Tarikh (al-Tabari) 177
Chapter mentioning the offspring of Abraham (peace and blessings be upon him)
مُلَخَّصُ قِصَّةِ نَبِيِّ اللَّهِ أَيُّوبَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَهُوَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ أَيُّوبُ بْنُ مُوصَ بْنِ رَزَاحَ بْنِ الْعِيصِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْخَلِيلِ. وَقِيلَ فِي نَسَبِهِ غَيْرُ ذَلِكَ، قِيلَ إِنَّهُ كَانَ فِي زَمَنِ يَعْقُوبَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَكَانَتْ زَوْجَتُهُ بِنْتَ يَعْقُوبَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ. وَمِمَّا يُؤْثِرُ عَنْهُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ أَنَّهُ كَانَ إِذَا أَرَادَ حَاجَةً سَجَدَ ثُمَّ طَلَبَهَا، وَكَانَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَالِ وَقَدْ رَزَقَهُ اللَّهُ رِزْقًا حَسَنًا، وَذُرِّيَّةً طَيِّبَةً فَطَلَبَ إِبْلِيسُ مِنَ اللَّهِ سُبْحَانَهُ أَنْ يُسَلِّطَهُ عَلَيْهِ وَادَّعَى أَنَّهُ يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يَفْتِنَهُ، فَسُلِّطَ عَلَيْهِ فَابْتُلِيَ فِي مَالِهِ وَأَوْلَادِهِ وَجَسَدِهِ وَصَارَ عَظْمًا وَعَصَبًا وَلَا يَقْدِرُ عَلَى شَيْءٍ وَجَفَاهُ النَّاسُ وَلَمْ يَبْقَ مَعَهُ إِلَّا زَوْجَتُهُ وَقَدِ اضْطُرَّتْ إِلَى أَنْ تَعْمَلَ لِتُنْفِقَ عَلَيْهِ، وَلَمْ يَزِدْهُ ذَلِكَ إِلَّا يَقِينًا بِاللَّهِ وَصَبْرًا حَتَّى ضَرَبَ بِصَبْرِهِ الْأَمْثَالَ، وَاخْتُلِفَ فِي مُدَّةِ بَلَائِهِ كَمْ كَانَتْ، حَتَّى أَكْرَمَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى بِمَا يَتَعَجَّبُ مِنْهُ خَلْقُهُ بِأَنْ رَدَّ عَلَيْهِ مَالَهُ وَأَهْلَهُ وَمِثْلَهُمْ مَعَهُمْ، وَرَدَّ إِلَيْهِ جَسَدَهُ أَفْضَلَ مِمَّا كَانَ، وَكَانَ أَيُّوبُ قَدْ حَلَفَ أَنْ يَضْرِبَ امْرَأَتَهُ، وَاخْتُلِفَ فِي سَبَبِ ذَلِكَ فَأَمَرَهُ اللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ يَأْخُذُ ضِغْثًا يَجْمَعُ أَعْوَادًا بِعَدَدٍ مَا حَلَفَ أَنْ يَضْرِبَهَا، وَيَضْرِبَهَا بِهِ ضَرْبَةً وَاحِدَةً، فَيَكُونُ كَفَّارَةً عَنْ يَمِينِهِ. هَذَا وَقَدْ مَاتَ أَيُّوبُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَعُمْرُهُ ثَلَاثَةٌ وَتِسْعُونَ سَنَةً، وَقِيلَ: أَكْثَرُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ.
Translation
✧ Summary of the story of Allah's prophet Job ﷺ He is Allah's prophet Job b. Mūṣā b. Razāḥ b. al-ʿĪṣ b. Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Khalīl. Other opinions were given regarding his lineage. It was said that he lived in the time of Jacob ﷺ and his wife was the daughter of Jacob ﷺ. Among what is related from him ﷺ is that when he wanted something he would prostrate and then ask for it. He ﷺ was a man of wealth and Allah had provided him good provision and good offspring. Iblīs asked Allah, glorified be He, to give him power over him, claiming that he could tempt him. So he was given power over him, and he was tested in his wealth, his children, and his body. He became nothing but bone and sinew, unable to do anything. People shunned him, and none remained with him except his wife, who was forced to work to spend on him. This only increased him in certainty in Allah and patience, until his patience became proverbial. There was disagreement over how long the period of his affliction was. Then Allah, exalted be He, honored him with that which His creation marvels at: He restored to him his wealth and his family and their like with them, and He restored to him his body better than it had been. Job had sworn to strike his wife, and there was disagreement over the reason for that. Allah, glorified be He, commanded him to take a bundle, gathering together sticks equal in number to what he had sworn to strike her with, and strike her with it once, so that it would be an expiation for his oath. Job ﷺ died at the age of ninety-three years, and it was said: more than that.
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