Obstinacy of some of the People of the Book toward the Messenger of Allah ﷺ
ذِكْرُ عِنَادِ بَعْضِ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ
We were sitting with the Prophet ﷺ in the mosque when his gaze fixed upon a man walking in the mosque. He said, “O so-and-so, do you bear witness that I am the Messenger of Allah?” He replied, “No.” He said, “Do you read the Torah?” He replied, “Yes.” He said, “And the Gospel?” He replied, “Yes.” He said, “And the Quran?” He replied, “By Him in whose hand is my soul, if I wished I could recite it.”
He then called out to him and said, “Do you find me in the Torah and the Gospel?” He replied, “We find one like you, and the likeness of your community, and the likeness of the one who will bring you forth. We had hoped that you would be among us, but when you emerged we feared that it was you, so we looked, and it was not you.” He said, “And why is that?” He replied, “Because with him from his community are seventy thousand for whom there will be neither reckoning nor punishment, whereas with you there are only a few.” He said, “By Him in whose hand is my soul, I am indeed he, and it is indeed my community, and they are indeed more than seventy thousand, and seventy thousand, and seventy thousand.”
كُنَّا قُعُودًا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ، فَشَخَصَ بَصَرُهُ إِلَى رَجُلٍ يَمْشِي فِي الْمَسْجِدِ، فَقَالَ: «يَا فُلَانُ، أَتَشْهَدُ أَنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ؟» قَالَ: لَا. قَالَ: «أَتَقْرَأُ التَّوْرَاةَ؟» قَالَ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: «وَالْإِنْجِيلَ؟» قَالَ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: «وَالْقُرْآنَ؟» قَالَ: وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ، لَوْ أَشَاءُ لَقَرَأْتُهُ. قَالَ:
ثُمَّ أُنْشِدَهُ، فَقَالَ: «تَجِدُنِي فِي التَّوْرَاةِ وَالْإِنْجِيلِ؟» قَالَ: نَجِدُ مِثْلَكَ، وَمَثَلَ أُمَّتِكَ، وَمَثَلَ مُخْرِجِكَ، وَكُنَّا نَرْجُو أَنْ تَكُونَ فِينَا، فَلَمَّا خَرَجْتَ تَخَوَّفْنَا أَنْ تَكُونَ أَنْتَ، فَنَظَرْنَا فَإِذَا لَيْسَ أَنْتَ هُوَ. قَالَ: «وَلِمَ ذَاكَ؟» قَالَ: إِنَّ مَعَهُ مِنْ أُمَّتِهِ سَبْعِينَ أَلْفًا، لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِمْ حِسَابٌ وَلَا عِقَابٌ، وَإِنَّمَا مَعَكَ نَفَرٌ يَسِيرٌ. فَقَالَ: «فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ، لَأَنَا هُوَ، وَإِنَّهَا لَأُمَّتِي، وَإِنَّهُمْ لَأَكْثَرُ مِنْ سَبْعِينَ أَلْفًا، وَسَبْعِينَ أَلْفًا، وَسَبْعِينَ أَلْفًا».
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