Sirat Ibn Hisham 338
What God revealed concerning the story of the Companions of the Cave
[ سُؤَالُ يَهُودِ الْمَدِينَةِ لِلرَّسُولِ ﷺ عَنْ الْمُرَادِ مِنْ قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: وَمَا أُوتِيتُمْ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَحُدِّثْتُ عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ: لَمَّا قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ، قَالَتْ أَحْبَارُ يَهُودَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ، أَرَأَيْتَ قَوْلَكَ: وَمَا أُوتِيتُمْ مِنْ الْعِلْمِ إلَّا قَلِيلًا إيَّانَا تُرِيدُ، أَمْ قَوْمَكَ ؟ قَالَ: كُلًّا؛ قَالُوا: فَإِنَّكَ تَتْلُو فِيمَا جَاءَكَ: أَنَّا قَدْ أُوتِينَا التَّوْرَاةَ فِيهَا بَيَانُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: إنَّهَا فِي عِلْمِ اللَّهِ قَلِيلٌ وَعِنْدَكُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ مَا يَكْفِيكُمْ لَوْ أَقَمْتُمُوهُ قَالَ: فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ فِيمَا سَأَلُوهُ عَنْهُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ: وَلَوْ أَنَّمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ مِنْ شَجَرَةٍ أَقْلَامٌ وَالْبَحْرُ يَمُدُّهُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ سَبْعَةُ أَبْحُرٍ مَا نَفِدَتْ كَلِمَاتُ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ أَيْ أَنَّ التَّوْرَاةَ فِي هَذَا مِنْ عِلْمِ اللَّهِ قَلِيلٌ
Translation
✧ [The Question of the Jews of Madinah to the Messenger ﷺ about the Meaning of His Saying, Most High: “And you were not given of knowledge except a little”] Ibn Isḥāq said: And I was told on the authority of Ibn ʿAbbās that he said: When the Messenger of God ﷺ arrived in Madinah, the rabbis of the Jews said: “O Muḥammad, do you see your saying: ‘And you were not given of knowledge except a little’—do you mean us or your people?” He said: “Both.” They said: “But you recite in what has come to you that we have been given the Torah, in which is an exposition of everything.” The Messenger of God ﷺ said: “It is little in God’s knowledge, and with you there is in it what suffices you if you would act upon it.” He said: Then God Most High sent down upon him, concerning what they asked him about regarding that: “And if all the trees on the earth were pens, and the sea, with seven more seas after it to replenish it, were ink, the words of God would not be exhausted. Truly God is Mighty, Wise” (Q 31:27)—that is, the Torah is, in this, little of God’s knowledge.
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