And Mujahid said that «فعززنا‏» means «شددنا‏» , that is, "We emphasized." «يا حسرة على العباد‏» means that on the Day of Resurrection, the disbeliever will regret (or the angels will regret) that they mocked the prophets in the world. The meaning of «أن تدرك القمر‏» is that the sun does not conceal the light of the moon, nor does the moon conceal the light of the sun. The meaning of «سابق النهار‏» is that they are moving one after the other. «نسلخ‏» means "We extract the day from the night, and both are moving." «وخلقنالهم من مثله» refers to cattle. «فكهون‏» means happy (or jesting). «جند محضرون‏» means they will be presented at the time of reckoning. And it is narrated from ‘Ikrimah that the meaning of «مشحون‏» is heavy, laden. Ibn ‘Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said «طائركم‏» means your calamities (or your fate). The meaning of «ينسلون‏» is "they will come out." «مرقدنا‏» means from the place of coming out (the sleeping place, i.e., the grave). «أحصيناه‏» means "We have preserved it." «مكانتهم» and «مكانهم» both have the same meaning, that is, in their dwellings, in their homes.

Narrated Abu Dharr: Once I was with the Prophet in the mosque at the time of sunset. The Prophet said, "O Abu Dharr! Do you know where the sun sets?" I replied, "Allah and His Apostle know best." He said, "It goes and prostrates underneath (Allah's) Throne; and that is Allah's Statement:-- 'And the sun runs on its fixed course for a term (decreed). And that is the decree of All-Mighty, the All-Knowing....' (36.38)

Narrated Abu Dharr: I asked the Prophet about the Statement of Allah:-- 'And the sun runs on fixed course for a term (decreed), ' (36.38) He said, "Its course is underneath "Allah's Throne." (Prostration of Sun trees, stars. mentioned in Qur'an and Hadith does not mean like our prostration but it means that these objects are obedient to their Creator (Allah) and they obey for what they have been created for).

Mujahid said (regarding what is in Surah Saba) «ويقذفون بالغيب من مكان بعيد‏» its meaning is that they keep throwing pellets of the unseen from afar. And «يقذفون من كل جانب‏» means that the devils are struck from every side. «ولهم عذاب واصب‏» means everlasting punishment (or severe punishment). «تأتوننا عن اليمين‏» means that the disbelievers will say to the devils, "You used to come to us from the side of the truth." «غول‏» means pain in the belly (or headache). «ولا هم ينزفون‏» nor will their intellect be impaired. «قرين‏» devil. «يهرعون‏» are driven. «يزفون‏» running with feet placed close together. «وبين الجنة نسبا‏» The disbelievers of Quraysh used to consider the angels as Allah's daughters and their mothers as the daughters of the chiefs of the jinn (fairies). «ولقد علمت الجنة إنهم لمحضرون‏» means that the jinn know that they will have to be present for reckoning on the Day of Resurrection, and Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said «لنحن الصافون‏» this is the saying of the angels. «صراط الجحيم‏» , «سواء الجحيم» both mean «وسط الجحيم‏» , that is, in the midst of Hell. «لشوبا‏ من حمیم» means that boiling hot water will be mixed in their food. «مدحورا‏» rejected. «بيض مكنون‏» pearls strung together. «وتركنا عليه في الآخرين‏» its good mention was kept among later people. «يستسخرون‏» they mock. «بعلا‏» means Lord, deity (in the language of the people of Yemen). «اسباب» refers to the heavens.

Narrated `Abdullah: Allah's Messenger said, "Nobody has the right to be better than (Jonah) bin Matta."

Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "He who says that I am better than Jonah bin Matta, tells a lie.'

Narrated Al-Awwam: I asked Muhajid regarding the prostration in Surat Sa`d. He said, "Ibn `Abbas was asked the same question and he said, 'Those are they (the prophets) whom Allah had Guided. So follow their guidance." (6.90) Ibn `Abbas used to perform a prostration (on reading this Sura).

Narrated Al-Awwam: I asked Mujahid regarding the prostration in Surat Sa`d. He said, "I asked Ibn `Abbas, 'What evidence makes you prostrate?' He said, "Don't you recite:--'And among his progeny, David and Solomon..(6.84). Those are they whom Allah had guided. So follow their guidance.' (6.90) So David was the one of those prophets whom Prophet (Muhammad) was ordered to follow. David prostrated, so Allah's Messenger (Muhammad) performed this prostration too.'

Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "Last night a demon from the Jinns came to me (or the Prophet said, a similar sentence) to disturb my prayer, but Allah gave me the power to overcome him. I intended to tie him to one of the pillars of the mosque till the morning so that all of you could see him, but then I remembered the Statement of my brother Solomon:--'My Lord! Forgive me and bestow on me a kingdom such as shall not belong to any other after me.' (38.35) The narrator added: Then he (the Prophet) dismissed him, rejected.

Narrated Masruq: We came upon `Abdullah bin Mas`ud and he said "O people! If somebody knows something, he can say it, but if he does not know it, he should say, "Allah knows better,' for it is a sign of having knowledge to say about something which one does not know, 'Allah knows better.' Allah said to His Prophet: 'Say (O Muhammad!) No wage do I ask of You for this (Qur'an) nor am I one of the pretenders (a person who pretends things which do not exist).' (38.86) Now I will tell you about Ad- Dukhan (the smoke), Allah's Messenger invited the Quraish to embrace Islam, but they delayed their response. So he said, "O Allah! Help me against them by sending on them seven years of famine similar to the seven years of famine of Joseph." So the famine year overtook them and everything was destroyed till they ate dead animals and skins. People started imagining to see smoke between them and the sky because of severe hunger. Allah said: 'Then watch you for the Day that the sky will bring forth a kind of smoke plainly visible, covering the people. . . This is painful torment.' (44.10-11) (So they invoked Allah) "Our Lord! Remove the punishment from us really we are believers." How can there be an (effectual) reminder for them when an Apostle, explaining things clearly, has already come to them? Then they had turned away from him and said: 'One taught (by a human being), a madman?' 'We shall indeed remove punishment for a while, but truly, you will revert (to disbelief).' (44.12-15) Will the punishment be removed on the Day of Resurrection?" `Abdullah added, "The punishment was removed from them for a while but they reverted to disbelief, so Allah destroyed them on the Day of Badr. Allah said: 'The day We shall seize you with a mighty grasp. We will indeed (then) exact retribution." (44.16)