“SURELY! THOSE WHO DISBELIEVED IN OUR AYAT WE SHALL
BURN THEM IN FIRE. AS OFTEN AS THEIR SKINS ARE ROASTED THROUGH, WE SHALL CHANGE
THEM FOR OTHER SKINS THAT THEY MAY TASTE THE PUNISHMENT. TRULY, ALLAH IS EVER
MOST POWERFUL, ALL-WISE.” SURAH AN-NISA, AYAH 56
IBN ‘UMAR SAID
THAT A MAN RECITED THIS AYAH TO ‘UMAR SO HE SAID TO THE
MAN: REPEAT IT TO ME, THEN LET KA’AB RECITE IT: SO KA’AB SAID:
O LEADER OF THE BELIEVERS I HAVE WITH ME THE
EXPLANATION OF THIS AYAH, I READ THIS AYAH BEFORE (ACCEPTING) ISLAM.
SO ‘UMAR SAID: ‘GIVE IT O KA’AB, IF YOU BRING IT JUST AS
YOU HAD HEARD IT FROM THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH, WE WILL ACCEPT IT, AND IF NOT
THEN WE WILL NOT EVEN LOOK AT IT,
SO KA’AB SAID: ‘I READ BEFORE (ACCEPTING) ISLAM, AS
SOON AS THEIR SKINS ARE ROASTED THROUGH WE WILL REPLACE THEM FOR NEW SKINS, IN
A SINGLE HOUR 120 TIMES.
SO ‘UMAR SAID: ‘JUST LIKE THAT, I HEARD IT FROM THE
MESSENGER OF ALLAH.
COLLECTED BY IBN KATHIR IN HIS TAFSIR
Translation source: OXFORDSALAFIDAWAH.COM
11:34 PM - 28 Jul 2019
