Abu Ja‘far recited, “So do not cause yourself to perish,” with the initial t given the u-vowel and the h the i-vowel; “yourself” is accusative. “Indeed, Allah is Knowing of what they do.”

“And it is Allah who sends the winds, and they stir up clouds; then We drive them to a dead land and bring the earth to life thereby after its death. Thus will be the resurrection (9). Whoever seeks might—then all might belongs to Allah. To Him ascends good speech, and righteous deeds raise it. But those who plot evil deeds will have a severe punishment, and the plotting of such people will come to ruin (10).”

“And it is Allah who sends the winds, and they stir up clouds; then We drive them to a dead land and bring the earth to life thereby after its death. Thus will be the resurrection”—that is, the resurrection from the graves.

Regarding His saying, exalted is He, “Whoever seeks might—then all might belongs to Allah”: al-Farra’ said, “The meaning of the verse is: Whoever wishes to know to whom all might belongs, then all might belongs to Allah.” (1)

Qatadah said, “Whoever seeks might, let him attain strength through obedience to Allah.” Its meaning is an exhortation to obey Him to whom all might belongs; that is, let him seek might from Allah through obedience to Him. (2) It is like saying, “Whoever wants wealth, then the wealth is with so-and-so”; that is, let him seek it from him. This is because the disbelievers worshipped idols and sought might through them, as Allah says: “They have taken gods besides Allah so that they may be a source of might for them. No indeed!” (Mary, 81) And He says: “Those who take the disbelievers as allies instead of the believers—do they seek might through them? Indeed, all might belongs to Allah.” (Women, 139)

“To Him,” that is, to Allah, “ascends good speech.” This is the statement, “There is no god but Allah.” It was also said that it is a person’s saying, “Glory be to Allah; all praise belongs to Allah; there is no god but Allah; and Allah is the Greatest.”

Abd al-Wahid al-Mulayhi informed us; Abu Mansur al-Sam‘ani informed us; Abu Ja‘far al-Rayani informed us; Humayd ibn Zanjawayh informed us; al-Hajjaj ibn Nasr informed us; al-Mas‘udi informed us from Abd Allah ibn al-Muhariq, from his father, from Ibn Mas‘ud, who said: “Whenever I relate a hadith to you, the Book of Allah, exalted is He, provides you with its confirmation: There is no Muslim servant who says five phrases—‘Glory be to Allah,’ ‘All praise belongs to Allah,’ ‘There is no god but Allah,’ ‘Allah is the Greatest,’ and ‘Blessed is Allah’—except that an angel takes them, places them beneath his wing, and then ascends with them. They do not pass by any assembly of angels except that they seek forgiveness for the one who uttered them, until”