I heard Abu Tamimah relating from the man who rode behind the Prophet ﷺ, who said:The Prophet's ﷺ donkey stumbled, so I said, "May the devil perish."The Prophet ﷺ said, "Do not say, 'May the devil perish,' for when you say, 'May the devil perish,' he swells with pride and says, 'By my strength I brought him down.' But when you say, 'In the name of Allah,' he shrinks until he becomes as small as a fly."
سمعت أبا تميمة، يحدث عن رديف النبي ﷺ، قال: عثر بالنبي ﷺ حماره، فقلت: تعس الشيطان، فقال النبي ﷺ: لا تقل: تعس الشيطان، فإنك إذا قلت: تعس الشيطان، تعاظم، وقال: بقوتي صرعته، وإذا قلت: بسم الله، تصاغر حتى يصير مثل الذباب.
Ahmad narrated it (20592) from Muhammad bin Jafar, who said, Shubah narrated to us, from Asim, and he mentioned it. Its isnad is sahih, and the discussion of it is given in detail elsewhere.Hafiz bin Kathir said in his tafsir, "Ahmad alone narrated it. Its isnad is good and strong, and it indicates that whenever the heart remembers Allah, Satan shrinks and is overcome, and when it does not remember Allah, he grows large and prevails."Regarding His saying, "of the jinn and mankind" [Nas 114:6], jinnah is a collective noun for jinni, and what is meant by it is a kind of jinn. The more apparent view is that this verse is an explanation of His saying, "who whispers in the breasts of mankind" [Nas 114:4], meaning they are from the devils among mankind and jinn, as Allah Most High said, "And thus We have made for every prophet an enemy, devils among mankind and jinn, inspiring one another with flowery speech in order to deceive" [Anaam 6:112].The tafsir of the Noble Quran is now complete, with the help of Allah Most High and His gracious enabling. My methodology in this tafsir was as follows.1- Explaining the Quran by the Quran in important places.2- Explaining the Quran by sahih hadiths.3- Explaining the Quran by what is established from the noble companions, insofar as the verse allows for it.4- Explaining the Quran by what is understood from the Arabic language in the era of the Quran and after it.As for what is mentioned in the books of tafsir from the statements of some scholars in explaining the verses related to unseen matters, such as length and width, intensity and lightness, abundance and scarcity, likening them to things of this world or not likening them, and similar matters, I have set these aside, because they amount to mere speculation about the unseen, with no evidence for them from the Book or the sunnah.Likewise, regarding what relates to the histories of past nations, whatever of it is established in the Quran, the sunnah, and reliable documents I have mentioned, and whatever has no basis in the Book, the sunnah, and reliable documents I have set aside.I have not elaborated on the verses of legal rulings, because they are mentioned in their proper places in the Book.After the books of chained hadiths, my reliance was on the foundational books of tafsir, which are as follows.1- Tafsir Abdul-Razzaq (died 210 AH)2- Tafsir Ibn Jareer Tabari (died 310 AH)3- Tafsir Ibn Abu Hatim (died 327 AH)4- Tafsir Baghawi (died 516 AH)5- Tafsir Qurtubi (died 671 AH)6- Tafsir Ibn Kathir (died 774 AH)7- Tafsir Saadi (died 1376 AH)8- Tafsir Adwa al-Bayan by Shanqiti (1393 AH)