Sirat Ibn Hisham 1379
The Messenger's departure in Ramadan and his appointment of Abū Ruhm as his deputy
[ شِعْرُ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ فِي الِاعْتِذَارِ عَمَّا كَانَ فِيهِ قَبْلَ إسْلَامِهِ ] وَأَنْشَدَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ قَوْلَهُ فِي إسْلَامِهِ، وَاعْتَذَرَ إلَيْهِ عَمَّا كَانَ مَضَى مِنْهُ، فَقَالَ: لَعَمْرُكَ إنِّي يَوْمَ أَحْمِلُ رَايَةً لِتَغْلِبَ خَيْلُ اللَّاتِ خَيْلَ مُحَمَّدِ لَكَالْمُدْلِجِ الْحَيْرَانِ أَظْلَمَ لَيْلُهُ فَهَذَا أَوَانِي حِينَ أُهْدَى وَأَهْتَدِي هَدَانِي هَادٍ غَيْرُ نَفْسِي وَنَالَنِي مَعَ اللَّهِ مَنْ طَرَّدْتُ كُلَّ مُطَرَّدِ أَصُدُّ وَأَنْأَى جَاهِدًا عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ وَأُدْعَى ( وَإِنْ لَمْ أَنْتَسِبْ ) مِنْ مُحَمَّدِ هُمْ مَا هُمْ مَنْ لَمْ يَقُلْ بِهَوَاهُمْ وَإِنْ كَانَ ذَا رَأْيٍ يُلَمْ وَيُفَنَّدْ أُرِيدُ لِأُرْضِيَهُمْ وَلَسْتُ بِلَائِطٍ مَعَ الْقَوْمِ مَا لَمْ أُهْدَ فِي كُلِّ مَقْعَدِ فَقُلْ لِثَقِيفٍ لَا أُرِيدُ قِتَالَهَا وَقُلْ لِثَقِيفِ تِلْكَ: غَيْرِي أَوْعِدِي فَمَا كُنْتُ فِي الْجَيْشِ الَّذِي نَالَ عَامِرًا وَمَا كَانَ عَنْ جَرَّا لِسَانِي وَلَا يَدِي قَبَائِلَ جَاءَتْ مِنْ بِلَادٍ بَعِيدَةٍ نَزَائِعَ جَاءَتْ مِنْ سِهَامٍ وَسُرْدَدِ قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: وَيُرْوَى وَدَلَّنِي عَلَى الْحَقِّ مَنْ طَرَّدْتُ كُلَّ مُطَرَّدِ. قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: فَزَعَمُوا أَنَّهُ حِينَ أَنْشَدَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَوْلَهُ: وَنَالَنِي مَعَ اللَّهِ مَنْ طَرَّدْتُ كُلَّ مُطَرَّدِ ضَرَبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي صَدْرِهِ، وَقَالَ: أَنْتَ طَرَّدْتَنِي كُلَّ مُطَرَّدٍ
Translation
✧ [The poetry of Abū Sufyān in apology for what he had been in before his Islam] And Abū Sufyān b. al-Ḥārith recited his words concerning his Islam, and he apologized to him for what had passed from him, and he said: By your life, on the day I carry a banner so that the cavalry of al-Lāt may defeat the cavalry of Muḥammad, I am like the bewildered night-traveler whose night has darkened— so this is my time, when I am guided and I guide myself. A guide other than myself guided me, and there came to me, with God, the one whom I drove away with every driving away. I turn away and keep far, striving, from Muḥammad, and I am called (even if I do not claim descent) one of Muḥammad's. They—what are they? Whoever does not speak according to their desires, even if he is a man of sound opinion, is blamed and declared weak-minded. I want to please them, but I am not one to cling to the people as long as I am not guided in every sitting place. So say to Thaqīf: I do not want to fight them, and say to that Thaqīf: threat someone other than me. I was not in the army that attacked ʿĀmir, nor was it because of my tongue or my hand— tribes that came from distant lands, led away, coming from Sihām and Surdad. Ibn Hishām said: And it is related: “And He guided me to the truth, the one whom I drove away with every driving away.” Ibn Isḥāq said: They alleged that when he recited to the Messenger of God ﷺ his words: “and there came to me, with God, the one whom I drove away with every driving away,” the Messenger of God ﷺ struck him on his chest and said: “You drove me away with every driving away.”
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