Sirat Ibn Hisham 334
What God revealed concerning the story of the Companions of the Cave
[ مَا أَنْزَلَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى فِي قِصَّةِ أَصْحَابِ الْكَهْفِ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: ثُمَّ اسْتَقْبَلَ قِصَّةَ الْخَبَرِ فِيمَا سَأَلُوهُ عَنْهُ مِنْ شَأْنِ الْفِتْيَةِ، فَقَالَ: أَمْ حَسِبْتَ أَنَّ أَصْحَابَ الْكَهْفِ وَالرَّقِيمِ كَانُوا مِنْ آيَاتِنَا عَجَبًا أَيْ قَدْ. كَانَ مِنْ آيَاتِي فِيمَا وَضَعْتُ عَلَى الْعِبَادِ مِنْ حُجَجِي مَا هُوَ أَعْجَبُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ. قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: وَالرَّقِيمُ: الْكِتَابُ الَّذِي رُقِمَ فِيهِ بِخَبَرِهِمْ، وَجَمْعُهُ: رُقُمٌ. قَالَ الْعَجَّاجُ: وَمُسْتَقَرُّ الْمُصْحَفِ الْمُرَقَّمِ وَهَذَا الْبَيْتُ فِي أُرْجُوزَةٍ لَهُ. قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: ثُمَّ قَالَ تَعَالَى: إِذْ أَوَى الْفِتْيَةُ إِلَى الْكَهْفِ فَقَالُوا رَبَّنَا آتِنَا مِنْ لَدُنْكَ رَحْمَةً وَهَيِّئْ لَنَا مِنْ أَمْرِنَا رَشَدًا فَضَرَبْنَا عَلَى آذَانِهِمْ فِي الْكَهْفِ سِنِينَ عَدَدًا ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَاهُمْ لِنَعْلَمَ أَيُّ الْحِزْبَيْنِ أَحْصَى لِمَا لَبِثُوا أَمَدًا ثُمَّ قَالَ تَعَالَى: نَحْنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ نَبَأَهُمْ بِالْحَقِّ أَيْ بِصِدْقِ الْخَبَرِ عَنْهُمْ إِنَّهُمْ فِتْيَةٌ آمَنُوا بِرَبِّهِمْ وَزِدْنَاهُمْ هُدًى وَرَبَطْنَا عَلَى قُلُوبِهِمْ إِذْ قَامُوا فَقَالُوا رَبُّنَا رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ لَنْ نَدْعُوَ مِنْ دُونِهِ إِلَهًا لَقَدْ قُلْنَا إِذًا شَطَطًا أَيْ لَمْ يُشْرِكُوا بِي كَمَا أَشْرَكْتُمْ بِي مَا لَيْسَ لَكُمْ بِهِ عِلْمٌ. قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: وَالشَّطَطُ: الْغُلُوُّ وَمُجَاوَزَةُ الْحَقِّ. قَالَ أَعْشَى بَنِي قَيْسِ بْنِ ثَعْلَبَةَ:: لَا يَنْتَهُونَ وَلَا يَنْهَى ذَوِي شَطَطٍ كَالطَّعْنِ يَذْهَبُ فِيهِ الزَّيْتُ وَالْفَتْلُ وَهَذَا الْبَيْتُ فِي قَصِيدَةٍ لَهُ
Translation
✧ What God Most High revealed concerning the story of the Companions of the Cave Ibn Isḥāq said: Then he took up the story of the report concerning what they asked him about, the affair of the youths, and He said: Or have you reckoned that the Companions of the Cave and al-Raqīm were among Our signs a wonder? That is: there has been among My signs, in what I have laid upon the servants of My proofs, what is more wondrous than that. Ibn Hishām said: al-Raqīm is the writing in which their story was inscribed; its plural is ruqum. Al-ʿAjjāj said: And the resting-place of the inscribed muṣḥaf. This verse is in an urjūzah of his. Ibn Isḥāq said: Then the Most High said: When the youths took refuge in the cave and said: Our Lord, give us mercy from Yourself and make ready for us right guidance in our affair. So We struck upon their ears in the cave for numbered years. Then We raised them up, that We might know which of the two parties was best able to reckon the time they had tarried. Then the Most High said: We relate to you their story in truth, that is, with a true report about them: They were youths who believed in their Lord, and We increased them in guidance. And We strengthened their hearts when they arose and said: Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth; we will not call upon any god besides Him, for then we would have uttered an outrage. That is: they did not associate anything with Me as you have associated with Me that of which you have no knowledge. Ibn Hishām said: al-shaṭaṭ is excess and going beyond the truth. Aʿshā of Banū Qays b. Thaʿlabah said: They do not refrain, nor does one restrain people of excess, like a thrust in which oil and twisted cords go away. This verse is in a qaṣīdah of his.
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