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1018—Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Ya‘qub informed us: Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Sa‘dan al-Baghdadi informed us; Bakr ibn Sahl narrated to us; Abdullah ibn Yusuf narrated to us; Abdullah ibn Salim narrated to us, from Ibn Jurayj, from ‘Ata’, from Ibn ‘Abbas regarding His saying: “I did not create jinn and humankind except to worship Me.” [al-Dhariyat 51:56] He said: “I created them for what pertains to obedience and disobedience to Me, and to wretchedness and happiness.”
١٠١٨ - أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعْدَانَ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ قَالَ: ثنا بَكْرُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ قَالَ: ثنا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ قَالَ: ثنا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَالِمِ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فِي قَوْلِهِ: ﴿وَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَالْإِنْسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ﴾ [الذاريات: ٥٦] قَالَ: مَا خَلَقْتُهُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ طَاعَتِي وَمَعْصِيَتِي، وَمِنْ شِقْوَتِي وَسَعَادَتِي