Sirat Ibn Hisham 1528
The arrival of the delegation of Banū Tamīm and the revelation of Sūrat al-Ḥujurāt
[ كَلِمَةُ ثَابِتٍ فِي الرَّدِّ عَلَى عُطَارِدٍ ] فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِثَابِتِ بْنِ قَيْسِ بْنِ الشَّمَّاسِ، أَخِي بَنِي الْحَارِثِ بْنِ الْخَزْرَجِ: قُمْ، فَأَجِبْ الرَّجُلَ فِي خُطْبَتِهِ. فَقَامَ ثَابِتٌ، فَقَالَ: الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي السَّمَوَاتُ وَالْأَرْضُ خَلْقُهُ، قَضَى فِيهِنَّ أَمْرَهُ، وَوَسِعَ كُرْسِيَّهُ عِلْمُهُ، وَلَمْ يَكُ شَيْءٌ قَطُّ إلَّا مِنْ فَضْلِهِ، ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنْ قُدْرَتِهِ أَنْ جَعَلَنَا مُلُوكًا، وَاصْطَفَى مِنْ خَيْرِ خَلْقِهِ رَسُولًا، أَكْرَمَهُ نَسَبًا، وَأَصْدَقَهُ حَدِيثًا، وَأَفْضَلَهُ حَسَبًا، فَأَنْزَلَ عَلَيْهِ كِتَابَهُ وَأْتَمَنَهُ عَلَى خَلْقِهِ، فَكَانَ خِيرَةَ اللَّهِ مِنْ الْعَالَمِينَ، ثُمَّ دَعَا النَّاسَ إلَى الْإِيمَانِ بِهِ، فَآمَنَ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ الْمُهَاجِرُونَ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ وَذَوِي رَحِمِهِ، أَكْرَمُ النَّاسِ حَسَبًا، وَأَحْسَنُ النَّاسِ وُجُوهًا، وَخَيْرُ النَّاسِ فِعَالًا. ثُمَّ كَانَ أَوَّلُ الْخَلْقِ إجَابَةً، وَاسْتَجَابَ لِلَّهِ حِينَ دَعَاهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَحْنُ، فَنَحْنُ أَنْصَارُ اللَّهِ وَوُزَرَاءُ رَسُولِهِ، نُقَاتِلُ النَّاسِ حَتَّى يُؤْمِنُوا بِاَللَّهِ، فَمَنْ آمَنْ بِاَللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ مَنَعَ مِنَّا مَالَهُ وَدَمَهُ، وَمَنْ كَفَرَ جَاهَدْنَاهُ فِي اللَّهِ أَبَدًا، وَكَانَ قَتْلُهُ عَلَيْنَا يَسِيرًا. أَقُولُ قَوْلِي هَذَا وَأَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ لِي وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ، وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ
Translation
✧ [The speech of Thābit in reply to ʿUṭārid] The Messenger of God ﷺ said to Thābit b. Qays b. al-Shammās, brother of the Banū al-Ḥārith b. al-Khazraj: “Rise, and answer the man in his speech.” So Thābit rose and said: “Praise be to God, whose creation the heavens and the earth are; He decreed in them His command, and His throne encompasses His knowledge, and there was never anything but from His bounty. Then it was by His power that He made us kings, and He chose from the best of His creation a messenger, most noble in lineage, most truthful in speech, and most excellent in ancestry. He sent down to him His book and entrusted him with His creation, and he was God’s choice from among the worlds. Then he called the people to belief in him, and the Emigrants from his people and his kin believed in the Messenger of God, the noblest of people in ancestry, the fairest of people in face, and the best of people in deeds. Then the first of creation to answer, and we responded to God when the Messenger of God ﷺ called Him—we are the Helpers of God and the ministers of His Messenger. We fight the people until they believe in God. Whoever believes in God and His Messenger, his wealth and his blood are protected from us; and whoever disbelieves, we strive against him in God forever, and his killing is a light matter for us. I say this statement of mine, and I ask forgiveness of God for myself and for the believing men and the believing women. And peace be upon you.”
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