٢٧٨٨٠ - حدثنا أبو بكر قال: حدثنا شريك عن ابن عون عن ابن سيرين قال: بلغ عمر أن رجلًا يقص بالبصرة فكتب إليه: ﴿الر تِلْكَ آيَاتُ الْكِتَابِ الْمُبِينِ (١) إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنَاهُ قُرْآنًا عَرَبِيًّا لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ (٢) نَحْنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ أَحْسَنَ الْقَصَصِ﴾ (١) إلى آخر الآية، قال: فعرف الرجل فتركه (٢).
Hazrat Ibn Sirin narrates that Hazrat Umar received news that a man in Basra was preaching and giving admonition through storytelling. So he wrote a letter to him: Alif Lam Ra, these are the verses of a clear Book. We have revealed the Qur'an in Arabic so that you may understand. We relate to you the best of stories. The narrator says that the man understood and abandoned storytelling.