Tarikh (al-Tabari) 321
The story of ʿĪsā b. Maryam (peace be upon him)
عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْمُزَنِيِّ، قَالَ: فَقَدَ الْحَوَارِيُّونَ نَبِيَّهُمْ عِيسَى، فَقِيلَ لَهُمْ: تَوَجَّهَ نَحْوَ الْبَحْرِ. فَانْطَلَقُوا يَطْلُبُونَهُ، فَلَمَّا انْتَهَوْا إِلَى الْبَحْرِ، إِذَا هُوَ يَمْشِي عَلَى الْمَاءِ، يَرْفَعُهُ الْمَوْجُ مَرَّةً وَيَضَعُهُ أُخْرَى، وَعَلَيْهِ كِسَاءٌ، مُرْتَدٍ بِنِصْفِهِ، وَمُؤْتَزِرٌ بِنِصْفِهِ حَتَّى انْتَهَى إِلَيْهِمْ، فَقَالَ لَهُ بَعْضُهُمْ - قَالَ أَبُو هِلَالٍ: ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ مَنْ أَفَاضِلِهِمْ -: أَلَا أَجِيءُ إِلَيْكَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ ؟ قَالَ: بَلَى. قَالَ: فَوَضَعَ إِحْدَى رِجْلَيْهِ عَلَى الْمَاءِ، ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ لِيَضَعَ الْأُخْرَى فَقَالَ: أَوَّهْ، غَرِقْتُ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ. فَقَالَ: أَرِنِي يَدَكَ يَا قَصِيرَ الْإِيمَانِ، لَوْ أَنَّ لِابْنِ آدَمَ مِنَ الْيَقِينِ قَدْرَ شَعِيرَةٍ، مَشَى عَلَى الْمَاءِ. وَعَنِ الْفُضَيْلِ بْنِ عِيَاضٍ قَالَ: قِيلَ لِعِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ: يَا عِيسَى، بِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ تَمْشِي عَلَى الْمَاءِ ؟ قَالَ: بِالْإِيمَانِ وَالْيَقِينِ. قَالُوا: فَإِنَّا آمَنَّا كَمَا آمَنْتَ وَأَيْقَنَّا كَمَا أَيْقَنْتَ. قَالَ: فَامْشُوا إِذًا. قَالَ: فَمَشَوْا مَعَهُ فِي الْمَوْجِ فَغَرِقُوا. فَقَالَ لَهُمْ عِيسَى: مَا لَكُمْ ؟ فَقَالُوا: خِفْنَا الْمَوْجَ. قَالَ: أَلَا خِفْتُمْ رَبَّ الْمَوْجِ. قَالَ: فَأَخْرَجَهُمْ ثُمَّ ضَرَبَ بِيَدِهِ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ، فَقَبَضَ بِهَا ثُمَّ بَسَطَهَا، فَإِذَا فِي إِحْدَى يَدَيْهِ ذَهَبٌ، وَفِي الْأُخْرَى مَدَرٌ أَوْ حَصًى، فَقَالَ: أَيُّهُمَا أَحْلَى فِي قُلُوبِكُمْ ؟ قَالُوا: هَذَا الذَّهَبُ. قَالَ: فَإِنَّهُمَا عِنْدِي سَوَاءٌ.
Translation
✧ From Bakr b. ʿAbd Allāh al-Muzanī, who said: The disciples lost their prophet ʿĪsā, and it was said to them: He headed toward the sea. So they set off seeking him. When they reached the sea, there he was walking on the water, the wave lifting him once and lowering him another, and upon him was a cloak, wrapped in half of it and wrapped around his waist with half of it, until he reached them. Then one of them said to him — Abū Hilāl said: I thought he was one of their most virtuous —: Shall I not come to you, O Prophet of God? He said: Yes. He said: So he placed one of his feet on the water, then went to place the other, and said: Alas, I have drowned, O Prophet of God. He said: Show me your hand, O short of faith. If the son of Adam had a grain of barley's weight of certainty, he would walk on the water. And from al-Fuḍayl b. ʿIyāḍ, who said: It was said to ʿĪsā b. Maryam: O ʿĪsā, by what thing do you walk on the water? He said: By faith and certainty. They said: We have believed as you believed, and attained certainty as you attained certainty. He said: Then walk. He said: So they walked with him in the wave and drowned. Then ʿĪsā said to them: What is the matter with you? They said: We feared the wave. He said: Would you not fear the Lord of the wave? He said: Then he brought them out, then struck his hand to the ground, seized with it, then opened it, and behold, in one of his hands was gold, and in the other was clay or pebbles. He said: Which of the two is sweeter in your hearts? They said: This gold. He said: Indeed, they are both equal to me.
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