Sirat Ibn Hisham 302
Poetry of Abū Ṭālib in seeking to win Quraysh's favor
وَأَشْوَاطٌ بَيْنَ الْمَرْوَتَيْنِ إلَى الصّفَا وَمَا فِيهِمَا مِنْ صُورَةٍ وَتَمَاثُلِ وَمنْ حَجَّ بَيْتِ اللّهِ مِنْ كُلِّ رَاكِبٍ وَمِنْ كُلِّ ذِي نَذْرٍ وَمِنْ كُلِّ رَاجِلِ وَبِالْمُشْعِرِ الْأَقْصَى، إذَا عَمَدُوا لَهُ إلَالٌ إلَى مُفْضَى الشِّرَاجِ الْقَوَابِلِ وَتَوْقَافِهِمْ فَوْقَ الْجِبَالِ عَشِيَّةً يُقِيمُونَ بِالْأَيْدِي صُدُورَ الرَّوَاحِلِ وَلَيْلَةِ جَمْعٍ وَالْمَنَازِلِ مِنْ مِنًى وَهَلْ فَوْقَهَا مِنْ حُرْمَةٍ وَمَنَازِلِ وَجَمْعٍ إذَا مَا الْمُقْرَبَاتِ أَجَزْنَهُ سِرَاعًا كَمَا يَخْرُجْنَ مِنْ وَقْعِ وَابِلِ وَبِالْجَمْرَةِ الْكُبْرَى إذَا صَمَدُوا لَهَا يَؤُمُّونَ قَذْفًا رَأْسَهَا بِالْجَنَادِلِ وَكِنْدَةُ إذَا هُمْ بِالْحِصَابِ عَشِيَّةً تُجِيزُ بِهِمْ حُجَّاجُ بَكْرِ بْنِ وَائِلِ حَلِيفَانِ شَدَّا عَقْدَ مَا احْتَلَفَا لَهُ وَرَدَّا عَلَيْهِ عَاطِفَاتِ الْوَسَائِلِ وَحَطْمِهِمْ سُمْرَ الصَّفَاحِ وَسَرْحُهُ وَشَبْرِقَهٌ وَخْدَ النَّعَامِ الْجَوَافِلِ فَهَلْ بَعْدَ هَذَا مِنْ مُعَاذٍ لِعَائِذٍ وَهَلْ مِنْ مُعِيذٍ يَتَّقِي اللَّهَ عَاذِلِ يُطَاعُ بِنَا الْعُدَّى وَوَدُّوا لَوْ انَّنَا تُسَدُّ بِنَّا أَبْوَابُ تُرْكٍ وَكَابُلِ كَذَبْتُمْ وَبَيْتِ اللَّهِ نَتْرُكُ مَكَّةَ وَنَظْعَنُ إلَّا أَمْرُكُمْ فِي بَلَابِلِ كَذَبْتُمْ وَبَيْتِ اللَّهِ نُبْزَى مُحَمَّدًا وَلَمَّا نُطَاعِنُ دُونَهُ وَنُنَاضِلْ وَنُسْلِمُهُ حَتَّى نُصَرَّعَ حَوْلَهُ وَنَذْهَلَ عَنْ أَبْنَائِنَا وَالْحَلَائِلِ وَيَنْهَضُ قَوْمٌ فِي الْحَدِيدِ إلِيْكُمُ نُهُوضَ الرَّوَايَا تَحْتَ ذَاتِ الصَّلَاصِلِ وَحَتَّى تَرَى ذَا الضِّغْنِ يَرْكَبُ رَدْعَهُ مِنْ الطَّعْنِ فِعْلَ الْأَنْكَبِ الْمُتَحَامِلِ وَإِنَّا لَعَمْرُ اللَّهِ إنْ جَدَّ مَا أَرَى لَتَلْتَبِسَنَّ أَسْيَافُنَا بِالْأَمَاثِلِ بِكَفَّيْ فَتًى مِثْلَ الشِّهَابِ سَمَيْدَعِ أَخِي ثِقَةٍ حَامِي الْحَقِيقَةِ بَاسِلِ شُهُورًا وَأَيَّامًا وَحَوْلًا مُجَرَّمًا عَلَيْنَا وَتَأْتِي حَجَّةٌ بَعْدَ قَابِلِ وَمَا تَرْكُ قَوْمٍ، لَا أَبَا لَكَ، سَيِّدًا يَحُوطُ الذِّمَارَ غَيْرَ ذَرْبٍ مُوَاكِلِ وَأَبْيَضُ يُسْتَسْقَى الْغَمَامُ بِوَجْهِهِ ثِمَالُ الْيَتَامَى عِصْمَةٌ لِلْأَرَامِلِ يَلُوذُ بِهِ الْهُلَّافُ مِنْ آلِ هَاشِمٍ فَهُمْ عِنْدَهُ فِي رَحْمَةٍ وَفَوَاصِلِ لَعَمْرِي لَقَدْ أَجْرَى أُسَيْدٌ وَبِكْرُهُ إلَى بُغْضِنَا وَجَزَّآنَا لِآكُلْ وَعُثْمَانُ لَمْ يَرْبَعْ عَلَيْنَا وَقُنْفُذٌ وَلَكِنْ أَطَاعَا أَمْرَ تِلْكَ الْقَبَائِلِ أَطَاعَا أُبَيًّا وَابْنَ عَبْدِ يُغِوثْهُمْ وَلَمْ يَرْقُبَا فِينَا مَقَالَةَ قَائِلِ
Translation
