Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Quraysh said to the Jews: Tell us about something so that we may ask that person (i.e., the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him) about it. So they said: Ask him about the soul (ruh). The Quraysh asked the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), so this verse was revealed: "They ask you about the soul. Say: The soul is from the command of my Lord, and you have been given little knowledge." So they said: Have we been given little knowledge, while we have been given the Torah? And whoever has been given the Torah has been given much good. So regarding this, this verse was revealed: "Say: If the sea were ink for the words of my Lord..."