Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 3218
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ ذَرٍّ، ح قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ ذَرٍّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لِجِبْرِيلَ " أَلاَ تَزُورُنَا أَكْثَرَ مِمَّا تَزُورُنَا " قَالَ فَنَزَلَتْ {وَمَا نَتَنَزَّلُ إِلاَّ بِأَمْرِ رَبِّكَ لَهُ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِينَا وَمَا خَلْفَنَا} الآيَةَ.
Abu Nuʿaym narrated to us: ʿUmar ibn Dharr narrated to us. [Another chain:] Yahya ibn Jaʿfar narrated to me: Wakiʿ narrated to us, from ʿUmar ibn Dharr, from his father, from Saʿid ibn Jubayr, from Ibn ʿAbbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to Gabriel, ‘Why do you not visit us more often?’ Then this was revealed: ‘We do not descend except by the command of your Lord. To Him belongs what is before us and what is behind us…’—the verse.
Translation notes
The English witness supplies the rest of the Qurʾanic verse; the Arabic excerpt quotes only the opening portion and marks the verse’s continuation.