Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 4-1319b
"عَنْ عَلىٍّ أَنَّهُ كانَ يقْرأُ: {وإِنْ كانَ مَكْرُهُمْ لَتَزُولُ - بِفَتْح اللام الأولى - منْهُ الجِبالُ} ثُمَّ فَسَّرهَا فقالَ: إِنَّ جبَّارًا مِنَ الجَبابِرَةِ قَالَ: لا أَنْتَهِى حتَّى أَنْظُرَ إِلَى مَا فِى السَّمَاءِ، فَأمَرَ بِفراخِ النُّسورِ تَعْلَفُ اللحمَ حتى شَبَّتْ وَغَلَظَتْ، وَأمَر بتابوتٍ فَنجر يَسَعُ رَجُلَيْنِ، ثُمَّ جَعَلَ فِى وسَطهِ خَشبَةً، ثُمَّ ربطَ أَرْجُلَهُنَّ بأوتَاد، ثُمَّ جَوَّعَهُنَّ، ثُمَّ جَعَل عَلَى رَأسِ الخَشبَةِ لَحْمًا، ثُمَّ دَخَلَ هُوَ وصَاحُبهُ فِى التابوتِ، ثُمَّ ربَطهُنَّ إِلَى قَوائِم التَّابوتِ، ثُمَّ خَلَّى عَنْهُنَّ يُرِدْنَ اللَّحمَ، فَذهَبن بِهِ مَا شَاءَ الله، ثُمَّ قَالَ لِصاحِبِه: افْتحْ فانْظُرْ ماذَا تَرىَ؟ فَفَتَح فَقَالَ: انْظُرْ إلى الجبال... كأنها الذبابُ... ! قال أغلق، فأغلق، فطرن به ما شاء الله ثم قال: اِفتح، ففتح، فقال: أنظر مَاذَا تَرَى؟ فَقالَ: ما أَرَىَ إلَّا السَّمَاءَ، وما أرَاهَا تَزْدَادُ إِلاَ بُعْدًا، قال: صَوِّب الخَشَبَةَ فَصوبهَا فانْقَضَّتْ تُرِيدُ اللحمَ فَسَمِعَ الجِبالُ هدَّتهَا فَكادتْ تَزُولُ عَنْ مَراتِبِهَا".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- ʿAl
- Kān Yqrʾ Wʾin Kān Makruhum
Machine translation, not reviewed
"Narrated from Ali that he used to recite: {And indeed their plot was such that the mountains would be moved by it}, with the first lam pronounced with a fatha. Then he explained it, saying: A tyrant among the tyrants said: 'I will not stop until I look at what is in the sky.' He ordered young vultures to be fed meat until they grew strong and thick. He ordered a chest of wood made to hold two men, then placed a stick in its middle. Then he tied their feet to pegs and starved them. Then he placed meat on top of the stick, and he and his companion entered the chest. Then he tied them to the legs of the chest, then released them to seek the meat, and they carried him for as long as Allah willed. Then he said to his companion: 'Open, look, what do you see?' He opened and said: 'Look at the mountains... like flies!' He said: 'Close.' He closed, and they flew with him for as long as Allah willed. Then he said: 'Open.' He opened, and he said: 'Look, what do you see?' He said: 'I see only the sky, and I see it only growing farther away.' He said: 'Turn the stick.' He turned it, and they swooped down seeking the meat. The mountains heard their crash and nearly moved from their places."
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Notes
عبد بن حميد، وابن جرير، وابن المنذر، وابن أبى حاتم، وابن الأنبارى في المصاحف
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