العربية (الأصل)
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا عَنْ دَاوُدَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ قَالَتْ قُرَيْشٌ لِلْيَهُودِ أَعْطُونَا شَيْئًا نَسْأَلُ عَنْهُ هَذَا الرَّجُلَ فَقَالُوا سَلُوهُ عَنْ الرُّوحِ فَسَأَلُوهُ فَنَزَلَتْ { وَيَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنْ الرُّوحِ قُلْ الرُّوحُ مِنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّي وَمَا أُوتِيتُمْ مِنْ الْعِلْمِ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا } قَالُوا أُوتِينَا عِلْمًا كَثِيرًا أُوتِينَا التَّوْرَاةَ وَمَنْ أُوتِيَ التَّوْرَاةَ فَقَدْ أُوتِيَ خَيْرًا كَثِيرًا قَالَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ { قُلْ لَوْ كَانَ الْبَحْرُ مِدَادًا لِكَلِمَاتِ رَبِّي لَنَفِدَ الْبَحْرُ }.
الترجمة الإنجليزية
The Quraysh said to the Jews: 'Give us something to ask this man about.' They said: 'Ask him about the soul.' So they asked him, and the verse was revealed: 'They ask you about the soul. Say: The soul is from the affair of my Lord, and you have not been given of knowledge except a little' (17:85). They said: 'We have been given much knowledge; we were given the Torah, and whoever is given the Torah has been given much good.' Then Allah the Almighty revealed: 'Say: If the sea were ink for the words of my Lord, the sea would be exhausted...' (18:109).