Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْقُطَعِيُّ قَالَ نا أَبُو دَاوُدَ قَالَ نا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ لَمَّا قَتَلْتُ أَبَا جَهْلِ أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ هَذَا فِرْعَوْنُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ جَهْلِ أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ هَذَا فِرْعَوْنُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ
English Translation
Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us, he said: Muhammad ibn Ja'far narrated to us, he said: Shu'bah narrated to us, from Abu Ishaq, from Amr ibn Maymun, from Abdullah, who said: While I was walking with the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) in a cultivated area of Madinah, leaning on a staff, he passed by a group of Jews. Some of them said to others: Ask him about the spirit. Others said: Do not ask him, lest he give you an answer you dislike. They said: Ask him. So one of them asked him about the spirit. The Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) remained silent and did not answer him. I knew that revelation was being sent down to him. Then he recited: 'And they ask you about the spirit. Say: The spirit is of the affair of my Lord, and you have not been given of knowledge except a little' [Quran 17:85].