أَخْبَرَنَا
أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا
أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا
سُفْيَانُ ، قَالَ : سَمِعَ
عَمْرٌو ،
جَابِرًا ، قَالَ : لَمَّا أُنْزِلَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : قُلْ هُوَ الْقَادِرُ عَلَى أَنْ يَبْعَثَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابًا مِنْ فَوْقِكُمْ ، قَالَ : " أَعُوذُ بِوَجْهِكَ " ، أَوْ مِنْ تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِكُمْ ، قَالَ : " أَعُوذُ بِوَجْهِكَ " ، أَوْ يَلْبِسَكُمْ شِيَعًا وَيُذِيقَ بَعْضَكُمْ بَأْسَ بَعْضٍ ، قَالَ : " هَاتَانِ أَهْوَنُ أَوْ أَيْسَرُ " .
The narrator named Sufyan reports: Amr heard Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrate that when this verse was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him): "Say: He has power to send punishment upon you from above you," the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I seek refuge in Your Being." (The command of Allah, the Exalted, is:) "Or from beneath your feet." The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I seek refuge in Your Being." (The command of Allah, the Exalted, is:) "Or to confuse you in parties and make you taste the violence of one another." The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "These two things are lighter and easier."