I told them as such...

I told them as such: If the Prophet overlooks your treason it maybe that Allah will provide him with much better wives than you.

Moments later, a verse with similar contents was revealed:» عَسَى رَبُّهُ إِن طَلَّقَكُنَّ أَن يُبْدِلَهُ أَزْوَاجاً خَيْراً مِّنكُنَّ مُسْلِمَاتٍ مُّؤْمِنَاتٍ Perhaps his Lord, if he divorced you [all], would substitute for him wives better than you - submitting [to Allah], believing, devoutly obedient,… (Holy Quran, 66: 5) Tayalesi in his 'Musnad' narrates Caliph Omar as saying: 'I came to an understanding with my Lord on four matters.

Then, after mentioning the afore-said three agreements, he says: When the verse; وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ مِن سُلَالَةٍ مِّن طِينٍ And certainly did We create man from an extract of clay. (Holy Quran, 23: 12) Was revealed and thereby portrayed man in his complete sense, I said: تَبَارَكَ اللَّـهُ أَحْسَنُ الْخَالِقِينَ Blessed be Allah, the best of the Creators. (Holy Quran, 23: 14) Later on, there came a revelation and this expression was added to the afore-said verse.

The expositors of Sahih Bukhari - Ibn-Hajar (died in 852 A.H.) in 'Fathul-Baari' and Aini (died in 855 A.H.) in 'Omdatul-Qaari' have explained and interpreted the afore-mentioned traditions as follows:- [^2] ) وافقت ربي من الموافقة) من باب المفاعلة التي تدل على مشاركة اثنين في فعل ينسب إلى أحدهما متعلقا بالآخر والمعنى في الأصل وافقني ربي فأنزل القرآن على وفق ما رأيت ولكنه راعى الأدب فأسند الموافقة إلى نفسه لا إلى الرب جل وعز The word [وافقت] bas been derived from the infinitive [موافقت] and this infinitive belongs to the mode of [مفاعلة] which denotes cooperation and reciprocity of two persons in one affair.

Of course, the action is attributed to one of the two who is also affiliated to the other and the other in reality is called [مفعول الفعل]. Actually, the narrated sentence of the Caliph implies as such: «My Lord has come to an agreement with me with regards to my view and has revealed His Quran as per my opinion.» The commentator says: “'For the sake of observing politeness and courtesy, the Caliph has attributed agreement to himself and not to his Lord.

In other words, he has said: “I came to an agreement with my Lord and did not say: “Lord came to an agreement with me.'“ The Number Of Agreements Rise! The number of consents which Omar-ibn-Khattab himself has narrated are not more than four. However, throughout the eras the number of such consents have apparently undergone changes.

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