Sirat Ibn Hisham 1527
The arrival of the delegation of Banū Tamīm and the revelation of Sūrat al-Ḥujurāt
[ صِيَاحُهُمْ بِالرَّسُولِ وَكَلِمَةُ عُطَارٍدٍ ] فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ وَفْدُ بَنِي تَمِيمٍ كَانَا مَعَهُمْ، فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ وَفْدُ بَنِي تَمِيمٍ الْمَسْجِدَ نَادَوْا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ وَرَاءِ حُجُرَاتِهِ: أَنْ اُخْرُجْ إلَيْنَا يَا مُحَمَّدُ، فَآذَى ذَلِكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ صِيَاحِهِمْ، فَخَرَجَ إلَيْهِمْ، فَقَالُوا: يَا مُحَمَّدُ، جِئْنَاكَ نُفَاخِرُكَ، فَأْذَنْ لِشَاعِرِنَا وَخَطِيبِنَا، قَالَ: قَدْ أَذِنْتُ لِخَطِيبِكُمْ فَلْيَقُلْ فَقَامَ عُطَارِدُ بْنُ حَاجِبٍ، فَقَالَ: الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي لَهُ عَلَيْنَا الْفَضْلُ وَالْمَنُّ، وَهُوَ أَهْلُهُ، الَّذِي جَعَلَنَا مُلُوكًا، وَوَهَبَ لَنَا أَمْوَالًا عِظَامًا، نَفْعَلُ فِيهَا الْمَعْرُوفَ، وَجَعَلَنَا أَعَزَّ أَهْلِ الْمَشْرِقِ وَأَكْثَرَهُ عَدَدًا، وَأَيْسَرَهُ عِدَّةً، فَمَنْ مِثْلُنَا فِي النَّاسِ ؟ أَلَسْنَا بِرُءُوسِ النَّاسِ وَأُولِي فَضْلِهِمْ ؟ فَمَنْ فَاخَرَنَا فَلْيُعَدِّدْ مِثْلَ مَا عَدَّدْنَا، وَإِنَّا لَوْ نَشَاءُ لَأَكْثَرْنَا الْكَلَامَ، وَلَكِنَّا نَحْيَا مِنْ الْإِكْثَارِ فِيمَا أَعْطَانَا، وَإِنَّا نُعْرَفُ بِذَلِكَ. أَقُولُ هَذَا لِأَنْ تَأْتُوا بِمِثْلِ قَوْلنَا، وَأَمْرٍ أَفَضْلَ مِنْ أَمْرِنَا. ثُمَّ جَلَسَ
Translation
✧ [Their shouting to the Messenger and the speech of ʿUṭārid] When the delegation of Banū Tamīm arrived, they were with them. When the delegation of Banū Tamīm entered the mosque, they called out to the Messenger of God ﷺ from behind his apartments: “Come out to us, O Muḥammad.” That distressed the Messenger of God ﷺ because of their shouting, so he came out to them. They said: “O Muḥammad, we have come to vie with you in boasting. Give permission to our poet and our orator.” He said: “I have given permission to your orator, so let him speak.” ʿUṭārid b. Ḥājib stood up and said: “Praise be to God, who has favor and grace over us, and He is worthy of it, who made us kings, and granted us great wealth, with which we do good deeds, and made us the mightiest people of the East and the most numerous and the most ready in equipment. Who among people is like us? Are we not the heads of the people and the possessors of their excellence? Whoever vies with us in boasting, let him enumerate the like of what we have enumerated. If we wished, we would speak at greater length, but we are reluctant to be excessive in what He has given us, and we are known for that. I say this so that you may bring the like of our words, and a matter more excellent than our matter.” Then he sat down.
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