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قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: {وَأَنَّ هَذَا صِرَاطِي مُسْتَقِيمًا} [الأنعام: 153]

nasai-kubra:11109Yaḥyá b. Ḥabīb b. ʿArabī > Ḥammād > ʿĀṣim > Abū Wāʾil

[Machine] Abdullah said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ drew a line for us one day and Asim drew another line for us. He said, "This is the path of Allah." Then he drew lines to the right and left of the main line and said, "These are the other paths, and on each of these paths, there is a devil calling towards it." Then he recited the verse, "And indeed, this is my straight path, so follow it and do not follow other ways, lest they lead you away from His way." [Surah Al-An'am 6:153] That is what He has enjoined upon you that you may become righteous.  

الكبرى للنسائي:١١١٠٩أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَبِيبِ بْنِ عَرَبِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ قَالَ

قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ خَطَّ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَوْمًا خَطًّا وَخَطَّهُ لَنَا عَاصِمٌ فَقَالَ «هَذَا سَبِيلُ اللهِ» ثُمَّ خَطَّ عَنْ يَمِينِ الْخَطِّ وَعَنْ شِمَالِهِ فَقَالَ «هَذَا السَّبِيلُ وَهَذِهِ سُبُلٌ عَلَى كُلِّ سَبِيلٍ مِنْهَا شَيْطَانٌ يَدْعُو إِلَيْهِ» ثُمَّ تَلَا هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ {وَأَنَّ هَذَا صِرَاطِي مُسْتَقِيمًا} [الأنعام 153] لِلْخَطِّ الْأَوَّلِ {وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا السُّبُلَ} [الأنعام 153] لِلْخُطُوطِ {فَتَفَرَّقَ بِكُمْ عَنْ سَبِيلِهِ} [الأنعام 153] ذَلِكُمْ {وَصَّاكُمْ بِهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ} [الأنعام 153]  


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ahmad:4142ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Yazīd > Ḥammād b. Zayd > ʿĀṣim b. Abū al-Najūd > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ drew lines for us and said, "This is the way of Allah." Then he drew lines to the right and left of it and said, "These are other ways." He added, "There are devils upon every one of these ways, inviting people to it." Then he recited, "And indeed, this is My straight path, so follow it; and do not follow other ways, for it will separate you from His way." [Surah Al-An'am: 153]  

أحمد:٤١٤٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ وَحَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ أَبِي النَّجُودِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

خَطَّ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ خَطًّاثُمَّ قَالَ هَذَا سَبِيلُ اللهِ ثُمَّ خَطَّ خُطُوطًا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَعَنْ شِمَالِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ هَذِهِ سُبُلٌ قَالَ يَزِيدُ مُتَفَرِّقَةٌ عَلَى كُلِّ سَبِيلٍ مِنْهَا شَيْطَانٌ يَدْعُو إِلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ (وَأَنَّ هَذَا صِرَاطِي مُسْتَقِيمًا فَاتَّبِعُوهُ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا السُّبُلَ فَتَفَرَّقَ بِكُمْ عَنْ سَبِيلِهِ) [الأنعام153]