23. Book of Quranic Exegesis (Tafsīr)
٢٣۔ كِتَابُ التَّفْسِيرِ
[Machine] About the reading of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , she said, when the verse {O you who wraps himself [in clothing], arise [to pray] the night, except for a little -} [Al-Muzzammil 2] was revealed, they stood in prayer for a year until their feet swelled. So, Allah, the Exalted and Mighty, revealed {So recite what is easy [for you] of the Qur'an. He knew that there would be among you those who are ill.}
عَنْ قِرَاءَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَتْ لَمَّا أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ {يَا أَيُّهَا الْمُزَّمِّلُ قُمِ اللَّيْلَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا} [المزمل 2] قَامُوا سَنَةً حَتَّى وَرِمَتْ أَقْدَامُهُمْ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ ﷻ {فَاقْرَءُوا مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ عَلِمَ أَنْ سَيَكُونُ مِنْكُمْ مَرْضَى}
[Machine] Regarding the standing of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , she said, "Don't you recite, O Muzammil?" I said, "Yes." She said, "That is his standing (in prayer)."
عَنْ قِيَامِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ «أَلَسْتَ تَقْرَأُ يَا أَيُّهَا الْمُزَّمِّلُ» قُلْتُ بَلَى قَالَتْ «هُوَ قِيَامُهُ»
«زُمِّلْتَ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ فَقُمْ بِهِ»
When the opening verses of Surah Al-muzammil was revealed, the Companions would pray as long as they would pray during Ramadan until its last verses were revealed. The period between the revelation of its opening and the last verses was one year. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1305)
لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ أَوَّلُ الْمُزَّمِّلِ كَانُوا يَقُومُونَ نَحْوًا مِنْ قِيَامِهِمْ فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ حَتَّى نَزَلَ آخِرُهَا قَالَ وَكَانَ بَيْنَ أَوَّلِهَا وَآخِرِهَا نَحْوًا مِنْ سَنَةٍ
[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to be on his camel when revelation came down to him, and the camel would lower its back so it couldn't move. This is mentioned in the following verse of the Quran: "Indeed, We will throw upon you a heavy word." [Surah Al-Muzzammil, verse 5]
أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا أُوحِيَ إِلَيْهِ وَهُوَ عَلَى نَاقَتِهِ وَضَعَتْ جِرَانَهَا فَلَمْ تَسْتَطِعْ أَنْ تَتَحَرَّكْ وَتَلَتْ قَوْلَ اللَّهِ ﷻ {إِنَّا سَنُلْقِي عَلَيْكَ قَوْلًا ثَقِيلًا} [المزمل 5]
[Machine] About Abdullah, he said, "It means in Habashiyyah, the standing of the night." [Al-Muzzammil 6]
عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ {إِنَّ نَاشِئَةَ اللَّيْلِ} [المزمل 6] قَالَ «هِيَ بِالْحَبَشِيَّةِ قِيَامُ اللَّيْلِ»
[Machine] "A thorn that is stuck in the throat does not go in nor come out." Regarding His saying: "covered in a tattered garment," [Al-Muzzammil 14], it means "the tattered garment that when you take something from it, another part of it follows, and the thimble is from the sand."
«شَوْكًا يَأْخُذُ بِالْحَلْقِ لَا يَدْخُلُ وَلَا يَخْرُجُ» وَفِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى {كَثِيبًا مَهِيلًا} [المزمل 14] قَالَ «الْمَهِيلُ الَّذِي إِذَا أَخَذْتَ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا تَبِعَكَ آخِرُهُ وَالْكَثِيبُ مِنَ الرَّمْلِ»