Surah Waqiah ayat 79 Tafsir Quran 56:79

﴿لَّا يَمَسُّهُ إِلَّا الْمُطَهَّرُونَ﴾
[ الواقعة: 79]

56:79 None touch it except the purified.

which none touch lā yamassuhu is a predicate functioning as a prohibitive command except the purified those who have purified themselves of ritual impurities 5680 a revelation revealed by the Lord of the Worlds.

A Quran that is not to be touched or taken in the hands which are not free from dirt or filth or not free from ceremonial or sanitary defilement, nor in the hands of anyone who has had sexual congress until he or she has bathed

Allah swears to the Greatness of the Qur'an The usage of La ( in Fala ) is not an extra character without meaning, as some of the scholars of Tafsir say.
Rather it is used at the beginning of an oath when the oath is a negation.
This is like when `A'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her said, "La by Allah! Allah's Messenger ﷺ did not touch any woman's hand at all.
So in this way, the meaning is, "No! I swear by the Mawaqi` of the stars.
The matter is not as you people claim - about the Qur'an - that it is a result of magic or sorcery, rather it is an Honorable Qur'an." Ibn Jarir said, "Some of the scholars of the Arabic language said that the meaning of: فَلاَ أُقْسِمُ ( Fala! I swear ) is, `The matter is not as you people have claimed.' Then He renews the oath again by saying, `I swear."' فَلاَ أُقْسِمُ بِمَوَقِعِ النُّجُومِ ( Fala! I swear by the Mawaqi` of the stars. ) Mujahid said, "The setting positions of the stars in the sky," and he said that it refers to the rising and setting positions.
This was said by Al-Hasan, Qatadah and preferred by Ibn Jarir.
Qatadah also said that it means their positions.
Allah said, وَإِنَّهُ لَقَسَمٌ لَّوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عَظِيمٌ ( And verily that is indeed a great oath, if you but know. ) meaning, `this is a great vow that I -- Allah -- am making; if you knew the greatness of this vow, you will know the greatness of the subject of the vow,' إِنَّهُ لَقُرْءَانٌ كَرِيمٌ ( That (this ) is indeed an honorable recitation.) means, verily, this Qur'an that was revealed to Muhammad ﷺ is a Glorious Book, فِى كِتَـبٍ مَّكْنُونٍ ( In a Book Maknun. ) meaning glorious; in a glorious, well-guarded, revered Book.
Ibn Jarir narrated that Isma`il bin Musa said that Sharik reported from Hakim, that is Ibn Jubayr, from Sa`id bin Jubayr, from Ibn `Abbas that about: لاَّ يَمَسُّهُ إِلاَّ الْمُطَهَّرُونَ ( Which none touches but the pure ones. ) he said, "The Book that is in heaven." Al-`Awfi reported from Ibn `Abbas about: لاَّ يَمَسُّهُ إِلاَّ الْمُطَهَّرُونَ ( Which none touches but the pure ones. ) that `the pure ones' means: "The angels." Similar was said by Anas, Mujahid, `Ikrimah, Sa`id bin Jubayr, Ad-Dahhak, Abu Ash-Sha`tha' Jabir bin Zayd, Abu Nahik, As-Suddi, `Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam and others.
Ibn Jarir narrated that Ibn `Abdul-A`la said that Ibn Thawr said that Ma`mar said from Qatadah about: لاَّ يَمَسُّهُ إِلاَّ الْمُطَهَّرُونَ ( Which none touches but the pure ones. ) that he said, "None can touch it, with Allah, except the pure ones.
However, in this life, the impure Zoroastrian and the filthy hypocrite touch it." And he said, "In the recitation of Ibn Mas`ud it is: ( مَا يَمَسُّهُ إِلَّا الْمُطَهَّرُونَ ) ( It is not touched, except by the pure ones. ) Abu Al-`Aliyah said: لاَّ يَمَسُّهُ إِلاَّ الْمُطَهَّرُونَ ( Which none touches but the pure ones. ) "It does not refer to you, because you are sinners!" Ibn Zayd said, "The Quraysh disbelievers claimed that the devils brought down the Qur'an.
