“Bear patiently with what they say, and remember Our servant David, a man of strength. Indeed, he was ever turning back to Allah.” (17)

Concerning His saying, “And they say, ‘Our Lord, hasten for us our due portion before the Day of Reckoning,’” Sa‘id ibn Jubayr [from Ibn ‘Abbas] (1) said: “That is, our record.” The qitt is the scroll that has recorded everything.

Al-Kalbi said: When the following was revealed in Surah al-Haqqah: “As for him who is given his record in his right hand” (al-Haqqah 69:19), and “But as for him who is given his record in his left hand” (al-Haqqah 69:25), they said mockingly, “Hasten for us our record in this world before the Day of Reckoning.” [Sa‘id ibn Jubayr also said] (2): They meant our share and portion of the Garden of which you speak.

Al-Hasan, Qatadah, Mujahid, and al-Suddi said: It means our punishment and our share of the torment.

[Ata said: It was spoken] (3) by al-Nadr ibn al-Harith. This is what he said: “O Allah, if this is indeed the truth from You, then rain down upon us stones from the sky” (4) (al-Anfal 8:32).

Mujahid also said: “Our qitt” means our reckoning, and the record of reckoning is called a qitt.

Abu ‘Ubaydah and al-Kisa’i said: The qitt is a register of allotted shares. (5)

Allah, Exalted is He, said: “Bear patiently with what they say”—that is, what the disbelievers say in calling you a liar—“and remember Our servant David, a man of strength.” Ibn ‘Abbas said: That is, strength in worship.

‘Abd al-Wahid al-Mulayhi informed us; Abu Mansur al-Sam‘ani informed us; Abu Ja‘far al-Rayani informed us; Humayd ibn Zanjawayh narrated to us; Abu Nu‘aym narrated to us; Sufyan ibn ‘Uyaynah narrated to us from ‘Amr ibn Dinar, from ‘Amr ibn Aws, from ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Amr, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “Indeed, the fasting most beloved to Allah is the fasting of David, and the prayer most beloved