'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī
تفسير : ((thus it was) till, when our commandment) the appointed time for our chastisement (came to pass and the oven gushed forth water) it is also said this means: and the dawn broke, (we said: load therein) aboard the ship (two of every kind, a pair) a male and a female, (and thy household, save him against whom the word hath gone forth already) except the one upon him the word has already been enjoined, (and those who believe) and carry with you also those who believed. (and but a few were they who believed with him) 80 people in all.
Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī
تفسير : such that when (hattā represents the objective for [the action of] ‘building’) our command came, for their destruction, and the, baker’s, oven gushed forth, with water — this was the sign for noah — we said, ‘load therein, in the ship, of every kind, [of every] male and female, that is, of every species of these two, two, a male and a female (ithnayn constitutes the direct object). according to the story, god gathered for noah all the beasts of prey and birds and other [animals]; he [noah] would go through every species [to select them] with his hands, and his right hand would fall upon a male and the left upon a female, whereupon he would take them aboard the ship; and your family — that is, his wife and children — save those against whom the word has already gone forth, from among them, that they be destroyed: this was his wife and his son canaan, in contrast with shem, ham and japheth, whom he took aboard together with their three wives, and those who believe’. and none but a few believed with him: it is said that these were six men and their wives; it is also said that the number of all those aboard the ship was eighty, half of whom were men and the other half, women.
Sahl al-Tustari
تفسير : …and the oven gushed forth... it was an oven of stone, belonging firstly to adam and then passing on to noah, and god made the gushing forth of water from it a sign of his punishment. however, he made the gushing forth of the wellsprings of the heart of muḥammad <img border="0" src="images/salatonmassenger.jpg" width="24" height="22"> with the lights of knowledge of differentkinds a [sign of] mercy for his nation, because god, exalted is he, honoured him with this honour. for the light of the prophets â is from his [muḥammad’s] light, the light of the heavenly dominions is from his light and the light of this world and the hereafter is from his light. whoever truly desires [god’s] love must follow him. god said to his prophet <img border="0" src="images/salatonmassenger.jpg" width="24" height="22">: say: ‘if you love god, follow me, and god will love you’ [3:31]. thus has he made love [consist] of following him [the prophet], and has made the reward for his servants who follow him his love, which is the highest honour (aʿlā al-karāma).it is related on the authority of abū mūsā al-ashʿarī that he said: ‘while we were with the messenger of god <img border="0" src="images/salatonmassenger.jpg" width="24" height="22">, he approached us and [turned to] face us as if he wished to tell us something.then he fell into prostration and we prostrated with him at the beginning of the day until around midday, such that some of us could taste the earth through our noses and we remarked to each other, “the messenger of god <img border="0" src="images/salatonmassenger.jpg" width="24" height="22"> has died.” but then he raised his head and said, “god is great!”, so we said, “god is great!”. then someone said to him, “o messenger of god, we thought you had died and if that had been the case we would not have cared if the sky fell onto the earth.” he said, “my beloved, the angel gabriel <img border="0" src="images/alyhialsalam.jpg" width="34" height="19"> came to me and said to me, ‘o muḥammad, your lord greets you with peace and gives you the choice between a third of your nation entering paradise and the right to intercession.’ as i hoped for more than a third, i chose intercession and then he rose up and i turned to face you and wanted to inform you of it, but he came to me again and said, ‘your lord greets you with peace and gives you the choice between two thirds of your nation entering paradise and the right to intercession.’ as i hoped for more than two-thirds i chose intercession. then he rose up and i turned to face you intending to inform you of it, but he came to me again and said to me, ‘o muḥammad, verily you lord has granted you intercession for two thirds [of your nation] but has not responded to your request regarding the other third.’ upon this i prostrated in gratitude to god, exalted is he, for what he had granted me.”’ sahl said:the aspirations (himam) of mystics reach the veils, where they stop and knock and are given admission. they enter and offer greetings, upon which he confers upon them his support (taʾyīd), and [a list] of exemptions are written for them on a parchment. however, the aspirationsof the prophets â circle around the throne and are bedecked with lights. their ranks are raised and they are connected with the compeller (al-jabbār) who erases their own portions(ḥuẓūẓ), removes their will and makes them [entirely] at his disposal and for him.he also said:the endmost ranks of the veracious (ṣiddīqūn) are the initial states of the prophets â, and indeed our prophet <img border="0" src="images/salatonmassenger.jpg" width="24" height="22"> worshipped god, exalted is he, in all the states (aḥwāl) of the prophets. furthermore, there is not a leaf among the leaves of the trees in paradise that does not have the name muḥammad <img border="0" src="images/salatonmassenger.jpg" width="24" height="22"> inscribed on it. it is with him that all things were initiated and it is with him that god brought them to a close, and thus he was called the seal of the prophets.his words, exalted is he:
