Sirat Ibn Hisham 234
The pelting of the jinn with shooting stars and its indication of his ﷺ mission
[ قَذْفُ الْجِنِّ بِالشُّهُبِ، وَآيَةُ ذَلِكَ عَلَى مَبْعَثِهِ ﷺ ] فَلَمَّا تَقَارَبَ أَمْرُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَحَضَرَ مَبْعَثُهُ، حُجِبَتْ الشَّيَاطِينُ عَنْ السَّمْعِ، وَحِيلَ بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ الْمَقَاعِدِ الَّتِي كَانَتْ تَقْعُدُ لِاسْتِرَاقِ السَّمْعِ فِيهَا، فَرُمُوا بِالنُّجُومِ، فَعَرَفَتْ الْجِنُّ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ لِأَمْرٍ حَدَثَ مِنْ أَمْرِ اللَّهِ فِي الْعِبَادِ يَقُولُ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى لِنَبِيِّهِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ حَيْنَ بَعَثَهُ، وَهُوَ يَقُصُّ عَلَيْهِ خَبَرَ الْجِنِّ إذْ حُجِبُوا عَنْ السَّمْعِ، فَعَرَفُوا مَا عَرَفُوا، وَمَا أَنْكَرُوا مِنْ ذَلِكَ حَيْنَ رَأَوْا مَا رَأَوْا: قُلْ أُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ أَنَّهُ اسْتَمَعَ نَفَرٌ مِنَ الْجِنِّ فَقَالُوا إِنَّا سَمِعْنَا قُرْآنًا عَجَبًا يَهْدِي إِلَى الرُّشْدِ فَآمَنَّا بِهِ وَلَنْ نُشْرِكَ بِرَبِّنَا أَحَدًا وَأَنَّهُ تَعَالَى جَدُّ رَبِّنَا مَا اتَّخَذَ صَاحِبَةً وَلَا وَلَدًا وَأَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ سَفِيهُنَا عَلَى اللَّهِ شَطَطًا وَأَنَّا ظَنَنَّا أَنْ لَنْ تَقُولَ الْإِنْسُ وَالْجِنُّ عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِبًا وَأَنَّهُ كَانَ رِجَالٌ مِنَ الْإِنْسِ يَعُوذُونَ بِرِجَالٍ مِنَ الْجِنِّ فَزَادُوهُمْ رَهَقًا إلَى قَوْلِهِ: وَأَنَّا كُنَّا نَقْعُدُ مِنْهَا مَقَاعِدَ لِلسَّمْعِ فَمَنْ يَسْتَمِعِ الْآنَ يَجِدْ لَهُ شِهَابًا رَصَدًا وَأَنَّا لَا نَدْرِي أَشَرٌّ أُرِيدَ بِمَنْ فِي الْأَرْضِ أَمْ أَرَادَ بِهِمْ رَبُّهُمْ رَشَدًا. فَلَمَّا سَمِعَتْ الْجِنُّ الْقُرْآنَ عَرَفَتْ أَنَّهَا إنَّمَا مُنِعَتْ مِنْ السَّمْعِ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ، لِئَلَّا يُشْكِلَ الْوَحْيُ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ خَبَرِ السَّمَاءِ فَيَلْتَبِسُ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ مَا جَاءَهُمْ مِنْ اللَّهِ فِيهِ، لِوُقُوعِ الْحُجَّةِ، وَقَطْعِ الشُّبْهَةِ. فَآمَنُوا وَصَدَّقُوا، ثُمَّ وَلَّوْا إلَى قَوْمِهِمْ مُنْذِرِينَ قَالُوا يَا قَوْمَنَا إِنَّا سَمِعْنَا كِتَابًا أُنْزِلَ مِنْ بَعْدِ مُوسَى مُصَدِّقًا لِمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْحَقِّ وَإِلَى طَرِيقٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ الْآيَةَ. وَكَانَ قَوْلُ الْجِنِّ: وَأَنَّهُ كَانَ رِجَالٌ مِنَ الْإِنْسِ يَعُوذُونَ بِرِجَالٍ مِنَ الْجِنِّ فَزَادُوهُمْ رَهَقًا أَنَّهُ كَانَ الرَّجُلُ مِنْ الْعَرَبِ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ وَغَيْرِهِمْ إذَا سَافَرَ فَنَزَلَ بَطْنَ وَادٍ مِنْ الْأَرْضِ لِيَبِيتَ فِيهِ، قَالَ: إنِّي أَعُوذُ بِعَزِيزِ هَذَا الْوَادِي مِنْ الْجِنِّ اللَّيْلَةَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا فِيهِ. قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: الرَّهَقُ: الطُّغْيَانُ وَالسَّفَهُ. قَالَ رُؤْبَةُ بْنُ الْعَجَّاجِ: إذْ تَسْتَبِي الْهَيَّامَةُ الْمُرَهَّقَا وَهَذَا الْبَيْتُ فِي أُرْجُوزَةٍ لَهُ. وَالرَّهَقُ أَيْضًا: طَلَبُكَ الشَّيْءِ حَتَّى تَدْنُوَ مِنْهُ، فَتَأْخُذُهُ أَوْ لَا تَأْخُذُهُ. قَالَ رُؤْبَةُ بْنُ الْعَجَّاجِ يَصِفُ حَمِيرِ وَحْشٍ: بَصْبَصْنَ وَاقْشَعْرَرْنَ مِنْ خَوْفِ الرَّهَقِ وَهَذَا الْبَيْتُ فِي أُرْجُوزَةٍ لَهُ. وَالرَّهَقُ أَيْضًا: مَصْدَرٌ لِقَوْلِ الرَّجُلِ لِلرَّجُلِ: رَهِقْتُ الْإِثْمَ أَوْ الْعُسْرَ، الَّذِي أَرْهَقَتْنِي رَهَقًا شَدِيدًا، أَيْ حَمَلْتُ الْإِثْمَ أَوْ الْعُسْرَ الَّذِي حَمَلَتْنِي حَمْلًا شَدِيدًا، وَفِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى: فَخَشِينَا أَنْ يُرْهِقَهُمَا طُغْيَانًا وَكُفْرًا وَقَوْلُهُ وَلَا تُرْهِقْنِي مِنْ أَمْرِي عُسْرًا
