What is mentioned in Ibn Jarir's tafsir regarding the description of the eye.
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The reciter: Praise be to Allah, and may peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah, and upon his family and his Companions and those who follow them.
As for what follows: This is the context of what the Imam Ibn Jarir al-Tabari mentioned regarding the tafsir of the Imam Sufyan al-Thawri of the saying of Allah the Exalted: and the verification of its chain of narration to him. The Imam al-Hafiz Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari (may Allah have mercy on him) said in his tafsir, *Jami' al-Bayan fi Tafsir al-Qur'an*, volume twenty-seven, page fifty-eight, in Surat al-Qamar: "And His saying: The Glorious and Exalted says: The ship in which We carried Noah moves by Our sight and Our view. And it was mentioned regarding Sufyan in the interpretation of that what was narrated to us, and it was mentioned in the interpretation of that what Ibn Humayd narrated to us, saying: Mahrān narrated to us from Sufyan, in his saying: It moves by Our command."
And after reviewing the likely sources of this hadith, we found that it has no chain of narration except in Ibn Jarir, who said: "Ibn Humayd narrated to us" Ibn Humayd is the shaykh of Ibn Jarir, and he is Muhammad ibn Humayd al-Razi ... The Imam Ahmad praised him. Ibn 'Ali said in *al-Kamil fi al-Rijal*: "As for Ahmad ibn Hanbal, he praised him highly because of his closeness to the Sunnah" and Ibn Ma'in agreed with him and said: "These are the hadiths he narrates; he is not from that side, but rather from the side of the shaykhs he narrates from"
And the Imam Ahmad was pleased with him. He said regarding those who are not from Rayy, but as for the people of Rayy, he said: "He is more knowledgeable about them" and Ibn Khuzaymah did not narrate from him and said: "Ahmad praised him well because he did not know him; if he had known him as we know him, he would not have praised him at all"
And Abu Nu'aym ibn 'Adi said: "They went to Abu Hatim al-Razi at his home, and Ibn Farash and a group of the shaykhs of the people of Rayy and their preservers were with him, and they mentioned Ibn Humayd, and they agreed that he is very weak in hadith" All of these are the people of Rayy, the people of his city, and they are preferred over others.
He said: "Abu Zur'ah and Abu Hatim al-Razi and al-Kawthari ... Mansur al-Kawthari and Salih Juzrah and al-Nasa'i in one place called him a liar, and he said once: He is of no value at all"
And al-Bukhari said: "There is a consideration regarding him" And it is known that when al-Bukhari says "there is a consideration," it usually applies to a liar, but he is polite in his wording, as al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar mentioned in the introduction to *Fath al-Bari*. And Ya'qub ibn Shaybah said: "He has many denunciations" Al-Hafiz refuted the statement of al-Razi: "He has fifty hadiths" and Ibn Hibban criticized him. And it was reported from more than one person that Ibn Humayd used to steal hadith. And al-Hafiz Ibn ... al-Razi also called him a liar.
And Salih ibn Muhammad al-Asadi said: "Whatever he heard from Sufyan, he attributed it to Mahrān" And this is what was narrated
The Shaykh : from Sufyan
The reciter: from Sufyan, and he said: Mahrān narrated to us
As for al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar, he said: "He is weak" But it is known from many hadith scholars that they wait to see what the contemporaries said about him.
Mahrān ibn Abi 'Umar al-Razi. Ibn Humayd said: "Mahrān narrated to us" He is Mahrān ibn Abi 'Umar al-Razi. Abu Hatim and Ibn Ma'in deemed him trustworthy. Ibn Hibban mentioned him among the trustworthy narrators. And al-Daraqutni said: "There is no harm in him" And al-Bukhari said ... "There is inconsistency in his hadith" And al-Nasa'i said: "He is not strong" And Ibn Ma'in said: "I wrote from him, and he was a Muslim shaykh, and he has many errors in the hadith of Sufyan" Ibrahim ibn Musa al-Farawi deemed him weak. And Abu Ahmad al-Hakam said: "He is not solid in their view" And al-'Uqayli said: "He narrated from al-Thawri hadiths that are not corroborated" Al-Dhahabi said: "He has weakness" And Ibn Hajar said: "He is truthful but has errors and poor memory" And praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.
The Shaykh : You have done well, may Allah reward you. The result of this now is that the chain of narration is not authentic from Sufyan. You say the result is that the chain of narration is not authentic from Sufyan in terms of the narrators, and it is not authentic from him in terms of meaning either, because Sufyan al-Thawri (may Allah have mercy on him) is one of the Imams of the people of the Sunnah and the community, so it is not possible for him to distort the meaning of the verse to what was mentioned. That is, it is not possible for him to say that the saying of Allah the Exalted "It moves by Our eyes" means "It moves by Our command." He would not say this. If he had said "by Our command," the matter would have been easier, but if he had said "by Our sight," the matter would have been easier. As for "by Our command," it has no basis at all. And praise be to Allah.
