Sirat Ibn Hisham 626
What was revealed concerning Abū Yāsir and his brother
[ مَا نَزَلَ فِي أَبِي يَاسِرٍ وَأَخِيهِ ] قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَكَانَ مِمَّنْ نَزَلَ فِيهِ الْقُرْآنُ، بِخَاصَّةٍ مِنْ الْأَحْبَارِ وَكُفَّارِ يَهُودَ، الَّذِي كَانُوا يَسْأَلُونَهُ وَيَتَعَنَّتُونَهُ لِيَلْبِسُوا الْحَقَّ بِالْبَاطِلِ - فِيمَا ذُكِرَ لِي عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَجَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ رِئَابٍ - أَنَّ أَبَا يَاسِرِ بْنِ أَخْطَبَ مَرَّ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ يَتْلُو فَاتِحَةَ الْبَقَرَةِ: الم ذَلِكَ الْكِتَابُ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهِ فَأَتَى أَخَاهُ حُيَيَّ بْنَ أَخْطَبَ فِي رِجَالٍ مِنْ يَهُودَ، فَقَالَ: تَعْلَمُوا وَاَللَّهِ، لَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدًا يَتْلُو فِيمَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ: الم ذَلِكَ الْكِتَابُ، فَقَالُوا: أَنْتَ سَمِعْتَهُ ؟ فَقَالَ: نَعَمْ فَمَشَى حُيَيُّ بْنُ أَخْطَبَ فِي أُولَئِكَ النَّفَرِ مِنْ يَهُودَ إلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالُوا لَهُ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ، أَلَمْ يُذْكَرْ لَنَا أَنَّكَ تَتْلُو فِيمَا أُنْزِلَ إلَيْكَ: الم ذَلِكَ الْكِتَابُ ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: بَلَى، قَالُوا: أَجَاءَكَ بِهَا جِبْرِيلُ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ ؟ فَقَالَ: نَعَمْ، قَالُوا: لَقَدْ بَعَثَ اللَّهُ قَبْلَكَ أَنْبِيَاءَ، مَا نَعْلَمُهُ بَيَّنَ لِنَبِيٍّ مِنْهُمْ مَا مُدَّةُ مُلْكِهِ، وَمَا أَكْلُ أُمَّتِهِ غَيْرَكَ. فَقَالَ حُيَيُّ بْنُ أَخْطَبَ، وَأَقْبَلَ عَلَى مَنْ مَعَهُ، فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: الْأَلِفُ وَاحِدَةٌ، وَاللَّامُ ثَلَاثُونَ، وَالْمِيمُ أَرْبَعُونَ، فَهَذِهِ إحْدَى وَسَبْعُونَ سَنَةً؛ أَفَتَدْخُلُونَ فِي دِينٍ إنَّمَا مُدَّةُ مُلْكِهِ وَأَكْلُ أُمَّتِهِ إحْدَى وَسَبْعُونَ سَنَةً ؟ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ، هَلْ مَعَ هَذَا غَيْرُهُ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ؛ قَالَ: مَاذَا ؟ قَالَ: المص. قَالَ: هَذِهِ وَاَللَّهِ أَثْقَلُ وَأَطْوَلُ، الْأَلِفُ وَاحِدَةٌ وَاللَّامُ ثَلَاثُونَ، وَالْمِيمُ أَرْبَعُونَ، وَالصَّادُ تِسْعُونَ، فَهَذِهِ إحْدَى وَسِتُّونَ وَمِئَةُ سَنَةٍ، هَلْ مَعَ هَذَا يَا مُحَمَّدُ غَيْرُهُ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ الر. قَالَ: هَذِهِ وَاَللَّهِ أَثْقَلُ وَأَطْوَلُ، الْأَلِفُ وَاحِدَةٌ، وَاللَّامُ ثَلَاثُونَ، وَالرَّاءُ مِائَتَانِ، فَهَذِهِ إحْدَى وَثَلَاثُونَ وَمِئَتَانِ، هَلْ مَعَ هَذَا غَيْرُهُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ المر. قَالَ: هَذِهِ وَاَللَّهِ أَثْقَلُ وَأَطْوَلُ، الْأَلِفُ وَاحِدَةٌ، وَاللَّامُ ثَلَاثُونَ، وَالْمِيمُ أَرْبَعُونَ، وَالرَّاءُ مِائَتَانِ، فَهَذِهِ إحْدَى وَسَبْعُونَ وَمِئَتَا سَنَةٍ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: لَقَدْ لُبِّسَ عَلَيْنَا أَمْرُكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ، حَتَّى مَا نَدْرِي أَقَلِيلًا أُعْطِيتَ أَمْ كَثِيرًا ؟ ثُمَّ قَامُوا عَنْهُ؛ فَقَالَ أَبُو يَاسِرٍ لِأَخِيهِ حُيَيِّ بْنِ أَخْطَبَ وَلِمَنْ مَعَهُ مِنْ الْأَحْبَارِ: مَا يُدْرِيكُمْ لَعَلَّهُ قَدْ جُمِعَ هَذَا كُلُّهُ لِمُحَمَّدٍ، إحْدَى وَسَبْعُونَ، وَإِحْدَى وَسِتُّونَ وَمِئَةً، وَإِحْدَى وَثَلَاثُونَ وَمِئَتَانِ، وَإِحْدَى وَسَبْعُونَ وَمِئَتَانِ، فَذَلِكَ سَبْعُ مِئَةٍ وَأَرْبَعٌ وَثَلَاثُونَ سَنَةً، فَقَالُوا: لَقَدْ تَشَابَهَ عَلَيْنَا أَمْرُهُ. فَيَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ الْآيَاتِ نَزَلَتْ فِيهِمْ: مِنْهُ آيَاتٌ مُحْكَمَاتٌ هُنَّ أُمُّ الْكِتَابِ وَأُخَرُ مُتَشَابِهَاتٌ قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ مَنْ لَا أَتَّهِمُ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ يَذْكُرُ: أَنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ الْآيَاتِ إنَّمَا أُنْزِلْنَ فِي أَهْلِ نَجْرَانَ، حَيْنَ قَدِمُوا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَسْأَلُونَهُ عَنْ عِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ - عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ قَالَ ابْنُ إسْحَاقَ: وَقَدْ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ بْنِ سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ، أَنَّهُ قَدْ سَمِعَ: أَنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ الْآيَاتِ إنَّمَا أُنْزِلْنَ فِي نَفَرٍ مِنْ يَهُودَ، وَلَمْ يُفَسِّرْ ذَلِكَ لِي. فَاَللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ أَيُّ ذَلِكَ كَانَ
