Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 4-1309b
"عَنْ عَليٍّ فِى قوِلِهِ: {إِلَّا كَبَاسِطِ كَفَّيْهِ إِلَى الْمَاءِ لِيَبْلُغَ فَاهُ وَمَا هُوَ بِبَالِغِهِ} قَال: كَالرَّجُلِ العطشانِ يَمُدُّ يَدَهُ إِلَى البِئْرِ لِيَرْتَفِعَ المَاءُ إِليْه، ومَا هُوَ بِبالِغِهِ".
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"Narrated from Ali regarding His saying: {Except like one who stretches his hands toward water so that it may reach his mouth, but it will not reach it}, he said: It is like the thirsty man who stretches his hand toward the well so that the water rises to him, but it does not reach him."
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ابن جرير
machine translationIbn Jarīr
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