Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 4-1313b
"عَنْ أَبى مِجلزٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَجُل لِعَلى بْنِ أَبى طَالِب: أنَا أُنسِبُ النَّاسَ. قَالَ: إِنَّكَ لاَ تنسبُ النَّاسَ. قَالَ: بَلَى. فَقاَلَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ: أَرَأَيْتَ قَوْلَهُ تَعَالَى: {وَعَادًا وَثَمُودَ وأصْحَابَ الرَّسِّ وَقُرُونًا بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ كَثِيرًا} قَالَ: أَنَا أنسبُ ذلِكَ الكثِيرَ. قَالَ: أَرَأَيْتَ قَوْلَهُ تَعَالَى: {أَلَمْ يَأْتِكُمْ نَبَأُ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ قَوْمِ نُوحٍ وَعَادٍ وَثَمُودَ وَالَّذِينَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ لَا يَعْلَمُهُمْ إِلَّا اللَّهُ} فسكت".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Abá Mijlz
- Qāl a man Liʿalá b. Abá Ṭālib
- Unsib al-Nās
- Innak Lā Tnsb al-Nās
- Balá
Machine translation, not reviewed
"Narrated from Abu Mijlaz, who said: A man said to Ali ibn Abi Talib: 'I trace the lineages of people.' He said: 'You do not trace the lineages of people.' He said: 'Yes, I do.' Ali said to him: 'Have you considered the saying of the Most High: {And 'Ad and Thamud and the companions of the Rass and many generations between them}?' He said: 'I trace that many.' He said: 'Have you considered the saying of the Most High: {Has there not come to you the report of those before you, the people of Noah, 'Ad and Thamud, and those after them, whom none knows but Allah}?' He was silent."
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ابن الضريس في فضائل القرآن عن عِليّ قالَ
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