—meaning any change of colour whatsoever.

The expression “I saw two heaps” may be read with the kāf either open or closed; in both cases it simply denotes two piles.

The wording “as though it were overlaid with gold” is correctly written with a dotted dhāl, an open hāʾ and a single bāʾ, as affirmed by Qāḍī ʿIyāḍ and others. Some scribes corrupted it and wrote “mudhanah,” replacing the dotted dhāl with an undotted dāl, giving the hāʾ a ḍamma, and inserting a nūn; the same spelling is found in al-Ḥamīdī’s recension. The authentic, well-known form is the first, and on either reading the intended meaning is brightness and radiance.

177 – Ibn Masʿūd (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet ﷺ said: “No soul is killed unjustly without the first son of Adam (1) bearing a share of its blood, for he was the first to introduce killing.” Agreed upon.

20 – Chapter: On directing others to good and on calling to guidance or to misguidance

Allah the Exalted said: “Call to your Lord.” ⦗Al-Qaṣaṣ 28:87⦘
He also said: “Invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom and good instruction.” ⦗Al-Naḥl 16:125⦘
And He said: “Cooperate in righteousness and piety.” ⦗Al-Māʾidah 5:2⦘
And He said: “Let there be from among you a community that calls to goodness.” ⦗Āl ʿImrān 3:104⦘

178 – Abū Masʿūd ʿUqbah ibn ʿAmr al-Anṣārī al-Badrī (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Whoever points the way to a good deed will have a reward equal to that of the one who performs it.” Narrated by Muslim.

179 – Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Whoever calls to guidance will have a reward equivalent to the rewards of all who follow him, without their rewards being diminished in the least; and whoever calls to misguidance will bear a burden of sin equivalent to the sins of all who follow him, without their sins being diminished in the least.” Narrated by Muslim.