Qisas al-Anbiya by Ibn Kathir (قصص الأنبياء لابن كثير) — Page 646

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الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ وَبَطْشِ الْجَبَّارِينَ ، فَقَتَلَ مِنْهُمُ الثُّلُثَ وَسَبَى الثُّلُثَ وَتَرَكَ الزَّمْنَى وَالشُّيُوخَ وَالْعَجَائِزَ ، ثُمَّ وَطِئَهُمْ بِالْخَيْلِ وَهَدَمَ بَيْتَ الْمَقْدِسِ وَسَاقَ الصِّبْيَانَ وَأَوْقَفَ النِّسَاءَ فِي الْأَسْوَاقِ حَاسِرَاتٍ ، وَقَتَلَ الْمُقَاتِلَةَ وَخَرَّبَ الْحُصُونَ وَهَدَمَ الْمَسَاجِدَ وَحَرَّقَ التَّوْرَاةَ ، وَسَأَلَ عَنْ دَانِيَالَ الَّذِي كَانَ قَدْ كَتَبَ لَهُ الْكِتَابَ فَوَجَدُوهُ قَدْ مَاتَ وَأَخْرَجَ أَهْلُ بَيْتِهِ الْكِتَابَ إِلَيْهِ وَكَانَ فِيهِمْ دَانِيَالُ بْنُ حِزْقِيلَ الْأَصْغَرُ وَمِيشَائِيلُ وَعَزْرَائِيلُ وَمِيخَائِيلُ ، فَأَمْضَى لَهُمْ ذَلِكَ الْكِتَابَ

of ignorance and the tyranny of the despots, so he killed a third of them, took a third captive, and left the infirm, the elderly, and the old women; then he trampled them with horses, demolished the Temple, drove away the children, and stood the women in the markets unveiled, killed the fighters, destroyed the fortresses, demolished the mosques, and burned the Torah, and he asked about Daniel, who had written the book for him, but they found that he had died, and his family brought the book to him, and among them were Daniel the son of Ezekiel the Younger, Mishael, Azrael, and Michael, so he ratified that book for them.

وَكَانَ دَانِيَالُ بْنُ حِزْقِيلَ خَلَفًا مِنْ دَانِيَالَ الْأَكْبَرِ وَدَخَلَ بُخْتُنَصَّرُ بِجُنُودِهِ بَيْتَ الْمَقْدِسِ وَوَطِيءَ الشَّامَ كُلَّهَا وَقَتَلَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ حَتَّى أَفْنَاهُمْ ، فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ مِنْهَا انْصَرَفَ رَاجِعًا وَحَمَلَ الْأَمْوَالَ الَّتِي كَانَتْ بِهَا وَسَاقَ السَّبَايَا فَبَلَغَ مَعَهُ عِدَّةُ صِبْيَانِهِمْ مِنْ أَبْنَاءِ الْأَحْبَارِ وَالْمُلُوكِ تِسْعِينَ أَلْفَ غُلَامٍ ، وَقَذَفَ الْكِنَاسَاتِ فِي بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ وَذَبَحَ فِيهِ الْخَنَازِيرَ وَكَانَ الْغِلْمَانُ سَبْعَةَ آلَافٍ غُلَامٍ مِنْ بَيْتِ دَاوُدَ ، وَأَحَدَ عَشَرَ أَلْفًا سِبْطُ يُوسُفَ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ وَأَخِيهِ مِنْ بِنْيَامِينَ ، وَثَمَانِيَةَ آلَافٍ أَلْفًا مِنْ سِبْطِ إِيشِي بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ ، وَأَرْبَعَةَ عَشَرَ سِبْطٍ مِنْ زَابَالُونَ وَنَفْتَالِي ابْنَيْ يَعْقُوبَ ، وَأَرْبَعَةَ عَشَرَ أَلْفًا سِبْطُ دَانٍ مِنْ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ ، وَثَمَانِيَةَ مِنْ سِبْطِ يَسْتَاخِرَ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ ، وَأَلْفَيْنِ مِنْ سِبْطِ زِيكُونَ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ ، مِنْ سِبْطِ رُوبِيلَ وَلَاوِي ، وَاثْنَيْ عَشَرَ أَلْفًا مِنْ سَائِرِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ . آلَافٍ وَأَرْبَعَةَ آلَافٍ وَانْطَلَقَ حَتَّى قَدِمَ أَرْضَ بَابِلَ . قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ : قَالَ وَهْبُ بْنُ مُنَبِّهٍ : فَلَمَّا فَعَلَ مَا فَعَلَ قِيلَ لَهُ : كَانَ لَهُمْ صَاحِبٌ يُحَذِّرُهُمْ مَا أَصَابَهُمْ وَيَصِفُكَ وَخَبَرَكَ لَهُمْ وَيُخْبِرُهُمْ إِنَّكَ تَقْتُلُ مُقَاتِلَتَهُمْ وَتَسْبِي ذَرَارِيَّهُمْ وَتَهْدِمُ مَسَاجِدَهُمْ وَتُحَرِّقُ كَنَائِسَهُمْ ، فَكَذَّبُوهُ وَاتَّهَمُوهُ وَضَرَبُوهُ وَقَيَّدُوهُ وَحَبَسُوهُ . فَأَمَرَ بُخْتُنَصَّرُ فَأُخْرِجَ أَرْمِيَا مِنَ

Daniel the son of Ezekiel was a successor to Daniel the Elder, and Nebuchadnezzar entered the Temple with his soldiers, trampled all of the Levant, and killed the Children of Israel until he annihilated them; when he finished with that, he turned back, carried away the wealth that was there, and drove the captives, and the number of their children from the sons of the rabbis and kings who were with him reached ninety thousand boys, and he threw refuse into the Temple and slaughtered pigs in it, and the boys were seven thousand boys from the House of David, eleven thousand from the tribe of Joseph son of Jacob and his brother Benjamin, eight thousand from the tribe of Issachar son of Jacob, fourteen thousand from the tribe of Zebulun and Naphtali, the two sons of Jacob, fourteen thousand from the tribe of Dan son of Jacob, eight thousand from the tribe of Issachar son of Jacob, two thousand from the tribe of Zikun son of Jacob, four thousand from the tribe of Reuben and Levi, and twelve thousand from the rest of the Children of Israel.

وَانْطَلَقَ حَتَّى قَدِمَ أَرْضَ بَابِلَ .

He set off until he arrived in the land of Babylon.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (51 verbs · 48 nouns)

• قَتَلَ — to kill
• سَبَى — to take captive
• تَرَكَ — to leave
• جَاهِلِيَّة — ignorance
• بَطْش — violence
• جَبَّار — tyrant