from ‘Abd Allah ibn Abi Ja‘far, from his father, from al-Rabi‘ ibn Anas, from Abu al-‘Aliyah al-Riyahi.
As for the exegesis of al-Qurazi, he said: Abu al-Qasim al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn Habib related to us; Abu al-‘Abbas Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Harawi related to us; Raja’ ibn ‘Abd Allah related to us; Malik ibn Sulayman al-Harawi informed us, from Abu Ma‘shar, from Muhammad ibn Ka‘b al-Qurazi.
As for the exegesis of Zayd ibn Aslam, he said: Al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hasan informed us. Ahmad ibn Kamil ibn Khalaf wrote to me that Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari related to them, saying: Yunus ibn ‘Abd al-A‘la al-Sadafi related to us; ‘Abd Allah ibn Wahb informed us; and ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Zayd ibn Aslam informed me, from his father.
As for the exegesis of al-Kalbi: I read it aloud in Merv to the shaykh Abu ‘Abd Allah Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Marwazi, in Ramadan of 464 AH. He said: Abu Mas‘ud Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Yunus al-Khatib al-Kushmihanī informed us in Muharram of 450 AH. He said: Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ma‘ruf al-Hurmuzfarhi (1) informed us; Muhammad ibn ‘Ali al-Ansari, the exegete, related to us; and ‘Ali ibn Ishaq and Salih ibn Muhammad al-Samarqandi related to us, saying: Muhammad ibn Marwan al-Suddi related to us, from Muhammad ibn al-Sa’ib al-Kalbi, from Abu Salih (2)—Badhan, the client of Umm Hani’—from Ibn ‘Abbas.
As for the exegesis of al-Dahhak ibn Muzahim al-Hudhali (3), he said: The master Ishaq al-Tha‘labi informed us; Abu al-Qasim al-Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Sadusi related to us; Abu ‘Amr Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-‘Amraki related to us in Sarakhs; Ja‘far ibn Muhammad ibn Sawwar related to us; Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Jamil al-Marwazi related to us; and Abu Mu‘adh related to us, from ‘Ubayd Allah (4) ibn Sulayman al-Bahili, from al-Dahhak.
As for the exegesis of Muqatil ibn Hayyan, he said: ‘Abd Allah ibn Hamid al-Wazzani informed us; Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Abdus related to us; Isma‘il ibn Qutaybah related to us; Abu Khalid Yazid ibn Salih al-Farra’ al-Naysaburi related to us; and Bukayr ibn Ma‘ruf al-Balkhi al-Asadi (5), Abu Mu‘adh, related to us ⦗2/b⦘ from Muqatil ibn Hayyan.
As for the exegesis of Muqatil ibn Sulayman, he said: Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Mihrajani informed us; Abu Muhammad ‘Abd al-Khaliq ibn al-Husayn ibn Muhammad al-Saqati, known as Ibn Abi Ru’bah, informed us; and Abu Muhammad ‘Abd Allah ibn Thabit ibn Ya‘qub al-Muqri’ related to us. He said: My father related to me, and al-Hudhayl ibn Habib, Abu Salih al-Dandani (6), related to me, from Muqatil ibn Sulayman.