﴿ ۞ أَلَمْ يَأْنِ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَن تَخْشَعَ قُلُوبُهُمْ لِذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِ وَمَا نَزَلَ مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ وَلَا يَكُونُوا۟ كَٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ مِن قَبْلُ فَطَالَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْأَمَدُ فَقَسَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ ۖ وَكَثِيرٌۭ مِّنْهُمْ فَٰسِقُونَ ﴾

“IS IT NOT time that the hearts of all who have attained to faith should feel humble at the remem­brance of God and of all the truth that has been bestowed [on them] from on high, lest they become like those who were granted revelation aforetime, and whose hearts have hardened with the passing of time so that many of them are [now] depraved?”

(Is not the time ripe for the hearts of those who believe to submit to Allah�s reminder�) [57:16]. Al-Kalbi and Muqatil said: �This verse was revealed about the hypocrites, one year after Emigration. This is because one day they asked Salman al-Farisi: �Tell us about what is in the Torah for it contains wonders�, and so this verse was revealed�. Others said that this verse was revealed about the believers. �Abd al-Qahir ibn Tahir informed us> Abu �Amr ibn Matar> Ja�far ibn Muhammad al-Firyabi> Ishaq ibn Rahwayh> �Amr ibn Muhammad al-Qurashi> Khallad ibn Muslim al-Saffar> �Amr ibn Qays al-Mula�i> �Amr ibn Murrah> Mus�ab ibn Sa�d> Sa�d who said: �The Qur�an was revealed to the Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and give him peace, and he recited it to them for a while. Then they said: �O Messenger of Allah, if only you narrate to us [the events of old]�, and so Allah, exalted is He, revealed (We narrate unto thee (O Muhammad) the best of narratives in that We have inspired in thee this Qur�an) [12:3]. He recited these to them for a while until they said: �O Messenger of Allah, if only you recite to us statements�. And so Allah, exalted is He, revealed (Allah hath (now) revealed the fairest of statements�) [39:23]. They were commanded all that through the Qur�an�. Khallad said: �Another narrator added: They also asked him: �O Messenger of Allah, if only you reminded us�. And so Allah, exalted is He, revealed (Is not the time ripe for the hearts of those who believe to submit to Allah�s reminder�)�.