Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 5
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ أَبِي عَائِشَةَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى {لاَ تُحَرِّكْ بِهِ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِ} قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يُعَالِجُ مِنَ التَّنْزِيلِ شِدَّةً، وَكَانَ مِمَّا يُحَرِّكُ شَفَتَيْهِ ـ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فَأَنَا أُحَرِّكُهُمَا لَكُمْ كَمَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يُحَرِّكُهُمَا. وَقَالَ سَعِيدٌ أَنَا أُحَرِّكُهُمَا كَمَا رَأَيْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ يُحَرِّكُهُمَا. فَحَرَّكَ شَفَتَيْهِ ـ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى {لاَ تُحَرِّكْ بِهِ لِسَانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِ* إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا جَمْعَهُ وَقُرْآنَهُ} قَالَ جَمْعُهُ لَهُ فِي صَدْرِكَ، وَتَقْرَأَهُ {فَإِذَا قَرَأْنَاهُ فَاتَّبِعْ قُرْآنَهُ} قَالَ فَاسْتَمِعْ لَهُ وَأَنْصِتْ {ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا بَيَانَهُ} ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا أَنْ تَقْرَأَهُ. فَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ إِذَا أَتَاهُ جِبْرِيلُ اسْتَمَعَ، فَإِذَا انْطَلَقَ جِبْرِيلُ قَرَأَهُ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَمَا قَرَأَهُ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Musa ibn Ismail narrated to us. He said: Abu Awana narrated to us. He said: Musa ibn Abi Aisha narrated to us. He said: Sa'id ibn Jubayr narrated to us, from Ibn Abbas, concerning His, the Most High's, words, ‘Do not move your tongue with it to hasten it.’ He said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) found the receiving of revelation arduous, and he would move his lips. Ibn Abbas said: ‘I will move them for you just as the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to move them.’ Sa'id said: ‘I will move them just as I saw Ibn Abbas move them.’ Then he moved his lips. Then Allah Most High revealed: ‘Do not move your tongue with it to hasten it. Indeed, its gathering and its recitation are incumbent upon Us.’ He said: ‘Its gathering for you in your breast, and that you recite it.’ ‘When We recite it, follow its recitation.’ He said: ‘Listen to it and be silent.’ ‘Then its clarification is incumbent upon Us.’ Then it is incumbent upon Us that you recite it. Thereafter, when Gabriel came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), he listened; and when Gabriel departed, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) recited it just as Gabriel had recited it.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The English witness adds explanatory interpretations about memorizing a portion revealed at that time and the meaning becoming clear through the Prophet's tongue. These additions are not in this Arabic passage, so they are not included.
فَحَرَّكَ شَفَتَيْهِ
The nearest antecedent may be Sa'id, who says that he will move his lips as he saw Ibn Abbas do; the Arabic leaves the subject implicit.
Should the subject be understood as Sa'id in this final clause, or does it refer back to Ibn Abbas?