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قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: {عُتُلٍّ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ زَنِيمٍ} [القلم: 13]

nasai-kubra:11552Aḥmad b. Sulaymān > ʿUbaydullāh > Isrāʾīl > Abū Ḥuṣayn > Mujāhid

(regarding the Verse):-- 'Cruel after all that, base-born (of illegitimate birth).' (68.13) It was revealed in connection with a man from Quaraish who had a notable sign (Zanamah) similar to the notable sign which usually-hung on the neck of a sheep (to recognize it). (Using translation from Bukhārī 4917)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١١٥٥٢أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ أَبِي حُصَينٍ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

فِي قَوْلِهِ {§عُتُلٍّ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ زَنِيمٍ} [القلم 13] قَالَ «رَجُلٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ كَانَتْ لَهُ زَنَمَةٌ مِثْلُ زَنَمَةِ الشَّاةِ»  


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bukhari:4917Maḥmūd > ʿUbaydullāh > Isrāʾīl > Abū Ḥaṣīn > Mujāhid > Ibn ʿAbbās ʿUtul Baʿd Dhalik Zanīm

(regarding the Verse):-- 'Cruel after all that, base-born (of illegitimate birth).' (68.13) It was revealed in connection with a man from Quaraish who had a notable sign (Zanamah) similar to the notable sign which usually-hung on the neck of a sheep (to recognize it).  

البخاري:٤٩١٧حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودٌ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ أَبِي حَصِينٍ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ {عُتُلٍّ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ زَنِيمٍ} قَالَ

رَجُلٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ لَهُ زَنَمَةٌ مِثْلُ زَنَمَةِ الشَّاةِ