Narrated Ibn `Abbas:
Regarding the Verse: 'And (We) made you into Shu'ub and Qabail-- (49.13) that Shu'uib means the big Qabail (i.e. nations) while the Qabail (i.e. tribes) means the branch tribes.
Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 3489 |
In-book reference | : Book 61, Hadith 1 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 4, Book 56, Hadith 695 |
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