Sirat Ibn Hisham 342
What God revealed concerning the story of the Companions of the Cave
[ مَا أَنْزَلَهُ تَعَالَى فِي أَبِي جَهْلٍ وَمَا هَمَّ بِهِ ] وَأَنْزَلَ عَلَيْهِ فِيمَا قَالَ أَبُو جَهْلِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ، وَمَا هَمَّ بِهِ: أَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي يَنْهَى عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّى أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ كَانَ عَلَى الْهُدَى أَوْ أَمَرَ بِالتَّقْوَى أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّى أَلَمْ يَعْلَمْ بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ يَرَى كَلَّا لَئِنْ لَمْ يَنْتَهِ لَنَسْفَعَنْ بِالنَّاصِيَةِ نَاصِيَةٍ كَاذِبَةٍ خَاطِئَةٍ فَلْيَدْعُ نَادِيَهُ سَنَدْعُ الزَّبَانِيَةَ كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَاسْجُدْ وَاقْتَرِبْ قَالَ ابْنُ هِشَامٍ: لَنَسْفَعًا: لَنَجْذِبَنْ وَلَنَأْخُذَنْ. قَالَ الشَّاعِرُ:: قَوْمٌ إذَا سَمِعُوا الصُّرَاخَ رَأَيْتَهُمْ مِنْ بَيْنِ مُلْجِمِ مُهْرِهِ أَوْ سَافِعِ وَالنَّادِي: الْمَجْلِسُ الَّذِي يَجْتَمِعُ فِيهِ الْقَوْمُ وَيَقْضُونَ فِيهِ أُمُورَهُمْ. وَفِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى: وَتَأْتُونَ فِي نَادِيكُمُ الْمُنْكَرَ وَهُوَ النَّدِيُّ ( قَالَ عَبِيدُ بْنُ الْأَبْرَصِ ): اذْهَبْ إلَيْكَ فَإِنِّي مِنْ بَنِي أَسَدٍ أَهْلُ النَّدِيِّ وَأَهْلُ الْجُودِ وَالنَّادِي وَفِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى: وَأَحْسَنُ نَدِيًّا وَجَمْعُهُ: أَنْدِيَةٌ. ( فَلْيَدْعُ أَهْلَ نَادِيهِ ) كَمَا قَالَ تَعَالَى: وَاسْأَلِ الْقَرْيَةَ يُرِيدُ أَهْلَ الْقَرْيَةِ. قَالَ سَلَامَةُ بْنُ جَنْدَلٍ، أَحَدُ بَنِي سَعْدِ بْنِ زَيْدِ مَنَاةَ بْنِ تَمِيمٍ:: يَوْمَانِ يَوْمُ مَقَامَاتٍ وَأَنْدِيَةٍ وَيَوْمُ سَيْرٍ إلَى الْأَعْدَاءِ تَأْوِيبِ وَهَذَا الْبَيْتُ فِي قَصِيدَةٍ لَهُ. وَقَالَ الْكُمَيْتُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ:: لَا مَهَاذِيرَ فِي النَّدِيِّ مَكَانِي رَ وَلَا مُصْمِتِينَ بِالْإِفْحَامِ وَهَذَا الْبَيْتُ فِي قَصِيدَةٍ لَهُ. وَيُقَالُ: النَّادِي: الْجُلَسَاءُ. وَالزَّبَانِيَةُ: الْغِلَاظُ الشِّدَادُ، وَهُمْ فِي هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ: خَزَنَةُ النَّارِ. وَالزَّبَانِيَةُ ( أَيْضًا ) فِي الدُّنْيَا: أَعْوَانُ الرَّجُلِ الَّذِينَ يَخْدُمُونَهُ وَيُعِينُونَهُ، وَالْوَاحِدُ: زِبْنِيَةٌ. قَالَ ابْنُ الزِّبَعْرَى فِي ذَلِكَ:: مَطَاعِيمُ فِي الْمَقْرَى مَطَاعِينُ فِي الْوَغَى زَبَانِيَةٌ غُلْبٌ عِظَامٌ حُلُومُهَا يَقُولُ: شَدَّادٌ. وَهَذَا الْبَيْتُ فِي أَبْيَاتٍ لَهُ. وَقَالَ صَخْرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْهُذَلِيُّ، وَهُوَ صَخْرُ الْغَيِّ: وَمِنْ كَبِيرٍ نَفَرٌ زَبَانِيَهْ وَهَذَا الْبَيْتُ فِي أَبْيَاتٍ لَهُ
Translation
✧ [What God Most High revealed concerning Abū Jahl and what he intended] And He revealed to him regarding what Abū Jahl b. Hishām said, and what he intended: “Have you seen the one who forbids a servant when he prays? Have you seen whether he was upon guidance or enjoined piety? Have you seen if he denies and turns away? Does he not know that God sees? No! If he does not desist, We will surely drag him by the forelock—a lying, sinful forelock. So let him call his associates; We will call the guards of Hell. No! Do not obey him, but prostrate and draw near.” Ibn Hishām said: “lanasfaʿan” means “we will surely drag and seize.” A poet said: “A people who, when they hear the cry, you see them—one bridling his colt, one seizing [the forelock].” “Al-nādī” is the assembly in which the people gather and in which they decide their affairs. In the Book of God Most High: “And you commit in your assemblies what is wrong” (Q 29:29); it is “al-nadiyy.” (ʿAbīd b. al-Abraṣ said): “Go your way; indeed I am of Banū Asad, people of the assembly and people of generosity and the assembly.” And in the Book of God Most High: “And better as a gathering” (Q 19:73); its plural is “andiyah.” So “let him call his associates” (fa-l-yadʿu ahl nādīh), as He Most High said: “And ask the town” (Q 12:82)—He means the people of the town. Salāmah b. Jandal, one of Banū Saʿd b. Zayd Manāh b. Tamīm, said: “Two days: a day of noble stations and assemblies, and a day of journeying to enemies, returning.” And this verse is in a poem of his. And al-Kumayt b. Zayd said: “No babbler in the assembly is my place, nor those silenced by being rendered speechless.” And this verse is in a poem of his. It is said: “al-nādī” means the sitting companions. “Al-zabāniyah” are the rough, strong ones, and in this place they are the keepers of Hell. And “al-zabāniyah” (also) in this world are the helpers of a man who serve him and assist him; the singular is “zibniyah.” Ibn al-Zibaʿrā said concerning that: “Those who feed in the time of plenty and are fed in the battle—rough, strong guards of Hell, great are their forbearances.” He means: strong. And this verse is in some of his verses. And Ṣakhr b. ʿAbd Allāh al-Hudhalī, who is Ṣakhr al-Ghayy, said: “And from Kabīr came a group, his guards of Hell.” And this verse is in some of his verses.
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