(Lo! In the creation of the heavens and the earth…) [2:164]. ‘Abd al-‘Aziz ibn Tahir al-Tamimi informed us> Abu ‘Amr ibn Matar> Abu ‘Abd Allah al-Ziyadi> Musa ibn Mas‘ud al-Nahdi> Shibl> Ibn Abi Najih> ‘Ata’ who said: “When the verse (Your God is One God; there is no god save Him, the Beneficent, the Merciful) [2:163] was revealed to Allah’s Messenger in Medina, the disbelievers of Quraysh in Mecca said: ‘How can one Allah be enough for all people?’ And as a response Allah, exalted is He, revealed (Lo! In the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the difference of night and day…) up to His saying (… are signs (of Allah’s Sovereignty) for people who have sense)”. Abu Bakr al-Asfahani informed us> al-Hafiz ‘Abd Allah ibn Muhammad> Abu Yahya al-Razi> Sahl ibn ‘Uthman al-‘Askari> Abu’l-Ahwas> Sa‘id ibn Masruq> Abu’l-Duha who said: “When the verse (Your Allah is One Allah…) was revealed, the idolaters were astounded. They exclaimed: ‘Just one Allah. Let him bring us one sign if he is truthful’. Allah answered by revealing the verse (Lo! In the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the difference of night and day…)”.
Asbab Al-Nuzul by Al-Wahidi , trans. Mokrane Guezzou
