Saheeh Seerah Al Albaanee English

يَك ونَُُلَكَُُبَي ت ‏ُُمِّنُز خ رف ‏ُُأَو ‏ُُتَر قَىُُفِ‏ ‏ُُالسَّمَاءُُِوَلَنُنُّؤ مِنَُُلِرقِيِّكَُُحَّتَّىُُت نَزِّلَُُعَلَي نَاُكِتَاب اُنَّق رَؤ هُُُۖق ل ُُ
س ب حَُانَُُرَبُُِّهَل ‏ُُك نت ‏ُُإِّلَُُّبَشَراُرَّس وّل ُ﴾
{And they say: “We shall not believe in you (O Muḥammad), until you cause a spring
to gush forth from the earth for us; Or you have a garden of date-palms and grapes,
and cause rivers to gush forth in their midst abundantly; Or you cause the heaven to
fall upon us in pieces, as you have pretended, or you bring Allaah and the angels
before (us) face to face; Or you have a house of adorable materials (like silver and
pure gold, etc.), or you ascend up into the sky, and even then we will put no faith in
your ascension until you bring down for us a Book that we would read.” Say (O
Muḥammad): “Glorified (and Exalted) be my Lord (Allaah) above all that evil they (the
polytheists) associate with Him! Am I anything but a man, sent as a Messenger?”}
[Surah al-Israa’ (17): 90-93]
And we (Ibn Katheer) have discussed these and other similar Aayaat in their respective
places in out Tafseer. And all praise is for Allaah alone.
Ibn `Abbaas رضيُاهللُعنهما said: “The people of Makkah asked the Prophet ﷺ to turn al-
Ṣafaa turn into gold for them and remove the mountains from around them so that
they could cultivate (the land). It was said to him ‏,ﷺ (in another narration, it is:
Jibreel عليهُالسالم came to him ﷺ and said): ‘If you want, you can be patient with them
or if you want, you can give them what they asked for, but if they disbelieve, they will be
destroyed as those who came before them were destroyed.’ He ﷺ said: ❝Rather, I
shall be patient with them.❞ Then Allaah تعاىل revealed this Aayah:
‏﴿وَمَاُمَنَعَنَاُ‏ أَن
تباركُوُ‏
نُّر سِ‏ لَُُبِاْل يَاتُُِإِّلَُُّ‏ أَن ‏ُكَذَّبَُُِبَِاُاِّل ‏َوَّل ونَُُُۖوَآتَي نَُاَُثَ‏ ودَُُالنَّاقَةَُُم ب صِرَةُُفَظَلَم واُِبَِاُُۖوَمَاُ‏
ن ر سِ‏ لُُبِاْل يَاتُُِإِّلََُُّتَ‏ وِيف ا﴾‏
{And nothing stops Us from sending the Aayaat (proofs, signs) but that the people of
old denied them. And We sent the she-camel to Thamood as a clear sign, but they did
her wrong. And We sent not the signs except to warn, and to make them afraid (of
destruction).} [Surah al-Israa’ (17): 59]” 210
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210 Musnad Aḥmad (2333), “al-Mustadrak” al-Ḥaakim (3379), and he said: “It is “Ṣaḥeeḥ””, and al-Dhahabee
agreed with him, and Shaikh al-Albaanee also agreed with them.
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