I CALL TO witness the chargers, snorting, rushing to battle before the others,
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'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī
تفسير : and from his narration on the authority of ibn 'abbas that he said about the interpretation of allah's saying (by the snorting courses): '(by the snorting courses) the prophet (pbuh) had sent a military expedition to banu kinanah and was quite aggrieved because he did not hear their news for a while. allah therefore informed his prophet about this expedition in the form of an oath, saying (by the snorting courses) he says: allah swears by the horses of the conquerors, whose breaths are audible because of the enemies,
Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī
تفسير : by the chargers, the steeds that charge in attack and snort [with a], snorting — this being the [name of the] sound which they emit from inside them when they charge;
Ali ibn Ahmad al-Wahidi
تفسير : (by the snorting courses…) [100:1-11].
muqatil said: “the messenger of allah, allah bless him and give him peace, sent a military expedition to a clan of banu kinanah and appointed al-mundhir ibn ‘amr al-ansari as its leader. when their news was late to come, the hypocrites said: ‘they have all been killed’, and so allah, exalted is he, gave news about this expedition and revealed (by the snorting courses) meaning the horses of that expedition”.
‘abd al-ghafir ibn muhammad al-farisi informed us> ahmad ibn muhammad al-basti> muhammad ibn makki> ishaq ibn ibrahim> ahmad ibn ‘abdah> hafs ibn jami‘> simak> ‘ikrimah> ibn ‘abbas who related that the messenger of allah, allah bless him and give him peace, sent a cavalry in a mission but did not receive any news from them a month after they had left. and so it was revealed (by the snorting courses) i.e. the horses snorting with their nostrils.
