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ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ ثَانٍ يُصَرِّحُ بِأَنَّ الدَّهْرَ يُنْسَبُ إِلَى اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا عَلَى حَسَبِ الْخَلْقِ، دُونَ أَنْ يَكُونَ ذَلِكَ مِنْ صِفَاتِهِ جَلَّ رَبُّنَا وَتَعَالَى عَنْهُ

ibnhibban:5715ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad al-Azdī > Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah

[Machine] "The people of ignorance used to say, 'It is only the night and day that destroy us; it is they who kill us and give us life.' Allah says, 'It is merely our worldly life'."  

ابن حبّان:٥٧١٥أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ قَالَ

«كَانَ أَهْلُ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّمَا يُهْلِكُنَا اللَّيْلُ وَالنَّهَارُ هُوَ الَّذِي يُهْلِكُنَا وَيُمِيتُنَا وَيُحْيِينَا قَالَ اللَّهُ {مَا هِيَ إِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا الدُّنْيَا} الْآيَةَ»