Al-W¥^idÏ's Asb¥b al-Nuz‰l - The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies ...
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Asbab <strong>al</strong>-Nuzul<br />
(<strong>Al</strong>ready have We grasped them with punishment, but they humble not themselves unto their Lord) [23:76].<br />
Abu’l-Qasim ibn ‘Abdan informed us> Muhammad ibn ‘Abd <strong>Al</strong>lah ibn Muhammad <strong>al</strong>-Dabbi> Abu’l-<br />
‘Abbas <strong>al</strong>-Sayyari> Muhammad ibn Musa ibn Hatim> ‘<strong>Al</strong>i ibn <strong>al</strong>-Hasan ibn Shaqiq> <strong>al</strong>-Husayn ibn Waqid><br />
Yazid <strong>al</strong>-Nahwi> ‘Ikrimah> Ibn ‘Abbas who said: “Abu Sufyan went to the Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>lah, <strong>Al</strong>lah<br />
bless him and give him peace, and said: ‘O Muhammad, I beseech you by <strong>Al</strong>lah and our ties of kinship,<br />
we have eaten hair mixed with blood’, and so <strong>Al</strong>lah, ex<strong>al</strong>ted is He, reve<strong>al</strong>ed (<strong>Al</strong>ready have We grasped<br />
them with punishment, but they humble not themselves unto their Lord, nor do they pray)”. 4<br />
Ibn ‘Abbas said: “When Thumamah ibn Ath<strong>al</strong> <strong>al</strong>-Hanafi was brought to the Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>lah, <strong>Al</strong>lah<br />
bless him and give him peace, as a prisoner and the latter embraced Islam, he set him free. Thumamah<br />
returned to <strong>al</strong>-Yamamah and prevented the people of Mecca from getting any provisions from <strong>al</strong>-Yamamah.<br />
<strong>Al</strong>lah, ex<strong>al</strong>ted is He, sent upon Quraysh years of scarcity until they were forced to eat anim<strong>al</strong> hair<br />
mixed with blood. Abu Sufyan went to see the Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>lah, <strong>Al</strong>lah bless him and give him peace,<br />
and said: ‘I beseech you by <strong>Al</strong>lah and our ties of kinship; do you not claim that you have been sent a<br />
mercy unto the worlds’. He said: ‘Indeed!’ Abu Sufyan said: ‘But you have killed fathers with the sword<br />
and children with hunger’, and so <strong>Al</strong>lah, ex<strong>al</strong>ted is He, reve<strong>al</strong>ed this verse”. 5<br />
4<br />
Tabari, :45; Durr, :111.<br />
5<br />
Tabari, :45; Qurtubi, :143; Durr, :111.<br />
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