Translation
✧ [The pelting of the jinn with meteors, and that as a sign of his sending ﷺ] When the matter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ drew near and his sending was at hand, the satans were veiled from hearing, and a barrier was placed between them and the places where they used to sit to eavesdrop on hearing therein, so they were pelted with stars. The jinn knew that that was due to a matter that had occurred from Allah's affair concerning His servants. Allah, blessed and exalted be He, says to His Prophet Muhammad ﷺ when He sent him, while He recounts to him the account of the jinn when they were veiled from hearing, and they recognized what they recognized, and what they denied of that when they saw what they saw: "Say, [O Muhammad], 'It has been revealed to me that a group of the jinn listened and said, "Indeed, we have heard an amazing Qur'an. It guides to the right course, and we have believed in it. And we will never associate with our Lord anyone. And [it teaches] that exalted is the nobleness of our Lord; He has not taken a wife or a son. And that our foolish one has been saying about Allah an excessive transgression. And we had thought that mankind and the jinn would never speak about Allah a lie. And there were men from mankind who sought refuge in men from the jinn, so they increased them in burden."'" up to His saying: "And we used to sit therein in positions for hearing, but whoever listens now will find a burning flame lying in wait for him. And we do not know whether evil is intended for those on earth or whether their Lord intends for them a right course." When the jinn heard the Qur'an, they knew that they had only been prevented from hearing before that so that the revelation would not be confused with anything of the news of heaven, and so that what came to them from Allah therein would not be confounded for the people of the earth, for the establishment of the proof and the cutting off of doubt. So they believed and affirmed, then they turned to their people as warners. They said, "O our people, indeed we have heard a Book sent down after Moses, confirming what was before it, guiding to the truth and to a straight path" – the verse. And the saying of the jinn: "And there were men from mankind who sought refuge in men from the jinn, so they increased them in burden" means that when a man from the Arabs, of Quraysh or others, traveled and alighted in a valley of the land to spend the night therein, he would say, "I seek refuge in the mighty one of this valley from the jinn tonight from the evil of what is in it." Ibn Hisham said: al-rahaq is tyranny and foolishness. Ruʾbah b. al-ʿAjjāj said: "When the passionate one captivates the overburdened" – and this verse is in a long poem of his. Al-rahaq also means your seeking a thing until you draw near to it, then you take it or do not take it. Ruʾbah b. al-ʿAjjāj said, describing wild asses: "They wagged their tails and shuddered from fear of being overtaken" – and this verse is in a long poem of his. Al-rahaq also is the verbal noun for one man saying to another: "I have incurred sin or hardship" – which you have caused me to incur with a severe burden, meaning I have borne the sin or hardship which you made me bear with a heavy load. In the Book of Allah, exalted be He: "And we feared that he would burden them with tyranny and disbelief," and His saying: "And do not burden me from my affair with hardship."
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