Tarikh (al-Tabari) 369
the accounts of past peoples from the Israelites and others
مِنْهُمْ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّهُ عُرِضَتْ عَلَيْهِ النُّبُوَّةَ فَخَافَ أَنْ لَا يَقُومُ بِأَعْبَائِهَا; فَاخْتَارَ الْحِكْمَةَ لِأَنَّهَا أَسْهَلُ عَلَيْهِ وَفِي هَذَا نَظَرٌ. وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ. عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: كَانَ لُقْمَانُ نَبِيًّا. وَهَذَا ضَعِيفٌ لِحَالِ الْجُعْفِيِّ. وَالْمَشْهُورُ عَنِ الْجُمْهُورِ أَنَّهُ كَانَ حَكِيمًا وَلِيًّا، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ نَبِيًّا. عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ: خَيَّرَ اللَّهُ لُقْمَانَ الْحَكِيمَ بَيْنَ النُّبُوَّةِ وَالْحِكْمَةِ فَاخْتَارَ الْحِكْمَةَ عَلَى النُّبُوَّةِ قَالَ: فَأَتَاهُ جِبْرِيلُ وَهُوَ نَائِمٌ فَذَرَّ عَلَيْهِ الْحِكْمَةَ. قَالَ: فَأَصْبَحَ يَنْطِقُ بِهَا. قَالَ سَعِيدٌ: فَسَمِعْتُ قَتَادَةَ يَقُولُ: قِيلَ لِلُقْمَانَ: كَيْفَ اخْتَرْتَ الْحِكْمَةَ عَلَى النُّبُوَّةِ وَقَدْ خَيَّرَكَ رَبُّكَ ؟ فَقَالَ: إِنَّهُ لَوْ أُرْسِلَ إِلَيَّ بِالنُّبُوَّةِ عَزْمَةً، لَرَجَوْتُ فِيهِ الْفَوْزَ مِنْهُ، وَلَكُنْتُ أَرْجُو أَنْ أَقُومَ بِهَا، وَلَكِنْ خَيَّرَنِي فَخِفْتُ أَنْ أَضْعُفَ عَنِ النُّبُوَّةِ فَكَانَتِ الْحِكْمَةُ أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ. وَهَذَا فِيهِ نَظَرٌ لِأَنَّ سَعِيدَ بْنَ بَشِيرٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ; قَدْ تَكَلَّمُوا فِيهِ وَالَّذِي رَوَاهُ سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ فِي قَوْلِهِ وَلَقَدْ آتَيْنَا لُقْمَانَ الْحِكْمَةَ قَالَ: يَعْنِي الْفِقْهَ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ نَبِيًّا، وَلَمْ يُوحَ إِلَيْهِ، وَهَكَذَا نَصَّ عَلَى هَذَا غَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ مِنَ السَّلَفِ مِنْهُمْ مُجَاهِدٌ، وَسَعِيدُ بْنُ الْمُسَيَّبِ، وَابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ. وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ.
Translation
✧ Among them are those who claimed that prophethood was offered to him and he feared he would not fulfill its burdens; so he chose wisdom because it was easier for him, and in this there is room for examination. And Allah knows best. From ʿIkrimah that he said: Luqmān was a prophet. This is weak due to the status of al-Juʿfī. And what is famous from the majority is that he was a wise saint and was not a prophet. From Qatādah who said: Allah gave Luqmān the Wise a choice between prophethood and wisdom, and he chose wisdom over prophethood. He said: Gabriel came to him while he was asleep and sprinkled wisdom over him. He said: He arose speaking with it. Saʿīd said: I heard Qatādah say: It was said to Luqmān: How did you choose wisdom over prophethood when your Lord gave you the choice? He said: If it had been sent to me as prophethood by divine decree, I would have hoped for success therein, and I would have hoped to fulfill it, but He gave me the choice, so I feared that I might be too weak for prophethood, and wisdom was dearer to me. This contains room for examination because Saʿīd b. Bashīr from Qatādah has been criticized. And what Saʿīd b. Abī ʿArūbah narrated from Qatādah regarding His saying 'And We had certainly given Luqmān wisdom' (Q 31:12) he said: meaning understanding in Islam, and he was not a prophet nor was revelation sent to him. Likewise more than one of the early scholars stated this, among them Mujāhid, Saʿīd b. al-Musayyab, and Ibn ʿAbbās. And Allah knows best.
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