Sirat Ibn Hisham 1101
What was said in poetry about the Banū al-Naḍīr
قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَقَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ: يَذْكُرُ إجْلَاءَ بَنِي النَّضِيرِ، وَقَتْلَ كَعْبِ بْنِ الْأَشْرَفِ. قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: قَالَهَا رَجُلٌ مِنْ الْمُسْلِمِينَ غَيْرُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، فِيمَا ذَكَرَ لِي بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ بِالشِّعْرِ، وَلَمْ أَرَ أَحَدًا مِنْهُمْ يَعْرِفُهَا لِعَلِيٍّ: عَرَفْتُ وَمَنْ يَعْتَدِلْ يَعْرِفْ وَأَيْقَنْتُ حَقًّا وَلَمْ أَصْدِفْ عَنْ الْكَلِمِ الْمُحْكَمِ اللَّاءِ مِنْ لَدَى اللَّهِ ذِي الرَّأْفَةِ الْأَرْأَفِ رَسَائِلُ تُدْرَسُ فِي الْمُؤْمِنِينَ بِهِنَّ اصْطَفَى أَحْمَدَ الْمُصْطَفَى فَأَصْبَحَ أَحْمَدُ فِينَا عَزِيزًا عَزِيزَ الْمُقَامَةِ وَالْمَوْقِفِ فَيَأَيُّهَا الْمُوعِدُوهُ سَفَاهًا وَلَمْ يَأْتِ جَوْرًا وَلَمْ يَعْنُفْ أَلَسْتُمْ تَخَافُونَ أَدْنَى الْعَذَابِ وَمَا آمِنُ اللَّهِ كَالْأَخْوَفِ وَأَنْ تُصْرَعُوا تَحْتَ أَسْيَافِهِ كَمَصْرَعِ كَعْبٍ أَبِي الْأَشْرَفِ غَدَاةَ رَأَى اللَّهُ طُغْيَانَهُ وَأَعْرَضَ كَالْجَمَلِ الْأَجْنَفِ فَأَنْزَلَ جِبْرِيلَ فِي قَتْلِهِ بِوَحْيٍ إلَى عَبْدِهِ مُلْطَفِ فَدَسَّ الرَّسُولُ رَسُولًا لَهُ بِأَبْيَضَ ذِي هَبَّةٍ مُرْهَفِ فَبَاتَتْ عُيُونٌ لَهُ مُعْوِلَاتٍ مَتَى يُنْعَ كَعْبٌ لَهَا تَذْرِفْ وَقُلْنَ لِأَحْمَدَ ذَرْنَا قَلِيلًا فَإِنَّا مِنْ النَّوْحِ لَمْ نَشْتَفِ فَخَلَّاهُمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ اظْعَنُوا دُحُورًا عَلَى رَغْمِ الْآنُفِ وَأَجْلَى النَّضِيرَ إلَى غُرْبَةٍ وَكَانُوا بِدَارٍ ذَوِي زُخْرُفِ إلَى أَذْرِعَاتٍ رُدَافَى وَهُمْ عَلَى كُلِّ ذِي دَبَرٍ أَعْجَفِ فَأَجَابَهُ سَمَّاكٌ الْيَهُودِيُّ، فَقَالَ: إنْ تَفْخَرُوا فَهُوَ فَخْرٌ لَكُمْ بِمَقْتَلِ كَعْبٍ أَبِي الْأَشْرَفِ غَدَاةَ غَدَوْتُمْ عَلَى حَتْفِهِ وَلَمْ يَأْتِ غَدِرًا وَلَمْ يُخْلِفْ فَعَلَّ اللَّيَالِيَ وَصَرَفَ الدُّهُورَ يُدِيلُ مِنْ الْعَادِلِ الْمُنْصِفِ بِقَتْلِ النَّضِيرِ وَأَحْلَافِهَا وَعَقْرِ النَّخِيلِ وَلَمْ تُقْطَفْ فَإِنْ لَا أَمُتْ نَأْتِكُمْ بِالْقَنَا وَكُلُّ حُسَامٍ مَعًا مُرْهَفِ بِكَفٍّ كَمِىٍّ بِهِ يَحْتَمِي مَتَى يَلْقَ قِرْنًا لَهُ يُتْلِفْ مَعَ الْقَوْمِ صَخْرٌ وَأَشْيَاعُهُ إذَا غَاوَرَ الْقَوْمَ لَمْ يَضْعُفْ كَلَيْثِ بِتَرْجِ حَمَى غِيلَهُ أَخِي غَابَةٍ هَاصِرٍ أَجْوَفِ
Translation
✧ Ibn Isḥāq said: ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib said, mentioning the expulsion of Banū al-Naḍīr and the killing of Kaʿb b. al-Ashraf. Ibn Hishām said: A man among the Muslims other than ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib said it, according to what some of the people of knowledge in poetry told me, and I did not see any of them know it to be by ʿAlī: I came to know—and whoever is upright comes to know—and I became certain of a truth and did not turn away From the decisive words that are from God, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful, Messengers who are studied among the believers; by them He chose Aḥmad, the chosen one. So Aḥmad became mighty among us, mighty in standing and in station. O you who threaten him foolishly, while he has not acted unjustly nor been harsh: Do you not fear the nearest punishment? And the security of God is not like the most fearful one, And that you be struck down beneath his swords like the striking down of Kaʿb Abū al-Ashraf On the morning when God saw his tyranny, and he turned aside like a crooked camel. Then He sent down Gabriel concerning his killing, by a revelation to His servant, kindly sent. So the Messenger sent a messenger of his with a white, sharp, polished sword. Then eyes spent the night weeping over him; whenever Kaʿb is lamented, they shed tears. And they said to Aḥmad: Leave us for a little while, for we have not had our fill of wailing. So he left them, then said: Depart in disgrace, in spite of the noses. And he expelled al-Naḍīr to exile, though they had been in a dwelling of splendor, To Adhriʿāt, mounted behind one another, on every lean, emaciated camel. Sammāk the Jew answered him, saying: If you boast, then it is a boast for you by the killing of Kaʿb Abū al-Ashraf, On the morning when you went forth to his death, while he had not acted treacherously nor broken faith. Perhaps the nights and the passage of time will bring about a change from the Just, the Equitable, By the killing of al-Naḍīr and its allies, and the hewing of the palm trees, though they were not harvested. If I do not die, we shall come to you with spears and every sharp, polished sword, In the hand of a champion who defends himself with it; whenever he meets an opponent, he destroys him. With the people are Ṣakhr and his followers; when the people raid, he does not weaken, Like a lion in a thicket protecting his lair, a brother of the jungle, a crushing, hollow-bellied one.
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