Tabari (1 passage)

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   Allah the Exalted says to His Prophet ﷺ: And your Lord, O Muḥammad, knows best who is in the heavens and on the earth and what is beneficial for them — for He is their Creator, their Sustainer, and their Disposer. He knows best who is fit for repentance and mercy, and who is fit for punishment. He guides to the truth whoever was destined, in My foreordainment, for mercy and felicity, and He sends astray whoever was destined, in My foreordainment, for misery and abandonment. He says: Let that not weigh heavily upon you, for that is part of My dealing with them — on account of My favoring some prophets over others, by sending some to particular creatures and others to all, and by raising some above others in degrees.

   As Bishr related to us, he said: Yazīd related to us, he said: Saʿīd related to us, on the authority of Qatāda, concerning His word وَرَبُّكَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَلَقَدْ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَ النَّبِيِّينَ عَلَى بَعْضٍ: "Allah took Ibrāhīm as His intimate friend (khalīl) and spoke with Mūsā directly. Allah made ʿĪsā like Ādam — He created him from dust and then said to him: 'Be' and he was; and he is the servant of Allah and His messenger, from a word of Allah and a spirit from Him. And He gave Sulaymān a kingship that befits no one after him, and He gave Dāwūd the Psalms — we were told that it was a prayer taught to Dāwūd, consisting of praises and glorifications, without there being in it anything lawful or forbidden, nor obligations or prescribed punishments (ḥudūd). And for Muḥammad He forgave what preceded of his sins and what followed."

   Al-Qāsim related to us, he said: al-Ḥusayn related to us, he said: Ḥajjāj related to me, on the authority of Ibn Jurayj, concerning وَلَقَدْ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَ النَّبِيِّينَ عَلَى بَعْضٍ: he said: "Allah spoke with Mūsā, and sent Muḥammad to all people without exception."

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   يقول تعالى ذكره لنبيه صلى الله عليه وسلم: وربك يا محمد أعلم بمن في السماوات والأرض وما يصلحهم فإنه هو خالقهم ورازقهم ومدبرهم، وهو أعلم بمن هو أهل للتوبة والرحمة، ومن هو أهل للعذاب، أهدى للحقّ من سبق له مني الرحمة والسعادة، وأُضلّ من سبق له مني الشقاء والخذلان، يقول: فلا يكبرنّ ذلك عليك، فإن ذلك من فعلي بهم لتفضيلي بعض النبيين على بعض، بإرسال بعضهم إلى بعض الخلق، وبعضهم إلى الجميع، ورفعي بعضهم على بعض درجات. كما حدثنا بشر، قال: ثنا يزيد، قال: ثنا سعيد، عن قتادة، قوله ( وَرَبُّكَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأرْضِ وَلَقَدْ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَ النَّبِيِّينَ عَلَى بَعْضٍ ) اتخذ الله إبراهيم خليلا وكلَّم موسى تكليما، وجعل الله عيسى كمثل آدم خلقه من تراب، ثم قال له كن فيكون، وهو عبد الله ورسوله، من كلمة الله وروحه، وآتى سليمان مُلكا لا ينبغي لأحد من بعده، وآتى داود زبورا، كنا نحدّث دعاء عُلِّمه داود، تحميد وتمجيد، ليس فيه حلال ولا حرام، ولا فرائض ولا حدود، وغفر لمحمد ما تقدّم من ذنبه وما تأخَّر. حدثنا القاسم، قال: ثنا الحسين، قال: ثني حجاج، عن ابن جريج ( وَلَقَدْ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَ النَّبِيِّينَ عَلَى بَعْضٍ ) قال: كلم الله موسى، وأرسل محمدا إلى الناس كافَّة.