Allah the Exalted stated that only the pure ones touch the Qur'an, as He said: وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتْ بِهِ الشَّيَـطِينُ - وَمَا يَنبَغِى لَهُمْ وَمَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ - إِنَّهُمْ عَنِ السَّمْعِ لَمَعْزُولُونَ ( And it is not the Shayatin who have brought it down.
Neither would it suit them nor they can (produce it ).
Verily, they have been removed far from hearing it.)( 26:210-212 )" This saying is a good saying, and does not contradict those before it.
Allah said, تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ الْعَـلَمِينَ ( A revelation from the Lord of all that exists.
) meaning this Qur'an is a revelation from the Lord of all that exists, not as they say that it is magic, sorcery or poetry.
Rather it is the truth, no doubt about it; there is none beyond it of useful truth.
Allah's statement, أَفَبِهَـذَا الْحَدِيثِ أَنتُمْ مُّدْهِنُونَ ( Is it such a talk that you are Mudhinun ) Al-`Awfi reported from Ibn `Abbas that Mudhinun means, "You do not believe in and deny." Similar to this was said by Ad-Dahhak, Abu Hazrah and As-Suddi.
Mujahid said, مُّدْهِنُونَ ( Mudhinun ) means "You want to fill yourselves with and rely upon." وَتَجْعَلُونَ رِزْقَكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ تُكَذِّبُونَ ( And you make your provision your denial! ) some of them said that provision here has the meaning of gratitude, meaning: you deny without any gratitude.
`Ali bin Abi Talhah reported from Ibn `Abbas that he recited it as: ( وَتَجْعَلُونَ شُكْرَكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ تُكَذِّبُونَ ) ( And your show of your gratitude by denying! ) Ibn Jarir narrated from Muhammad bin Bashshar, who narrated from Muhammad bin Ja`far, who narrated from Shu`bah, from Abu Bishr, from Sa`id bin Jubayr who said that Ibn `Abbas said, "It has never rained upon a people except that some of them became disbelievers by saying, `Such and such position of a star sent rain!"' And Ibn `Abbas recited: ( وَتَجْعَلُونَ شُكْرَكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ تُكَذِّبُونَ ) ( And you show of your gratitude by denying. ) This chain of narration is Sahih to Ibn `Abbas.
In his Muwatta', Malik reported from Salih bin Kaysan, from `Ubaydullah bin `Abdullah bin `Utbah bin Mas`ud, from Zayd bin Khalid Al-Juhani who said, "The Prophet led us in the Subh ( dawn ) prayer at Al-Hudaybiyah after a rainy night.
On completion of the prayer, he faced the congregation and said,
«هَلْ تَدْرُونَ مَاذَا قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ؟»
( Do you know what your Lord has said (revealed )) Those present replied, `Allah and His Messenger know best.' He said,
«قَالَ: أَصْبَحَ مِنْ عِبَادِي مُؤْمِنٌ بِي وَكَافِرٌ، فَأَمَّا مَنْ قَالَ: مُطِرْنَا بِفَضْلِ اللهِ وَرَحْمَتِهِ، فَذلِكَ مُؤْمِنٌ بِي، كَافِرٌ بِالْكَوْكَبِ، وَأَمَّا مَنْ قَالَ: مُطِرْنَا بِنَوْءِ كَذَا وَكَذَا، فَذلِكَ كَافِرٌ بِي وَمُؤْمِنٌ بِالْكَوْكَب»
( Allah has said, "During this morning some of my servants remained as true believers in Me and some became disbelievers.
Whoever said that the rain was due to the blessings and the mercy of Allah, had belief in Me, and he disbelieves in the stars; and whoever said that it rained because of a particular star, had no belief in Me, but believes in that star." )" This Hadith is recorded in the Two Sahihs, Abu Dawud and An-Nasa'i, all using a chain of narration in which Imam Malik was included.
Qatadah said, "Al-Hasan used to say, `How evil is that all that some people have earned for themselves from the Book of Allah, is denying it!"' Al-Hasan's statement means that such people gained no benefit from the Book of Allah because they denied it, as Allah said: أَفَبِهَـذَا الْحَدِيثِ أَنتُمْ مُّدْهِنُونَ - وَتَجْعَلُونَ رِزْقَكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ تُكَذِّبُونَ ( Is it such a talk that you Mudhinun And you make your provision that you deny! )

