Sirat Ibn Hisham 324
The account of the leaders of Quraysh with the Messenger ﷺ
قَالُوا: يَا مُحَمَّدُ، فَإِنْ كُنْتَ غَيْرَ قَابِلٍ مِنَّا شَيْئًا مِمَّا عَرَضْنَاهُ عَلَيْكَ فَإِنَّكَ قَدْ عَلِمْتَ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِنْ النَّاسِ أَحَدٌ أَضْيَقَ بَلَدًا، وَلَا أَقَلَّ مَاءً، وَلَا أَشَدَّ عَيْشًا مِنَّا، فَسَلْ لَنَا رَبَّكَ الَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِمَا بَعَثَكَ بِهِ، فَلْيُسَيِّرْ عَنَّا هَذِهِ الْجِبَالَ الَّتِي قَدْ ضَيَّقَتْ عَلَيْنَا، وَلْيَبْسُطْ لَنَا بِلَادَنَا، وَلْيُفَجِّرْ لَنَا فِيهَا أَنَهَارًا كَأَنْهَارِ الشَّامِ وَالْعِرَاقِ، وَلْيَبْعَثْ لَنَا مَنْ مَضَى مِنْ آبَائِنَا، وَلْيَكُنْ فِيمَنْ يُبْعَثُ لَنَا مِنْهُمْ قُصَيُّ بْنُ كِلَابٍ، فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ شَيْخَ صِدْقٍ، فَنَسْأَلَهُمْ عَمَّا تَقُولُ: أَحَقُّ هُوَ أَمْ بَاطِلٌ، فَإِنْ صَدَّقُوكَ وَصَنَعْتَ مَا سَأَلْنَاكَ صَدَّقْنَاكَ، وَعَرَفْنَا بِهِ مَنْزِلَتَكَ مِنْ اللَّهِ، وَأَنَّهُ بَعَثَكَ رَسُولًا كَمَا تَقُولُ. فَقَالَ لَهُمْ - صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ وَسَلَامُهُ عَلَيْهِ -: مَا بِهَذَا بُعِثْتُ إلَيْكُمْ، إنَّمَا جِئْتُكُمْ مِنْ اللَّهِ بِمَا بَعَثَنِي بِهِ، وَقَدْ بَلَّغْتُكُمْ مَا أُرْسِلْتَ بِهِ إلَيْكُمْ، فَإِنْ تَقْبَلُوهُ فَهُوَ حَظُّكُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ، وَإِنْ تَرُدُّوهُ عَلَيَّ أَصْبِرُ لِأَمْرِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى، حَتَّى يَحْكُمَ اللَّهُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكُمْ قَالُوا: فَإِذَا لَمْ تَفْعَلْ هَذَا لَنَا، فَخُذْ لِنَفْسِكَ، سَلْ رَبَّكَ أَنْ يَبْعَثَ مَعَكَ مَلَكًا يُصَدِّقُكَ بِمَا تَقُولُ، وَيُرَاجِعُنَا عَنْكَ وَسَلْهُ فَلْيَجْعَلْ لَكَ جَنَانًا وَقُصُورًا وَكُنُوزًا مِنْ ذَهَبٍ وَفِضَّةٍ يُغْنِيكَ بِهَا عَمَّا نَرَاكَ تَبْتَغِي، فَإِنَّكَ تَقُومُ بِالْأَسْوَاقِ كَمَا نَقُومُ، وَتَلْتَمِسُ الْمَعَاشَ كَمَا نَلْتَمِسُهُ، حَتَّى نَعْرِفَ فَضْلَكَ وَمَنْزِلَتَكَ مِنْ رَبِّكَ إنْ كُنْتَ رَسُولًا كَمَا تَزْعُمُ. فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: مَا أَنَا بِفَاعِلِ، وَمَا أَنَا بِاَلَّذِي يَسْأَلُ رَبَّهُ هَذَا، وَمَا بُعِثْتُ إلَيْكُمْ بِهَذَا، وَلَكِنَّ اللَّهَ بَعَثَنِي بَشِيرًا وَنَذِيرًا - أَوْ كَمَا قَالَ - فَإِنْ تَقْبَلُوا مَا جِئْتُكُمْ بِهِ فَهُوَ حَظُّكُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ، وَإِنْ تَرُدُّوهُ عَلَيَّ أَصْبِرْ لِأَمْرِ اللَّهِ حَتَّى يَحْكُمَ اللَّهُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكُمْ قَالُوا: فَأَسْقِطْ السَّمَاءَ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًا كَمَا زَعَمْتَ أَنَّ رَبَّكَ إنْ شَاءَ فَعَلَ، فَإِنَّا لَا نُؤْمِنُ لَكَ إلَّا أَنْ تَفْعَلَ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: ذَلِكَ إلَى اللَّهِ، إنْ شَاءَ أَنْ يَفْعَلَهُ بِكُمْ فَعَلَ قَالُوا: يَا مُحَمَّدُ، أَفَمَا عَلِمَ رَبُّكَ أَنَّا سَنَجْلِسُ مَعَكَ وَنَسْأَلُكَ عَمَّا سَأَلْنَاكَ عَنْهُ، وَنَطْلُبُ مِنْكَ مَا نَطْلُبُ، فَيَتَقَدَّمَ إلَيْكَ فَيُعَلِّمَكَ مَا تُرَاجِعُنَا بِهِ، وَيُخْبِرُكَ مَا هُوَ صَانِعٌ فِي ذَلِكَ بِنَا، إذْ لَمْ نَقْبَلْ مِنْكَ مَا جِئْتنَا بِهِ إنَّهُ قَدْ بَلَغْنَا أَنَّكَ إنَّمَا يُعَلِّمُكَ هَذَا رَجُلٌ بِالْيَمَامَةِ يُقَالُ لَهُ: الرَّحْمَنُ، وَإِنَّا وَاَللَّهِ لَا نُؤْمِنُ بِالرَّحْمَنِ أَبَدًا، فَقَدْ أَعْذَرْنَا إلَيْكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ، وَإِنَّا وَاَللَّهِ لَا نَتْرُكُكَ وَمَا بَلَغْتَ مِنَّا حَتَّى نُهْلِكَكَ، أَوْ تُهْلِكَنَا. وَقَالَ قَائِلُهُمْ: نَحْنُ نَعْبُدُ الْمَلَائِكَةَ، وَهِيَ بَنَاتُ اللَّهِ. وَقَالَ قَائِلُهُمْ: لَنْ نُؤْمِنَ لَكَ حَتَّى تَأْتِيَنَا بِاَللَّهِ وَالْمَلَائِكَةِ قَبِيلًا.
