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Surah al-Mu'minun (The Believers)

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

“Certainly successful are the believers: (1) those who are humble in their prayers, (2)”

Ahmad ibn Abd Allah al-Salihi reported to us; Ahmad ibn al-Husayn al-Hiri reported to us; Hajib ibn Ahmad al-Tusi reported to us; Muhammad ibn Hammad reported to us; Abd ⦗30a⦘ al-Razzaq reported to us; Yunus ibn Sulayman reported to us. Yunus, the man of Aylah, dictated to me, from Ibn Shihab, from Urwah ibn al-Zubayr, from Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd al-Qari, who said: I heard Umar ibn al-Khattab say:

Whenever revelation descended upon the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, a sound like the humming of bees could be heard near his face. We remained for a while—and in another narration: “It descended upon us one day, and we remained for a while”—then he faced the direction of prayer, raised his hands, and said: “O Allah, increase us and do not diminish us; honor us and do not humiliate us; give us and do not deprive us; favor us and do not favor others over us; and be pleased with us.” Then he said: “Ten verses have been revealed to me; whoever observes them will enter Paradise.” He then recited, “Certainly successful are the believers,” up to ten verses.

Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Ali ibn al-Madini, and a group also narrated it from Abd al-Razzaq, and they said: “Give us and do not deprive us; satisfy us and be pleased with us.” (1)

Allah, exalted is He, says: “Certainly successful are the believers.” The word qad is a particle of emphasis. Scholars of precise analysis have said that qad brings the past tense close to the—

(1) Recorded by al-Tirmidhi in the Book of Quranic Exegesis, chapter: Regarding Surah al-Muminun, 9:16-17; and by Imam Ahmad, 1:34. It was authenticated by al-Hakim, with al-Dhahabi concurring, 1:535. The author of Sharh al-Sunnah also recorded it, 5:177, and said: “This is a sound hadith. Yunus, the man of Ayla, is Yunus ibn Yazid al-Ayli, a companion of al-Zuhri.”

سُورَةُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ مَكِّيَّةٌ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ ﴿قَدْ أَفْلَحَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ (١) الَّذِينَ هُمْ فِي صَلَاتِهِمْ خَاشِعُونَ (٢) ﴾ أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الصَّالِحِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ الْحِيرِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا حَاجِبُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الطُّوسِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ، أخبرنا عبد ٣٠/أالرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، أَمْلَى عَلَيَّ يُونُسُ صَاحِبُ أَيْلَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَبْدٍ الْقَارِئِ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ يَقُولُ: كَانَ إِذَا نَزَلَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ الْوَحْيُ يُسْمَعُ عِنْدَ وَجْهِهِ دَوِيٌّ كَدَوِيِّ النَّحْلِ، فَمَكَثْنَا سَاعَةً -وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ: فَنَزَلَ عَلَيْنَا يَوْمًا فَمَكَثْنَا سَاعَةً -فَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْقِبْلَةَ وَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ وَقَالَ: " اللَّهُمَّ زِدْنَا وَلَا تَنْقُصْنَا، وَأَكْرِمْنَا وَلَا تُهِنَّا، وَأَعْطِنَا وَلَا تَحْرِمْنَا، وَآثِرْنَا وَلَا تُؤْثِرْ عَلَيْنَا، وَارْضَ عَنَّا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: لَقَدْ أُنْزِلَ عَلَيَّ عَشْرُ آيَاتٍ مَنْ أَقَامَهُنَّ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ"، ثُمَّ قَرَأَ ﴿قَدْ أَفْلَحَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ﴾ إِلَى عَشْرِ آيَاتٍ. وَرَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ، وَعَلِيُّ ابن الْمَدِينِيِّ، وَجَمَاعَةٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ، وَقَالُوا: "وَأَعْطِنَا وَلَا تَحْرِمْنَا وَأَرْضِنَا وَارْضَ عَنَّا" (١) . قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: ﴿قَدْ أَفْلَحَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ﴾ "قَدْ" حَرْفُ تَأْكِيدٍ، وَقَالَ الْمُحَقِّقُونَ: "قَدْ" تُقَرِّبُ الْمَاضِيَ مِنَ

(١) أخرجه الترمذي في التفسير، باب: ومن سورة المؤمنين: ٩ / ١٦ - ١٧، والإمام أحمد: ١ / ٣٤، وصححه الحاكم ووافقه الذهبي: ١ / ٥٣٥، والمصنف في شرح السنة: ٥ / ١٧٧ وقال: "هذا حديث حسن، ويونس صاحب أيلة: هو يونس بن يزيد الأيلي صاحب الزهري".