(56:79) which none but the pure may touch; *39

None touch it except the purified. meaning

*39) This is a refutation of the accusation that the disbelievers used to loud against the Qur'an.
They regarded the Holy Prophet as a sorcerer and asserted that he was being inspired with the Word by the jinn and satans.
An answer to it has been given at several places in the Qur'an, e.g.
in Surah Ash-Shu'ara', where it has been said: " This ( lucid Book ) has not beer brought down by satans, nor dces this work behove them, nor arc they able to do it.
They have indeed been kept out of its hearing. " ( vv.
210-212 ).
The same theme has been expressed here, Saying: 'None but the purified can touch it." That is to say "Not to speak of its being brought down by the satans, or its being tampered within any way when it is being revealed, none but the pure angels can come anywhere near it when it is being revealed from the well-guarded Tablet ( Lauh-mahfuz; : to the Prophet.
" The word mutahharin has been used for the angels in the sense that AIlah has kept them free of every kind of impure feeling and desire.
This same commentary of this verse has been given by Anas bin Malik, Ibn 'Abbas, Sa'id bin Jubair, 'Ikrimah, Mujahid, Qatadah, Abul 'Aliyah, Suddi, Dahhak and Ibn Zaid, and the same also fits in with the context.
For the context itself shows that after refuting the false concepts of the Makkan disbelievers about Tauhid and the Hereafter, now their false accusations against the Qur'an are being answered, and by swearing an oath by the positions of the stars, it is being stated that the Qur'an is an exalted Book, which is inscribed in the well-guarded Divine Writ, in which there is no possibility of any interference by any creation, and it is revealed to the Prophet in such a safe way that none but the pure angels can touch it.

Some commentators have taken la in this verse in the sense of prohibition, and have interpreted the verse to mean: "None who is unclean should touch it.
" Although some other commentators take la in the sense of negation and interpret the verse to mean: "None but the clean and pure touch this Book," they express the opinion that this negation is a prohibition in the same way as the Holy Prophet's saying is a prohibition: "A Muslim is a brother of a Muslim: he does not treat him unjustly." Although in it, it has been said that a Muslim does not treat the other Muslim unjustly, you it enjoins that a Muslim is not to treat the other Muslim unjustly.
Likewise, although in this verse it has been state that none but the clean and pure angels touch this Book, yet it enjoins that unless a person is purified, he should not touch it.

The fact, however, is that this commentary does not conform to the context of the verse.
Independent of the context, one may take this meaning from its words, but if considered in the context in which the verse occurs, one does not sec any ground for saying that "None is to touch this Book except the clean and purified people.
" For the addressees here are the disbelievers and they arc being told, as if to say: `This Book has been sent down by Allah Lord of the worlds.
Therefore, your suspicion that the satans inspire the Prophet with it, is wrong.
" What could be the occasion here to emuciate the Shari'ah injunction that no one should touch it without purification? The most that one could say in this regard is that although this verse has not been sent down to enjoin this command, yet the context points out that just as only the purified (mutahharin ) can touch this Book in the presence of AIIah, so in the world also the people who at least believe in its being Divine Word should avoid touching it in the impure and unclean state.

