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and Surat al-Nahl, Surat al-Naml, and Surat al-Ankabut. They would gather and say mockingly, “This is in (1) Surat al-Baqarah; this is in Surat al-Nahl; and this is in Surat al-Ankabut.” (2) Thereupon Allah Most High revealed:

“Indeed, We know that your heart is distressed by what they say. So glorify the praises of your Lord and be among those who prostrate themselves. And worship your Lord until there comes to you the certainty.”

“Indeed, We know that your heart is distressed by what they say (97). So glorify the praises of your Lord and be among those who prostrate themselves (98). And worship your Lord until there comes to you the certainty (99).”

Regarding His saying, “So glorify the praises of your Lord,” Ibn Abbas said: “Pray at your Lord’s command.” And regarding, “and be among those who prostrate themselves,” ⦗198/b⦘ he said: “Among those who pray (3), the humble.”

Al-Dahhak said: “So glorify the praises of your Lord” means: Say, “Glory be to Allah and praise be to Him”; and “be among those who prostrate themselves” means those who pray.

It is related that whenever a matter troubled the Messenger of Allah, he would turn to prayer. (4)

“And worship your Lord until there comes to you the certainty”: that is, death, whose coming is certain. This is the meaning of what is mentioned in Surat Maryam: “He has enjoined upon me prayer and zakah as long as I live.”

Al-Mutahhar ibn Ali al-Farisi informed us; Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Salihi informed us; Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn Jafar, Abu al-Shaykh the hadith master, informed us; Umayyah ibn Muhammad al-Sawwaf al-Basri narrated to us; Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Azdi narrated to us; his father and al-Haytham ibn Kharijah narrated to us, saying: Ismail ibn Ayyash narrated to us, from Shurahbil ibn Muslim, from Abu Muslim al-Khawlani, from Jubayr ibn Nufayr, may Allah be pleased with him, who said: The Messenger of Allah said, “It was not revealed to me that I should amass wealth and become one of the merchants. Rather, it was revealed to me: ‘Glorify the praises of your Lord, be among those who prostrate themselves, and worship your Lord until there comes to you the certainty.’” (5)

(1) In manuscript B: “to.” Al-Bahr al-Muhit reads: “One would say, ‘The mosquitoes are for me’; another, ‘The ants are for me’; and another, ‘The spiders are for me,’” mockingly. (2) See al-Bahr al-Muhit, 5:468. (3) Omitted from manuscript B. (4) Recorded by Abu Dawud in Kitab al-Salah, chapter: “The Time When the Prophet Would Rise at Night,” 2:94, on the authority of Hudhayfah, with the wording: “Whenever a matter distressed the Prophet, he would pray.” Al-Mundhiri said: “Some mentioned that it was narrated mursal.” It was also recorded by Imam Ahmad in al-Musnad, 5:388, and at length by al-Bayhaqi in al-Dala'il, in the account of the Battle of the Trench; see al-Kafi al-Shaf, p. 7. It was also recorded by al-Khatib in Tarikh Baghdad, 6:274, and by the author in Sharh al-Sunnah, 4:155. Al-Albani graded it weak in his commentary on al-Mishkat, 1:416; however, he later graded it hasan in Sahih Sunan Abi Dawud, no. 1171. (5) Recorded mursal by Abu Nu'aym in al-Hilyah, 2:131. Al-Sahmi narrated it with a connected chain in Tarikh Jurjan, p. 342, on the authority of Ibn Mas'ud. Al-Suyuti attributed it in al-Durr al-Manthur, 5:105, to Sa'id ibn Mansur, Ibn al-Mundhir, al-Hakim in al-Tarikh, Ibn Mardawayh, al-Daylami in al-Firdaws, and Ibn 'Adi in al-Kamil, 5:1897. The author also recorded it in Sharh al-Sunnah, 14:237. Its chain includes Shurahbil ibn Muslim, whom Ibn Ma'in declared weak. See al-Jarh wa al-Ta'dil, 4:340.

