Sirat Ibn Hisham 345
What God revealed concerning the story of the Companions of the Cave
[ تَهَكُّمُ أَبِي جَهْلٍ بِالرَّسُولِ ﷺ وَتَنْفِيرُ النَّاسِ عَنْهُ ] فَقَالَ أَبُو جَهْلٍ يَوْمًا وَهُوَ يَهْزَأُ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَمَا جَاءَ بِهِ مِنْ الْحَقِّ: يَا مَعْشَرَ قُرَيْشٍ، يَزْعُمُ مُحَمَّدٌ أَنَّمَا جُنُودُ اللَّهِ الَّذِينَ يُعَذِّبُونَكُمْ فِي النَّارِ وَيَحْبِسُونَكُمْ فِيهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ، وَأَنْتُمْ أَكْثَرُ النَّاسِ عَدَدًا، وَكَثْرَةً، أَفَيَعْجِزُ كُلُّ ماِئَةِ رَجُلٍ مِنْكُمْ عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ ؟ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ فِي ذَلِكَ مِنْ قَوْلِهِ: وَمَا جَعَلْنَا أَصْحَابَ النَّارِ إِلَّا مَلَائِكَةً وَمَا جَعَلْنَا عِدَّتَهُمْ إِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا إلَى آخِرِ الْقِصَّةِ فَلَمَّا قَالَ ذَلِكَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضِ، جَعَلُوا إذَا جَهَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِالْقُرْآنِ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي، يَتَفَرَّقُونَ عَنْهُ، وَيَأْبَوْنَ أَنْ يَسْتَمِعُوا لَهُ، فَكَانَ الرَّجُلُ مِنْهُمْ إذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَسْتَمِعَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَعْضَ مَا يَتْلُو مِنْ الْقُرْآنِ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي، اسْتَرَقَ السَّمْعَ دُونَهُمْ فَرَقًا مِنْهُمْ، فَإِنْ رَأَى أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ عَرَفُوا أَنَّهُ يَسْتَمِعُ مِنْهُ ذَهَبَ خَشْيَةَ أَذَاهُمْ فَلَمْ يَسْتَمِعْ، وَإِنْ خَفَضَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ صَوْتَهُ، فَظَنَّ الَّذِي يَسْتَمِعُ أَنَّهُمْ لَا يَسْتَمِعُونَ شَيْئًا مِنْ قِرَاءَتِهِ، وَسَمِعَ هُوَ شَيْئًا دُونَهُمْ أَصَاخَ لَهُ يَسْتَمِعُ مِنْهُ
Translation
✧ Abū Jahl said one day, while mocking the Messenger of God ﷺ and the truth he brought: “O assembly of Quraysh, Muḥammad claims that the soldiers of God who will torment you in the Fire and detain you therein are nineteen, while you are the most numerous of people in number and multitude. Is every hundred men of you unable to overcome one of them?” Then God Most High revealed to him concerning that, from His saying: “And We have made none but angels wardens of the Fire, and We have made their number only a trial for those who disbelieve” up to the end of the story. When they said that to one another, they would scatter from the Messenger of God ﷺ whenever he recited the Qurʾān aloud while praying, and they refused to listen to him. A man among them, when he wanted to listen to some of what the Messenger of God ﷺ recited from the Qurʾān while praying, would stealthily listen without them, out of fear of them. If he saw that they had realized he was listening to him, he would go away, fearing their harm, and would not listen. If the Messenger of God ﷺ lowered his voice, and the one listening thought they would not hear anything of his recitation, and he himself heard something without them, he would incline his ear to listen to him.
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