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al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4124

✧ The Creation of the Earth

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قَالَ الْحَارِثُ: حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى ابْنُ أَبِي بُكَيْرٍ، ثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَجْلَانَ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ ؓ قَالَ:

قُلْتُ لِكَعْبٍ: مَا يُمْسِكُ هَذِهِ الْأَرْضَ الَّتِي نَحْنُ عَلَيْهَا ؟ قَالَ: أَمْرُ اللهِ تَعَالَى. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: قَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ أَمْرَ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ الَّذِي يُمْسِكُهَا، فَمَا أَمْرُ اللهِ ذَلِكَ ؟ قَالَ: شَجَرَةٌ خَضْرَاءُ فِي يَدِ مَلَكٍ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ قَائِمٌ عَلَى ظَهْرِ الْحُوتِ مُنْطَوٍ، وَالسَّمَاوَاتُ مِنْ تَحْتِ الْعَرْشِ. قُلْتُ: فَمَا سَاكِنُ الْأَرْضِ الثَّانِيَةِ ؟ قَالَ: الرِّيحُ الْعَقِيمُ، لَمَّا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُهْلِكَ عَادًا أَوْحَى إِلَى خَزَنَتِهَا أَنِ افْتَحُوا مِنْهَا بَابًا. قَالُوا: رَبَّنَا، مِثْلَ مَنْخِرِ الثَّوْرِ ؟ قَالَ: إِذًا تَلْقَى الْأَرْضَ وَمَنْ عَلَيْهَا قَالَ: فَجُعِلَ مِثْلُ مَوْضِعِ الْخَاتَمِ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: فَمَنْ سَاكِنُ الْأَرْضِ الثَّالِثَةِ ؟ قَالَ: حِجَارَةُ جَهَنَّمَ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: فَمَنْ سَاكِنُ الْأَرْضِ الرَّابِعَةِ ؟ قَالَ: كِبْرِيتُ جَهَنَّمَ. قُلْتُ: وَإِنَّ لَهَا لَكِبْرِيتًا ؟ قَالَ: أَيْ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ، وَبِحَارٌ لَوْ طُرِحَتْ فِيهَا الْجِبَالُ لَتَفَتَّتَتْ مِنْ حَرِّهَا. قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: مَنْ سَاكِنُ الْأَرْضِ الْخَامِسَةِ ؟ قَالَ: حَيَّاتُ جَهَنَّمَ. قُلْتُ: وَإِنَّ لَهَا لِحَيَّاتٍ ؟ قَالَ: إِي وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ، أَمْثَالَ الْأَوْدِيَةِ. قُلْتُ: فَمَنْ سَاكِنُ الْأَرْضِ السَّادِسَةِ ؟ قَالَ: عَقَارِبُ جَهَنَّمَ. قُلْتُ: وَإِنَّ لَهَا لِعَقَارِبَ ؟ قَالَ: إِي وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ، أَمْثَالَ الْفَلَكِ، وَإِنَّ لَهَا أَذْنَابًا مِثْلَ الرِّمَاحِ، وَإِنَّ إِحْدَاهُنَّ لَتَلْقَى الْكَافِرَ فَتَلْسَعُهُ اللَّسْعَةَ فَيَتَنَاثَرُ لَحْمُهُ عَلَى قَدَمَيْهِ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: فَمَا سَاكِنُ الْأَرْضِ السَّابِعَةِ ؟ قَالَ: تِلْكَ سِجِّينٌ، فِيهَا إِبْلِيسُ مُوثَقٌ، اسْتَعْدَتْ عَلَيْهِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ، فَحَبَسَهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى فِيهَا، يَدًا أَمَامَهُ وَيَدًا خَلْفَهُ، وَرِجْلًا أَمَامَهُ، وَرِجْلًا خَلْفَهُ، وَتَأْتِيهِ جُنُودُهُ بِالْأَخْبَارِ، وَلَهُ زَمَانٌ يُرْسَلُ فِيهِ

Translation

Chain of narrators
  1. al-Ḥārith
  2. Yaḥyá Ibn Abū Bukayr
  3. Ismāʿīl b. ʿAyyāsh
  4. Muḥammad b. ʿAjlān
  5. Zayd b. Aslam
  6. ʿAṭāʾ b. Yasār

✧ I said to Ka'b: 'What holds this earth upon which we are?' He said: 'The command of Allah, the Exalted.' He said: I said: 'I know that the command of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, is what holds it, but what is that command of Allah?' He said: 'A green tree in the hand of an angel among the angels, standing on the back of the whale, curled up, and the heavens are beneath the Throne.' I said: 'Who inhabits the second earth?' He said: 'The barren wind; when He willed to destroy 'Ad, He revealed to its keepers: "Open a door from it." They said: "Our Lord, like the nostril of an ox?" He said: "Then it would cast away the earth and whoever is upon it." So it was made like the place of a signet ring.' He said: I said: 'Who inhabits the third earth?' He said: 'The stones of Jahannam.' He said: I said: 'Who inhabits the fourth earth?' He said: 'The sulfur of Jahannam.' I said: 'Does it have sulfur?' He said: 'Yes, by the One in Whose hand is my soul, and seas into which if the mountains were thrown they would crumble from its heat.' He said: I said: 'Who inhabits the fifth earth?' He said: 'The serpents of Jahannam.' I said: 'Does it have serpents?' He said: 'Yes, by the One in Whose hand is my soul, like valleys.' I said: 'Who inhabits the sixth earth?' He said: 'The scorpions of Jahannam.' I said: 'Does it have scorpions?' He said: 'Yes, by the One in Whose hand is my soul, like the celestial sphere, and they have tails like spears. One of them would meet the disbeliever and sting him one sting, and his flesh would fall off his feet.' He said: I said: 'Who inhabits the seventh earth?' He said: 'That is Sijjin; in it Iblis is fettered. The angels sought help against him, so Allah, the Exalted, imprisoned him in it, a hand in front of him and a hand behind him, and a leg in front of him and a leg behind him. His troops bring him news, and he has a time when he will be sent forth.'

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