Asbab Al-Nuzul by Al-Wahidi

Asbab Al-Nuzul by Al-Wahidi — Asbab Al-Nuzul by Al-Wahidi

(So blessed be Allah, the Best of creators!) [23:14]. Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn �Abd Allah al-Hafiz informed us> �Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn Hayyan> Muhammad ibn Sulayman> Ahmad ibn �Abd Allah ibn Suwayd ibn Manjuf> Abu Dawud> Hammad ibn Salamah> �Ali ibn Zayd ibn Jud�an> Anas ibn Malik who reported that �Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be well pleased with him, said: �My words agreed with those of my Lord in four instances. I said: �O Messenger of Allah, why do we not pray behind the Maqam [were Abraham stood to pray]�, and Allah, exalted is He, revealed (� Take as your place of worship the place where Abraham stood (to pray)�) [2:125]. And I said: �O Messenger of Allah, why do you not put a curtain [to protect your wives from the gaze of men]?� And so Allah, exalted is He, revealed: (And when ye ask of them (the wives of the Prophet) anything, ask it of them from behind a curtain�) [33:53]. I also said to the wives of the Prophet, Allah bless him and give him peace: �You had better take heed or Allah, glorious is He, will give the Prophet instead of you wives who are better than you�. And so Allah, exalted is He, revealed (It may happen that his Lord, if he divorce you, will give him in your stead wives better than you) [66:5]. And when the verse (Verily We created man from a product of wet earth) [23:12] up to His words (� and the produced it as another creation) [23:14] were revealed, I exclaimed: �So blessed be Allah, the Best of creators!� and the end of the verse was revealed as: (So blessed be Allah, the Best of creators!)� �.