حَدَّثَنَا
قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا
يَحْيَى بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ، عَنْ
دَاوُدَ بْنِ أَبَي هِنْدٍ، عَنْ
عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ
ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ : " قَالَتْ قُرَيْشٌ لِيَهُودَ : أَعْطُونَا شَيْئًا نَسْأَلُ هَذَا الرَّجُلَ ، فَقَالَ : سَلُوهُ عَنِ الرُّوحِ ، قَالَ : فَسَأَلُوهُ عَنِ الرُّوحِ ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى : وَيَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الرُّوحِ قُلِ الرُّوحُ مِنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّي وَمَا أُوتِيتُمْ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ إِلا قَلِيلا سورة الإسراء آية 85 ، قَالُوا : أُوتِينَا عِلْمًا كَثِيرًا ، أُوتِينَا التَّوْرَاةُ وَمَنْ أُوتِيَ التَّوْرَاةَ فَقَدْ أُوتِيَ خَيْرًا كَثِيرًا ، فَأُنْزِلَتْ : قُلْ لَوْ كَانَ الْبَحْرُ مِدَادًا لِكَلِمَاتِ رَبِّي لَنَفِدَ الْبَحْرُ سورة الكهف آية 109 إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةَ "، قَالَ : هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ .
´Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:` "The Quraish said to the Jews: 'Give us something that we can ask this man about.' So he said: 'Ask him about the Ruh.' So they asked him about the Ruh. So Allah Most High, revealed: They ask you concerning the Ruh. Say: The Ruh is one of the things, the knowledge of which is only with my Lord. And of knowledge, you have been given only a little (17:85). They replied: 'We have been given immense knowledge, we were given the Tawrah, and whoever has been given the Tawrah, then he has indeed been given a wealth of knowledge.' So the following was revealed: Say: 'If the sea were ink for the Words of my Lord, surely the sea would be exhausted (before the Words of my Lord would be finished.) (18:109)'"
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Explanation:
➊:
They ask you about the soul.
Say: The soul is from the command of my Lord,
and you have been given very little knowledge. ()
➋:
Say:
If the words of my Lord,
His statements,
His knowledge and decrees were to be written with the sea as ink,
the sea would be exhausted (but the praise and glorification of my Lord would not be exhausted). ()
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 3140