Tarikh (al-Tabari) 693
The reports of the Jewish rabbis, Christian monks, and soothsayers and their glad tidings of the sending of the Beloved of the Most Merciful ﷺ
إنْذَارُ الْيَهُودِ بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ [ إنْذَارُ الْيَهُودِ بِهِ ﷺ، وَلَمَّا بُعِثَ كَفَرُوا بِهِ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَحَدَّثَنِي عَاصِمُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ رِجَالٍ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ، قَالُوا: إنَّ مِمَّا دَعَانَا إلَى الْإِسْلَامِ، مَعَ رَحْمَةِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى وَهَدَاهُ لَنَا، لَمَا كُنَّا نَسْمَعُ مِنْ رِجَالِ يَهُودَ، ( وَ ) كُنَّا أَهْلَ شِرْكٍ أَصْحَابَ أَوَثَانٍ، وَكَانُوا أَهْلَ كِتَابٍ، عِنْدَهُمْ عِلْمٌ لَيْسَ لَنَا، وَكَانَتْ لَا تَزَالُ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُمْ شُرُورٌ، فَإِذَا نِلْنَا مِنْهُمْ بَعْضَ مَا يَكْرَهُونَ، قَالُوا لَنَا: إنَّهُ ( قَدْ ) تَقَارَبَ زَمَانُ نَبِيٍّ يُبْعَثُ الْآنَ نَقْتُلُكُمْ مَعَهُ قَتْلَ عَادٍ وَإِرَمٍ فَكُنَّا كَثِيرًا مَا نَسْمَعُ ذَلِكَ مِنْهُمْ. فَلَمَّا بَعَثَ اللَّهُ رَسُولَهُ ﷺ أَجَبْنَاهُ، حِينَ دَعَانَا إلَى اللَّهِ تَعَالَى، وَعَرَفْنَا مَا كَانُوا يَتَوَعَّدُونَنَا بِهِ، فَبَادَرْنَاهُمْ إلَيْهِ، فَآمَنَّا بِهِ، وَكَفَرُوا بِهِ، فَفِينَا وَفِيهِمْ نَزَلَ هَؤُلَاءِ الْآيَاتُ مِنْ الْبَقَرَةِ: وَلَمَّا جَاءَهُمْ كِتَابٌ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ مُصَدِّقٌ لِمَا مَعَهُمْ وَكَانُوا مِنْ قَبْلُ يَسْتَفْتِحُونَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فَلَمَّا جَاءَهُمْ مَا عَرَفُوا كَفَرُوا بِهِ فَلَعْنَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: يَسْتَفْتِحُونَ: يَسْتَنْصِرُونَ، وَيَسْتَفْتِحُونَ ( أَيْضًا ): يَتَحَاكَمُونَ، وَفِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى: رَبَّنَا افْتَحْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ قَوْمِنَا بِالْحَقِّ وَأَنْتَ خَيْرُ الْفَاتِحِينَ.
Translation
✧ THE JEWS' WARNING OF THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH ﷺ [The Jews' warning of him ﷺ, and when he was sent they disbelieved in him] Ibn Isḥāq said: ʿĀṣim b. ʿUmar b. Qatādah narrated to me, from men of his people, who said: Indeed among what called us to Islam, along with the mercy of Allah Almighty and His guidance for us, was what we used to hear from the men of the Jews, (and) we were people of polytheism, companions of idols, and they were people of the Book, possessing knowledge that we did not have. And there continued to be evils between us and them. So when we inflicted upon them some of what they disliked, they would say to us: Indeed (the) time of a prophet to be sent now has drawn near; we will kill you along with him with the killing of ʿĀd and Iram. And we used to hear that from them often. Then when Allah sent His Messenger ﷺ, we answered him when he called us to Allah Almighty, and we recognized what they had been threatening us with. So we hastened to him before them, and we believed in him, and they disbelieved in him. So concerning us and them these verses of al-Baqarah were revealed: "And when there came to them a Book from Allah confirming what was with them—though before that they had been praying for victory over those who disbelieved—but when there came to them that which they recognized, they disbelieved in it; so the curse of Allah is upon the disbelievers." Ibn Hishām said: yastaftiḥūn means yastanṣirūn (seeking victory), and yastaftiḥūn (also) means yataḥākamūn (seeking judgment). And in the Book of Allah Almighty: "Our Lord, decide between us and our people in truth, and You are the best of those who give decision."
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