Qisas al-Anbiya by Ibn Kathir (قصص الأنبياء لابن كثير) — Page 656

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ابْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ وَمُقَاتِلٍ وَجُوَيْبِرٍ، عَنِ الضَّحَّاكِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ السُّدِّيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَإِدْرِيسَ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ وَهْبِ بْنِ مُنَبِّهٍ، قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ: كُلُّ هَؤُلَاءِ حَدَّثُونِي عَنْ حَدِيثِ عُزَيْرٍ وَزَادَ بَعْضُهُ عَلَى بَعْضٍ قَالُوا بِإِسْنَادِهِمْ: إِنَّ عُزَيْرًا كَانَ عَبْدًا صَالِحًا حَكِيمًا، خَرَجَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ إِلَى ضَيْعَةٍ لَهُ يَتَعَاهَدُهَا، فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ أَتَى إِلَى خَرِبَةٍ حِينَ قَامَتِ الظَّهِيرَةُ وَأَصَابَهُ الْحَرُّ، وَدَخَلَ الْخَرِبَةَ وَهُوَ عَلَى حِمَارِهِ فَنَزَلَ عَنْ حِمَارِهِ وَمَعَهُ سَلَّةٌ فِيهَا تِينٌ وَسَلَّةٌ فِيهَا عِنَبٌ، فَنَزَلَ فِي ظِلِّ تِلْكَ الْخَرِبَةِ وَأَخْرَجَ قَصْعَةً مَعَهُ فَاعْتَصَرَ مِنَ الْعِنَبِ الَّذِي كَانَ مَعَهُ فِي الْقَصْعَةِ ثُمَّ أَخْرَجَ خُبْزًا يَابِسًا فَأَلْقَاهُ فِي تِلْكَ الْقَصْعَةِ فِي الْعَصِيرِ لِيَبْتَلَّ لِيَأْكُلَهُ، ثُمَّ اسْتَلْقَى عَلَى قَفَاهُ وَأَسْنَدَ رِجْلَيْهِ إِلَى الْحَائِطِ فَنَظَرَ سَقْفَ تِلْكَ الْبُيُوتِ وَرَأَى مَا فِيهَا وَهِيَ قَائِمَةٌ عَلَى عُرُوشِهَا وَقَدْ بَادَ أَهْلُهَا وَرَأَى عِظَامًا بَالِيَةً فَقَالَ: ﴿أَنَّى يُحْيِي هَذِهِ اللَّهُ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا﴾ فَلَمْ يَشُكَّ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يُحْيِيهَا وَلَكِنْ قَالَهَا تَعَجُّبًا، فَبَعَثَ اللَّهُ مَلَكَ الْمَوْتِ فَقَبَضَ رُوحَهُ، فَأَمَاتَهُ اللَّهُ مِائَةَ عَامٍ.

Ibn Abi Arubah, from Qatadah, from al-Hasan, Muqatil, and Juwaybir, from al-Dahhak, from Ibn Abbas, and Abdullah ibn Ismail al-Suddi from his father, from Mujahid, from Ibn Abbas, and Idris, from his grandfather Wahb ibn Munabbih, Ishaq said: All of these narrated to me the story of Uzayr, and some added to others, and they said in their chain of narration: Uzayr was a righteous, wise servant who went out one day to a farm of his to check on it, and when he turned back, he came to a ruin at the time of midday when the heat had struck him, and he entered the ruin while he was on his donkey, then he dismounted from his donkey, and he had with him a basket containing figs and a basket containing grapes, so he sat in the shade of that ruin and took out a bowl he had with him, and he squeezed some of the grapes he had into the bowl, then he took out some dry bread and threw it into that bowl into the juice so that it would soften for him to eat, then he lay on his back and rested his legs against the wall, and he looked at the roof of those houses and saw what was in them, and they were standing on their rafters while their inhabitants had perished, and he saw decayed bones, so he said: 'How will Allah bring these to life after their death?' He did not doubt that Allah would bring them to life, but he said it out of wonder, so Allah sent the Angel of Death, who took his soul, and Allah caused him to die for a hundred years.

فَلَمَّا أَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ مِائَةُ عَامٍ، وَكَانَتْ فِيمَا بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ فِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أُمُورٌ وَأَحْدَاثٌ.

When a hundred years had passed over him, and during that time there were matters and events among the Children of Israel.

قَالَ: فَبَعَثَ اللَّهُ إِلَى عُزَيْرٍ مَلَكًا فَخَلَقَ قَلْبَهُ لِيَعْقِلَ قَلْبُهُ وَعَيْنَيْهِ لِيَنْظُرَ بِهِمَا فَيَعْقِلَ كَيْفَ يُحْيِي اللَّهُ الْمَوْتَى.

He said: So Allah sent an angel to Uzayr, who created his heart so that his heart would understand, and his eyes so that he could look with them, so that he would understand how Allah brings the dead to life.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (45 verbs · 52 nouns)

• حَدَّثَ — to tell
• زَادَ — to increase
• كَانَ — to be
• ابْن — son
• حَدِيث — narration
• عَبْد — servant