Qisas al-Anbiya by Ibn Kathir (قصص الأنبياء لابن كثير) — Page 575

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تَمْهِيدٌ: قَالَ ابْنُ جَرِيرٍ فِي تَارِيخِهِ: لَا خِلَافَ بَيْنَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ بِأَخْبَارِ الْمَاضِينَ وَأُمُورِ السَّالِفِينَ مِنْ أُمَّتِنَا وَغَيْرِهِمْ أَنَّ الْقَائِمَ بِأُمُورِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ بَعْدَ يُوشَعَ: كَالِبُ بْنُ يُوفَنَّا، يَعْنِي أَحَدَ أَصْحَابِ مُوسَى عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَهُوَ زَوْجُ أُخْتِهِ مَرْيَمَ، وَهُوَ أَحَدُ الرَّجُلَيْنِ اللَّذَيْنِ مِمَّنْ يَخَافُونَ اللهَ، وَهُمَا يُوشَعُ وَكَالِبُ، وَهُمَا الْقَائِلَانِ لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ حِينَ نَكَلُوا عَنِ الْجِهَادِ: ادْخُلُوا عَلَيْهِمُ الْبَابَ فَإِذَا دَخَلْتُمُوهُ فَإِنَّكُمْ غَالِبُونَ وَعَلَى اللهِ فَتَوَكَّلُوا إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ.

Introduction: Ibn Jarir said in his history: There is no disagreement among the scholars of the reports of the past and the affairs of those who preceded us from our nation and others that the one who was in charge of the affairs of the Children of Israel after Joshua was Caleb son of Jephunneh, meaning one of the companions of Moses, peace be upon him, and he was the husband of his sister Miriam, and he was one of the two men who feared God, namely Joshua and Caleb, and they are the two who said to the Children of Israel when they refused to engage in jihad: 'Enter upon them through the gate, for if you enter it, you will be victorious, and put your trust in God if you are believers.'

قَالَ ابْنُ جَرِيرٍ: ثُمَّ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ كَانَ الْقَائِمُ بِأُمُورِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ حِزْقِيلُ بْنُ بُوذِي، وَهُوَ الَّذِي دَعَا اللهَ فَأَحْيَا الَّذِينَ أُخْرِجُوا مِنْ دِيَارِهِمْ وَهُمْ أُلُوفٌ حَذَرَ الْمَوْتِ.

Ibn Jarir said: Then after him, the one who was in charge of the affairs of the Children of Israel was Ezekiel son of Buzi, and he is the one who called upon God, so He brought to life those who had left their homes by the thousands for fear of death.

فِي جَمِيعِ النُّسَخِ الَّتِي وَقَعَتْ تَحْتَ أَيْدِينَا كَانَ عُنْوَانُ هَذَا الْبَابِ: ذِكْرُ جَمَاعَةٍ مِنْ أَنْبِيَاءِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ مِمَّنْ لَا يُعْلَمُ وَقْتُ زَمَانِهِمْ عَلَى التَّعْيِينِ إِلَّا أَنَّهُمْ بَعْدَ دَاوُدَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَقَبْلَ زَكَرِيَّا وَيَحْيَى عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ.

In all the copies that have come into our hands, the title of this chapter was: 'Mention of a group of the prophets of the Children of Israel, peace be upon them, whose specific time is not known, except that they were after David, peace be upon him, and before Zechariah and John, peace be upon them both.'

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Vocabulary · المفردات (16 verbs · 40 nouns)

• قَالَ — to say
• خَافَ — to fear
• نَكَلَ — to refrain
• تَمْهِيدٌ — introduction
• تَارِيخٌ — history
• خِلَافٌ — disagreement