Sirat Ibn Hisham 339
What God revealed concerning the story of the Companions of the Cave
[ مَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى بِشَأْنِ طَلَبِهِمْ تَسْيِيرَ الْجِبَالِ ] قَالَ: وَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ فِيمَا سَأَلَهُ قَوْمُهُ لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ مِنْ تَسْيِيرِ الْجِبَالِ، وَتَقْطِيعِ الْأَرْضِ، وَبَعْثِ مَنْ مَضَى مِنْ آبَائِهِمْ مِنْ الْمَوْتَى: وَلَوْ أَنَّ قُرْآنًا سُيِّرَتْ بِهِ الْجِبَالُ أَوْ قُطِّعَتْ بِهِ الْأَرْضُ أَوْ كُلِّمَ بِهِ الْمَوْتَى بَلْ لِلَّهِ الْأَمْرُ جَمِيعًا أَيْ لَا أَصْنَعُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ إلَّا مَا شِئْتَ. [ مَا أَنْزَلَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى رَدًّا عَلَى قَوْلِهِمْ لِلرَّسُولِ ﷺ خُذْ لِنَفْسِكَ ] وَأَنْزَلَ عَلَيْهِ فِي قَوْلِهِمْ: خُذْ لِنَفْسِكَ، مَا سَأَلُوهُ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ لِنَفْسِهِ، أَنْ يَجْعَلَ لَهُ جَنَانًا وَقُصُورًا وَكُنُوزًا، وَيَبْعَثَ مَعَهُ مَلَكًا يُصَدِّقُهُ بِمَا يَقُولُ، وَيَرُدُّ عَنْهُ: وَقَالُوا مَالِ هَذَا الرَّسُولِ يَأْكُلُ الطَّعَامَ وَيَمْشِي فِي الْأَسْوَاقِ لَوْلَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مَلَكٌ فَيَكُونَ مَعَهُ نَذِيرًا أَوْ يُلْقَى إِلَيْهِ كَنْزٌ أَوْ تَكُونُ لَهُ جَنَّةٌ يَأْكُلُ مِنْهَا وَقَالَ الظَّالِمُونَ إِنْ تَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا رَجُلًا مَسْحُورًا انْظُرْ كَيْفَ ضَرَبُوا لَكَ الْأَمْثَالَ فَضَلُّوا فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَبِيلًا تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي إِنْ شَاءَ جَعَلَ لَكَ خَيْرًا مِنْ ذَلِكَ أَيْ مِنْ أَنْ تَمْشِيَ فِي الْأَسْوَاقِ وَتَلْتَمِسَ الْمَعَاشَ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْرِي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ وَيَجْعَلْ لَكَ قُصُورًا. وَأَنْزَلَ عَلَيْهِ فِي ذَلِكَ مِنْ قَوْلِهِمْ: وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا قَبْلَكَ مِنَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ إِلَّا إِنَّهُمْ لَيَأْكُلُونَ الطَّعَامَ وَيَمْشُونَ فِي الْأَسْوَاقِ وَجَعَلْنَا بَعْضَكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ فِتْنَةً أَتَصْبِرُونَ وَكَانَ رَبُّكَ بَصِيرًا أَيْ جَعَلْتُ بَعْضَكُمْ لِبَعْضِ بَلَاءً لِتَصْبِرُوا، وَلَوْ شِئْتُ أَنْ أَجْعَلَ الدُّنْيَا مَعَ رُسُلِي فَلَا يُخَالَفُوا لَفَعَلْتُ
Translation
✧ [What God Most High revealed concerning their request for moving the mountains] He said: And God Most High revealed to him concerning what his people asked for themselves of moving the mountains, cleaving the earth, and raising those of their forefathers who had passed away from the dead: "Even if there were a Qur'an by which the mountains were moved, or by which the earth were cleft, or by which the dead were made to speak—rather, to God belongs the affair entirely" (Q 13:31), meaning: I do not do any of that except what I will. [What God Most High revealed in response to their saying to the Messenger ﷺ, "Take for yourself"] And He revealed to him concerning their saying, "Take for yourself," that which they asked him to take for himself: that He should make for him gardens and palaces and treasures, and send with him an angel to confirm what he says and defend him: "And they said, 'What is with this messenger? He eats food and walks in the markets. Why was an angel not sent down to him so that he would be with him as a warner? Or why was a treasure not cast down to him, or why does he not have a garden from which he eats?' And the wrongdoers said, 'You follow none but a bewitched man.' See how they strike similitudes for you, and they have gone astray, so they cannot find a way. Blessed is He who, if He wills, will make for you better than that—meaning better than that you walk in the markets and seek a livelihood—gardens beneath which rivers flow, and will make for you palaces" (Q 25:7‒10). And He revealed to him concerning that from their saying: "And We did not send before you any of the messengers but that they ate food and walked in the markets. And We made some of you a trial for others: will you be patient? And your Lord is ever Seeing" (Q 25:20), meaning: I made some of you a test for others so that you might be patient, and if I willed to make the world with My messengers so that they would not be opposed, I would have done so.
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