Tabari (1 passage)

1. Full Dutch translation of Tabari's text

   The scholars of exegesis differed concerning the meaning of this. Some said: the meaning is that We have sent down to you a Book in which is your remembrance, that is to say: your tidings.

   Mention of those who said this:

   It was related to me by Muḥammad ibn ʿAmr, who said: Abū ʿĀṣim related to us, who said: ʿĪsā related to us; and it was related to me by al-Ḥārith, who said: al-Ḥasan related to us, who said: Warqāʾ related to us — both on the authority of Ibn Abī Najīḥ, on the authority of Mujāhid, concerning His word فِيهِ ذِكْرُكُمْ: he said: "Your tidings."

   We were related to by al-Qāsim, who said: al-Ḥusayn related to us, who said: Ḥajjāj related to me, on the authority of Ibn Jurayj, on the authority of Mujāhid, concerning لَقَدْ أَنـزلْنَا إِلَيْكُمْ كِتَابًا فِيهِ ذِكْرُكُمْ: he said: "Your tidings." أَفَلا تَعْقِلُونَ: he said: "This is in Sūrat Qad Aflaḥa: بَلْ أَتَيْنَاهُمْ بِذِكْرِهِمْ فَهُمْ عَنْ ذِكْرِهِمْ مُعْرِضُونَ."

   We were related to by al-Qāsim, who said: al-Ḥusayn related to us, who said: Sufyān related to us: "The Qurʾān has come down with noble character traits; have you not heard that He says: لَقَدْ أَنـزلْنَا إِلَيْكُمْ كِتَابًا فِيهِ ذِكْرُكُمْ أَفَلا تَعْقِلُونَ?"

   Others said: rather, by al-dhikr in this place is meant: the honorable mention (al-sharaf); and they said that the meaning of the text is: "We have sent down to you a Book in which is your honorable mention."

   Abū Jaʿfar said: The second opinion is the most fitting for the meaning of the word — and it is the same as what Sufyān said, as we have cited it from him; and that is because it is an honorable mention for whoever follows it and acts according to what is in it.

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   اختلف أهل التأويل في معنى ذلك، فقال بعضهم: معناه، لقد أنـزلنا إليكم كتابا فيه ذكركم، فيه حديثكم. * ذكر من قال ذلك: حدثني محمد بن عمرو، قال: ثنا أبو عاصم، قال: ثنا عيسى، وحدثني الحارث، قال: ثنا الحسن، قال: ثنا ورقاء جميعا، عن ابن أبي نجيح عن مجاهد، قوله ( فِيهِ ذِكْرُكُمْ ) قال: حديثكم. حدثنا القاسم، قال: ثنا الحسين، قال: ثني حجاج، عن ابن جريج، عن مجاهد ( لَقَدْ أَنـزلْنَا إِلَيْكُمْ كِتَابًا فِيهِ ذِكْرُكُمْ ) قال: حديثكم ( أَفَلا تَعْقِلُونَ ) قال: في قد أفلح بَلْ أَتَيْنَاهُمْ بِذِكْرِهِمْ فَهُمْ عَنْ ذِكْرِهِمْ مُعْرِضُونَ . حدثنا القاسم، قال: ثنا الحسين، قال: ثنا سفيان: نـزل القرآن بمكارم الأخلاق، ألم تسمعه يقول ( لَقَدْ أَنـزلْنَا إِلَيْكُمْ كِتَابًا فِيهِ ذِكْرُكُمْ أَفَلا تَعْقِلُونَ ). وقال آخرون: بل عني بالذكر في هذا الموضع: الشرف، وقالوا: معنى الكلام: لقد أنـزلنا إليكم كتابا فيه شرفكم. قال أبو جعفر: وهذا القول الثاني أشبه بمعنى الكلمة، وهو نحو مما قال سفيان الذي حكينا عنه، وذلك أنه شرف لمن اتبعه وعمل بما فيه.