Qisas al-Anbiya by Ibn Kathir (قصص الأنبياء لابن كثير) — Page 62

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

الْفَصْلُ الرَّابِعُ

[Chapter Four]

ذِكْرُ قِصَّةِ ابْنَيْ آدَمَ : قَابِيلَ وَهَابِيلَ

Mention of the story of the two sons of Adam: Cain and Abel.

قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى : ﴿ وَاتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ ابْنَيْ آدَمَ بِالْحَقِّ إِذْ قَرَّبَا قُرْبَاناً فَتُقُبِّلَ مِنْ ابْنَيْ أَحَدِهِمَا وَلَمْ يُتَقَبَّلْ مِنَ الْآخَرِ قَالَ لَأَقْتُلَنَّكَ قَالَ إِنَّمَا يَتَقَبَّلُ اللَّهُ مِنَ الْمُتَّقِينَ . لَئِنْ بَسَطْتَ إِلَيَّ يَدَكَ لِتَقْتُلَنِي مَا أَنَا بِبَاسِطٍ يَدِيَ إِلَيْكَ لِأَقْتُلَكَ إِنِّي أَخَافُ اللَّهَ رَبَّ الْعَالَمِينَ : إِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ تَبُوءَ بِإِثْمِي وَإِثْمِكَ فَتَكُونَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّارِ وَذَلِكَ جَزَاءُ الظَّالِمِينَ فَطَوَّعَتْ لَهُ نَفْسُهُ قَتْلَ أَخِيهِ فَقَتَلَهُ فَأَصْبَحَ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ . فَبَعَثَ اللَّهُ غُرَاباً يَبْحَثُ فِي الْأَرْضِ لِيُرِيَهُ كَيْفَ يُوَارِي سَوْأَةَ أَخِيهِ قَالَ يَا وَيْلَتَى أَعَجَزْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ مِثْلَ هَذَا الْغُرَابِ فَأُوَارِيَ سَوْأَةَ أَخِي فَأَصْبَحَ مِنَ النَّادِمِينَ

God Almighty said: 'And recite to them the story of the two sons of Adam in truth, when they both offered a sacrifice, and it was accepted from one of them but was not accepted from the other. He said, "I will surely kill you." He said, "Indeed, God only accepts from the righteous. If you should raise your hand against me to kill me, I shall not raise my hand against you to kill you. Indeed, I fear God, Lord of the worlds. Indeed, I want you to bear my sin and your sin, so you will be among the companions of the Fire. And that is the recompense of the wrongdoers." And his soul permitted to him the murder of his brother, so he killed him and became among the losers. Then God sent a crow searching in the ground to show him how to hide the disgrace of his brother. He said, "O woe to me! Have I failed to be like this crow and hide the disgrace of my brother?" And he became among the regretful.' (1)

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Vocabulary · المفردات (27 verbs · 51 nouns)

• ذَكَرَ — to mention
• قَالَ — to say
• تَلَا — to recite
• فَصْلٌ — chapter
• رَابِعٌ — fourth
• ذِكْرٌ — mention