#7059

Abdullah (b. Mas`ud) reported:As I was going along with Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) in a cultivable land and he (the Holy Prophet) was walking with the support of a wood, a group of Jews happened to meet him. Some of them said to the others: Ask him about the Soul. They said: What is your doubt about it? There is a possibility that you may ask him about anything (the answer of) which you may not like. They said: Ask him. So one amongst them asked him about the Soul. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) kept quiet and he gave no reply and I came to know that revelation was being sent to him, so I stood at my place and thus this revelation descended upon him:" They ask thee about the Soul. Say: The Soul is by the Commandment of my Lord, and of Knowledge you are given but a little" (xvii)

حدثنا عمر بن حفص بن غياث، حدثنا ابي، حدثنا الاعمش، حدثني ابراهيم، عن علقمة، عن عبد الله، قال بينما انا امشي، مع النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم في حرث وهو متكي على عسيب اذ مر بنفر من اليهود فقال بعضهم لبعض سلوه عن الروح فقالوا ما رابكم اليه لا يستقبلكم بشىء تكرهونه . فقالوا سلوه فقام اليه بعضهم فساله عن الروح - قال - فاسكت النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فلم يرد عليه شييا فعلمت انه يوحى اليه - قال - فقمت مكاني فلما نزل الوحى قال { ويسالونك عن الروح قل الروح من امر ربي وما اوتيتم من العلم الا قليلا}