Qisas al-Anbiya by Ibn Kathir (قصص الأنبياء لابن كثير) — Page 162

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

ذِكْرُ مُرُورِ النَّبِيِّ عَلَى وَادِي الْحِجْرِ مِنْ أَرْضِ ثَمُودَ عَامَ تَبُوكَ.

The Prophet passing through the valley of Al-Hijr in the land of Thamud during the Tabuk campaign.

قَالَ الْإِمَامُ أَحْمَدُ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ، حَدَّثَنَا صَخْرُ بْنُ جُوَيْرِيَةَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ:

Imam Ahmad records that Abd al-Samad told them, citing Sakhr ibn Juwayriyah, who heard from Nafi, who heard from Ibn Umar, who said:

لَمَّا نَزَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ بِالنَّاسِ عَلَى تَبُوكَ، نَزَلَ بِهِمْ عِنْدَ بُيُوتِ ثَمُودَ، فَاسْتَقَى النَّاسُ مِنَ الْآبَارِ الَّتِي كَانَتْ تَشْرَبُ مِنْهَا ثَمُودُ، فَعَجَنُوا مِنْهَا وَنَصَبُوا الْقُدُورَ، فَأَمَرَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ فَأَهْرَقُوا الْقُدُورَ، وَعَلَفُوا الْعَجِينَ الْإِبِلَ، ثُمَّ ارْتَحَلَ بِهِمْ حَتَّى نَزَلَ بِهِمْ عَلَى الْبِئْرِ الَّتِي كَانَتْ تَشْرَبُ مِنْهَا النَّاقَةُ، وَنَهَاهُمْ أَنْ يَدْخُلُوا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الَّذِينَ عُذِّبُوا فَقَالَ: «إِنِّي أَخْشَى أَنْ يُصِيبَكُمْ مِثْلُ مَا أَصَابَهُمْ فَلَا تَدْخُلُوا عَلَيْهِمْ».

When the Messenger of Allah reached Tabuk with the people, he camped near the dwellings of Thamud. The men drew water from the wells that the people of Thamud once used, kneaded dough with it, and set their pots to cook. The Messenger of Allah ordered them to spill the contents of the pots and feed the dough to the camels. He then moved them on until they reached the well where the she-camel used to drink. He forbade them from entering the dwellings of the people who had been punished, saying, "I fear that what befell them might befall you, so do not enter their homes."

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Vocabulary · المفردات (26 verbs · 41 nouns)

• ذَكَرَ — to mention
• مَرَّ — to pass
• حَدَّثَ — to narrate
• ذِكْرٌ — mention
• مُرُورٌ — a passing
• نَبِيٌّ — prophet