Allah sent (the Prophet) Muhammad and said:-- 'Say, No wage do I ask of you for this (Qur'an) nor am I one of the pretenders (i.e. a person who pretends things which do not exist). (38.68) When Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw Quraish standing against him, he said, "O Allah! Help me against them by afflicting them with seven years of famine similar to the seven years (of famine) of Joseph. So they were afflicted with a year of drought that destroyed everything, and they ate bones and hides. (One of them said), "And they ate hides and dead animals, and (it seemed to them that) something like smoke was coming out of the earth. So Abu Sufyan came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Muhammad! Your people are on the verge of destruction! Please invoke Allah to relieve them." So the Prophet ﷺ invoked Allah for them (and the famine disappeared). He said to them. "You will revert (to heathenism) after that." ʿAbdullah then recited: 'Then watch you for the Day that the sky will bring forth a kind of smoke plainly visible.......but truly you will revert (to disbelief).' He added, "Will the punishment be removed from them in the Hereafter? The smoke and the grasp and the Al-Lizam have all passed." One of the sub-narrater said, "The splitting of the moon." And another said, "The defeat of the Romans (has passed).  

عَبْدُ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ بَعَثَ مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ وَقَالَ {قُلْ مَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ وَمَا أَنَا مِنَ الْمُتَكَلِّفِينَ} فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَمَّا رَأَى قُرَيْشًا اسْتَعْصَوْا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ أَعِنِّي عَلَيْهِمْ بِسَبْعٍ كَسَبْعِ يُوسُفَ فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ السَّنَةُ حَتَّى حَصَّتْ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ حَتَّى أَكَلُوا الْعِظَامَ وَالْجُلُودَ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمْ حَتَّى أَكَلُوا الْجُلُودَ وَالْمَيْتَةَ وَجَعَلَ يَخْرُجُ مِنَ الأَرْضِ كَهَيْئَةِ الدُّخَانِ فَأَتَاهُ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ فَقَالَ أَىْ مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّ قَوْمَكَ قَدْ هَلَكُوا فَادْعُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يَكْشِفَ عَنْهُمْ فَدَعَا ثُمَّ قَالَ تَعُودُوا بَعْدَ هَذَا فِي حَدِيثِ مَنْصُورٍ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ {فَارْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِي السَّمَاءُ بِدُخَانٍ مُبِينٍ} إِلَى {عَائِدُونَ} أَيُكْشَفُ عَذَابُ الآخِرَةِ فَقَدْ مَضَى الدُّخَانُ وَالْبَطْشَةُ وَاللِّزَامُ وَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمُ الْقَمَرُ وَقَالَ الآخَرُ الرُّومُ  

[Machine] Indeed, when the Quraysh became stubborn against the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he said, "O Allah, assist me with seven like the aid of Prophet Yusuf." So, they were afflicted with a year of famine during which everything was rationed, and they had to eat the hides and carrion. Another narration says they had to eat the hides and bones. Then, the famine became so severe that it seemed like smoke rising from the ground. Abu Sufyan came and said, "Indeed, your people have been destroyed, so pray to Allah for them." He responded, "If they repent, we will count their number." This is in reference to the verse, {The Day the heaven will bring forth a visible smoke, covering the people, this is a painful torment} [Ad-Dukhan 11]. Abdullah asked, "Will the punishment of the Hereafter be revealed?" Then, Abdullah said, "Indeed, the smoke has passed."  

إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَمَّا اسْتَعْصَتْ عَلَيْهِ قُرَيْشٌ قَالَ «اللهُمَّ أَعِنِّي بِسَبْعٍ كَسَبْعِ يُوسُفَ» فَأَخَذَتْهُمْ سَنَةٌ فَحَصَتْ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ فَأَكَلُوا الْجُلُودَ وَالْمَيْتَةَ وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ الْجُلُودَ وَالْعَظْمَ فَجَعَلَ يَخْرُجُ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ كَهَيْئَةِ الدُّخَانِ فَجَاءَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ قَوْمَكَ قَدْ هَلَكُوا فَادْعُ اللهَ لَهُمْ فَقَالَ «إِنْ تَعُودُوا نَعُدْ» فَذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ {يَوْمَ تَأْتِي السَّمَاءُ بِدُخَانٍ مُبِينٍ يَغْشَى النَّاسَ هَذَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ} [الدخان 11] قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ فَهَلْ يُكْشَفُ عَذَابُ الْآخِرَةِ؟ ثُمَّ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ إِنَّ الدُّخَانَ قَدْ مَضَى  

Allah sent (the Prophet) Muhammad and said:-- 'Say, No wage do I ask of you for this (Qur'an) nor am I one of the pretenders (i.e. a person who pretends things which do not exist). (38.68) When Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw Quraish standing against him, he said, "O Allah! Help me against them by afflicting them with seven years of famine similar to the seven years (of famine) of Joseph. So they were afflicted with a year of drought that destroyed everything, and they ate bones and hides. (One of them said), "And they ate hides and dead animals, and (it seemed to them that) something like smoke was coming out of the earth. So Abu Sufyan came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Muhammad! Your people are on the verge of destruction! Please invoke Allah to relieve them." So the Prophet ﷺ invoked Allah for them (and the famine disappeared). He said to them. "You will revert (to heathenism) after that." ʿAbdullah then recited: 'Then watch you for the Day that the sky will bring forth a kind of smoke plainly visible.......but truly you will revert (to disbelief).' He added, "Will the punishment be removed from them in the Hereafter? The smoke and the grasp and the Al-Lizam have all passed." One of the sub-narrater said, "The splitting of the moon." And another said, "The defeat of the Romans (has passed). (Using translation from Bukhārī 4824)   

قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ لَمَّا رَأَى قُرَيْشًا قَدِ اسْتَعْصَوْا قَالَ «اللهُمَّ أَعِنِّي بِسَبْعٍ كَسَبْعِ يُوسُفَ» فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ السَّنَةُ حَتَّى حَصَّتْ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ حَتَّى أَكَلُوا الْجُلُودَ وَجَعَلَ يَخْرُجُ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ كَهَيْئَةِ الدُّخَانِ فَأَتَاهُ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ فَقَالَ أَيْ مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّ قَوْمَكَ قَدْ هَلَكُوا فَادْعُ اللهَ أَنْ يَكْشِفَ عَنْهُمْ فَدَعَا وَقَالَ إِنْ يَعُودُوا نَعُدْ هَذَا فِي حَدِيثِ مَنْصُورٍ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ {فَارْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِي السَّمَاءُ بِدُخَانٍ مُبِينٍ} [الدخان 10] قَالَ عَذَابُ الْآخِرَةِ فَقَدْ مَضَى الدُّخَانُ وَالْبَطْشَةُ وَاللِّزَامُ وَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا الْقَمَرُ وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ وَالرُّومُ