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Chapter 54: Surah <strong>al</strong>-Qamar<br />

He, reve<strong>al</strong>ed (Lo! the guilty are in error and madness) up to His words (Lo! We have created every thing<br />

by measure)”.<br />

Abu Bakr informed us> ‘Abd <strong>Al</strong>lah> ‘Amr ibn ‘Abd <strong>Al</strong>lah ibn <strong>al</strong>-Hasan> Ahmad ibn <strong>al</strong>-Kh<strong>al</strong>il> ‘Abd<br />

<strong>Al</strong>lah ibn Raja’ <strong>al</strong>-Azdi> ‘Amr ibn ‘<strong>Al</strong>a’, the brother of Abu ‘Amr ibn <strong>al</strong>-‘<strong>Al</strong>a’> Kh<strong>al</strong>id ibn S<strong>al</strong>amah <strong>al</strong>-<br />

Qurashi> Sa‘id ibn ‘Amr ibn Ja‘dah <strong>al</strong>-Makhzumi> Ibn Abi Zurarah <strong>al</strong>-Ansari> his father who related<br />

that the Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>lah, <strong>Al</strong>lah bless him and give him peace, read this verse (Lo! the guilty are in<br />

error and madness) and then said: “This verse was reve<strong>al</strong>ed about some future people from amongst this<br />

community who will deny the Destiny of <strong>Al</strong>lah, ex<strong>al</strong>ted is He”. 6<br />

Ahmad ibn <strong>al</strong>-Hasan <strong>al</strong>-Hiri informed us> Muhammad ibn Ya‘qub <strong>al</strong>-Ma‘qili> Abu ‘Utbah Ahmad ibn<br />

<strong>al</strong>-Faraj> Baqiyyah> Ibn Thawban> Bakir ibn Usayd> his father who said: “I was with Muhammad ibn<br />

Ka‘b when he said: ‘If you ever see me t<strong>al</strong>k about Destiny, then tie me up for I am then a madman. By<br />

Him in Whose Hand is my soul, these verses have not been reve<strong>al</strong>ed except about madmen’. <strong>The</strong>n he<br />

recited (Lo! the guilty are in error and madness… Lo! We have created every thing by measure)”.<br />

6<br />

Durr, :685.<br />

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