When this Verse was revealed: "Say: He has power to send torment on you from above." (6.65) Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "O Allah! I seek refuge with Your Face (from this punishment)." And when the verse: "or send torment from below your feet," (was revealed), Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "(O Allah!) I seek refuge with Your Face (from this punishment)." (But when there was revealed): "Or confuse you in party strife and make you to taste the violence of one another." (6.65) Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "This is lighter (or, this is easier).  

لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الآيَةُ {قُلْ هُوَ الْقَادِرُ عَلَى أَنْ يَبْعَثَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابًا مِنْ فَوْقِكُمْ} قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَعُوذُ بِوَجْهِكَ قَالَ {أَوْ مِنْ تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِكُمْ} قَالَ أَعُوذُ بِوَجْهِكَ {أَوْ يَلْبِسَكُمْ شِيَعًا وَيُذِيقَ بَعْضَكُمْ بَأْسَ بَعْضٍ} قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ هَذَا أَهْوَنُ أَوْ هَذَا أَيْسَرُ  

When the (following) Verse was revealed to Messenger of Allah ﷺ: 'Say: He has power to send torment on you from above,'..(6.65) he said, "O Allah! I seek refuge with Your Face (from that punishment)." And when this was revealed: '..or from beneath your feet.' (6.65) he said, "O Allah! I seek refuge with Your Face (from that)." And when this Verse was revealed: '..or to cover you with confusion in partystrife, and make you to taste the violence of one another,'...(6.65) he said: "These two warnings are easier (than the previous ones).  

سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ؓ يَقُولُ لَمَّا نَزَلَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ {قُلْ هُوَ الْقَادِرُ عَلَى أَنْ يَبْعَثَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابًا مِنْ فَوْقِكُمْ} قَالَ أَعُوذُ بِوَجْهِكَ {أَوْ مِنْ تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِكُمْ} قَالَ أَعُوذُ بِوَجْهِكَ فَلَمَّا نَزَلَتْ {أَوْ يَلْبِسَكُمْ شِيَعًا وَيُذِيقَ بَعْضَكُمْ بَأْسَ بَعْضٍ} قَالَ هَاتَانِ أَهْوَنُ أَوْ أَيْسَرُ  

"When Allah revealed this Ayah: 'Say: He has the power to send torment on you from above or from under your feet...' The Prophet ﷺ said: 'I seek refuge in Your Face.' So when (the following) was revealed: 'Or to cover you in confusion in party strife, and make you taste the violence of one another (6:65).' The Prophet ﷺ said: 'This is less burdensome' or 'This is easier.'"  

أَنْ يَبْعَثَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابًا مِنْ فَوْقِكُمْ أَوْ مِنْ تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِكُمْ ) قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَعُوذُ بِوَجْهِكَ فَلَمَّا نَزَلَتْْ ( أَوْ يَلْبِسَكُمْ شِيَعًا وَيُذِيقَ بَعْضَكُمْ بَأْسَ بَعْضٍ ) قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ هَاتَانِ أَهْوَنُ أَوْ هَاتَانِ أَيْسَرُ  

from the Prophet ﷺ, regarding this Ayah "Say: He has the power to send torment on you from above or from under your feet...' the Prophet ﷺ said "Indeed they shall be, even though they have not occurred as of yet."  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي هَذِهِ الآيَةِ (قُلْ هُوَ الْقَادِرُ عَلَى أَنْ يَبْعَثَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابًا مِنْ فَوْقِكُمْ أَوْ مِنْ تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِكُمْ ) فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَمَا إِنَّهَا كَائِنَةٌ وَلَمْ يَأْتِ تَأْوِيلُهَا بَعْدُ  

[Machine] "That He sends upon you a punishment from above you" [Al-An'am 65]. The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said, "I seek refuge in Your face." When it was revealed, "or (that) a punishment befall you from beneath your feet" [Al-An'am 65], the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said, "I seek refuge in Your face." When it was revealed, "or He makes you (of different) factions and will test you with adversity" [Al-An'am 65], he said, "This is easier or lighter."  

أَنْ يَبْعَثَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابًا مِنْ فَوْقِكُمْ} [الأنعام 65] قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَعُوذُ بِوَجْهِكَ فَلَمَّا نَزَلَتْ {أَوْ مِنْ تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِكُمْ} [الأنعام 65] قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَعُوذُ بِوَجْهِكَ فَلَمَّا نَزَلَتْ {أَوْ يَلْبِسَكُمْ شِيَعًا وَيُذِيقَ بَعْضَكُمْ بَأْسَ بَعْضٍ} [الأنعام 65] قَالَ هَذِهِ أَهْوَنُ أَو أَيْسَرُ  

"When Allah revealed this Ayah: 'Say: He has the power to send torment on you from above or from under your feet...' The Prophet ﷺ said: 'I seek refuge in Your Face.' So when (the following) was revealed: 'Or to cover you in confusion in party strife, and make you taste the violence of one another (6:65).' The Prophet ﷺ said: 'This is less burdensome' or 'This is easier.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3065)   

لَمَّا أُنْزِلَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ {قُلْ هُوَ الْقَادِرُ عَلَى أَنْ يَبْعَثَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابًا مِنْ فَوْقِكُمْ} قَالَ «أَعُوذُ بِوَجْهِكَ» {أَوْ مِنْ تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِكُمْ} قَالَ «أَعُوذُ بِوَجْهِكَ» {أَوْ يَلْبِسَكُمْ شِيَعًا وَيُذِيقَ بَعْضَكُمْ بَأْسَ بَعْضٍ} قَالَ «هَاتَانِ أَهْوَنُ أَوْ أَيْسَرُ»  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "I seek refuge in Your Face." He said, "[or] from beneath Your feet." He said, "I seek refuge in Your Face." He said, "[or] that You should overwhelm you in debt." He said, "The easier one."  

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَعُوذُ بِوَجْهِكَ» قَالَ {أَوْ مِنْ تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِكُمْ} [الأنعام 65] قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَعُوذُ بِوَجْهِكَ قَالَ {أَوْ يَلْبِسَكُمْ شِيَعًا} [الأنعام 65] قَالَ «أَيْسَرُ»