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(10). 3140. Ibn 'Abbās said: "The Quraish said to the Jews: 'Give us something that we can ask this man about.' So he said: 'Ask him about the Rūh.' So they asked him about the Rūh. So Allāh Most High, revealed: They ask you concerning the Rūh. Say: The Rūh is one of the things, the knowledge of which is only with my Lord. And of knowledge, you have been given only a little.[1] They replied: 'We have been given immense knowledge, we were given the Tawrāh, and whoever has been given the Tawrāh, 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.)'"[2] (Ṣaḥīḥ)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ Gharīb from this route.
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Footnotes
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[1] Al-Isrā' 17:85.
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[2] Al-Kahf 18:109.
Commentary
In this context Rūh (the spirit) means the Divine Revelation, as the life of the body depends on the Rūh, likewise the life of intellect, heart and soul depends on the revelation.
