Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي عَمْرٍو عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ سُلَيْمٍ عَنْ مَحْمُودِ بْنِ لَبِيدٍ قَالَ لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ { أَلْهَاكُمْ التَّكَاثُرُ فَقَرَأَهَا حَتَّى بَلَغَ لَتُسْأَلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنْ النَّعِيمِ } قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَيِّ نَعِيمٍ نُسْأَلُ وَإِنَّمَا هُمَا الْأَسْوَدَانِ الْمَاءُ وَالتَّمْرُ وَسُيُوفُنَا عَلَى رِقَابِنَا وَالْعَدُوُّ حَاضِرٌ فَعَنْ أَيِّ نَعِيمٍ نُسْأَلُ قَالَ إِنَّ ذَلِكَ سَيَكُونُ.
English Translation
It was narrated from Mahmud b. Labid: he said, "When the verse 'Competition for more diverts you' was revealed - he recited it until he reached 'then you will surely be asked that day about pleasure' - they said, 'O Messenger of Allah, about what pleasure will we be asked, when we have only the two black things, water and dates, and our swords are upon our necks and the enemy is present - about what pleasure will we be asked?' He said, 'That will indeed come to be.'"