Qisas al-Anbiya by Ibn Kathir (قصص الأنبياء لابن كثير) — Page 494

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

الْعَقْلُ، وَيُحَيِّرُ السَّامِعَ، وَهَذَا يَدُلُّ عَلَى أَنَّهُ سُلَالَةُ الْخَلِيلِ.. وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ.

the intellect, and it bewilders the listener, and this indicates that he is a descendant of the Friend [Abraham]... and God knows best.

وَقَدْ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: ﴿وَإِذْ أَخَذَ اللَّهُ مِيثَاقَ النَّبِيِّينَ لَمَا آتَيْتُكُم مِّن كِتَابٍ وَحِكْمَةٍ ثُمَّ جَاءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ مُّصَدِّقٌ لِّمَا مَعَكُمْ لَتُؤْمِنُنَّ بِهِ وَلَتَنصُرُنَّهُ قَالَ أَأَقْرَرْتُمْ وَأَخَذْتُمْ عَلَى ذَلِكُمْ إِصْرِي قَالُوا أَقْرَرْنَا قَالَ فَاشْهَدُوا وَأَنَا مَعَكُم مِّنَ الشَّاهِدِينَ﴾.

God Almighty has said: 'And [recall, O People of the Scripture], when Allah took the covenant of the prophets, [saying], "Whatever I give you of the Scripture and wisdom and then there comes to you a messenger confirming what is with you, you [must] believe in him and support him." [Allah] said, "Have you acknowledged and taken upon that My commitment?" They said, "We have acknowledged it." He said, "Then bear witness, and I am with you among the witnesses."' [Quran 3:81]

فَأَخَذَ اللَّهُ مِيثَاقَ كُلِّ نَبِيٍّ عَلَى أَنْ يُؤْمِنَ بِمَنْ يَجِيءُ بَعْدَهُ مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ، وَاسْتَلْزَمَ ذَلِكَ الْإِيمَانُ وَأَخْذُ الْمِيثَاقِ لِمُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِأَنَّهُ خَاتَمُ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ، فَحَقَّ عَلَى كُلِّ نَبِيٍّ أَدْرَكَهُ أَنْ يُؤْمِنَ بِهِ وَيَنْصُرَهُ، فَلَوْ كَانَ الْخَضِرُ حَيًّا فِي زَمَانِهِ، لَمَا وَسِعَهُ إِلَّا اتِّبَاعُهُ وَالِاجْتِمَاعُ بِهِ وَالْقِيَامُ بِنَصْرِهِ، وَلَكَانَ جُمْلَةً مِنْ تَحْتِ لِوَائِهِ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ، كَمَا كَانَ تَحْتَهَا جِبْرِيلُ وَسَادَاتٌ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ.

God took the covenant of every prophet that he would believe in whoever came after him among the prophets, and this faith and taking of the covenant necessitated [belief in] Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace, because he is the Seal of the Prophets; therefore, it was incumbent upon every prophet who lived in his time to believe in him and support him, and if Al-Khidr had been alive in his time, he would have had no choice but to follow him, meet with him, and rise to support him, and he would have been among those under his banner on the day of Badr, just as Gabriel and the masters of the angels were under it.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (24 verbs · 38 nouns)

• حَيَّرَ — to puzzle
• دَلَّ — to indicate
• عَلِمَ — to know
• عَقْل — intellect
• سَامِع — listener
• سُلَالَة — lineage