Tarikh (al-Tabari) 490
Genealogy of Our Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and Some Accounts of His Forefathers and Ancestors
أَمْرُ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَامِرٍ فِي خُرُوجِهِ مِنْ الْيَمَنِ [ وَقِصَّةُ سَدِّ مَأْرِبٍ ] وَكَانَ سَبَبُ خُرُوجِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَامِرٍ مِنْ الْيَمَنِ - فِيمَا حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو زَيْدٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ - أَنَّهُ رَأَى جُرَذًا يَحْفِرُ فِي سَدِّ مَأْرِبٍ، الَّذِي كَانَ يَحْبِسُ عَلَيْهِمْ الْمَاءَ - فَيُصَرِّفُونَهُ حَيْثُ شَاءُوا مِنْ أَرْضِهِمْ، فَعَلِمَ أَنَّهُ لَا بَقَاءَ لِلسَّدِّ عَلَى ذَلِكَ، فَاعْتَزَمَ عَلَى النُّقْلَةِ مِنْ الْيَمَنِ، فَكَادَ قَوْمَهُ، فَأَمَرَ أَصْغَرَ وَلَدِهِ إذَا أَغْلَظَ لَهُ وَلَطَمَهُ أَنْ يَقُومَ إلَيْهِ فَيَلْطِمَهُ، فَفَعَلَ ابْنُهُ مَا أَمَرَهُ بِهِ، فَقَالَ عَمْرٌو: لَا أُقِيمُ بِبَلَدِ لَطَمَ وَجْهِي فِيهِ أَصْغَرُ وَلَدِي، وَعَرَضَ أَمْوَالَهُ. فَقَالَ أَشْرَافٌ مِنْ أَشْرَافِ الْيَمَنِ: اغْتَنِمُوا غَضْبَةَ عَمْرٍو، فَاشْتَرَوْا مِنْهُ أَمْوَالَهُ. وَانْتَقَلَ فِي وَلَدِهِ وَوَلَدِ وَلَدِهِ. وَقَالَتْ الْأَزْدُ: لَا نَتَخَلَّفُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَامِرٍ، فَبَاعُوا أَمْوَالَهُمْ، وَخَرَجُوا مَعَهُ، فَسَارُوا حَتَّى نَزَلُوا بِلَادَ عَكٍّ مُجْتَازِينَ يَرْتَادُونَ الْبُلْدَانَ، فَحَارَبَتْهُمْ عَكٌّ، فَكَانَتْ حَرْبُهُمْ سِجَالًا. فَفِي ذَلِكَ قَالَ عَبَّاسُ بْنُ مِرْدَاسٍ الْبَيْتَ الَّذِي كَتَبْنَا. ثُمَّ ارْتَحَلُوا عَنْهُمْ فَتَفَرَّقُوا فِي الْبُلْدَانِ، فَنَزَلَ آلُ جَفْنَةَ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَامِرٍ الشَّامَ، وَنَزَلَتْ الْأَوْسُ وَالْخَزْرَجُ يَثْرِبَ، وَنَزَلَتْ خُزَاعَةُ مَرَّا، وَنَزَلَتْ أَزْدُ السَّرَاةَ، وَنَزَلَتْ أَزْدُ عَمَّانَ عُمَانَ. ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَلَى السَّدِّ السَّيْلَ فَهَدَمَهُ، فَفِيهِ أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى عَلَى رَسُولِهِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ: لَقَدْ كَانَ لِسَبَإٍ فِي مَسْكَنِهِمْ آيَةٌ جَنَّتَانِ عَنْ يَمِينٍ وَشِمَالٍ كُلُوا مِنْ رِزْقِ رَبِّكُمْ وَاشْكُرُوا لَهُ بَلْدَةٌ طَيِّبَةٌ وَرَبٌّ غَفُورٌ فَأَعْرَضُوا فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَيْلَ الْعَرِمِ. وَالْعَرِمُ: السَّدُّ، وَاحِدَتُهُ: عَرِمَةٌ، فِيمَا حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ. قَالَ الْأَعْشَى: أَعْشَى بَنِي قَيْسِ بْنِ ثَعْلَبَةَ بْنِ عُكَابَةَ بْنِ صَعْبِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ بَكْرِ بْنِ وَائِلِ بْنِ هِنْبِ بْنِ أَفْصَى بْنِ جَدِيلَةَ بْنِ أَسَدِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ نِزَارِ بْنِ مَعَدٍّ. قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: وَيُقَالُ: أَفْصَى بْنِ دُعْمِيِّ بْنِ جَدِيلَةَ، وَاسْمُ الْأَعْشَى، مَيْمُونُ بْنُ قَيْسِ بْنِ جَنْدَلِ بْنِ شَرَاحِيلَ بْنِ عَوْفِ بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ ضُبَيْعَةَ بْنِ قَيْسِ بْنِ ثَعْلَبَةَ: وَفِي ذَاكَ لِلْمُؤْتَسِي أُسْوَةٌ ومارِبُ عَفَّى عَلَيْهَا العَرِمْ رُخَامٌ بَنَتْهُ لَهُمْ حِمْيرٌ إذَا جَاءَ مَوَّارُهُ لَمْ يَرِمْ فَأَرْوَى الزُّرُوعَ وَأَعْنَابَهَا عَلَى سَعَةٍ مَاؤُهُمْ إذْ قُسِمْ فَصَارُوا أَيَادَى مَا يَقْدِرُو نَ مِنْهُ عَلَى شُرْبِ طِفْلٍ فُطِمْ وَهَذِهِ الْأَبْيَاتُ فِي قَصِيدَةٍ لَهُ. وَقَالَ أُمَيَّةُ بْنُ أَبِي الصَّلْتِ الثَّقَفِيُّ - وَاسْمُ ثَقِيفٍ قَسِيُّ بْنُ مُنَبِّهِ بْنِ بَكْرِ بْنِ هَوَازِنَ بْنِ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ عِكْرِمَةَ بْنِ خَصَفَةَ بْنِ قَيْسِ بْنِ عَيْلَانَ بْنِ مُضَرَ بْنِ نِزَارِ بْنِ مَعَدٍّ بْنِ عَدْنَانَ: مِنْ سَبَأِ الْحَاضِرِينَ مَأْرِبَ إذْ يَبْنُونَ مِنْ دُونِ سَيْلِهِ الْعَرِمَا وَهَذَا الْبَيْتُ فِي قَصِيدَةٍ لَهُ. وَتُرْوَى لِلنَّابِغَةِ الْجَعْدِيِّ، وَاسْمُهُ قَيْسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَحَدُ بَنِي جَعْدَةَ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ عَامِرِ بْنِ صَعْصَعَةَ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ بَكْرِ بْنِ هَوَازِنَ وَهُوَ حَدِيثٌ طَوِيلٌ، مَنَعَنِي مِنْ اسْتِقْصَائِهِ مَا ذَكَرْتُ مِنْ الِاخْتِصَارِ
