Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 34642 — Reports on the people of al-Sham

Yahya bin Sa'id (may Allah have mercy on him) said that Sa'id bin al-Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on him) gave the commentary of this verse as follows: The verse "And We gave them refuge on a high ground, a place of settled rest and flowing springs" [Al-Mu'minun: 50]: the city of Damascus is meant in it.