It is narrated from Sa'id bin Jubayr (may Allah have mercy on him) that he said: For a year I kept coming to Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), but (out of awe of him) I could not speak to him, and he did not know me. Then Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) asked me: Who are you? I said: I am from the people of Iraq. He asked: From which of them? I said: From Banu Asad. He asked: Are you from their Haruri (Khariji) sect, or from those upon whom Allah has bestowed His favour? I said: From those upon whom Allah has bestowed His favour. He said: Now ask. I asked: What is the meaning of "I swear by the Day of Resurrection" [Al-Qiyamah: 1] ? He said: Your Lord swears by whatever He wills of His creation. I asked: And "And I swear by the self-reproaching soul" [Al-Qiyamah: 2] ? He said: It refers to the blamed soul that regrets its sins. I asked: "Does man think that We will not assemble his bones? Yes, (We are) able to restore even his fingertips" [Al-Qiyamah: 3-4] ? He said: If Allah had willed, He would have made man's fingertips like the hoof of a camel or the hoof of a donkey. I asked: What is the meaning of "a place of settlement and a place of deposit" [Al-An'am: 98] ? He said: By "mustaqarr" (place of settlement) is meant the mother's womb, and by "mustawda'" (place of deposit) is meant the father's loins. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.