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“And they ask you (O Muhammad ﷺ) concerning the Rūh (the Spirit)...” (V.17:85)

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Darussalam · Volume 6

65 - THE BOOK OF COMMENTARY:(Interpretation of the Qur'an)

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الحديث: 4721 ¦ الجزء: 6 ¦ الصفحة: 87

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4721. Narrated ‘Abdullāh رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: While I was in the company of the Prophet ﷺ on a farm and he was reclining on a palm-leaf stalk, some Jews passed by. Some of them said to the others, “Ask him (the Prophet ﷺ) about the Rūh (Spirit).” Some of them said, “What urges you to ask him about it?” Others said, “(Don’t ask him) lest he should give you a reply which you dislike.” But they said, “Ask him.” So, they asked him about the Rūh (Spirit). The Prophet ﷺ kept quiet and did not give them any answer. I knew that he was being inspired Divinely so I stayed at my place. When the Divine Revelation had been revealed, the Prophet ﷺ said: “And they ask you (O Muhammad ﷺ) concerning the Rūh (the Spirit). Say: The Rūh is one of the things, the knowledge of which is only with my Lord. And of knowledge, you (mankind) have been given only a little.” (V.17:85) [See Hadīth No. 125 and 7297]

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4721 - حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصِ بْنِ غِيَاثٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: بَيْنَا أَنَا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي حَرْثٍ، وَهُوَ مُتَّكِئٌ عَلَى عَسِيبٍ، إِذْ مَرَّ اليَهُودُ، فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ: سَلُوهُ عَنِ الرُّوحِ، فَقَالَ: مَا رَأْيُكُمْ إِلَيْهِ؟ وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ: لاَ يَسْتَقْبِلُكُمْ بِشَيْءٍ تَكْرَهُونَهُ، فَقَالُوا: سَلُوهُ، فَسَأَلُوهُ عَنِ الرُّوحِ، فَأَمْسَكَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَلَمْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيْهِمْ شَيْئًا، فَعَلِمْتُ أَنَّهُ يُوحَى إِلَيْهِ، فَقُمْتُ مَقَامِي فَلَمَّا نَزَلَ الوَحْيُ، قَالَ: " {وَيَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الرُّوحِ، قُلْ: الرُّوحُ مِنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّي وَمَا أُوتِيتُمْ مِنَ العِلْمِ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا} [الإسراء: 85] "

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