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مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي
Musnad Abi Ya'la al-Mawsili
مسند جابر
Musnad of Jabir
مُسْنَدُ جَابِرٍ
Musnad of Jabir
Musnad Abi Ya'la 1829 — when this verse was revealed to the Prophet ﷺ
حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، سَمِعَ عَمْرٌو، جَابِرًا قَالَ: لَمَّا أُنْزِلَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم {قُلْ هُوَ الْقَادِرُ عَلَى أَنْ يَبْعَثَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابًا مِنْ فَوْقِكُمْ} [الأنعام: 65]، قَالَ: «أَعُوذُ بِوَجْهِكَ»، {أَوْ مِنْ تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِكُمْ} [الأنعام: 65]، قَالَ: «أَعُوذُ بِوَجْهِكَ»، {أَوْ يُلْبِسَكُمْ شِيَعًا وَيُذِيقَ بَعْضَكُمْ بَأْسَ بَعْضٍ} [الأنعام: 65]، قَالَ: «هَاتَانِ أَهْوَنُ أَوْ أَيْسَرُ»
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that when this verse was revealed to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Say: He is able to send upon you a punishment from above you", he (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated: 'A'udhu bi-wajhik' (I seek refuge in Your Countenance). Then when the next part of the verse, "or from beneath your feet", was revealed, he (peace and blessings be upon him) again supplicated: 'A'udhu bi-wajhik' (I seek refuge in Your Countenance). And when this part, "or confound you in factions and make you taste the violence of one another", was revealed, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "These (last forms, compared with the first two) are lighter, or easier."
