Sirat Ibn Hisham 328
The account of the leaders of Quraysh with the Messenger ﷺ
[ نَصِيحَةُ النَّضْرِ لِقُرَيْشِ بِالتَّدَبُّرِ فِيمَا جَاءَ بِهِ الرَّسُولُ ﷺ ] فَلَمَّا قَالَ لَهُمْ ذَلِكَ أَبُو جَهْلٍ، قَامَ النَّضْرُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ كَلَدَةَ بْنِ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ مَنَافِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الدَّارِ بْنِ قُصَيٍّ. قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: وَيُقَالُ النَّضْرُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ كَلَدَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ مَنَافٍ قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: فَقَالَ: يَا مَعْشَرَ قُرَيْشٍ، إنَّهُ وَاَللَّهِ قَدْ نَزَلَ بِكُمْ أَمْرٌ مَا أَتَيْتُمْ لَهُ بِحِيلَةِ بَعْدُ، قَدْ كَانَ مُحَمَّدٌ فِيكُمْ غُلَامًا حَدَثًا أَرْضَاكُمْ فِيكُمْ، وَأَصْدَقَكُمْ حَدِيثًا، وَأَعْظَمَكُمْ أَمَانَةً، حَتَّى إذَا رَأَيْتُمْ فِي صُدْغَيْهِ الشَّيْبَ، وَجَاءَكُمْ بِمَا جَاءَكُمْ بِهِ، قُلْتُمْ سَاحِرٌ، لَا وَاَللَّهِ مَا هُوَ بِسَاحِرٍ، لَقَدْ رَأَيْنَا السَّحَرَةَ وَنَفْثَهُمْ وَعَقْدَهُمْ؛ وَقُلْتُمْ كَاهِنٌ، لَا وَاَللَّهِ مَا هُوَ بِكَاهِنٍ، قَدْ رَأَيْنَا الْكَهَنَةَ وَتَخَالُجَهُمْ وَسَمِعْنَا سَجْعَهُمْ؛ وَقُلْتُمْ شَاعِرٌ، لَا وَاَللَّهِ مَا هُوَ بِشَاعِرٍ، قَدْ رَأَيْنَا الشِّعْرَ، وَسَمِعْنَا أَصْنَافَهُ كُلَّهَا: هَزَجَهُ وَرَجَزَهُ، وَقُلْتُمْ مَجْنُونٌ، لَا وَاَللَّهِ مَا هُوَ بِمَجْنُونٍ، لَقَدْ رَأَيْنَا الْجُنُونَ فَمَا هُوَ بِخَنْقِهِ، وَلَا وَسْوَسَتِهِ، وَلَا تَخْلِيطِهِ، يَا مَعْشَرَ قُرَيْشٍ، فَانْظُرُوا فِي شَأْنِكُمْ، فَإِنَّهُ وَاَللَّهِ لَقَدْ نَزَلَ بِكُمْ أَمْرٌ عَظِيمٌ
Translation
✧ [Al-Naḍr's advice to Quraysh to reflect on what the Messenger ﷺ brought] When Abū Jahl said that to them, al-Naḍr b. al-Ḥārith b. Kaladah b. ʿAlqamah b. ʿAbd Manāf b. ʿAbd al-Dār b. Quṣayy rose. Ibn Hishām said: It is also said al-Naḍr b. al-Ḥārith b. ʿAlqamah b. Kaladah b. ʿAbd Manāf. Ibn Isḥāq said: He said: O assembly of Quraysh, by God, a matter has befallen you for which you have not yet contrived a device. Muḥammad was among you a young lad, the most pleasing of you among you, the most truthful of you in speech, and the greatest of you in trustworthiness, until when you saw grey hair at his temples and he brought you what he brought you, you said, "A sorcerer." No, by God, he is not a sorcerer. We have seen sorcerers and their blowing and their tying of knots. And you said, "A soothsayer." No, by God, he is not a soothsayer. We have seen soothsayers and their quivering, and we have heard their rhyming prose. And you said, "A poet." No, by God, he is not a poet. We have seen poetry and heard all its varieties: its hazaj and its rajz. And you said, "Possessed." No, by God, he is not possessed. We have seen possession, and it is not his choking, nor his whispering, nor his confusion. O assembly of Quraysh, consider your affair, for by God, a great matter has befallen you.
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