993—Al-Hasan informed us. He said: Ahmad ibn Hamdan narrated to us. He said: Bishr narrated to us. Mu‘awiyah narrated to us. Ibn Ishaq narrated to us, from Sufyan, from Mansur, from Mujahid, from Ibn ‘Umar, concerning His saying:

“And when your Lord brought forth from the children of Adam—from their loins—their descendants” [al-A‘raf 7:172].

He said: “As a comb takes hold of the head.”