Muhammad ibn Hatim ibn Maymun and Ibrahim ibn Dinar narrated to me—and the wording is Ibrahim's—they said: Hajjaj, that is, Ibn Muhammad, narrated to us from Ibn Jurayj, who said: Ya'la ibn Muslim informed me that he heard Sa'id ibn Jubayr narrating from Ibn 'Abbas that some people of polytheism had killed extensively and committed adultery extensively, then they came to Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, and said: "What you say and call to is good—if only you would tell us that there is expiation for what we have done." Then the verse was revealed: "And those who do not invoke with Allah another deity and do not kill the soul which Allah has forbidden, except by right, and do not commit adultery—and whoever does that will meet a penalty" (25:68). And the verse was revealed: "O My servants who have transgressed against themselves, do not despair of the mercy of Allah" (39:53).