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)'"