English translation
4824. Narrated 'Abdullāh رضى الله عنه (the Prophet) Muḥammad ﷺ and said: "Say (O Muḥammad ﷺ): No wage do I ask of you for this (the Qur'an), nor am I one of the Mutakallifān (those who pretend and fabricate things which do not exist).” (V.38 :86) When Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ saw the Quraish standing against him, he said, “O Allāh! Help me against them by sending on them seven (years of drought-famine) like those seven (years of drought) of Yūsuf (Joseph).” So they were afflicted with a year of drought that destroyed everything, and they ate bones and hides. (One of them said), “And they ate hides and dead animals, and (it seemed to them that) something like smoke was coming out of the earth.” So Abū Sufyān came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, “O Muḥammad! Your people are on the verge of destruction! Please invoke Allāh to relieve them.” So the Prophet ﷺ invoked Allāh for them [and it rained and the drought (famine) disappeared]. He said to them, “You will revert (to heathenism) after that.” ‘Abdullāh then recited: “Then wait you for the Day when the sky will bring forth a visible smoke ... (up to) ...Verily! You will revert.” (V.44 :10-15) He added, “Will the punishment be removed from them in the Hereafter? The smoke and the grasp and the Al-Lizām have all passed.” One of the subnarrator said, “The splitting of the moon.” And another said, “The defeat of the Romans (has also passed).”