The answer: So the answer is yes.[Al-Anfal 8:21] And what does "they do not hear" mean? It means they do not respond. It means they do not respond.
As for what follows: This is the context of what the Imam Ibn Jarir al-Tabari mentioned regarding the tafsir of the Imam Sufyan al-Thawri of the saying of Allah the Exalted:
It runs with our eyes
تجري بأعينناIt runs with our eyes
تجري بأعينناIt runs with our eyes
تجري بأعينناAnd after reviewing the likely sources of this hadith, we found that it has no chain of narration except in Ibn Jarir, who said: "Ibn Humayd narrated to us" Ibn Humayd is the shaykh of Ibn Jarir, and he is Muhammad ibn Humayd al-Razi ... The Imam Ahmad praised him. Ibn 'Ali said in *al-Kamil fi al-Rijal*: "As for Ahmad ibn Hanbal, he praised him highly because of his closeness to the Sunnah" and Ibn Ma'in agreed with him and said: "These are the hadiths he narrates; he is not from that side, but rather from the side of the shaykhs he narrates from"
And the Imam Ahmad was pleased with him. He said regarding those who are not from Rayy, but as for the people of Rayy, he said: "He is more knowledgeable about them" and Ibn Khuzaymah did not narrate from him and said: "Ahmad praised him well because he did not know him; if he had known him as we know him, he would not have praised him at all"
And Abu Nu'aym ibn 'Adi said: "They went to Abu Hatim al-Razi at his home, and Ibn Farash and a group of the shaykhs of the people of Rayy and their preservers were with him, and they mentioned Ibn Humayd, and they agreed that he is very weak in hadith" All of these are the people of Rayy, the people of his city, and they are preferred over others.
He said: "Abu Zur'ah and Abu Hatim al-Razi and al-Kawthari ... Mansur al-Kawthari and Salih Juzrah and al-Nasa'i in one place called him a liar, and he said once: He is of no value at all"
And al-Bukhari said: "There is a consideration regarding him" And it is known that when al-Bukhari says "there is a consideration," it usually applies to a liar, but he is polite in his wording, as al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar mentioned in the introduction to *Fath al-Bari*. And Ya'qub ibn Shaybah said: "He has many denunciations" Al-Hafiz refuted the statement of al-Razi: "He has fifty hadiths" and Ibn Hibban criticized him. And it was reported from more than one person that Ibn Humayd used to steal hadith. And al-Hafiz Ibn ... al-Razi also called him a liar.
And Salih ibn Muhammad al-Asadi said: "Whatever he heard from Sufyan, he attributed it to Mahrān" And this is what was narrated
The Shaykh : from Sufyan
The reciter: from Sufyan, and he said: Mahrān narrated to us
As for al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar, he said: "He is weak" But it is known from many hadith scholars that they wait to see what the contemporaries said about him.
Mahrān ibn Abi 'Umar al-Razi. Ibn Humayd said: "Mahrān narrated to us" He is Mahrān ibn Abi 'Umar al-Razi. Abu Hatim and Ibn Ma'in deemed him trustworthy. Ibn Hibban mentioned him among the trustworthy narrators. And al-Daraqutni said: "There is no harm in him" And al-Bukhari said ... "There is inconsistency in his hadith" And al-Nasa'i said: "He is not strong" And Ibn Ma'in said: "I wrote from him, and he was a Muslim shaykh, and he has many errors in the hadith of Sufyan" Ibrahim ibn Musa al-Farawi deemed him weak. And Abu Ahmad al-Hakam said: "He is not solid in their view" And al-'Uqayli said: "He narrated from al-Thawri hadiths that are not corroborated" Al-Dhahabi said: "He has weakness" And Ibn Hajar said: "He is truthful but has errors and poor memory" And praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.
The Shaykh : You have done well, may Allah reward you. The result of this now is that the chain of narration is not authentic from Sufyan. You say the result is that the chain of narration is not authentic from Sufyan in terms of the narrators, and it is not authentic from him in terms of meaning either, because Sufyan al-Thawri (may Allah have mercy on him) is one of the Imams of the people of the Sunnah and the community, so it is not possible for him to distort the meaning of the verse to what was mentioned. That is, it is not possible for him to say that the saying of Allah the Exalted "It moves by Our eyes" means "It moves by Our command." He would not say this. If he had said "by Our command," the matter would have been easier, but if he had said "by Our sight," the matter would have been easier. As for "by Our command," it has no basis at all. And praise be to Allah.
The answer: So the answer is yes.