271 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; he said: Muhammad ibn Yazid al-Adami told me; he said: ʿUbayd ibn Humayd narrated to us, from Mansur, from Mujahid, concerning Allah’s words, “and those who curse will curse them” (Qur’an 2:159). He said: “The creatures of the earth—scorpions and beetles—are among those who curse them, and because of their sins the rain is withheld.”