✧ And the running between al-Marwā and al-Ṣafā, and whatever images and likenesses are in them; and those who perform the pilgrimage to the House of God from every rider, from every one under a vow, and from every walker; and by the farthest Mashʿar, when they set out for it, to the open course of the water channels; and their halting upon the mountains in the evening, holding with their hands the chests of their mounts; and the night of Jamʿ and the encampments of Minā—is there above them any sacredness or encampments?—and Jamʿ, when the near-offered beasts cross it swiftly, as they come out from the fall of a downpour; and by the greatest Jamrah, when they make for it, aiming to cast the top of it with stones; and Kindah, when they are in al-Ḥiṣāb in the evening, the pilgrims of Bakr b. Wāʾil passing with them—two allies who bound the covenant they disagreed over, and restored to it the affectionate means of approach; and their crushing of the tawny broad-bladed swords, and its pasturing, and their šabriqah like the striding of startled ostriches. Is there, after this, any protection for one seeking refuge? Is there any protector who fears God against a censurer? We are obeyed by the enemies, and they wished that with us the doors of Turk and Kābul were closed. You have lied—by the House of God—that we would abandon Makkah and depart except at your command, in confusion; you have lied—by the House of God—that we would give up Muḥammad before we thrust spears for him and shoot arrows, and that we would surrender him until we are thrown down around him and become heedless of our sons and wives. A people will rise against you in iron, as water-skins rise beneath a load with rattles, until you see the rancorous one riding upon the stain of piercing, like the act of the weary one toiling under his burden. By the life of God, if what I see becomes serious, our swords will surely be mixed with the nobles, in the hands of a youth like the shooting star, a generous chief, a trusted brother, protecting the truth, a brave one—for months and days and a whole year upon us—and a pilgrimage will come after the next. What people—may you be fatherless!—leave a chief who protects the honor without being sharp or relying on others? And a fair one by whose face rain-clouds are sought, a support for orphans, a protection for widows, to whom the needy of the family of Hāshim resort, so they are with him in mercy and kindness. By my life, Usayd and his son have run to hating us, and they recompensed us for eating; and ʿUthmān did not spare us, nor Qunfudh, but they obeyed the command of those tribes; they obeyed Ubayy and Ibn ʿAbd Yaghūth, and did not heed the saying of any speaker among us.
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