[Machine] Have you heard the saying of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , "Try to seek it in the last ten nights, on a night which you see?" He asked, and some said it's on the first night, and some others said it's on the third night, and another said it's on the fifth night. And I remained silent, so he said, "Why are you not speaking?" So I said, "If you permit me, O Amir al-Mu'minin, I will speak." He said, "Did I not send you except to speak?" I said, "Shall I tell you my opinion?" He said, "We ask you about that." I said, "I believe that there are seven. Allah mentioned seven skies, and there are seven earths, and He created man from seven (elements), and plants emerge from the earth in seven (days)." He said, "This is what I was informed of, and I know it. Have you seen something that I don't know? What do you say about the plants that emerge from the earth in seven?" I said, "Allah says, 'We have split open the earth.' (Surah Abasa, 26), until His saying, 'And fruit and pasture (for livestock).' (Surah Abasa, 31). And pasture is what the animals eat and not humans." Umar said, "Are you amazed that this young man has spoken in a manner that his affairs have not yet gathered? By Allah, I do not see any other saying except what you have said." He said, "And he (Umar) said, 'I had ordered you not to speak until they spoke, and now I order you to speak with them.'" Ibn Idris narrated this from Abdul-Malik, from Sa'id bin Jubayr, from Ibn Abbas, with a similar narration.
أَرَأَيْتُمْ قَوْلَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ «الْتَمِسُوهَا فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ أَيُّ لَيْلَةٍ تَرَوْنَهَا؟» قَالَ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لَيْلَةَ إِحْدَى وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لَيْلَةَ ثَلَاثٍ وَقَالَ آخَرُ خَمْسٍ وَأَنَا سَاكِتٌ فَقَالَ مَا لَكَ لَا تَتَكَلَّمُ؟ فَقُلْتُ إِنْ أَذِنْتَ لِي يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ تَكَلَّمْتُ قَالَ فَقَالَ مَا أَرْسَلْتُ إِلَيْكَ إِلَّا لِتَتَكَلَّمَ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ أُحَدِّثُكُمْ بِرَأْيِي؟ قَالَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ نَسْأَلُكَ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ السَّبْعُ رَأَيْتُ اللَّهَ ذَكَرَ سَبْعَ سَمَاوَاتٍ وَمَنَ الْأَرَضِينَ سَبْعًا وَخَلَقَ الْإِنْسَانَ مِنْ سَبْعٍ وَبَرَزَ نَبْتُ الْأَرْضِ مِنْ سَبْعٍ قَالَ فَقَالَ هَذَا أَخْبَرَتْنِي مَا أَعْلَمُ أَرَأَيْتَ مَا لَا أَعْلَمُ مَا قَوْلُكَ نَبْتُ الْأَرْضَ مِنٍ سَبْعٍ؟ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَقُولُ {شَقَقْنَا الْأَرْضَ شَقًّا} [عبس 26] إِلَى قَوْلِهِ {وَفَاكِهَةً وَأَبًّا} [عبس 31] وَالْأَبُّ نَبْتُ الْأَرْضِ مِمَّا يَأْكُلُهُ الدَّوَابُّ وَلَا يَأْكُلُهُ النَّاسُ قَالَ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ أَعَجَزْتُمْ أَنْ تَقُولُوا كَمَا قَالَ هَذَا الْغُلَامُ الَّذِي لَمْ يَجْتَمِعْ شُئُونُ رَأْسِهِ بَعْدُ إِنِّي وَاللَّهِ مَا أَرَى الْقَوْلَ إِلَّا كَمَا قُلْتَ قَالَ وَقَالَ قَدْ كُنْتُ أَمَرْتُكَ أَنْ لَا تَتَكَلَّمَ حَتَّى يَتَكَلَّمُوا وَإِنِّي آمُرُكَ أَنْ تَتَكَلَّمَ مَعَهُمْ قَالَ ابْنُ إِدْرِيسَ فَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ بِمِثْلِهِ