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SAHIH BUKHARI VOLUME 6 > BOOK 60: PROPHETIC COMMENTARY ON THE QUR'AN (TAFSEER OF THE PROPHET (PBUH))
'Say: No wage do I ask of you for this (Qur'an), nor am I one of the pretenders (a person who pre-
tends things which do not exist)' (38.86) When the Quraish troubled and stood against the Prophet
he said, "O Allah! Help me against them by afflicting them with seven years of famine like the seven
years of Joseph." So they were stricken with a year of famine during which they ate bones and dead
animals because of too much suffering, and one of them would see something like smoke between
him and the sky because of hunger. Then they said: Our Lord! Remove the torment from us, really
we are believers. (44.12) And then it was said to the Prophet (by Allah), "If we remove it from them.
they will revert to their ways (of heathenism)." So the Prophet invoked his Lord, who removed the
punishment from them, but later they reverted (to heathenism), whereupon Allah punished them on
the day of the Battle of Badr, and that is what Allah's Statement indicates:
'Then watch for the day that the sky will bring forth a kind of smoke plainly visible...we will in-
deed (then) exact retribution.' (44.10).
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 348:
Narrated Masruq:
I came upon 'Abdullah and he said, "When Allah's Apostle invited Quraish (to Islam), they disbe-
lieved him and stood against him. So he (the Prophet) said, "O Allah! Help me against them by afflict-
ing them with seven years of famine similar to the seven years of Joseph.' So they were stricken with
a year of drought that destroyed everything, and they started eating dead animals, and if one of them
got up he would see something like smoke between him and the sky from the severe fatigue and
hunger." Abdullah then recited:--
'Then watch you for the Day that the sky will bring forth a kind of smoke plainly visible, covering
the people. This is a painful torment... (till he reached) ........ We shall indeed remove the punishment
for a while, but truly you will revert (to heathenism): (44.10-15) 'Abdullah added: "Will the punish-
ment be removed from them on the Day of Resurrection?" He added," The severe grasp" was the Day
of the Battle of Badr."
Volume 6, Book 60, Number 349:
Narrated Abdullah:
Allah sent (the Prophet) Muhammad and said:--
'Say, No wage do I ask of you for this (Qur'an) nor am I one of the pretenders (i.e. a person who
pretends things which do not exist). (38.68) When Allah's Apostle saw Quraish standing against him,
he said, "O Allah! Help me against them by afflicting them with seven years of famine similar to the
seven years (of famine) of Joseph. So they were afflicted with a year of drought that destroyed
everything, and they ate bones and hides. (One of them said), "And they ate hides and dead animals,
and (it seemed to them that) something like smoke was coming out of the earth. So Abu Sufyan came
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