Translation
✧ They said: O Muhammad, if you will not accept from us anything that we have offered you, then you know that there is no people among mankind with a narrower land, less water, and a harsher livelihood than us. So ask your Lord who sent you with what He sent you to move away from us these mountains that have constricted us, and to spread out our land for us, and to cause rivers to gush forth in it like the rivers of Syria and Iraq, and to raise up for us those of our forefathers who have passed away, and let among those He raises for us be Quṣayy b. Kilāb, for he was a truthful elder, so that we may ask them about what you say: is it true or false? If they confirm you and you do what we ask, we will believe you and know thereby your station with God, and that He sent you as a messenger as you say. The Messenger of God ﷺ said to them: It is not with this that I was sent to you. I have only come to you from God with what He sent me with, and I have conveyed to you what I was sent with to you. If you accept it, it will be your share in this world and the Hereafter; and if you reject it back to me, I will be patient with the command of God Most High until God judges between me and you. They said: If you will not do this for us, then take for yourself: ask your Lord to send with you an angel to confirm what you say and to argue with us on your behalf, and ask Him to make for you gardens and palaces and treasures of gold and silver to enrich you with them from what we see you seeking. For you stand in the markets as we stand, and seek a livelihood as we seek it, so that we may know your excellence and your station with your Lord if you are a messenger as you claim. The Messenger of God ﷺ said to them: I will not do it, and I am not one who would ask his Lord for this, and I was not sent to you with this. But God sent me as a bearer of good tidings and a warner—or as he said—so if you accept what I have brought you, it will be your share in this world and the Hereafter; and if you reject it back to me, I will be patient with the command of God until God judges between me and you. They said: Then cause the sky to fall upon us in pieces as you claimed that your Lord, if He willed, would do; for we will not believe you unless you do it. The Messenger of God ﷺ said: That is up to God; if He wills to do it to you, He will do it. They said: O Muhammad, did your Lord not know that we would sit with you and ask you about what we asked you, and demand from you what we demand, and so send down to you beforehand and teach you what to answer us with, and inform you what He will do with us in that matter since we will not accept what you have brought us? It has reached us that it is only a man in al-Yamāmah called al-Raḥmān who teaches you this, and by God we will never believe in al-Raḥmān. We have given you fair warning, O Muhammad, and by God we will not leave you alone with what you have brought to us until we destroy you or you destroy us. One of them said: We worship the angels, and they are the daughters of God. Another of them said: We will not believe you until you bring us God and the angels face to face.
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