\nNarrated `Abdullah:\n \n\nIt (i.e., the imagined smoke) was because, when the Quraish refused to obey the Prophet, he asked \nAllah to afflict them with years of famine similar to those of (Prophet) Joseph. So they were stricken \nwith famine and fatigue, so much so that they ate even bones. A man would look towards the sky and \nimagine seeing something like smoke between him and the sky because of extreme fatigue. So Allah \nrevealed:-- \n'Then watch you for the Day that the sky will bring forth a kind of smoke plainly visible, covering the \npeople; this is a painfull of torment.' (44.10-11) \nThen someone (Abu Sufyan) came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Invoke Allah to \nsend rain for the tribes of Mudar for they are on the verge of destruction." On that the Prophet (ﷺ) said \n(astonishingly) "Shall I invoke Allah) for the tribes of Mudar? Verily, you are a brave man!" But the \nProphet prayed for rain and it rained for them. Then the Verse was revealed. \n'But truly you will return (to disbelief).' (44.15) (When the famine was over and) they restored \nprosperity and welfare, they reverted to their ways (of heathenism) whereupon Allah revealed: \n'On the Day when We shall seize you with a Mighty Grasp. We will indeed (then) exact retribution.' \n(44.16) The narrator said, "That was the day of the Battle of Badr."\n

\nNarrated `Abdullah:\n \n\nIt (i.e., the imagined smoke) was because, when the Quraish refused to obey the Prophet, he asked \nAllah to afflict them with years of famine similar to those of (Prophet) Joseph. So they were stricken \nwith famine and fatigue, so much so that they ate even bones. A man would look towards the sky and \nimagine seeing something like smoke between him and the sky because of extreme fatigue. So Allah \nrevealed:-- \n'Then watch you for the Day that the sky will bring forth a kind of smoke plainly visible, covering the \npeople; this is a painfull of torment.' (44.10-11) \nThen someone (Abu Sufyan) came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Invoke Allah to \nsend rain for the tribes of Mudar for they are on the verge of destruction." On that the Prophet (ﷺ) said \n(astonishingly) "Shall I invoke Allah) for the tribes of Mudar? Verily, you are a brave man!" But the \nProphet prayed for rain and it rained for them. Then the Verse was revealed. \n'But truly you will return (to disbelief).' (44.15) (When the famine was over and) they restored \nprosperity and welfare, they reverted to their ways (of heathenism) whereupon Allah revealed: \n'On the Day when We shall seize you with a Mighty Grasp. We will indeed (then) exact retribution.' \n(44.16) The narrator said, "That was the day of the Battle of Badr."\n

\nحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ مُسْلِمٍ، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ، قَالَ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ إِنَّمَا كَانَ هَذَا لأَنَّ قُرَيْشًا لَمَّا اسْتَعْصَوْا عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم دَعَا عَلَيْهِمْ بِسِنِينَ كَسِنِي يُوسُفَ، فَأَصَابَهُمْ قَحْطٌ وَجَهْدٌ حَتَّى أَكَلُوا الْعِظَامَ، فَجَعَلَ الرَّجُلُ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَيَرَى مَا بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَهَا كَهَيْئَةِ الدُّخَانِ مِنَ الْجَهْدِ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى ‏{‏فَارْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِي السَّمَاءُ بِدُخَانٍ مُبِينٍ * يَغْشَى النَّاسَ هَذَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ‏}‏ قَالَ فَأُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ اسْتَسْقِ اللَّهَ لِمُضَرَ، فَإِنَّهَا قَدْ هَلَكَتْ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ لِمُضَرَ إِنَّكَ لَجَرِيءٌ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَاسْتَسْقَى فَسُقُوا‏.‏ فَنَزَلَتْ ‏{‏إِنَّكُمْ عَائِدُونَ‏}‏ فَلَمَّا أَصَابَتْهُمُ الرَّفَاهِيَةُ عَادُوا إِلَى حَالِهِمْ حِينَ أَصَابَتْهُمُ الرَّفَاهِيَةُ‏.‏ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ‏{‏يَوْمَ نَبْطِشُ الْبَطْشَةَ الْكُبْرَى إِنَّا مُنْتَقِمُونَ‏}‏ قَالَ يَعْنِي يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ‏.‏