ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا حُذَيْفَةُ فَانْهَضْ بِنَا أَنْتَ وَ...
ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا حُذَيْفَةُ فَانْهَضْ بِنَا أَنْتَ وَ سَلْمَانُ وَ عَمَّارٌ وَ تَوَكَّلُوا عَلَى اللَّهِ فَإِذَا جُزْنَا الثَّنِيَّةَ الصَّعْبَةَ فَأْذَنُوا لِلنَّاسِ أَنْ يَتَّبِعُونَا Then he -saww said: ‘O Huzeyfa! Arise with us -saww , you, and Salman -ra , and Ammar -ra , and rely upon Allah -azwj . So, when we have crossed the difficult ravine (Al-Aqaba), then (only) permit the people that they should follow us’.
فَصَعِدَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ هُوَ عَلَى نَاقَتِهِ وَ حُذَيْفَةُ وَ سَلْمَانُ أَحَدُهُمَا آخِذٌ بِخِطَامِ نَاقَتِهِ يَقُودُهَا وَ الْآخَرُ خَلْفَهَا يَسُوقُهَا وَ عَمَّارٌ إِلَى جَانِبِهَا وَ الْقَوْمُ عَلَى جِمَالِهِمْ وَ رَجَّالَتُهُمْ مُنْبَثُّونَ حَوَالَيِ الثَّنِيَّةِ عَلَى تِلْكَ الْعَقَبَاتِ وَ قَدْ جَعَلَ الَّذِينَ فَوْقَ الطَّرِيقِ حِجَارَةً فِي دِبَابٍ فَدَحْرَجُوهَا مِنْ فَوْقٍ لِيُنَفِّرُوا النَّاقَةَ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص لِتَقَعَ فِي الْمَهْوَى الَّذِي يَهُولُ النَّاظِرَ النَّظَرُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ بُعْدِهِ Rasool-Allah -saww ascended, and he -saww was upon his -saww she-camel; and Huzeyfa and Salman ‑ra , – one of them grabbed the rein of his -saww she-camel guiding it, and the other one was behind it, ushering it, and Ammar -ra was to its side, and the people were upon their camels and their feet (walking), scattered around the bend of Al-Aqaba.
And those ones above the path had made stones to be in bags so they could roll these from above in order to frighten the she-camel of Rasool-Allah -saww , and it would fall with him -saww into the chasm which would terrify the beholder looking into it from afar.
فَلَمَّا قَرُبَتِ الدِّبَابُ مِنْ نَاقَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص أَذِنَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى لَهَا فَارْتَفَعَتْ ارْتِفَاعاً عَظِيماً فَجَاوَزَتْ نَاقَةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص ثُمَّ سَقَطَتْ فِي جَانِبِ الْمَهْوَى وَ لَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْهَا شَيْءٌ إِلَّا صَارَ كَذَلِكَ وَ نَاقَةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص كَأَنَّهَا لَا تُحِسُّ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ تِلْكَ الْقَعْقَعَاتِ الَّتِي كَانَتْ لِلدِّبَابِ So when they brought the bags (of stones) closer to the she-camel of Rasool-Allah -saww , Allah ‑azwj the Exalted Permitted to it, and it arose with a great rising – and the she-camel of Rasool-Allah -saww crossed over, then it settled by the side of the chasm, and there did not remain anything from it, except it became like that – and the she-camel of Rasool-Allah -saww was as if it had not felt anything – from that from the rumbling of the stones.
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