The following are the traditions that bear upon this subject:
( 1 ) Imam Malik has related in Mu' atta this tradition on the authority of 'Abdullah bin Abi Bakr Muhammad bin 'Amr bin Hazm: " The written instructions that the Holy Prophet ( upon whom be peace ) had sent to the Yarnanite chiefs by the hand of 'Amr bin Hazm contained this instruction also: La yamass-ul Qur an a illa tahir-un.
No one should touch the Qur'an except the pure one. " This same thing has been related by Abu Da'ud from Imam Zuhri in the Traditions which are immediately traced to the Holy Prophet ( marasil ), saying that the writing that he had seen with Abu Bakr Muhammad bin 'Amr bin Hazm contained this instruction as well.

( 2 ) The traditions from Hadrat 'Ali in which he says: 'Nothing prevented the Holy Prophet of AIlah from reciting the Qur'an but the state of uncleanness due to sexual intercourse." ( Abu Da'ud, Nasa'i, Tirmidhi ).

( 3 ) The tradition of Ibn 'Umar in which he states: "The Holy Messenger of Allah said: The menstruating woman and the one who is unclean on account of sexual intercourse should not read any portion of the Qur'an.
" ( Abu Da'ud.
Tirmidhi ).

( 4 ) The tradition of Bukhari in which it has been said that the letter which the Holy Prophet ( upon whom be peace ) sent to Heraclius, the Roman emperor, also contained this verse of the Qur'an: Ya ahl al-Kitab-i to 'alau ila kalimat-in sawaa'un bainana wa baina-kum ..
.

The views that have been related from the Holy Prophet's Companions and their immediate followers are as follows:
Salman, the Persian, saw no harm in reading the Qur'an without the ablutions, but even according to him touching the Qur'an with the hand in this state was not permissible.
The same also was the view of Hadrat Sa`d bin Abi Waqqas and Hadrat 'Abdullah bin 'Umar.
And Hadrat Hasan Basri and Ibrahim Nakha'i also regarded touching the Qur'an with the hand without the ablutions as disapproved, ( AI-Jassas, Ahkam al-Qur an )).
The same has been reported from 'Ata', Ta'us, Sha'bi and Qasim bin Muhammad also.
( Ibn Qudamah, AI-Mughni ).
However, according to all of them, reading the Qur'an without touching it with the hand, or reciting it from memory, was permissible even without the ablutions.

Hadrat 'Umar, Hadrat 'Ali, Hadrat Hasan Basri.
Hadrat Ibrahim Nakha'i and Imam Zuhri regarded reading the Qur'an in the state of uncleanness due to sexual intercourse and menstruation and bleeding after childbirth as disapproved.
But Ibn 'Abbas held the view, and the same also was his practice, that one could recite from memory the portion of the Qur'an that one usually recited as one's daily practice.
When Hadrat Sa'id bin al-Musayyab and Sa`id bin Jubair were asked about their view in this regard, they replied: "Is not the Qur'an preserved in the memory of such a person ? What then is the harm in reciting it ?" ( AI-Mughni, .9l-Muhalla by Ibn Hazm ).

The following are the viewpoints of the jurists on this subject:
The Hanafi viewpoint has been explained by Imam `Ala-'uddin al-Kashani in his Bada I as-Sana i, thus "lust as it is not permissible to offer the Prayer without the ablutions, so also it is not permissible to touch the Qur'an without the ablutions, However, if the Qur'an is in a cast or a cover, it may be touched.
" According to some jurists, the case or cover implies the binding, and according to others, the bag or the envelope or the wrapper in which the Qur'an is kept and can also be taken out.
Likewise, the books of the commentary also should not be touched without the ablutions, nor anything else in which a Qur'anic verse may have been written.
However, the books of Fiqh ( Islamic Jurisprudence ) may be touched although preferably they too may not be touched without the ablutions, for they also contain Qur'anic verses as part of argument and reasoning.
Some Hanafi jurists hold the opinion that only that part of the Qur'an where the Text may have been written should not be touched without the ablutions.
As for the margins there is no harm in touching it, whether they are blank or contain notes on the Text.
The .correct thing, however, is that the margins also are a part of the Book and touching them amounts to touching the Book.
As for reading the Qur'an, it is permissible without the ablutions.
" In Fatawa 'Alamgiri children have been made an exception from this rule.
The Qur'an can be given in the children's hand for teaching purposes whether they are in the state of ablutions or not..

