Tarikh (al-Tabari) 506
Genealogy of Our Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and Some Accounts of His Forefathers and Ancestors
[ شِعْرٌ فِي دَوْسٍ وَمَا كَانَ مِنْهُ ] فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ - وَهُوَ يَذْكُرُ مَا سَاقَ إلَيْهِمْ دَوْسٌ مِنْ أَمْرِ الْحَبَشَةِ: لَا كَدَوْسٍ وَلَا كَأَعْلَاقِ رَحْلِهِ فَهِيَ مَثَلٌ بِالْيَمَنِ إلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ، وَقَالَ ذُو جَدَنٍ الْحِمْيَرِيُّ: هَوْنكِ لَيْسَ يَرُدُّ الدَّمْعُ مَا فَاتَا لَا تَهْلِكِي أَسَفًا فِي إثْرِ مَنْ مَاتَا أَبَعْدَ بَيْنُونَ لَا عَيْنٌ وَلَا أَثَرٌ وَبَعْدَ سِلْحِينَ يَبْنِي النَّاسُ أَبْيَاتَا بَيْنُونُ وَسِلْحِينُ وَغُمْدَانُ: مِنْ حُصُونِ الْيَمَنِ الَّتِي هَدَمَهَا أَرْيَاطُ. وَلَمْ يَكُنْ فِي النَّاسِ مِثْلُهَا. وَقَالَ ذُو جَدَنٍ أَيْضًا: دَعِينِي لَا أَبَا لَكَ لَنْ تُطِيقِي لِحَاكِ اللَّهِ قَدْ أَنْزَفْتِ رِيقِي لَدَيَّ عَزْفُ الْقِيَانِ إذْ انْتَشَيْنَا وَإِذْ نُسْقَى مِنْ الْخَمْرِ الرَّحِيقِ وَشُرْبُ الْخَمْرِ لَيْسَ عَلَيَّ عَارًا إذَا لَمْ يَشْكُنِي فِيهَا رَفِيقِي فَإِنَّ الْمَوْتَ لَا يَنْهَاهُ نَاهٍ وَلَوْ شَرِبَ الشِّفَاءَ مَعَ النُّشُوقِ وَلَا مُتَرَهِّبٍ فِي أُسْطُوَانٍ يُنَاطِحُ جُدْرَهُ بَيْضُ الْأَنُوقِ وغُمْدَانُ الَّذِي حُدِّثْتِ عَنْهُ بَنَوْهُ مُسَمَّكا فِي رَأْسِ نِيقِ بِمَنْهَمَةِ وَأَسْفَلُهُ جُرُونٌ وَحُرُّ الْمَوْحَلِ اللَّثَقِ الزَّلِيقِ مَصَابِيحُ السَّلِيطِ تَلُوحُ فِيهِ إذَا يُمْسِي كَتَوْمَاضِ الْبُرُوقِ وَنَخْلَتُهُ الَّتِي غُرِسَتْ إلَيْهِ يَكَادُ الْيُسْرُ يَهْصِرُ بِالْعُذُوقِ فَأَصْبَحَ بَعْدَ جِدَّتِهِ رَمَادًا وَغَيَّرَ حُسْنَهُ لَهَبُ الْحَرِيقِ وَأَسْلَمَ ذُو نُوَاسٍ مُسْتَكِينًا وَحَذَّرَ قَوْمَهُ ضَنْكَ الْمَضِيقِ وَقَالَ ابْنُ الذِّئْبَةِ الثَّقَفِيُّ فِي ذَلِكَ. قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: الذِّئْبَةُ أُمُّهُ، وَاسْمُهُ رَبِيعَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ يَالَيْلُ بْنِ سَالِمِ بْنِ مَالِكِ بْنِ حُطَيْطِ بْنِ جُشَمَ بْنِ قَسِيِّ: لَعَمْرُكَ مَا لِلْفَتَى مِنْ مَفَرٍّ مَعَ الْمَوْتِ يَلْحَقُهُ والكِبَرْ لَعُمْرُكَ مَا لِلْفَتَى صُحْرَةٌ لَعُمْرُكَ مَا إنْ لَهُ مِنْ وَزَرْ أَبَعْدَ قَبَائِلَ مِنْ حِمْيَرَ أُبِيدُوا صَبَاحًا بِذَاتِ الْعَبَرْ بِأَلْفِ أُلُوفٍ وحُرَّابَةٌ كَمِثْلِ السَّمَاءِ قُبَيْلَ الْمَطَرْ يُصِمُّ صِيَاحُهُمْ الْمُقْرَبَاتِ وَيَنْفُونَ مَنْ قَاتَلُوا بِالذَّفَرْ سَعَالِيَ مِثْلُ عَدِيدِ التُّرَا بِ تَيْبَسُ مِنْهُمْ رِطَابُ الشَّجَرْ وَقَالَ عَمْرُو بْنُ مَعْدِيكَرِبٍ الزُّبَيْدِيُّ فِي شَيْءٍ كَانَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ قَيْسِ بْنِ مَكْشوُحٍ الْمُرَادِيَّ، فَبَلَغَهُ أَنَّهُ يَتَوَعَّدُهُ، فَقَالَ يَذْكُرُ حِمْيَرَ وَعِزَّهَا، وَمَا زَالَ مِنْ مُلْكِهَا عَنْهَا: أَتُوعِدُنِي كَأَنَّكَ ذُو رُعَيْنٍ بِأَفْضَلِ عِيشَةٍ، أَوْ ذُو نُوَاسِ وكائنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكَ مِنْ نَعِيمٍ وَمُلْكٍ ثَابِتٍ فِي النَّاسِ رَاسِي قَدِيمٍ عَهْدُهُ مِنْ عَهْدِ عَادٍ عَظِيمٍ قَاهِرِ الْجَبَرُوتِ قَاسِي فَأَمْسَى أَهْلُهُ بَادُوا وَأَمْسَى يُحَوَّلُ مِنْ أُنَاسٍ فِي أُنَاسِ [ نَسَبُ زُبَيْدٍ ] قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: زُبَيْدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ مَازِنِ بْنِ مُنَبِّهِ بْنِ صَعْبِ بْنِ سَعْدِ الْعَشِيرَةِ بْنِ مَذْحِجَ، وَيُقَالُ زُبَيْدُ بْنُ مُنَبِّهِ بْنِ صَعْبِ بْنِ سَعْدِ الْعَشِيرَةِ وَيُقَالُ زُبَيْدُ بْنِ صَعْبٍ. وَمُرَادُ: يُحَابِرُ بْنُ مَذْحِجَ. [ سَبَبُ قَوْلِ عَمْرِو بْنِ مَعِدِي كَرِبٍ هَذَا الشِّعْرَ ] قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: وَحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ، قَالَ: كَتَبَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ إلَى سَلْمَانَ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ الْبَاهِلِيِّ وَبَاهِلَةَ بْنِ يَعْصُرَ بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ قَيْسِ بْنِ عَيْلَانَ، وَهُوَ بِأَرْمِينِيَّةِ يَأْمُرُهُ أَنْ يُفَضِّلَ أَصْحَابَ الْخَيْلِ الْعِرَابِ عَلَى أَصْحَابِ الْخَيْلِ الْمَقَارِفِ فِي الْعَطَاءِ، فَعَرَضَ الْخَيْلَ، فَمَرَّ بِهِ فَرَسُ عَمْرِو بْنِ مَعْدِي كَرِبٍ، فَقَالَ لَهُ سَلْمَانُ: فَرَسُكَ هَذَا مُقْرِفٌ، فَغَضِبَ عَمْرٌو، وَقَالَ: هَجِينٌ عَرَفَ هَجِينًا مِثْلَهُ، فَوَثَبَ إلَيْهِ قَيْسٌ فَتَوَعَّدَهُ، فَقَالَ عَمْرُو هَذِهِ الْأَبْيَاتِ.
