Al-W¥^idÏ's Asb¥b al-Nuz‰l - The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies ...
Al-W¥^idÏ's Asb¥b al-Nuz‰l - The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies ...
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Chapter 23: Surah <strong>al</strong>-Mu’minun<br />
In the name of <strong>Al</strong>lah, the Beneficent, the Merciful<br />
(Successful indeed are the believers) [23:1].<br />
<strong>The</strong> judge Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn <strong>al</strong>-Hasan <strong>al</strong>-Hiri informed us by dictation> the chamberlain of Ahmad<br />
<strong>al</strong>-Tusi> Muhammad ibn Hammad <strong>al</strong>-Abiwardi> ‘Abd <strong>al</strong>-Razzaq> Yunus ibn Sulayman> Yunus <strong>al</strong>-Ayli<br />
by dictation> Ibn Shihab> ‘Urwah ibn <strong>al</strong>-Zubayr> ‘Abd <strong>al</strong>-Rahman ibn ‘Abd <strong>al</strong>-Qari’ who said: “I heard<br />
‘Umar ibn <strong>al</strong>-Khattab say: ‘When the revelation came to the Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>lah, <strong>Al</strong>lah bless him and give<br />
him peace, one could hear at the level of his face buzzing like the buzzing of bees. Once, he remained in<br />
this state for a while and then turned toward the qiblah, raised his hands and said: ‘O <strong>Al</strong>lah, give us more<br />
and do not take away from us; honour us and do not humiliate us; grant us and do not deprive us; prefer<br />
us and do not prefer anyone over us; make us pleased and be pleased with us’. <strong>The</strong>n he said: ‘Ten verses<br />
have just been reve<strong>al</strong>ed to me; whoever practises them will enter the Garden’. He then read: (Successful<br />
indeed are the believers) up to the tenth verse’ ”. 1 This was narrated by <strong>al</strong>-Hakim Abu ‘Abd <strong>Al</strong>lah in his<br />
Sahih from Abu Bakr <strong>al</strong>-Qati’i from ‘Abd <strong>Al</strong>lah ibn Ahmad ibn Hanb<strong>al</strong>> Ahmad ibn Hanb<strong>al</strong> from ‘Abd<br />
<strong>al</strong>-Razzaq.<br />
(Who are humble in their prayers…) [23:2].<br />
‘Abd <strong>al</strong>-Rahman ibn Ahmad <strong>al</strong>-‘Attar informed us> Muhammad ibn ‘Abd <strong>Al</strong>lah ibn Nu‘aym> Ahmad ibn<br />
Ya‘qub <strong>al</strong>-Thaqafi> Abu Shu‘ayb <strong>al</strong>-Harrani> his father> Isma‘il ibn ‘Uliyyah> Muhammad ibn Sirin><br />
Abu Hurayrah who reported that the Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>lah, <strong>Al</strong>lah bless him and give him peace, used to<br />
look toward the sky in his prayer, and so this verse was reve<strong>al</strong>ed (Who are humble in their prayers). 2<br />
(So blessed be <strong>Al</strong>lah, the Best of creators!) [23:14].<br />
Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Abd <strong>Al</strong>lah <strong>al</strong>-Hafiz informed us> ‘Abd <strong>Al</strong>lah ibn Muhammad ibn Hayyan><br />
Muhammad ibn Sulayman> Ahmad ibn ‘Abd <strong>Al</strong>lah ibn Suwayd ibn Manjuf> Abu Dawud> Hammad<br />
ibn S<strong>al</strong>amah> ‘<strong>Al</strong>i ibn Zayd ibn Jud‘an> Anas ibn M<strong>al</strong>ik who reported that ‘Umar ibn <strong>al</strong>-Khattab, may<br />
<strong>Al</strong>lah be well pleased with him, said: “My words agreed with those of my Lord in four instances. I said:<br />
‘O Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>lah, why do we not pray behind the Maqam [were Abraham stood to pray]’, and <strong>Al</strong>lah,<br />
ex<strong>al</strong>ted is He, reve<strong>al</strong>ed (… Take as your place of worship the place where Abraham stood (to pray)…)<br />
[2:125]. And I said: ‘O Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>lah, why do you not put a curtain [to protect your wives from the<br />
gaze of men]’ And so <strong>Al</strong>lah, ex<strong>al</strong>ted is He, reve<strong>al</strong>ed: (And when ye ask of them (the wives of the Prophet)<br />
anything, ask it of them from behind a curtain…) [33:53]. I <strong>al</strong>so said to the wives of the Prophet, <strong>Al</strong>lah<br />
bless him and give him peace: ‘You had better take heed or <strong>Al</strong>lah, glorious is He, will give the Prophet<br />
instead of you wives who are better than you’. And so <strong>Al</strong>lah, ex<strong>al</strong>ted is He, reve<strong>al</strong>ed (It may happen that<br />
his Lord, if he divorce you, will give him in your stead wives better than you) [66:5]. And when the verse<br />
(Verily We created man from a produc of wet earth) [23:12] up to His words (… and the produced it as<br />
another creation) [23:14] were reve<strong>al</strong>ed, I exclaimed: ‘So blessed be <strong>Al</strong>lah, the Best of creators!’ and the<br />
end of the verse was reve<strong>al</strong>ed as: (So blessed be <strong>Al</strong>lah, the Best of creators!)’ ”. 3<br />
1<br />
Qurtubi, :103; Durr, :82.<br />
2<br />
Tabari, :2; Durr, :83.<br />
3<br />
Durr, :94. A different story has <strong>al</strong>ready been cited as the occasion of this verse.
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