حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ عَمْرٌو سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا يَقُولُ لَمَّا نَزَلَ عَلَی رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قُلْ هُوَ الْقَادِرُ عَلَی أَنْ يَبْعَثَ عَلَيْکُمْ عَذَابًا مِنْ فَوْقِکُمْ قَالَ أَعُوذُ بِوَجْهِکَ أَوْ مِنْ تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِکُمْ قَالَ أَعُوذُ بِوَجْهِکَ فَلَمَّا نَزَلَتْ أَوْ يَلْبِسَکُمْ شِيَعًا وَيُذِيقَ بَعْضَکُمْ بَأْسَ بَعْضٍ قَالَ هَاتَانِ أَهْوَنُ أَوْ أَيْسَرُ
صحیح بخاری · Hadith 7313
Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: When the (following) Verse was revealed to Allah's Apostle: 'Say: He has power to send torment on you from above,'..(6.65) he said, "O Allah! I seek refuge with Your Face (from that punishment)." And when this was revealed: '..or from beneath your feet.' (6.65) he said, "O Allah! I seek refuge with Your Face (from that)." And when this Verse was revealed: '..or to cover you with confusion in partystrife, and make you to taste the violence of one another,'...(6.65) he said: "These two warnings are easier (than the previous ones).
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020