We were informed by Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah and Abdullah ibn Sa'id al-Ashajj — and the wording is that of Abdullah — who both said: We were informed by Waki', who said: We were informed by al-A'mash, from Abu al-Duha, from Masruq, from Khabbab, who said: Al-'As ibn Wa'il owed me a debt, so I went to him to collect it. He said to me: "I will not pay you until you disbelieve in Muhammad." Khabbab said: So I said to him: "I will not disbelieve in Muhammad until you die and then are resurrected." He said: "And will I indeed be resurrected after death? Then I will pay you when I return to wealth and children." Waki' said: Thus al-A'mash said. He said: Then this verse was revealed: "Have you seen the one who disbelieved in Our signs and said, 'I will surely be given wealth and children'?" up to His saying: "and he will come to Us alone."