Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “So they said, ‘Our Lord, make the distance between our journeys greater. And they wronged themselves, so We made them a talk of the people and scattered them everywhere. Indeed, in that are signs for every patient and grateful one.”

They said: And in a seven-letter reading, it means to Sham, make it deserts. Deserts is the plural of desert, which are lands where one fears destruction. It is called a desert by way of optimism, whereas in reality it is not a desert but rather destruction and a place of ruin. However, the Arabs name a thing by its opposite out of optimism, just as they called the abundant amount "Jubayr" (a small stream). This is similar to that. The author says in the exegesis of make it deserts, why did he say: “So that they might take pride over the poor by riding mounts and carrying provisions and water, and they became arrogant with the blessing”. When the villages were visible and close together, and there was no need to carry provisions and water, the rich and the poor were on equal footing; everyone was blessed on these roads. When the distance increased, that became the privilege of whom? The rich. So they asked Allah to make the distance between their journeys greater so that they might take pride over their poor. These rich people would ride camels and carry whatever provisions they wished, while the poor could not do so. This is the reason they called upon Allah to make the distance between their journeys greater. He says: By what? Either by disbelief or by calling upon Allah the Exalted to make the distance between their journeys greater. They did not accept His blessing for this comfort. For those after them in that. We scattered them in the lands, completely scattered. The aforementioned. Signs. Regarding sins. Regarding blessings. Ahadith is the plural of hadith, meaning what people talk about. That is, after they were present, they became a piece of news among the news.