Translation
✧ [What was revealed concerning Abū Yāsir and his brother] Ibn Isḥāq said: Among those concerning whom the Qurʾān was revealed, specifically from the rabbis and the disbelieving Jews who used to question him and try to trip him up in order to confound the truth with falsehood—as was mentioned to me from ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAbbās and Jābir b. ʿAbd Allāh b. Riʾāb—was that Abū Yāsir b. Akhṭab passed by the Messenger of God ﷺ while he was reciting the opening of al-Baqarah: “Alif Lām Mīm. That is the Book, in which there is no doubt.” He went to his brother Ḥuyayy b. Akhṭab along with some men of the Jews and said: “Learn, by God, I heard Muḥammad reciting among what was revealed to him: ‘Alif Lām Mīm. That is the Book.’” They said: “You heard him?” He said: “Yes.” So Ḥuyayy b. Akhṭab walked with that group of Jews to the Messenger of God ﷺ and they said to him: “O Muḥammad, has it not been mentioned to us that you recite among what was revealed to you: ‘Alif Lām Mīm. That is the Book’?” The Messenger of God ﷺ said: “Yes, indeed.” They said: “Did Gabriel bring it to you from God?” He said: “Yes.” They said: “God sent prophets before you, and we do not know that He made clear to any prophet among them the length of his reign or what his community would consume, except you.” Then Ḥuyayy b. Akhṭab turned to those with him and said: “Alif is one, Lām is thirty, Mīm is forty, so this is seventy-one years. Would you enter a religion whose reign and the sustenance of whose community is only seventy-one years?” Then he turned to the Messenger of God ﷺ and said: “O Muḥammad, is there anything else with this?” He said: “Yes.” He said: “What?” He said: “Alif Lām Mīm Ṣād.” He said: “This, by God, is heavier and longer: Alif is one, Lām is thirty, Mīm is forty, Ṣād is ninety, so this is one hundred sixty-one years. Is there anything else with this, O Muḥammad?” He said: “Yes, Alif Lām Rāʾ.” He said: “This, by God, is heavier and longer: Alif is one, Lām is thirty, Rāʾ is two hundred, so this is two hundred thirty-one. Is there anything else with this, O Muḥammad?” He said: “Yes, Alif Lām Mīm Rāʾ.” He said: “This, by God, is heavier and longer: Alif is one, Lām is thirty, Mīm is forty, Rāʾ is two hundred, so this is two hundred seventy-one years.” Then he said: “Your affair has been made obscure to us, O Muḥammad, so that we do not know whether you have been given little or much.” Then they got up and left him. Abū Yāsir said to his brother Ḥuyayy b. Akhṭab and to the rabbis with him: “What do you know? Perhaps all of this has been combined for Muḥammad: seventy-one, one hundred sixty-one, two hundred thirty-one, two hundred seventy-one—that is seven hundred and thirty-four years.” They said: “His affair has become confused for us.” They claim that these verses were revealed concerning them: “Among them are verses that are clear—they are the foundation of the Book—and others that are ambiguous.” Ibn Isḥāq said: I have heard someone I do not suspect from the people of knowledge mention that these verses were revealed concerning the people of Najrān, when they came to the Messenger of God ﷺ asking him about Jesus, son of Mary ﷺ. Ibn Isḥāq said: And Muḥammad b. Abī Umāmah b. Sahl b. Ḥunayf narrated to me that he had heard that these verses were revealed concerning a group of Jews, but he did not explain that to me. God knows best which of these it was.
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