The Shafi'i viewpoint has been stated by Imam Nawaw1 in Al-Minhaj, thus, " As it is for the Prayer and the circumambulation of the Ka'bah, it is also forbidden to handle the Qur'an or to touch a leaf of it without the ablutions.
Likewise, it is also forbidden w touch the binding of the Qur'an, and also a bag, or a bow containing the Qur'an, or a tablet on which a part of the Qur'an may have been written for instructional purposes.
However, it is lawful to touch the baggage of a person containing the Qur'anic inscription.
A child may touch the Qur'an without the ablutions, and a person without ablutions may turn over a leaf with a piece of wood, or something else, if he wants to read the Qur'an.

The Maliki position as stated in AI-Fiqh 'alal-Madhahib al- Arbah is: They concur with the other jurists in this that the state of ablutions is a prerequisite for touching the Qur'an, but in the matter of imparting instruction in the Qur'an they make both the teacher and the taught an exception from the rule, and allow even a menstruating woman to touch the Qur'an if she is engaged in learning or teaching it.
Ibn Qadamah has cited in Al-Mughni this saying of Imam Malik: Although reading the Qur'an in the state of uncleanness due to sexual intercourse is forbidden, the woman who is discharging the menses is pemitted to read it, for she would forget her recitations if prohibited from reading the Qur'an for along time.
The Hanbali viewpoint as stated by Ibn Qadamah is as follows: In the state of uncleanness due to sexual intercourse and menstruation and bleeding after childbirth it is not permissible to read the Qur'an or any complete verse of it.
However, it is permissible to recite bismillah, a!-hamdu-/i//ah, etc.
for although these also are parts of one or the other verse, their recitation does not amount to recitation of the Qur'an.
As for handling the Qur'an, it is not permissible in any case without the ablutions.
However, one is not forbidden to touch a letter, or a book of Fiqh, or some other writing containing a Qur'anic verse.
Likewise, one may handle even without the ablutions, something that contains the Qur'an.
The state of ablutions is also no pre-requisite for .handling the books of exegesis.
Furthermore, if a person who is not in the state of ablutions is required to handle the Qur'an under an immediate need, he may do so after purification with the dust ( tayammum ).
" AI-Fiqh `alal-Madhahib a/- `Arabah contains this ruling also of the Hanbali Fiqh: It is not right for the children to handle the Qur'an without ablutions even when receiving instruction in it, and it is the duty of their guardians to make them perform the ablutions before they give the Qur'an to them.

The Zahiri viewpoint is that reading the Qur'an and handling it is permissible under all conditions, whether one is without the ablutions, or unclean due to sexual intercourse, or even if the woman is menstruating.
Ibn Hazm has discussed this question fully in AI-Muhalla ( vol.
1, pp.
77-84 ) and given arguments for the validity of this viewpoint and has concluded that none of the conditions laid down by the jurists for reading the Qur'an and handling it, is supported by the Qur'an and the Sunnah.

