[Machine] When this verse was revealed: "And eat and drink until the white thread of dawn becomes distinct to you from the black thread (of night)" (Quran 2:187), I intended to distinguish between two headbands, one black and the other white. So I placed them under my pillow and looked at them, but I couldn't differentiate between the white and the black. When I woke up in the morning, I went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and informed him about what I had done. He said, "That is the whiteness of the day and the darkness of the night."  

لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ {وَكُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا حَتَّى يَتَبَيَّنَ لَكُمُ الْخَيْطُ الْأَبْيَضُ} [البقرة 187] مِنَ الْخَيْطِ الْأَسْوَدِ قَالَ عَمَدْتُ إِلَى عِقَالَيْنِ أَحَدُهُمَا أَسْوَدُ وَالْآخَرُ أَبْيَضُ فَجَعَلْتُهُمَا تَحْتَ وِسَادِي قَالَ ثُمَّ جَعَلْتُ أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِمَا فَلَا تُبِينُ لِي الْأَسْوَدَ مِنَ الْأَبْيَضِ وَلَا الْأَبْيَضَ مِنَ الْأَسْوَدِ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحْتُ غَدَوْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِالَّذِي صَنَعْتُ فَقَالَ إِنْ كَانَ وِسَادُكَ إِذًا لَعَرِيضًا إِنَّمَا ذَلِكَ بَيَاضُ النَّهَارِ مِنْ سَوَادِ اللَّيْلِ  

[Machine] "When this verse was revealed {Eat and drink until the white thread becomes distinct to you from the black thread of dawn}, I took two headbands, one black and the other white, and put them under my pillow. I raised them at night but could not determine the white from the black. So, I mentioned this to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he said, 'O son of Hatim, if that is the case, then your pillow is too wide. Indeed, what Allah meant is to eat and drink until the whiteness of day becomes distinct from the darkness of night.'"  

لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ {وَكُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا حَتَّى يَتَبَيَّنَ لَكُمُ الْخَيْطُ الْأَبْيَضُ مِنَ الْخَيْطِ الْأَسْوَدِ مِنَ الْفَجْرِ} أَخَذْتُ عِقَالَيْنِ أَحَدُهُمَا أسْوَدُ وَالْآخَرُ أَبْيَضُ فَوَضَعْتُهُمَا تَحْتَ وِسَادَتِي فَرَفَعَتْهُمَا فِي اللَّيْلِ فَلَمْ أَتَبَيَّنْ الْأَبْيَضَ مِنَ الْأَسْوَدِ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ حَاتِمٍ إِنَّ وِسَادَكَ إِذًا لَعَرِيضٌ إِنَّمَا قَالَ كُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا حَتَّى يَتَبَيَّنَ لَكُمْ بَيَاضُ النَّهَارِ مِنْ سَوَادِ اللَّيْلِ  

[Machine] When this verse was revealed, I took two ropes, one of them black and the other white, and placed them under my pillow. I raised them in the night but I could not distinguish the white from the black. I mentioned this to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and he said, "O son of Hatim, if your pillow had been truly wide, you would have been able to distinguish the white from the black. Allah only meant that you should eat and drink until the whiteness of the day can be distinguished from the darkness of the night."  

لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ {وَكُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا حَتَّى يَتَبَيَّنَ لَكُمُ الْخَيْطُ الْأَبْيَضُ مِنَ الْخَيْطِ الْأَسْوَدِ مِنَ الْفَجْرِ} أَخَذْتُ عِقَالَيْنِ أَحَدُهُمَا أسْوَدُ وَالْآخَرُ أَبْيَضُ فَوَضَعْتُهُمَا تَحْتَ وِسَادَتِي فَرَفَعَتْهُمَا فِي اللَّيْلِ فَلَمْ أَتَبَيَّنْ الْأَبْيَضَ مِنَ الْأَسْوَدِ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ حَاتِمٍ إِنَّ وِسَادَكَ إِذًا لَعَرِيضٌ إِنَّمَا قَالَ كُلُوا وَاشْرَبُوا حَتَّى يَتَبَيَّنَ لَكُمْ بَيَاضُ النَّهَارِ مِنْ سَوَادِ اللَّيْلِ