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255 – ʿAbdullāh narrated to us; he said: Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn narrated to us; he said: Ibrāhīm ibn al-Ashʿath narrated to us; he said: ʿAbdullāh ibn Muʿādh narrated to us, from Maʿmar, from Qatādah concerning the verse, “And before them many exemplary punishments had already passed” (Q 13:6). He said, “It means the punishments.”
٢٥٥ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْأَشْعَثِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ، عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ: ﴿وَقَدْ خَلَتْ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمُ الْمَثُلَاتُ﴾ [الرعد: ٦] ، قَالَ: الْعُقُوبَاتُ "