Tarikh (al-Tabari) 250
Chapter mentioning a group of the prophets of the Israelites after Mūsā (peace be upon him)
قَالَ ابْنُ جَرِيرٍ، فِي " تَارِيخِهِ ": لَا خِلَافَ بَيْنِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ بِأَخْبَارِ الْمَاضِينَ، وَأُمُورِ السَّالِفِينِ مِنْ أُمَّتِنَا، وَغَيْرِهِمْ; أَنَّ الْقَيِّمَ بِأُمُورِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ بَعْدَ يُوشَعَ، كَالِبُ بْنُ يُوفَنَّا. يَعْنِي أَحَدَ أَصْحَابِ مُوسَى، عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، وَهُوَ زَوْجُ أُخْتِهِ مَرْيَمَ، وَهُوَ أَحَدُ الرَّجُلَيْنِ اللَّذَيْنِ مِمَّنْ يَخَافُونَ اللَّهَ، وَهُمَا يُوشَعُ، وَكَالِبُ وَهُمَا الْقَائِلَانِ لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ حِينَ نَكَلُوا عَنِ الْجِهَادِ: ادْخُلُوا عَلَيْهِمُ الْبَابَ فَإِذَا دَخَلْتُمُوهُ فَإِنَّكُمْ غَالِبُونَ وَعَلَى اللَّهِ فَتَوَكَّلُوا إِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ [ الْمَائِدَةِ: 23 ]. قَالَ الْقُرَظِيُّ: وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لِكَالِبَ نُبُوَّةٌ، وَلَكِنَّهُ كَانَ رَجُلًا صَالِحًا يَوَدُّونَهُ فَوَلِيَهُمْ زَمَانًا يُقِيمُ فِيهِمْ مِنْ طَاعَةِ اللَّهِ مَا كَانَ يُقِيمُ يُوشَعُ حَتَّى قَبَضَهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ عَلَى مِنْهَاجِ يُوشَعَ. فَاسْتَخْلَفَ كَالِبُ ابْنًا لَهُ فَأَقَامَ الْعَدْلَ فِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً، فَلَمَّا مَاتَ اخْتَلَفَتْ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَدَعَا كُلٌّ إِلَى نَفْسِهِ وَإِلَى سِبْطِهِ، ثُمَّ عَمِلُوا بِالْمَعَاصِي وَتَشَاحَنُوا عَلَى الدُّنْيَا، وَأَحَبُّوا الْمُلْكَ، فَبَعَثَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى [ حِزْقِيلَ بْنِ بُوزِي] وَهُوَ الَّذِي يُقَالُ لَهُ: ابْنُ الْعَجُوزِ، وَيُقَالُ: إِنَّ ابْنَ الْعَجُوزِ أَشْمَوِيلُ، وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ. وَإِنَّمَا قِيلَ لَهُ: ابْنُ الْعَجُوزِ؛ لِأَنَّهَا سَأَلَتِ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ الْوَلَدَ بَعْدَمَا كَبِرَتْ وَعَقِمَتْ فَوَهَبَهُ اللَّهُ لَهَا، فَلِذَلِكَ قِيلَ: ابْنُ الْعَجُوزِ. وَهُوَ الَّذِي دَعَا لِلْقَوْمِ الْمَوْتَى فَأَحْيَاهُمُ اللَّهُ.
Translation
✧ Ibn Jarīr said in his “Tārīkh”: There is no disagreement among the people of knowledge concerning the reports of past nations and the affairs of former peoples, from our community and others, that the one in charge of the affairs of the Children of Israel after Yūshaʿ was Kālib b. Yūfannā, meaning one of the companions of Mūsā ﷺ. He was the husband of his sister Maryam, and he is one of the two men who feared God—namely Yūshaʿ and Kālib—who said to the Children of Israel when they held back from fighting: “Enter upon them through the gate, for when you enter it, you will be victorious, and put your trust in God if you are believers” [al-Māʾidah: 23]. Al-Quraẓī said: Kālib had no prophethood, but he was a righteous man whom they loved, so he governed them for a time, establishing among them obedience to God as Yūshaʿ had established, until God, Mighty and Majestic, took him upon the way of Yūshaʿ. Kālib appointed as his successor a son of his, who established justice among the Children of Israel for forty years. When he died, the Children of Israel differed, and each called to himself and to his tribe. Then they committed sins, quarreled over worldly things, and loved kingship. So God, Exalted is He, sent Ḥizqīl b. Būzī, who is called Ibn al-ʿAjūz, and it is said that Ibn al-ʿAjūz is Ashmawīl, and God knows best. He was called Ibn al-ʿAjūz because she asked God, Mighty and Majestic, for a child after she had grown old and was barren, and God granted him to her; therefore he was called Ibn al-ʿAjūz. It is he who prayed for the people who had died, and God brought them back to life.
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