ʿAbd al-Jabbār ibn al-ʿAlāʾ al-ʿAttār and Saʿīd ibn ʿAbd al-Rahmān al-Makhzūmī ⦗28⦘ both narrated to us: Sufyān narrated to us, from ʿAmr ibn Dīnār, from Jābir, who said:

When this verse was revealed to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace:

“Say: He has the power to send punishment upon you from above you” [al-Anʿām: 65],

the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: “I seek refuge in Your Face.”

He continued: “Or from beneath your feet” [al-Anʿām: 65].

The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: “I seek refuge in Your noble Face.”

He continued: “Or divide you into factions and make you taste one another’s violence” [al-Anʿām: 65].

He said: “These two are less severe and easier to bear.”

This is the wording of al-Makhzūmī’s narration; both narrations convey the same meaning.