Translation
✧ The affair of ʿAmr b. ʿĀmir in his departure from Yemen [and the story of the dam of Maʾrib] The reason for the departure of ʿAmr b. ʿĀmir from Yemen—according to what Abū Zayd al-Anṣārī related to me—was that he saw a rat digging in the dam of Maʾrib, which held back the water for them—so that they could divert it wherever they wished in their land. He knew that the dam would not endure that, so he resolved to move away from Yemen. He devised a ruse for his people: he ordered his youngest son, when he treated him harshly and slapped him, to rise up and slap him back. His son did what he commanded him. Then ʿAmr said: "I will not remain in a land where the youngest of my children has slapped my face." He offered his properties for sale. Some nobles among the nobles of Yemen said: "Seize the opportunity of ʿAmr's anger," and they bought his properties from him. He departed with his children and his children's children. The Azd said: "We will not stay behind from ʿAmr b. ʿĀmir," so they sold their properties and went out with him. They traveled until they settled in the lands of ʿAkk as wayfarers seeking out lands. ʿAkk fought them, and their war was one of alternating fortune. Concerning that, ʿAbbās b. Mirdās said the verse which we have written down. Then they departed from them and dispersed in the lands. The family of Jafnah b. ʿAmr b. ʿĀmir settled in Syria, the Aws and the Khazraj settled in Yathrib, Khuzāʿah settled in Marr, Azd al-Sarāh settled in al-Sarāh, and Azd ʿUmān settled in ʿUmān. Then God, may He be exalted, sent the torrent upon the dam and it destroyed it. Concerning that, God, blessed and exalted, revealed to His Messenger Muḥammad ﷺ: "There was for Sabaʾ in their dwelling place a sign: two gardens on the right and on the left. 'Eat of the provision of your Lord and be grateful to Him: a good land and a forgiving Lord.' But they turned away, so We sent upon them the flood of the dam." Al-ʿarim is the dam; its singular is ʿarimah, according to what Abū ʿUbaydah related to me. Al-Aʿshā said—Aʿshā of Banū Qays b. Thaʿlabah b. ʿUkābah b. Ṣaʿb b. ʿAlī b. Bakr b. Wāʾil b. Hinb b. Afṣā b. Jadīlah b. Asad b. Rabīʿah b. Nizār b. Maʿadd. Ibn Hishām said: It is also said: Afṣā b. Duʿmī b. Jadīlah. The name of al-Aʿshā is Maymūn b. Qays b. Jandal b. Sharāḥīl b. ʿAwf b. Saʿd b. Ḍubayʿah b. Qays b. Thaʿlabah: In that there is an example for one who takes heed—Maʾrib, which the dam effaced, Marble built for them by Ḥimyar, When its surging flow came, it did not cease; It watered the crops and their vines, Their water being ample when it was apportioned, So they became hands that could not manage From it even a weaned child's drink. These verses are in an ode of his. And Umayyah b. Abī al-Ṣalt al-Thaqafī said—the name of Thaqīf is Qasiyy b. Munabbih b. Bakr b. Hawāzin b. Manṣūr b. ʿIkrimah b. Khaṣafah b. Qays b. ʿAylān b. Muḍar b. Nizār b. Maʿadd b. ʿAdnān: From Sabaʾ, the inhabitants of Maʾrib, when— They were building, below its flood, the dam; This verse is in an ode of his. It is also attributed to al-Nābighah al-Jaʿdī, whose name is Qays b. ʿAbd Allāh, one of Banū Jaʿdah b. Kaʿb b. Rabīʿah b. ʿĀmir b. Ṣaʿṣaʿah b. Muʿāwiyah b. Bakr b. Hawāzin. It is a long account; the brevity I have mentioned prevented me from relating it in full.
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