Sirat Ibn Hisham 331
Quraysh's questions to him ﷺ and his answers to them
[ سُؤَالُ قُرَيْشٍ لَهُ ﷺ عَنْ أَسْئِلَةٍ وَإِجَابَتُهُ لَهُمْ ] فَجَاءُوا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالُوا: يَا مُحَمَّدُ، أَخْبِرْنَا عَنْ فِتْيَةٍ ذَهَبُوا فِي الدَّهْرِ الْأَوَّلِ قَدْ كَانَتْ لَهُمْ قِصَّةٌ عَجَبٌ؛ وَعَنْ رَجُلٍ كَانَ طَوَّافًا قَدْ بَلَغَ مَشَارِقَ الْأَرْضِ وَمَغَارِبَهَا؛ وَأَخْبِرْنَا عَنْ الرُّوحِ مَا هِيَ ؟ قَالَ: فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِمَا سَأَلْتُمْ عَنْهُ غَدًا وَلَمْ يَسْتَثْنِ، فَانْصَرَفُوا عَنْهُ. فَمَكَثَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - ﷺ فِيمَا يَذْكُرُونَ - خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ لَيْلَةً لَا يُحْدِثُ اللَّهُ إلَيْهِ فِي ذَلِكَ وَحْيًا، وَلَا يَأْتِيهِ جِبْرِيلُ، حَتَّى أَرْجَفَ أَهْلُ مَكَّةَ، وَقَالُوا: وَعَدَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ غَدًا، وَالْيَوْمَ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ لَيْلَةً، قَدْ أَصْبَحْنَا مِنْهَا لَا يُخْبِرُنَا بِشَيْءِ مِمَّا سَأَلْنَاهُ عَنْهُ، وَحَتَّى أَحْزَنَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ مُكْثُ الْوَحْيِ عَنْهُ، وَشَقَّ عَلَيْهِ مَا يَتَكَلَّمُ بِهِ أَهْلُ مَكَّةَ: ثُمَّ جَاءَهُ جِبْرِيلُ مِنْ اللَّهِ - عَزَّ وَجَلَّ - بِسُورَةِ أَصْحَابِ الْكَهْفِ، فِيهَا مُعَاتَبَتُهُ إيَّاهُ عَلَى حُزْنِهِ عَلَيْهِمْ، وَخَبَرُ مَا سَأَلُوهُ عَنْهُ مِنْ أَمْرِ اللَّهِ الْفِتْيَةَ، وَالرَّجُلِ الطَّوَّافِ، وَالرُّوحِ
Translation
✧ So they came to the Messenger of God ﷺ and said: “O Muḥammad, tell us about the young men who went away in ancient time, who had a wonderous story; and about a man who was a traveller, who reached the East of the earth and its West; and tell us about the Spirit, what is it?” He said: The Messenger of God ﷺ said to them: “I will tell you tomorrow about what you have asked,” and he did not say “if God wills.” So they turned away from him. The Messenger of God ﷺ remained—according to what they relate—fifteen nights, during which God did not send down to him any revelation concerning that, and Gabriel did not come to him, until the people of Makkah became unsettled and said: “Muḥammad promised us tomorrow, and today it has been fifteen nights; we have arisen from it without his telling us anything of what we asked him about.” And this grieved the Messenger of God ﷺ, the withholding of revelation from him, and what the people of Makkah were saying distressed him. Then Gabriel came to him from God—Mighty and Majestic—with the Sūrah of the Companions of the Cave, containing His reproof of him for his sorrow over them, and the account of what they had asked him about: the matter of the young men, the travelling man, and the Spirit.
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