﴿ لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةًۭ وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٌۭ وَٰعِيَةٌۭ ﴾

“so that We might make all this a [lasting] reminder to you all, and that every wide-awake ear might consciously take it in.”

(�and that remembering ears (that heard the story) might remember) [69:12]. Abu Bakr al-Tamimi informed us> �Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn Ja�far> al-Walid ibn Abban> al-�Abbas al-Duri> Bishr ibn Adam> �Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr> Salih ibn Haytham> Buraydah who reported that the Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and give him peace, said to �Ali: �Allah has commanded me to draw you closer to me and not exclude you and that I teach you so that you understand; and Allah has taken it upon Himself that you understand�, and then this verse was revealed (and that remembering ears (that heard the story) might remember).