Qisas al-Anbiya by Ibn Kathir (قصص الأنبياء لابن كثير) — Page 179

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هُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ سَفَهِهِمْ وَطُغْيَانِهِمْ قَالُوا إِلَى اسْتِعْمَالِ قُوَّتِهِمْ وَسُلْطَانِهِمْ ، لِيَنْصُرُوا مَا فَكَادَهُمُ الرَّبُّ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ ، وَأَعْلَى كَلِمَتَهُ وَدِينَهُ وَبُرْهَانَهُ كَمَا قَالَ تَعَالَى : حَرِّقُوهُ وَانْصُرُوا آلِهَتَكُمْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ فَاعِلِينَ قُلْنَا يَا نَارُ كُونِي بَرْداً وَسَلَاماً عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَأَرَادُوا بِهِ كَيْداً فَجَعَلْنَاهُمُ الْأَخْسَرِينَ

Driven by their foolishness and tyranny, they resorted to using their power and authority to support what they believed in, but the Lord, may His majesty be glorified, thwarted them and exalted His word, His religion, and His proof, as the Almighty said: 'Burn him and support your gods, if you are to act.' We said, 'O fire, be coolness and safety for Abraham,' and they intended a plot against him, but We made them the greatest losers.

وَذَلِكَ أَنَّهُمْ شَرَعُوا يَجْمَعُونَ حَطَباً مِنْ جَمِيعِ مَا يُمْكِنُهُمْ مِنَ الْأَمَاكِنِ ، فَمَكَثُوا مُدَّةً يَجْمَعُونَ لَهُ حَتَّى إِنَّ الْمَرْأَةَ مِنْهُمْ كَانَتْ إِذَا مَرِضَتْ تَنْذُرُ لَئِنْ عُوفِيَتْ لَتَحْمِلَنَّ حَطَباً لِحَرِيقِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، ثُمَّ عَمَدُوا إِلَى حَوِيَّةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ فَوَضَعُوا فِيهَا ذَلِكَ الْحَطَبَ وَأَطْلَقُوا فِيهِ النَّارَ ، فَاضْطَرَمَتْ وَتَأَجَّجَتْ وَالْتَهَبَتْ وَعَلَا لَهَا شَرَرٌ لَمْ يُرَ مِثْلُهُ قَطُّ

This was because they began collecting firewood from every possible place, spending a long time gathering it, to the point that if a woman among them fell ill, she would vow that if she were cured, she would carry firewood for the burning of Abraham; then they prepared a massive pit, placed that firewood in it, and set it on fire, so it blazed, flared, and ignited, and sparks rose from it the likes of which had never been seen before.

ثُمَّ وَضَعُوا إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فِي كَفَّةِ مَنْجَنِيقٍ صَنَعَهُ لَهُمْ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَكْرَادِ يُقَالُ لَهُ هَيْزَنُ وَكَانَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ صَنَعَ الْمَجَانِيقَ ، فَخَسَفَ اللَّهُ بِهِ الْأَرْضَ فَهُوَ يَتَجَلْجَلُ فِيهَا إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ

Then they placed Abraham, peace be upon him, in the cradle of a catapult made for them by a man from the Kurds called Hayzan, who was the first to construct catapults, so God caused the earth to swallow him up, and he continues to sink into it until the Day of Resurrection.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (39 verbs · 51 nouns)

• قَالَ — to say
• نَصَرَ — to help
• كَادَ — to plot against
• سَفَه — foolishness
• طُغْيَان — tyranny
• اسْتِعْمَال — use