this surah.”

Abū Zur'ah narrated to us: al-'Abbās ibn al-Walīd narrated to us: Yazīd ibn Zuray' narrated to us, from Sa'īd, from Qatādah, concerning “And there is none comparable to Him.” He said, “None of Allah’s creation is equal to Him.”

'Alī ibn al-Husayn narrated to us: Abū 'Abd Allāh al-Jurashī narrated to us: Abū Khalaf 'Abd Allāh ibn 'Īsā narrated to us: Dāwūd ibn Abī Hind narrated to us, from 'Ikrimah, from Ibn 'Abbās, who said:

“Some Jews came to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, including Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf, Huyayy ibn Akhtab, and Judayy ibn Akhtab. They said, ‘O Muhammad, describe to us your Lord who sent you.’ So Allah revealed: ‘Say: He is Allah, the One; Allah, al-Samad. He neither begets’—such that a child should issue from Him—‘nor is He begotten’—such that anything should issue from Him.”

Ibn Jarīr al-Tabarī said in his Tafsīr: Ahmad ibn Manī' al-Marwazī and Mahmūd ibn Khidāsh al-Tālaqānī narrated to us. He then related a chain like that of Ibn Abī Hātim, from Ubayy ibn Ka'b, concerning the polytheists’ request to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace: “Tell us your Lord’s lineage.” So Allah revealed: “Say: He is Allah, the One.”

Ibn Humayd narrated to us: Yahyā ibn Wādih narrated to us: al-Husayn narrated to us, from Yazīd, from 'Ikrimah:

“The polytheists said to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, ‘Tell us about the nature of your Lord: what is He, and of what does He consist?’ So Allah revealed this surah.”

He also narrated it from Abū al-'Āliyah and from Jābir ibn 'Abd Allāh: Shurayh narrated to us: Ismā'īl ibn Mujāhid narrated to us, from al-Sha'bī, from Jābir; he then related the report.

He said: It has also been said that this was in response to a question from the Jews. Ibn Humayd narrated to us: Salamah narrated to us: Ibn Ishāq narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Sa'īd,