 

Allah swears to the Greatness of the Qur'an The usage of La ( in Fala ) is not an extra character without meaning, as some of the scholars of Tafsir say.
Rather it is used at the beginning of an oath when the oath is a negation.
This is like when `A'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her said, "La by Allah! Allah's Messenger ﷺ did not touch any woman's hand at all.
So in this way, the meaning is, "No! I swear by the Mawaqi` of the stars.
The matter is not as you people claim - about the Qur'an - that it is a result of magic or sorcery, rather it is an Honorable Qur'an." Ibn Jarir said, "Some of the scholars of the Arabic language said that the meaning of: فَلاَ أُقْسِمُ ( Fala! I swear ) is, `The matter is not as you people have claimed.' Then He renews the oath again by saying, `I swear."' فَلاَ أُقْسِمُ بِمَوَقِعِ النُّجُومِ ( Fala! I swear by the Mawaqi` of the stars. ) Mujahid said, "The setting positions of the stars in the sky," and he said that it refers to the rising and setting positions.
This was said by Al-Hasan, Qatadah and preferred by Ibn Jarir.
Qatadah also said that it means their positions.
Allah said, وَإِنَّهُ لَقَسَمٌ لَّوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عَظِيمٌ ( And verily that is indeed a great oath, if you but know. ) meaning, `this is a great vow that I -- Allah -- am making; if you knew the greatness of this vow, you will know the greatness of the subject of the vow,' إِنَّهُ لَقُرْءَانٌ كَرِيمٌ ( That (this ) is indeed an honorable recitation.) means, verily, this Qur'an that was revealed to Muhammad ﷺ is a Glorious Book, فِى كِتَـبٍ مَّكْنُونٍ ( In a Book Maknun. ) meaning glorious; in a glorious, well-guarded, revered Book.
Ibn Jarir narrated that Isma`il bin Musa said that Sharik reported from Hakim, that is Ibn Jubayr, from Sa`id bin Jubayr, from Ibn `Abbas that about: لاَّ يَمَسُّهُ إِلاَّ الْمُطَهَّرُونَ ( Which none touches but the pure ones. ) he said, "The Book that is in heaven." Al-`Awfi reported from Ibn `Abbas about: لاَّ يَمَسُّهُ إِلاَّ الْمُطَهَّرُونَ ( Which none touches but the pure ones. ) that `the pure ones' means: "The angels." Similar was said by Anas, Mujahid, `Ikrimah, Sa`id bin Jubayr, Ad-Dahhak, Abu Ash-Sha`tha' Jabir bin Zayd, Abu Nahik, As-Suddi, `Abdur-Rahman bin Zayd bin Aslam and others.
Ibn Jarir narrated that Ibn `Abdul-A`la said that Ibn Thawr said that Ma`mar said from Qatadah about: لاَّ يَمَسُّهُ إِلاَّ الْمُطَهَّرُونَ ( Which none touches but the pure ones. ) that he said, "None can touch it, with Allah, except the pure ones.
However, in this life, the impure Zoroastrian and the filthy hypocrite touch it." And he said, "In the recitation of Ibn Mas`ud it is: ( مَا يَمَسُّهُ إِلَّا الْمُطَهَّرُونَ ) ( It is not touched, except by the pure ones. ) Abu Al-`Aliyah said: لاَّ يَمَسُّهُ إِلاَّ الْمُطَهَّرُونَ ( Which none touches but the pure ones. ) "It does not refer to you, because you are sinners!" Ibn Zayd said, "The Quraysh disbelievers claimed that the devils brought down the Qur'an.
Allah the Exalted stated that only the pure ones touch the Qur'an, as He said: وَمَا تَنَزَّلَتْ بِهِ الشَّيَـطِينُ - وَمَا يَنبَغِى لَهُمْ وَمَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ - إِنَّهُمْ عَنِ السَّمْعِ لَمَعْزُولُونَ ( And it is not the Shayatin who have brought it down.
Neither would it suit them nor they can (produce it ).
Verily, they have been removed far from hearing it.)( 26:210-212 )" This saying is a good saying, and does not contradict those before it.
Allah said, تَنزِيلٌ مِّن رَّبِّ الْعَـلَمِينَ ( A revelation from the Lord of all that exists.
