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bukhari:4739 – Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Ghundar > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Yazīd > ʿAbdullāh

Surahs Bani Israil, al-Kahf, Maryam, Ta-Ha and Anbiya are among the ancient, earliest ones, and they are among my first treasures.

[AI] Qatadah said: “{Juthādhan}” means: he cut them up. Al-Hasan said: “{In a falak}” means: like the whorl of a spindle; “{they swim}” means: they revolve.

Ibn Abbas said: “{Nafashat}” means: it grazed; “{Yus’habūn}” means: they are prevented; “{Your community is one community}” means: your religion is one.

Ikrimah said: “{Hasab}” means: firewood, in Abyssinian.

Another said: “{Ahassū}” means: they anticipated it, from “I sensed”; “{Khāmidīn}” means: lifeless, like a harvested crop cut down to the roots; it can apply to one, two, or all. “{They do not grow weary}” means: they do not tire; from it is “hasīr,” and “I exhausted my camel,” meaning: deep, far. “{Nukisū}” means: they were turned back. “{The making of protective clothing}” means: coats of mail. “{They cut up their affair among themselves}” means: they differed. “Al-hasīs,” “al-hiss,” “al-jars,” and “al-hams” are one and the same: a faint sound. “{We informed you}” means: we made you know. “{I informed you}”: if you have informed him, then you and he are on equal footing—you have not acted treacherously.

Mujahid said: “{So that you may be asked}” means: you will understand; “{He approved}” means: he was pleased; “{The statues}” means: idols; “as-sijill” means: the scroll (sheet).

البخاري:٤٧٣٩ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ يَزِيدَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَالْكَهْفُ، وَمَرْيَمُ، وَطَهَ، وَالْأَنْبِيَاءُ، هُنَّ مِنَ الْعِتَاقِ الْأُوَلِ، وَهُنَّ مِنْ تِلَادِي.

وَقَالَ قَتَادَةُ: {جُذَاذًا} قَطَّعَهُنَّ، وَقَالَ الْحَسَنُ: {فِي فَلَكٍ} مِثْلِ فَلْكَةِ الْمِغْزَلِ، {يَسْبَحُونَ} يَدُورُونَ.

قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: {نَفَشَتْ} رَعَتْ، {يُصْحَبُونَ} يُمْنَعُونَ، {أُمَّتُكُمْ أُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً} قَالَ: دِينُكُمْ دِينٌ وَاحِدٌ.

وَقَالَ عِكْرِمَةُ: {حَصَبُ} حَطَبُ بِالْحَبَشِيَّةِ.

وَقَالَ غَيْرُهُ: {أَحَسُّوا} تَوَقَّعُوهُ، مِنْ أَحْسَسْتُ، {خَامِدِينَ} هَامِدِينَ، حَصِيدٌ مُسْتَأْصَلٌ، يَقَعُ عَلَى الْوَاحِدِ وَالِاثْنَيْنِ وَالْجَمِيعِ، {لَا يَسْتَحْسِرُونَ} لَا يُعْيُونَ، وَمِنْهُ حَسِيرٌ، وَحَسَرْتُ بَعِيرِي، عَمِيقٌ بَعِيدٌ، {نُكِسُوا} رُدُّوا، {صَنْعَةَ لَبُوسٍ} الدُّرُوعُ، {تَقَطَّعُوا أَمْرَهُمْ} اخْتَلَفُوا، الْحَسِيسُ وَالْحِسُّ وَالْجَرْسُ وَالْهَمْسُ وَاحِدٌ، وَهُوَ مِنَ الصَّوْتِ الْخَفِيِّ، {آذَنَّاكَ} أَعْلَمْنَاكَ، {آذَنْتُكُمْ} إِذَا أَعْلَمْتَهُ فَأَنْتَ وَهُوَ عَلَى سَوَاءٍ، لَمْ تَغْدِرْ.

وَقَالَ مُجَاهِدٌ: {لَعَلَّكُمْ تُسْأَلُونَ} تُفْهَمُونَ، {ارْتَضَى} رَضِيَ، {التَّمَاثِيلُ} الْأَصْنَامُ، السِّجِلُّ الصَّحِيفَةُ.

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Ibn Masud on certain Surahs being among the earliest and dearest to him

bukhari:4994 – Ādam > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Yazīd > Ibn Masʿūd

I heard Ibn Masud ᴿᴬ say regarding Surahs Bani Israil, al-Kahf, Maryam, Ta-Ha, and Anbiya: “Indeed, they are among the earliest, ancient ones, and they are part of what I have learned of old.”

البخاري:٤٩٩٤ – حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ يَزِيدَ

سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ يَقُولُ فِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَالْكَهْفِ وَمَرْيَمَ وَطَهَ وَالأَنْبِيَاءِ إِنَّهُنَّ مِنَ الْعِتَاقِ الأُوَلِ وَهُنَّ مِنْ تِلاَدِي

bukhari:4708 – Ādam > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Yazīd > Ibn Masʿūd

I heard Ibn Masud ᴿᴬ say regarding Surahs Bani Israil, al-Kahf, and Maryam: “Indeed, they are among the earliest, ancient ones, and they are part of what I have learned of old.”

Ibn ʿAbbās said regarding “so they will shake”: they will nod. And others said: “your tooth naghaḍat,” meaning it moved.

البخاري:٤٧٠٨ – حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ يَزِيدَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ ؓ قَالَ فِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَالْكَهْفِ وَمَرْيَمَ إِنَّهُنَّ مِنَ الْعِتَاقِ الأُوَلِ وَهُنَّ مِنْ تِلاَدِي

قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ {فَسَيُنْغِضُونَ} يَهُزُّونَ وَقَالَ غَيْرُهُ نَغَضَتْ سِنُّكَ أَىْ تَحَرَّكَتْ

suyuti:430-40b – ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Yazīd
Translation not available.
السيوطي:٤٣٠-٤٠b – عَنْ عَبْد الرَّحمَن بْن يَزِيدِ

"سَمعْتُ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ يَقُولُ في بَنى إِسْرَائِيلَ وَالْكَهْفِ وَمَرْيَمَ وَطَهَ وَالأَنْبِيَاءِ هُنَّ منَ *الْعتَاقِ الأوَّلِ وهنَّ مِنْ تِلادی

[عب] عبد الرازق