Sirat Ibn Hisham 301
Poetry of Abū Ṭālib in seeking to win Quraysh's favor
[ شِعْرُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فِي اسْتِعْطَافِ قُرَيْشٍ ] فَلَمَّا خَشِيَ أَبُو طَالِبٍ دَهْمَاءَ الْعَرَبِ أَنْ يَرْكَبُوهُ مَعَ قَوْمِهِ، قَالَ قَصِيدَتَهُ الَّتِي تَعَوَّذَ فِيهَا بِحَرَمِ مَكَّةَ وَبِمَكَانِهِ مِنْهَا، وَتَوَدَّدَ فِيهَا أَشْرَافُ قَوْمِهِ، وَهُوَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ يُخْبِرُهُمْ وَغَيْرَهُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ مِنْ شِعْرِهِ أَنَّهُ غَيْرُ مُسْلِمٍ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ، وَلَا تَارِكُهُ لِشَيْءِ أَبَدًا حَتَّى يَهْلِكَ دُونَهُ، فَقَالَ:: وَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُ الْقَوْمَ لَا وُدَّ فِيهِمْ وَقَدْ قَطَعُوا كُلَّ الْعُرَى وَالْوَسَائِلِ وَقَدْ صَارَحُونَا بِالْعَدَاوَةِ وَالْأَذَى وَقَدْ طَاوَعُوا أَمْرَ الْعَدُوِّ الْمُزَايِلِ وَقَدْ حَالَفُوا قَوْمًا عَلَيْنَا أَظِنَّةً يَعَضُّونَ غَيْظًا خَلْفَنَا بِالْأَنَامِلِ صَبَرْتُ لَهُمْ نَفْسِي بِسَمْرَاءَ سَمْحَةٍ وَأَبْيَضَ عَضْبٍ مِنْ تُرَاثِ الْمَقَاوِلِ وَأَحْضَرْتُ عِنْدَ الْبَيْتِ رَهْطِي وَإِخْوَتِي وَأَمْسَكْتُ مِنْ أَثْوَابهِ بِالْوَصَائِلِ قِيَامًا مَعًا مُسْتَقْبِلِينَ رِتَاجَهُ لُدًى حَيْثُ يَقْضِي حَلْفَهُ كُلُّ نَافِلِ وَحَيْثُ يُنِيخُ الْأَشْعَرُونَ رِكَابَهُمْ بِمُفْضَى السُّيُولِ مِنْ إسَافٍ وَنَائِلِ مُوَسَّمَةُ الْأَعْضَادِ أَوْ قَصَرَاتُهَا مُخَيَّسَةٌ بَيْنَ السَّدِيسِ وَبَازِلِ تَرَى الْوَدْعَ فِيهَا وَالرُّخَامَ وَزِينَةً بِأَعْنَاقِهَا مَعْقُودَةٌ كَالْعَثَاكِلِ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ مِنْ كُلِّ طَاعِنٍ عَلَيْنَا بِسُوءٍ أَوْ مُلِحٍّ بِبَاطِلِ وَمِنْ كَاشِحٍ يَسْعَى لَنَا بِمَعِيبَةٍ وَمِنْ مُلْحِقٍ فِي الدِّينِ مَا لَمْ نُحَاوِلْ وَثَوْرٍ وَمَنْ أَرْسَى ثَبِيرًا مَكَانَهُ وَرَاقٍ لِيَرْقَى فِي حِرَاءٍ وَنَازِلِ وَبِالْبَيْتِ، حَقُّ الْبَيْتِ، مِنْ بَطْنِ مَكَّةَ وَبِاَللَّهِ إنَّ اللَّهَ لَيْسَ بِغَافِلِ وَبِالْحَجَرِ الْمُسْوَدِّ إذْ يَمْسَحُونَهُ إذَا اكْتَنَفُوهُ بِالضُّحَى وَالْأَصَائِلِ وَمَوْطِئِ إبْرَاهِيمَ فِي الصَّخْرِ رَطْبَةٌ عَلَى قَدَمَيْهِ حَافِيًا غَيْرَ نَاعِلِ
Translation
✧ [Poetry of Abū Ṭālib seeking the affection of Quraysh] When Abū Ṭālib feared the gathered masses of the Arabs, that they might assail him together with his people, he recited his ode in which he sought protection by the sanctuary of Makkah and by his standing in it, and in which he sought the affection of the nobles of his people. And in that, he informs them and others besides them in this poetry of his that he would not surrender the Messenger of Allah ﷺ nor ever leave him for anything until he perished in his defense. So he said: And when I saw the people, there is no affection among them, And they have severed every bond and every means, And they have confronted us openly with enmity and harm, And they have obeyed the command of the enemy who has withdrawn, And they have allied with a people against us, suspicious of us, Who bite their fingertips in rage behind our backs, I steeled myself for them with a smooth brown spear And a sharp white sword from the inheritance of the chieftains. And I brought at the House my kinsmen and my brothers, And I clung to its curtains by the hangings, Standing together, facing its gate, At the place where every one who makes a vow fulfills his oath, And where the Ashʿarūn make their camels kneel At the broad channel of the torrents, from Isāf and Nāʾil, Their shoulders branded, or their necks, Pierced and haltered, between the six-year-old and the nine-year-old camels. You see the cowrie shells upon them and the marble and ornament On their necks, strung like clusters of dates. I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind from every one who attacks Us with evil, or who insists upon falsehood, And from every rancorous one who strives to bring us disgrace, And from one who attaches to the religion what we have not sought. And by Thawr, and by Him who fixed Thabīr in its place, And by him who ascends to climb in Ḥirāʾ and him who descends, And by the House—the right of the House—from the hollow of Makkah, And by Allah: indeed Allah is not heedless, And by the Black Stone, when they wipe it, When they surround it in the forenoon and the evenings, And by the standing place of Ibrāhīm, in the rock, moist Under his feet, barefoot, not shod.
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