Translation
✧ [A poem about Daws and what became of him] A man from the people of Yemen said—while mentioning what Daws brought upon them of the affair of the Abyssinians—: No one like Daws and no one like the saddle-bags of his mount; so it became a proverb in Yemen to this day. And Dhu Judan al-Himyari said: Take it easy; tears do not bring back what has passed, do not destroy yourself in grief for one who has died. After Baynun there is no eye and no trace, and after Salhin people build mere houses. Baynun, Salhin, and Ghumdan were among the fortresses of Yemen that Aryat destroyed, and the like of them did not exist among the people. And Dhu Judan also said: Leave me alone—may you have no father; you will not be able to bear my affliction. By God, you have exhausted my spittle. With me is the music of singing-girls when we become intoxicated, and when we are given pure wine to drink, And drinking wine is no shame upon me, as long as my companion does not complain about me in it. For death is not turned back by any forbidder, even if he drinks the antidote with snuff, Nor by any monk in a pillar whose wall the eggs of the vulture strike. And Ghumdan, about which you were told—they built it lofty on the peak of a mountain crag, With masonry chiseled, and its lower part is terraces, and the pure smooth slippery mire, Lamps of olive oil gleam in it when evening comes like the flickering of lightning, And its palm tree that was planted beside it—the ease nearly bends it down with clusters of dates. So after its newness it became ashes, and the flame of the fire altered its beauty. And Dhu Nuwas surrendered humbled, and he warned his people of the distress of the strait. And Ibn al-Dhi'ba al-Thaqafi said about that. Ibn Hisham said: al-Dhi'ba was his mother, and his name was Rabi'a b. 'Abd Yalayl b. Salim b. Malik b. Hutayt b. Jusham b. Qasiyy: By your life, the young man has no escape with death and old age overtaking him. By your life, the young man has no open desert, by your life, he has no refuge. What, after tribes of Himyar were destroyed in the morning at Dhat al-'Abar, With a thousand thousands and a spear-wielding host, like the sky just before rain, Their shouting deafens the high-bred horses, and they drive away those they fight with stench, Ghouls like the number of the dust; fresh branches of trees wither because of them. And 'Amr b. Ma'di Karib al-Zubaydi said about something that occurred between him and Qays b. Makshuh al-Muradi, when it reached him that he was threatening him, so he said, mentioning Himyar and its might, and how its dominion departed from it: Do you threaten me as if you were Dhu Ru'ayn with the best of life, or Dhu Nuwas? How many before you there were of bliss, and of dominion firmly established among the people, Ancient, its time from the time of 'Ad, mighty, crushing tyranny, harsh; Then its people perished, and it came to be transferred from one people to another people. [The lineage of Zubayd] Ibn Hisham said: Zubayd b. Salama b. Mazin b. Munabbih b. Sa'b b. Sa'd al-'Ashira b. Madhhij; and it is said Zubayd b. Munabbih b. Sa'b b. Sa'd al-'Ashira; and it is said Zubayd b. Sa'b. And Murad is Yuhabir b. Madhhij. [The reason 'Amr b. Ma'di Karib spoke this poem] Ibn Hisham said: Abu 'Ubayda narrated to me, saying: 'Umar b. al-Khattab ؓ wrote to Salman b. Rabi'a al-Bahili—and Bahila b. Ya'sur b. Sa'd b. Qays b. 'Aylan—while he was in Armenia, commanding him to prefer the owners of purebred horses over the owners of mixed-breed horses in giving. So he reviewed the horses, and the horse of 'Amr b. Ma'di Karib passed by him. Salman said to him: 'This horse of yours is mixed-breed.' 'Amr became angry and said: 'A baseborn has recognized a baseborn like himself.' Then Qays leapt at him and threatened him, so 'Amr spoke these verses.
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