وَسُورَةَ النَّحْلِ، وَسُورَةَ النَّمْلِ، وَسُورَةَ الْعَنْكَبُوتِ، كَانُوا يَجْتَمِعُونَ وَيَقُولُونَ اسْتِهْزَاءً: هَذَا فِي (١) سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ، وَيَقُولُ هَذَا فِي سُورَةِ النَّحْلِ، وَيَقُولُ هَذَا فِي سُورَةِ الْعَنْكَبُوتِ (٢) فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: ﴿وَلَقَدْ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ يَضِيقُ صَدْرُكَ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ﴾ ﴿وَلَقَدْ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ يَضِيقُ صَدْرُكَ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ (٩٧) فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَكُنْ مِنَ السَّاجِدِينَ (٩٨) وَاعْبُدْ رَبَّكَ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَكَ الْيَقِينُ (٩٩) ﴾ ﴿فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ﴾ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: فَصَلِّ بِأَمْرِ رَبِّكَ ﴿وَكُنْ مِنَ السَّاجِدِينَ﴾ ١٩٨/ب مِنَ الْمُصَلِّينَ (٣) الْمُتَوَاضِعِينَ. وَقَالَ الضَّحَّاكُ: "فَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ": قُلْ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ "وَكُنْ مِنَ السَّاجِدِينَ" الْمُصَلِّينَ. وَرُوِيَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا حَزَبَهُ أَمَرٌّ فَزِعَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ (٤) . ﴿وَاعْبُدْ رَبَّكَ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَكَ الْيَقِينُ﴾ أَيِ الْمَوْتُ الْمُوقَنُ بِهِ، وَهَذَا مَعْنَى مَا ذُكِرَ فِي سُورَةِ مَرْيَمَ: "وَأَوْصَانِي بِالصَّلَاةِ وَالزَّكَاةِ مَا دُمْتُ حَيًّا". أَخْبَرَنَا الْمُطَهَّرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْفَارِسِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الصَّالِحِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ أَبُو الشَّيْخِ الْحَافِظِ، حَدَّثَنَا أُمَيَّةُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّوَّافُ الْبَصْرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْأَزْدِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي وَالْهَيْثَمُ بْنُ خَارِجَةَ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ، عَنْ شُرَحْبِيلَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي مُسْلِمٍ الْخَوْلَانِيِّ عَنْ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ ﵁ قال: قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: "وَمَا أُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ أَنْ أَجْمَعَ الْمَالَ وَأَكُونَ مِنَ التَّاجِرِينَ، وَلَكِنْ أُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ أَنْ سَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ وَكُنْ مِنَ السَّاجِدِينَ، وَاعْبُدْ رَبَّكَ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَكَ الْيَقِينُ (٥) .

(١) في "ب" إلى. وفي البحر المحيط: فمن قائل: البعوض لي، من قائل: النمل لي، وقائل العنكبوت لي، استهزاء. (٢) انظر: البحر المحيط: ٥ / ٤٦٨. (٣) ساقط من "ب". (٤) أخرجه أبو داود في الصلاة، باب: وقت قيام النبي ﷺ من الليل: ٢ / ٩٤ عن حذيفة، بلفظ: "كان النبي ﷺ إذا حزبه أمر صلَّى" قال المنذري: وذكر بعضهم أنه روي مرسلا. وأخرجه الإمام أحمد في المسند: ٥ / ٣٨٨، والبيهقي في الدلائل في قصة الخندق مطولا، انظر: الكافي الشاف ص (٧) وأخرجه الخطيب في تاريخ بغداد: ٦ / ٢٧٤. وأخرجه المصنف في شرح السنة: ٤ / ١٥٥، وضعفه الألباني في تعليقه على المشكاة: ١ / ٤١٦ نعم ولكن الألباني حسّنه أخيرا في صحيح سنن أبي داود برقم ١١٧١. (٥) أخرجه أبو نعيم في الحلية: ٢ / ١٣١ مرسلا، ورواه السهمي موصولا في تاريخ جرجان ص (٣٤٢) عن ابن مسعود. وعزاه السيوطي في الدر المنثور: (٥ / ١٠٥) لسعيد بن منصور، وابن المنذر، والحاكم في "التاريخ" وابن مردويه، والديلمي في "الفردوس" وابن عدي في الكامل: ٥ / ١٨٩٧. وأخرجه المصنف في شرح السنة: ١٤ / ٢٣٧، وفيه شرحبيل بن مسلم، ضعفه ابن معين. انظر: الجرح والتعديل: ٤ / ٣٤٠.