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hakim:2879Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq al-Ṣaghānī > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Dāwud b. Abū Hind > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Quran was revealed in its entirety to the lower heaven on the Night of Decree, and then revealed after that over the course of twenty years. "And they bring you not an example but We bring you the truth and the best interpretation of it." [Al-Furqan 33] "And [it is] a Qur'an which We have separated [by intervals] that you might recite it to the people over a prolonged period. And We have sent it down progressively." [Al-Isra' 106]  

الحاكم:٢٨٧٩حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الصَّغَانِيُّ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَخْبَرَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

أُنْزِلَ الْقُرْآنُ جُمْلَةً وَاحِدَةً إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ ثُمَّ أُنْزِلَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ بِعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً {وَلَا يَأْتُونَكَ بِمَثَلٍ إِلَّا جِئْنَاكَ بِالْحَقِّ وَأَحْسَنَ تَفْسِيرًا} [الفرقان 33] {وَقُرْآنًا فَرَقْنَاهُ لِتَقْرَأَهُ عَلَى النَّاسِ عَلَى مُكْثٍ وَنَزَّلْنَاهُ تَنْزِيلًا} [الإسراء 106]  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ» صحيح

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hakim:3390Abū al-Faḍl al-Ḥasan b. Yaʿqūb b. Yūsuf al-ʿAdl > Yaḥyá b. Abū Ṭālib > ʿAbd al-Wahhāb b. ʿAṭāʾ > Dāwud b. Abū Hind > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās > Nazal

[Machine] The Quran was revealed in its entirety to the lower heaven, then it was revealed gradually over a period of twenty years. Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, says: {And they do not come to you with an argument except that We come to you with the truth and the best explanation} [Al-Furqan 33]. He also says: {And [mention] the Qur'an, for We have made it distinct, that you may recite it to the people in intervals. And We have sent it down progressively} [Al-Isra 106].  

الحاكم:٣٣٩٠أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْفَضْلِ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ يُوسُفَ الْعَدْلُ أَنْبَأَ يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ثنا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ بْنُ عَطَاءٍ أَنْبَأَ دَاوُدُ بْنُ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

نَزَلَ الْقُرْآنُ جُمْلَةً إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا ثُمَّ نَزَلَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فِي عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً وَقَالَ ﷻ {وَلَا يَأْتُونَكَ بِمَثَلٍ إِلَّا جِئْنَاكَ بِالْحَقِّ وَأَحْسَنَ تَفْسِيرًا} [الفرقان 33] قَالَ {وَقُرْآنًا فَرَقْنَاهُ لِتَقْرَأَهُ عَلَى النَّاسِ عَلَى مُكْثٍ وَنَزِّلْنَاهُ تَنْزِيلًا} [الإسراء 106]  

«هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ وَلَمْ يُخْرِجَاهُ» صحيح
nasai-kubra:11308Aḥmad b. Sulaymān > Yazīd b. Hārūn > Dāwud > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Qur'an was revealed in its entirety to the lowest heaven on the Night of Decree, and then it was revealed over a period of twenty years. Allah says, "And they do not bring you [O Muhammad] the similitude, but We bring you the truth and a better explanation." [Surah Al-Furqan, verse 33]. And He also says, "And [it is] a Qur'an which We have separated [by intervals] that you might recite it to the people over a prolonged period. And We have sent it down progressively." [Surah Al-Isra, verse 106]  

الكبرى للنسائي:١١٣٠٨أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَخْبَرَنَا دَاوُدُ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

أُنْزِلَ الْقُرْآنُ جُمْلَةً إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ ثُمَّ أُنْزِلَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فِي عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً قَالَ {وَلَا يَأْتُونَكَ بِمَثَلٍ إِلَّا جِئْنَاكَ بِالْحَقِّ وَأَحْسَنَ تَفْسِيرًا} [الفرقان 33] وَقَرَأَ {وَقُرْآنًا فَرَقْنَاهُ لِتَقْرَأَهُ عَلَى النَّاسِ عَلَى مُكْثٍ وَنَزَّلْنَاهُ تَنْزِيلًا} [الإسراء 106]