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Surah Ta Ha, a Meccan surah (1)

In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

“Ta Ha. We have not sent down to you the Quran for you to be distressed.” (1–2)

‘Abd al-Wahid al-Mulayhi informed us (2), Abu Mansur al-Sam‘ani informed us, Abu Ja‘far al-Rayani informed us, Humayd ibn Zanjawayh informed us, Ibn Abi Uways informed us: My father narrated to me from Abu Bakr al-Hudhali, from ‘Ikrimah, from Ibn ‘Abbas, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “I was given the surah in which al-Baqarah is mentioned from the earlier Revelation; I was given Ta Ha and the Tawasin surahs from the Tablets of Moses; I was given the opening passages of the Quran and the closing passages of the surah in which al-Baqarah is mentioned from beneath the Throne; and I was given the Mufassal as an additional gift.” (3)

Regarding “Ta Ha”: Abu ‘Amr recited the ta with a fathah and the ha with a kasrah; Hamzah, al-Kisa’i, and Abu Bakr recited both with a kasrah; while the remaining reciters recited both with a fathah.

(1) It is unanimously held to be entirely Makkan. Al-Nahhas and Ibn Mardawayh transmitted from Ibn Abbas that he said: Surat Ta Ha was revealed in Makkah. Ibn Mardawayh also transmitted this from Ibn al-Zubayr. See al-Durr al-Manthur, 5:548; Zad al-Masir, 5:268; Tafsir al-Qurtubi, 11:163. (2) In manuscript B, this hadith appears after the first verse. (3) In al-Durr al-Manthur, 5:548, al-Suyuti attributed it to Ibn Mardawayh. Its chain contains Abu Bakr al-Hudhali, concerning whom Ibn Hajar said: “A transmitter of historical reports, abandoned in hadith.” It was also reported at length from Ma'qil ibn Yasar by al-Bayhaqi in al-Sunan, 10:9; al-Hakim in al-Mustadrak, 1:561, 568, and 2:259; and Ibn al-Sunni in Amal al-Yawm wa al-Laylah, p. 322. Its chain contains Ubayd Allah ibn Abi Humayd, who is abandoned. See also Fayd al-Qadir by al-Manawi, 1:564.

سُورَةُ طه مَكِّيَّةٌ (١) ﷽ ﴿طه (١) مَا أَنْزَلْنَا عَلَيْكَ الْقُرْآنَ لِتَشْقَى (٢) ﴾ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ الْمَلِيحِيُّ (٢) أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مَنْصُورٍ السَمْعَانِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ الرَيَّانِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ زَنْجُوَيْهِ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي أُوَيْسٍ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الْهُذَلِيِّ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ: "أُعْطِيتُ السُّورَةَ الَّتِي ذُكِرَتْ فِيهَا الْبَقَرَةُ مِنَ الذِّكْرِ الْأَوَّلِ، وَأُعْطِيتُ طه وَالطَّوَاسِينَ مِنْ أَلْوَاحِ مُوسَى، وَأُعْطِيتُ فَوَاتِحَ الْقُرْآنِ وَخَوَاتِيمَ السُّورَةِ الَّتِي ذُكِرَتْ فِيهَا الْبَقَرَةُ مِنْ تَحْتِ الْعَرْشِ، وَأُعْطِيتُ الْمُفَصَّلَ نَافِلَةً" (٣) . ﴿طه﴾ قَرَأَ أَبُو عَمْرٍو بِفَتْحِ الطَّاءِ وَكَسْرِ الْهَاءِ، وَبِكَسْرِهِمَا حَمْزَةُ وَالْكِسَائِيُّ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ، وَالْبَاقُونَ بِفَتْحِهِمَا.

(١) مكية كلها في قول الجميع، فقد أخرج النحاس وابن مردويه عن ابن عباس قال: نزلت سورة طه بمكة. وأخرجه أيضا ابن مردويه عن ابن الزبير. انظر: الدر المنثور: ٥ / ٥٤٨، زاد المسير: ٥ / ٢٦٨، تفسير القرطبي: ١١ / ١٦٣. (٢) جاء هذا الحديث في نسخة "ب" عقب الآية الأولى. (٣) عزاه السيوطي في "الدر المنثور": ٥ / ٥٤٨ لابن مردويه، وفيه أبو بكر الهذلي، قال عنه ابن حجر: إخباري متروك الحديث. وأخرجه مطولا عن معقل بن يسار: البيهقي في السنن: ١٠ / ٩، والحاكم في المستدرك: ١ / ٥٦١، ٥٦٨، و٢ / ٢٥٩، وابن السني في عمل اليوم والليلة ص: (٣٢٢) . وفيه عبيد الله بن أبي حميد وهو متروك. وانظر: فيض القدير للمناوي: ١ / ٥٦٤.