5 – Abu ʿAbd al-Rahman al-Qurashi narrated to us; Ishaq ibn Sulayman ⦗26⦘ narrated to us, from Muʿawiyah ibn Yahya, from Yunus ibn Maysarah, from Abu Idris al-Khawlani, from Abu al-Dardaʾ—may Allah be pleased with him—who said:

He was asked about the verse, “Each day He is engaged in some affair” (al-Rahman 55:29). He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about it, and he replied, “Part of His affair is to forgive a sin, relieve a distress, raise some people, and abase others.”