39 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us: ʿAli ibn al-Jaʿd mentioned, “Shuʿbah related to us from ʿAmr ibn Murrah, who said: I heard Abu Waʾil report from Kurdus ibn ʿAmr—one of those who had studied the earlier scriptures—that he said,

“Among the revelations contained in the previously sent books is this: ‘Allah subjects the servant to trial while loving him, so that He may hear his humble entreaty.’”