[Machine] I saw the Commander of the Faithful, Ali ibn Abi Talib, standing on the pulpit. He said, "Ask me before you are unable to ask me, and you will not ask anyone like me after me." Then Ibn Al-Kawwa stood up and asked, "O Commander of the Faithful, what is {By those [winds] scattering [dust]} [Al-Dhariyat 1]?" He said, "The winds." He asked, "What is {And those [clouds] carrying a load}?" He said, "The clouds." He asked, "What is {And those [ships] sailing with ease}?" He said, "The ships." He asked, "What is {And those [angels] apportioning each matter}?" He said, "The angels." He then asked, "Who are {the ones who exchanged the favor of Allah for disbelief and settled their people in the home of ruin, Hell} [Ibrahim 28]?" He said, "The hypocrites of Quraysh."  

رَأَيْتُ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ قَامَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَقَالَ «سَلُونِي قَبْلَ أَنْ لَا تَسْأَلُونِي وَلَنْ تَسْأَلُوا بَعْدِي مِثْلِي» قَالَ فَقَامَ ابْنُ الْكَوَّاءِ فَقَالَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مَا {الذَّارِيَاتِ ذَرُوًا} [الذاريات 1] قَالَ «الرِّيَاحُ» قَالَ فَمَا {الْحَامِلَاتِ وِقْرًا} قَالَ «السَّحَابُ» قَالَ فَمَا {الْجَارِيَاتِ يُسْرًا} قَالَ «السُّفُنُ» قَالَ فَمَا {الْمُقَسِّمَاتِ أَمْرًا} قَالَ «الْمَلَائِكَةُ» قَالَ فَمَنِ {الَّذِينَ بَدَّلُوا نِعْمَةَ اللَّهِ كُفْرًا وَأَحَلُّوا قَوْمَهُمْ دَارَ الْبَوَارِ جَهَنَّمَ} [إبراهيم 28] قَالَ «مُنَافِقُو قُرَيْشٍ»  

[Machine] Anas said regarding this verse: "They used to sleep very little during the night." [Adh-Dhariyat 17] He said, "They used to pray between 'Isha' (night prayer) and Maghrib (sunset prayer)."  

عَنْ أَنَسٍ فِي هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ {كَانُوا قَلِيلًا مِنَ اللَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُونَ} [الذاريات 17] قَالَ «كَانُوا يُصَلُّونَ بَيْنَ الْعِشَاءِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ»  

[Machine] In His saying ﷻ {They used to sleep but little of the night} [Al-Dhariyat 17], it is said: "Not a night passes by them without praying in it until morning comes."  

فِي قَوْلِهِ ﷻ {كَانُوا قَلِيلًا مِنَ اللَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُونَ} [الذاريات 17] قَالَ «لَا تَمُرُّ بِهِمْ لَيْلَةٌ يَنَامُونَ حَتَّى يُصْبِحُوا يُصَلُّونَ فِيهَا»  

[Machine] One of the prayers of the Prophet ﷺ was: "O Allah, I seek refuge in You from the evil of the wind and from the evil that comes with the wind, and from the wind of the north, for it is the barren wind."  

كَانَ مِنْ دُعَاءِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ الرِّيحِ وَمِنْ شَرِّ مَا تَجِيءُ بِهِ الرِّيحُ وَمِنْ رِيحِ الشِّمَالِ فَإِنَّهَا الرِّيحُ الْعَقِيمُ»  

[Machine] The passage translates to English as follows:

In His saying, Almighty Allah, {And in 'Aad [was a sign], when We sent against them the barren wind.} [Al-Dhariyat 41], it is said, "the one that does not fertilize anything."  

فِي قَوْلِهِ ﷻ {وَفِي عَادٍ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ الرِّيحَ الْعَقِيمَ} [الذاريات 41] قَالَ «الَّتِي لَا تُلْقِحُ شَيْئًا»