Sirat Ibn Hisham 254
Zayd b. ʿAmr, what he attained, and something about him
[ شِعْرُ زَيْدٍ فِي فِرَاقِ دِينِ قَوْمِهِ ] وَقَالَ زَيْدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ نُفَيْلٍ فِي فِرَاقِ دِينِ قَوْمِهِ، وَمَا كَانَ لَقِيَ مِنْهُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ:: أَرَبًّا وَاحِدًا أَمْ أَلْفَ رَبٍّ أَدِينُ إذَا تُقُسِّمَتْ الْأُمُورُ عَزَلْتُ اللَّاتَ وَالْعُزَّى جَمِيعًا كَذَلِكَ يَفْعَلُ الْجَلْدُ الصَّبُورُ فَلَا الْعُزَّى أَدِينُ وَلَا ابْنَتَيْهَا وَلَا صَنَمَيْ بَنِي عَمْرٍو أَزُورُ وَلَا هُبَلًا أَدِينُ وَكَانَ رَبًّا لَنَا فِي الدَّهْرِ إذْ حِلْمِي يَسِيرُ عَجِبْتُ وَفِي اللَّيَالِي مُعْجَبَاتٌ وَفِي الْأَيَّامِ يَعْرِفُهَا الْبَصِيرُ بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ أَفْنَى رِجَالًا كَثِيرًا كَانَ شَأْنَهُمْ الْفُجُورُ وَأَبْقَى آخَرِينَ بِبِرِّ قَوْمٍ فَيَرْبِلُ مِنْهُمْ الطِّفْلُ الصَّغِيرُ وَبَيْنَا الْمَرْءُ يَفْتَرُّ ثَابَ يَوْمًا كَمَا يُتَرَوَّحُ الْغُصْنُ الْمَطِيرُ وَلَكِنْ أَعْبُدُ الرَّحْمَنَ رَبِّي لِيَغْفِرَ ذَنْبِي الرَّبُّ الْغَفُورُ فَتَقْوَى اللَّهِ رَبِّكُمْ احْفَظُوهَا مَتَى مَا تَحْفَظُوهَا لَا تَبُورُوا تَرَى الْأَبْرَارَ دَارُهُمْ جِنَانٌ وَلِلْكَفَّارِ حَامِيَةً سَعِيرُ وَخِزْيٌ فِي الْحَيَاةِ وَإِنْ يَمُوتُوا يُلَاقُوا مَا تَضِيقُ بِهِ الصُّدُورُ وَقَالَ زَيْدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنُ نُفَيْلٍ أَيْضًا - قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: هِيَ لِأُمَيَّةَ بْنِ أَبِي الصَّلْتِ فِي قَصِيدَةٍ لَهُ، إلَّا الْبَيْتَيْنِ الْأَوَّلَيْنِ وَالْبَيْتَ الْخَامِسَ وَآخِرَهَا بَيْتًا. وَعَجُزُ الْبَيْتِ الْأَوَّلِ عَنْ غَيْرِ ابْنِ إسْحَاقَ:: إلَى اللَّهِ أُهْدِي مِدْحَتِي وَثَنَائِيَا وَقَوْلًا رَصِينًا لَا يَنِي الدَّهْرَ بَاقِيَا إلَى الْمَلِكِ الْأَعْلَى الَّذِي لَيْسَ فَوْقَهُ إِلَاهٌ وَلَا رَبٌّ يَكُونُ مُدَانِيَا أَلَا أَيُّهَا الْإِنْسَانُ إيَّاكَ وَالرَّدَى فَإِنَّكَ لَا تُخْفِي مِنْ اللَّهِ خَافِيَا وَإِيَّاكَ لَا تَجْعَلْ مَعَ اللَّهِ غَيْرَهُ فَإِنَّ سَبِيلَ الرُّشْدِ أَصْبَحَ بَادِيَا حَنَانَيْكَ إنَّ الْحِنَّ كَانَتْ رَجَاءَهُمْ وَأَنْتَ إِلَاهِي رَبَّنَا وَرَجَائِيَا رَضِيتُ بِكَ اللَّهُمَّ رَبًّا فَلَنْ أَرَى أَدِينُ إِلَاهًا غَيْرَكَ اللَّهُ ثَانِيَا أَدِينُ لِرَبٍّ يُسْتَجَابُ وَلَا أَرَى أَدِينُ لِمَنْ لَمْ يَسْمَعْ الدَّهْرَ دَاعِيَا وَأَنْتَ الَّذِي مِنْ فَضْلِ مَنٍّ وَرَحْمَةٍ بَعَثْتَ إلَى مُوسَى رَسُولًا مُنَادِيَا فَقُلْتُ لَهُ يَا اذْهَبْ وَهَارُونَ فَادْعُوَا إلَى اللَّهِ فِرْعَوْنَ الَّذِي كَانَ طَاغِيَا وَقُولَا لَهُ: أَأَنْتَ سَوَّيْتَ هَذِهِ بِلَا وَتَدٍ حَتَّى اطْمَأَنَّتْ كَمَا هِيَا وَقُولَا لَهُ: أَأَنْتَ رَفَّعْتَ هَذِهِ بِلَا عُمُدٍ أَرْفِقْ إذَا بِكَ بَانِيَا وَقُولَا لَهُ: أَأَنْتَ سَوَّيْتَ وَسْطَهَا مُنِيرًا إذَا مَا جَنَّهُ اللَّيْلُ هَادِيَا وَقُولَا لَهُ: مَنْ يُرْسِلُ الشَّمْسَ غُدْوَةً فَيُصْبِحُ مَا مَسَّتْ مِنْ الْأَرْضِ ضَاحِيَا وَقُولَا لَهُ: مَنْ يُنْبِتُ الْحَبَّ فِي الثَّرَى فَيُصْبِحُ مِنْهُ الْبَقْلُ يَهْتَزُّ رَابِيَا وَيُخْرِجُ مِنْهُ حَبَّهُ فِي رُءُوسِهِ وَفِي ذَاكَ آيَاتٌ لِمَنْ كَانَ وَاعِيَا وَأَنْتَ بِفَضْلٍ مِنْكَ نَجَّيْتَ يُونُسَا وَقَدْ بَاتَ فِي أَضْعَافِ حُوتٍ لَيَالِيَا وَإِنِّي ( وَ ) لَوْ سَبَّحْتُ بِاسْمِكَ رَبَّنَا لَأُكْثِرُ، إلَّا مَا غَفَرْتَ، خَطَائِيَا فَرَبَّ الْعِبَادِ أَلْقِ سَيْبًا وَرَحْمَةً عَلَيَّ وَبَارِكْ فِي بَنِيَّ وَمَالِيَا وَقَالَ زَيْدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو يُعَاتِبُ امْرَأَتَهُ صَفِيَّةَ بِنْتَ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ
Translation
✧ [Zayd's Poetry on Separating from the Religion of His People] Zayd b. ʿAmr b. Nufayl said regarding his separation from the religion of his people and what he encountered from them in that: Is it one Lord or a thousand lords that I should worship when affairs are distributed? I have renounced al-Lāt and al-ʿUzzā altogether; thus does the sturdy, patient one act. So I do not worship al-ʿUzzā nor her two daughters, nor do I visit the two idols of the Banū ʿAmr. Nor do I worship Hubal, though he was a lord to us in the age when my forbearance was slight. I marvel—and in the nights are wonders, and in the days which the discerning one recognizes—that God has destroyed many men whose affair was wickedness. And He has preserved others by the piety of a people, so that among them the small child flourishes. And while a man thrives one day as the rain-laden branch sways, but I worship the Merciful, my Lord, that the Forgiving Lord may forgive my sin. So keep the fear of God, your Lord; whenever you keep it, you will not perish. You will see the abode of the righteous is gardens, and for the disbelievers a blazing fire. And disgrace in life, and if they die, they will meet what constricts the chests. Zayd b. ʿAmr b. Nufayl also said—Ibn Hishām said: These are by Umayyah b. Abī al-Ṣalt in a poem of his, except the first two verses, the fifth verse, and the last one. The ending of the first verse according to other than Ibn Isḥāq is: To God I dedicate my praise and my eulogy, And a firm saying that will never cease, remaining forever, To the Most High King, above whom there is no god, Nor any lord who could be a rival. Beware, O man, of ruin, For you cannot hide anything from God. And beware—do not set up another with God, For the path of right guidance has become clear. Have mercy on us; the jinn had placed their hope in them, But You are my God, our Lord, and my hope. I am content with You, O God, as Lord, so I will never be seen Worshiping any god but You, God, as a second. I worship a Lord whose supplication is answered, and I do not see myself Worshiping one who never hears a caller throughout time. You are the One who, out of grace, favor, and mercy, Sent to Moses a messenger, a proclaimer. So I said to him: Go, you and Aaron, and call To God Pharaoh, who was a tyrant. And say to him: Did you fashion this Without pegs, so that it stood firm as it is? And say to him: Did you raise this Without pillars? Be gentle if you are a builder. And say to him: Did you make its midst Shining, when the night covers it, a guide? And say to him: Who sends forth the sun in the morning, So that what it touches of the earth becomes bright? And say to him: Who causes the seed to sprout in the soil, So that from it the herbage rises, quivering, growing high? And brings forth from it its grains in its heads, And in that are signs for one who is mindful. And You, by Your grace, delivered Jonah, After he spent nights in the belly of a fish. And if I were to glorify Your name, our Lord, I would only increase—except what You forgive—my errors. So Lord of the servants, bestow bounty and mercy Upon me, and bless my children and my wealth. And Zayd b. ʿAmr said, reproaching his wife Ṣafiyyah bt. al-Ḥaḍramī:
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