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Tafseer of The Night Journey · Al-Israa · 17:107

قُلْ ءَامِنُوا۟ بِهِۦٓ أَوْ لَا تُؤْمِنُوٓا۟ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْعِلْمَ مِن قَبْلِهِۦٓ إِذَا يُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ يَخِرُّونَ لِلْأَذْقَانِ سُجَّدًۭا

Say, "Believe in it or do not believe. Indeed, those who were given knowledge before it - when it is recited to them, they fall upon their faces in prostration,

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Full Dutch translation of Tabari's text
Allah the Exalted says to His Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ: "Say, O Muḥammad, to those who say to you: 'We will not believe you until you cause a spring to gush forth for us from the earth' (17:90): believe in this Qurʾān — which, even if mankind and the jinn were to join together to produce something like it, they could not do so, even if they supported one another (17:88) — or do not believe in it. For your belief in it adds nothing to the treasuries of Allah's mercy, and your disbelief does not diminish them. If you deny the Qurʾān: those who were granted knowledge concerning Allah and His signs before its revelation — the believers among the People of the two Books (ahl al-kitāb) — when this Qurʾān is recited to them, fall down upon their chins in worship, in honor and reverence for it, and out of knowledge that it comes from Allah."
The exegetes differed concerning what is intended by يَخِرُّونَ لِلأَذْقَانِ (they fall down upon their chins). Some said: by this the faces are intended.
* Mention of who said that:
ʿAlī related to me, saying: ʿAbd Allāh related to us, saying: Muʿāwiya related to me, on the authority of ʿAlī, on the authority of Ibn ʿAbbās, concerning His word يَخِرُّونَ لِلأَذْقَانِ سُجَّدًا (they fall down upon their chins in worship): "that is, upon their faces."
Bishr related to us, saying: Yazīd related to us, saying: Saʿīd related to us, on the authority of Qatāda, concerning يَخِرُّونَ لِلأَذْقَانِ سُجَّدًا (they fall down upon their chins in worship): "upon their faces."
Al-Ḥasan related to us, saying: ʿAbd al-Razzāq informed us, saying: Maʿmar informed us, on the authority of Qatāda: likewise.
Others said: by this the beards are intended.
* Mention of who said that:
Al-Ḥasan related to us, saying: ʿAbd al-Razzāq informed us, saying: Maʿmar informed us, saying: al-Ḥasan said concerning يَخِرُّونَ لِلأَذْقَانِ (they fall down upon their chins): "the beards."
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يقول تعالى ذكره لنبيّه محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم: قل يا محمد لهؤلاء القائلين لك لَنْ نُؤْمِنَ لَكَ حَتَّى تَفْجُرَ لَنَا مِنَ الأَرْضِ يَنْبُوعًا : آمنوا بهذا القرآن الذي لو اجتمعت الإنس والجنّ على أن يأتوا بمثله، لم يأتوا به ولو كان بعضهم لبعض ظهيرا، أوَ لا تؤمنوا به، فإن إيمانكم به لن يزيد في خزائن رحمة الله ولا ترككم الإيمان به يُنقص ذلك ، وإن تكفروا به، فإن الذين أوتوا العلم بالله وآياته من قبل نـزوله من مؤمني أهل الكتابين، إذا يتلى عليهم هذا القرآن يخرّون تعظيما له وتكريما ، وعلما منهم بأنه من عند الله، لأذقانهم سجدا بالأرض. واختلف أهل التأويل في الذي عُني بقوله (يَخِرُّونَ لِلأَذْقَانِ) فقال بعضهم: عُنِي به: الوجوه. * ذكر من قال ذلك: حدثني عليّ، قال: ثنا عبد الله، قال: ثني معاوية، عن عليّ، عن ابن عباس، قوله (يَخِرُّونَ لِلأَذْقَانِ سُجَّدًا) يقول: للوجوه. حدثنا بشر، قال : ثنا يزيد، قال: ثنا سعيد، عن قتادة (يَخِرُّونَ لِلأَذْقَانِ سُجَّدًا) قال للوجوه. حدثنا الحسن، قال: أخبرنا عبد الرزاق، قال: أخبرنا معمر، عن قتادة، مثله. وقال آخرون: بل عُنِيَ بذلك اللِّحَى. * ذكر من قال ذلك: حدثنا الحسن، قال: أخبرنا عبد الرزاق، قال: أخبرنا معمر، قال: قال الحسن في قوله (يَخِرُّونَ لِلأَذْقَانِ) قال: اللِّحَى.