Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) said concerning the words of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, "And We will surely make them taste the nearer punishment before the greater punishment": "(It means) the calamities of this world."
And he said: "And the Smoke (al-Dukhan) has already passed."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "No one narrated this hadith from Shu'bah (may Allah have mercy on him) except Badal (may Allah have mercy on him)."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الأوسط / باب الألف / 1242
Hadith Takhrij«أخرجه مسلم فى «صحيحه» برقم: 2799، والحاكم فى «المستدرك» برقم: 8410، وأحمد فى «مسنده» برقم: 21563»