Tarikh (al-Tabari) 785
The story of the conversion of al-Tufayl b. Amr al-Dawsi
إِسْلَامُ الطُّفَيْلِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو الدَّوْسِيِّ: وَقَدْ أَسْلَمَ أَيْضًا الطُّفَيْلُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الدَّوْسِيُّ وَقَدْ كَانَ شَاعِرًا، وَقَدْ حَذَّرَتْهُ قُرَيْشٌ مِنْ أَنْ يَسْتَمِعَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، وَخَوَّفُوهُ بِأَنَّهُ سَاحِرٌ يُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ الْمَرْءِ وَزَوْجِهِ، حَتَّى وَصَلَ بِهِ الْأَمْرُ أَنْ وَضَعَ فِي أُذُنِهِ مَا يُصِمُّهَا عَنِ الِاسْتِمَاعِ. إِلَّا أَنَّهُ لَمَّا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ لَهُ الْهِدَايَةَ وَالرَّشَادَ جَعَلَهُ يَسْتَمِعُ إِلَى بَعْضِ مَا يَقْرَأُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَعَادَ إِلَى نَفْسِهِ وَلَامَهَا كَيْفَ يَكُونُ شَاعِرًا لَبِيبًا ثُمَّ لَا يَنْظُرُ فِيمَا يَقُولُ الرَّسُولُ ﷺ فَإِنْ كَانَ خَيْرًا عَلِمَهُ وَإِنْ كَانَ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ تَرَكَهُ وَلَمْ يَسْتَمِعْ لَهُ. فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ كَلَامَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَعَلِمَ أَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ طَلَبَ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنْ يَجْعَلَ اللَّهُ لَهُ آيَةً، فَجَعَلَ لَهُ نُورًا فِي سَوْطِهِ، وَقَدْ عَادَ إِلَى قَوْمِهِ وَظَلَّ فِيهِمْ يَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى اللَّهِ حَتَّى أَسْلَمُوا.
Translation
✧ The conversion of al-Tufayl b. Amr al-Dawsi: Al-Tufayl b. Amr al-Dawsi also converted. He had been a poet. Quraysh had warned him against listening to the Prophet ﷺ, frightening him that he was a sorcerer who separates a man from his wife, until the matter reached the point that he put something in his ear to deafen it from listening. But when God willed guidance and right direction for him, He made him listen to some of what the Prophet ﷺ recited. He returned to himself and blamed himself: how could he be an intelligent poet and then not examine what the Messenger ﷺ says? If it was good, he would know it; if it was otherwise, he would leave it and not listen to him. When he heard the speech of the Prophet ﷺ and knew that it was the truth, he asked the Prophet ﷺ that God make for him a sign. He made for him a light in his whip. He returned to his people and remained among them calling them to God until they converted.
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