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Chapter 68: Surah <strong>al</strong>-Q<strong>al</strong>am<br />
In the name of <strong>Al</strong>lah, the Beneficent, the Merciful<br />
(And lo! thou art of a tremendous nature) [68:4].<br />
Abu Bakr <strong>al</strong>-Harithi informed us> ‘Abd <strong>Al</strong>lah ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Hayyan> Ahmad ibn<br />
Ja‘far> ibn Nasr <strong>al</strong>-Jam<strong>al</strong>> Jarir ibn Yahya> Husayn ibn ‘Ulwan <strong>al</strong>-Kufi> Hisham ibn ‘Urwah> his father><br />
‘A’ishah who said: “No one had a better character than the Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>lah, <strong>Al</strong>lah bless him and give<br />
him peace. Never did anyone among his Companions, or household, c<strong>al</strong>l him except that he said: ‘I am<br />
at your service!’ this is why <strong>Al</strong>lah, glorious and majestic is He, reve<strong>al</strong>ed (And lo! thou art of a tremendous<br />
nature)”. 1<br />
(And lo! those who disbelieve would fain disconcert thee…) [68:51].<br />
This verse was reve<strong>al</strong>ed when the disbelievers wanted to give the evil eye to the Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>lah, <strong>Al</strong>lah<br />
bless him and give him peace. Some people from the Quraysh looked once at him and said: “We have<br />
never seen anyone like him or like his proofs”. <strong>The</strong> Banu Asad were renowned for their evil eye. A fat<br />
camel or cow would pass by one of them and, after giving it the evil eye, he would say to his slave-girl: “O<br />
girl, take a large basket and a silver coin and bring us some of the meat of this!” <strong>The</strong> camel or cow would<br />
f<strong>al</strong>l dead straight after that and would then be hamstrung. 2<br />
Said <strong>al</strong>-K<strong>al</strong>bi: “<strong>The</strong>re was a man from the Arabs who used to abstain from food for two or three days and<br />
then raise part of his tent, upon the passing by of cattle, and say: ‘<strong>The</strong>re are no grazing camels or sheep<br />
today better than these’, and the cattle would not proceed far before some of them would f<strong>al</strong>l dead. <strong>The</strong><br />
disbelievers requested this man to give the evil eye to the Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>lah, <strong>Al</strong>lah bless him and give<br />
him peace, but <strong>Al</strong>lah, ex<strong>al</strong>ted is He, protected His Prophet and reve<strong>al</strong>ed this verse”.<br />
1<br />
Qurtubi, :227; Durr, :243.<br />
2<br />
Qurtubi, :254.
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