) meaning this Qur'an is a revelation from the Lord of all that exists, not as they say that it is magic, sorcery or poetry.
Rather it is the truth, no doubt about it; there is none beyond it of useful truth.
Allah's statement, أَفَبِهَـذَا الْحَدِيثِ أَنتُمْ مُّدْهِنُونَ ( Is it such a talk that you are Mudhinun ) Al-`Awfi reported from Ibn `Abbas that Mudhinun means, "You do not believe in and deny." Similar to this was said by Ad-Dahhak, Abu Hazrah and As-Suddi.
Mujahid said, مُّدْهِنُونَ ( Mudhinun ) means "You want to fill yourselves with and rely upon." وَتَجْعَلُونَ رِزْقَكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ تُكَذِّبُونَ ( And you make your provision your denial! ) some of them said that provision here has the meaning of gratitude, meaning: you deny without any gratitude.
`Ali bin Abi Talhah reported from Ibn `Abbas that he recited it as: ( وَتَجْعَلُونَ شُكْرَكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ تُكَذِّبُونَ ) ( And your show of your gratitude by denying! ) Ibn Jarir narrated from Muhammad bin Bashshar, who narrated from Muhammad bin Ja`far, who narrated from Shu`bah, from Abu Bishr, from Sa`id bin Jubayr who said that Ibn `Abbas said, "It has never rained upon a people except that some of them became disbelievers by saying, `Such and such position of a star sent rain!"' And Ibn `Abbas recited: ( وَتَجْعَلُونَ شُكْرَكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ تُكَذِّبُونَ ) ( And you show of your gratitude by denying. ) This chain of narration is Sahih to Ibn `Abbas.
In his Muwatta', Malik reported from Salih bin Kaysan, from `Ubaydullah bin `Abdullah bin `Utbah bin Mas`ud, from Zayd bin Khalid Al-Juhani who said, "The Prophet led us in the Subh ( dawn ) prayer at Al-Hudaybiyah after a rainy night.
On completion of the prayer, he faced the congregation and said, «هَلْ تَدْرُونَ مَاذَا قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ؟» ( Do you know what your Lord has said (revealed )) Those present replied, `Allah and His Messenger know best.' He said, «قَالَ: أَصْبَحَ مِنْ عِبَادِي مُؤْمِنٌ بِي وَكَافِرٌ، فَأَمَّا مَنْ قَالَ: مُطِرْنَا بِفَضْلِ اللهِ وَرَحْمَتِهِ، فَذلِكَ مُؤْمِنٌ بِي، كَافِرٌ بِالْكَوْكَبِ، وَأَمَّا مَنْ قَالَ: مُطِرْنَا بِنَوْءِ كَذَا وَكَذَا، فَذلِكَ كَافِرٌ بِي وَمُؤْمِنٌ بِالْكَوْكَب» ( Allah has said, "During this morning some of my servants remained as true believers in Me and some became disbelievers.
Whoever said that the rain was due to the blessings and the mercy of Allah, had belief in Me, and he disbelieves in the stars; and whoever said that it rained because of a particular star, had no belief in Me, but believes in that star." )" This Hadith is recorded in the Two Sahihs, Abu Dawud and An-Nasa'i, all using a chain of narration in which Imam Malik was included.
Qatadah said, "Al-Hasan used to say, `How evil is that all that some people have earned for themselves from the Book of Allah, is denying it!"' Al-Hasan's statement means that such people gained no benefit from the Book of Allah because they denied it, as Allah said: أَفَبِهَـذَا الْحَدِيثِ أَنتُمْ مُّدْهِنُونَ - وَتَجْعَلُونَ رِزْقَكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ تُكَذِّبُونَ ( Is it such a talk that you Mudhinun And you make your provision that you deny! )

( Which none toucheth ) i.e. the Guarded Tablet ( save the purified ) from ritual impurities and sins, i.e. the angels; it is also said that this means: none acts upon the Qur’an except those who are given success,

Which (that Book with Allah) none can touch but the purified (i.e. the angels).

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