And make the most honored of its people humiliated," he said: With the sword.