al-Hasan ibn ‘Atiyyah related to me from my father, from my grandfather ‘Atiyyah, from Ibn ‘Abbas. Al-Tha‘labi also said: Abu al-Qasim al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Naysaburi related to us; Ahmad ibn Muhammad Ibrahim al-Sarimi al-Marwazi informed us; Abu al-‘Abbas Ahmad ibn al-Khadr al-Sayrafi informed us; Abu Dawud Sulayman ibn Ma‘bad al-Sinji (1) informed us; and ‘Ali ibn al-Husayn ibn Waqid informed us, from Yazid al-Nahwi, from ‘Ikrimah, from Ibn ‘Abbas.
As for the exegesis of Mujahid ibn Jabr the Meccan, he said: Abu Muhammad ‘Abd Allah ibn Hamid al-Isfahani informed us; Abu ‘Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Batta (2) informed us; ‘Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn Zakariyya related to us; Sa‘id ibn Yahya ibn Sa‘id al-Umawi (3) related to us; and Muslim ibn Khalid al-Zanji related to us, from Ibn Abi Najih, from Mujahid.
As for the exegesis of ‘Ata’ ibn Abi Rabah, he said: Abu al-Qasim al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn Hasan al-Naysaburi related to us; Abu ‘Abd al-Rahman Ahmad ibn Yasin ibn al-Jarrah al-Tabari related to us; Abu Muhammad ibn Bakr ibn Sahl al-Dimyati informed us; ‘Abd al-Ghani ibn Sa‘id al-Thaqafi related to us, from Abu Muhammad Musa ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman al-San‘ani, from Ibn Jurayj, from ‘Ata’ ibn Abi Rabah.
As for the exegesis of al-Hasan al-Basri, he said: Abu al-Qasim al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn al-Muktib related to me; Abu al-Hasan Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn al-Salt, known as Ibn Shanbudh, the Quran reciter, related to me; ⦗2/a⦘ Sa‘id ibn Muhammad related to us; al-Mustahill ibn Wasil related to us, from Abu Salih, from ‘Amr ibn ‘Ubayd, from al-Hasan ibn Abi al-Hasan al-Basri.
As for the exegesis of Qatadah, he said: Abu Muhammad ‘Abd Allah ibn Hamid al-Isfahani (4) informed us; Abu ‘Ali Hamid ibn Muhammad ibn al-Harawi informed us; Abu Ya‘qub Ishaq ibn al-Hasan ibn Maymun al-Harbi related to us; Abu Ahmad al-Husayn ibn Muhammad al-Marwazi related to us; and Shayban ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Nahwi related to us, from Qatadah. He also said: Abu al-Qasim al-Habibi (5) related to us; Abu Zakariyya al-‘Anbari informed us; Ja‘far ibn Muhammad ibn Sawwar related to us; Muhammad ibn Rafi‘ informed us, from ‘Abd al-Razzaq, from Ma‘mar, from Qatadah ibn Di‘amah al-Sadusi.
As for the exegesis of Abu al-‘Aliyah, whose name was Rufay‘ ibn Mihran, he said: Abu al-Qasim al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hasan, the exegete, related to us; Abu ‘Amr Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Mansur al-‘Amraki, in Sarakhs (6), informed us; Abu al-Hasan Ahmad ibn Ishaq ibn Ibrahim ibn Yazid (7) al-Basri (8) related to us; Abu ‘Ali al-Hasan ibn Musa al-Azdi informed us, from ‘Ammar ibn al-Hasan ibn Bashir al-Hamadhani.