Tarikh (al-Tabari) 768
نُزُولُ وَقَالُوا لَوْلَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ مَلَكٌ [ مَقَالَةُ زَمْعَةَ وَصَحْبِهِ وَنُزُولُ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَدَعَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَوْمَهُ إلَى الْإِسْلَامِ. وَكَلَّمَهُمْ فَأَبْلَغَ إلَيْهِمْ، فَقَالَ ( لَهُ ) زَمَعَةُ بْنُ الْأَسْوَدِ، وَالنَّضْرُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ، وَالْأَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ يَغُوثَ، وَأُبَيُّ بْنُ خَلَفٍ، وَالْعَاصُ بْنُ وَائِلٍ: لَوْ جُعِلَ مَعَكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ مَلَكٌ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْكَ النَّاسَ وَيُرَى مَعَكَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى فِي ذَلِكَ مِنْ قَوْلِهِمْ وَقَالُوا لَوْلَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ مَلَكٌ وَلَوْ أَنْزَلْنَا مَلَكًا لَقُضِيَ الْأَمْرُ ثُمَّ لا يُنْظَرُونَ وَلَوْ جَعَلْنَاهُ مَلَكًا لَجَعَلْنَاهُ رَجُلًا وَلَلَبَسْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ مَا يَلْبِسُونَ
Translation
✧ The revelation of “And they say, ‘Why has there not been sent down to him an angel?’” [The statement of Zamʿah and his companions, and the revelation of this verse] Ibn Isḥāq said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ called his people to Islam. He spoke to them and conveyed the message to them. Zamʿah b. al-Aswad, al-Naḍr b. al-Ḥārith, al-Aswad b. ʿAbd Yaghūth, Ubayy b. Khalaf, and al-ʿĀṣ b. Wāʾil said to him: “If only an angel were placed with you, O Muḥammad, to speak to the people about you and be seen with you.” Then Allah, exalted is He, revealed concerning that statement of theirs: “And they say, ‘Why has there not been sent down to him an angel?’ But if We had sent down an angel, the matter would have been decided; then they would not be reprieved. And if We had made him an angel, We would have made him a man, and We would have confounded them in that which they are confounding.”
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