Al-Uqud al-Durriyya - Ibn Abd al-Hadi - (الكتاب/173)

Al-Uqud al-DurriyyaIbn Abd al-Hadi

[The Shaykh’s Letter on the Tatar Invasion of the Levant]

Concerning this event he composed a letter (1), whose wording (2) is as follows:

To every believer and Muslim who receives it.

Peace (3) be upon you, together with the mercy of Allah [ق 48] and His blessings. We extol before you Allah—there is no deity but Him—Who alone deserves all praise and Who is powerful over everything. We ask Him to send prayers upon the elite of His creation (4), the choicest of His creatures, Muhammad, His servant and Messenger, and upon his family and Companions (5), and to grant them perfect peace.

To proceed: Allah has indeed fulfilled His promise, supported His servant, strengthened His troops, and routed the confederates single-handedly: “Allah drove back those who disbelieved in their rage; they gained no advantage. Allah sufficed the believers in the fighting, and Allah is Strong, Mighty” (Al-Ahzab 25). And Allah—exalted is He—perfects for us the remainder of the discourse (6) with His saying: “and He brought down those of the People of the Scripture who had backed them from their strongholds and cast into …”

(1) From this point to p. 233 the text is abridged in MS B; its scribe remarks: “Shaykh Shams al-Din—may Allah have mercy on him—the author of this biography, quoted the entire book, but I have omitted it here for the sake of brevity.” (2) Immediately afterwards, MSS F and K read: “Bism Allah al-Rahman al-Rahim (In the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Compassionate). [The word hadha appears in F, and in K it is placed before the basmala.] This is the text of a letter written by Shaykh al-Islam, the luminary of his age, Taqi al-Din Abu al-Abbas Ahmad Ibn Taymiyya—may Allah have mercy on him and be pleased with him.” (3) MS K reads: “salam Allah” (“the peace of Allah”). (4) MSS F and K read: “khaliqatihi” (“His creation”). (5) The phrase is absent from MSS Q and K, while MS F adds: “wa sahbihi” (“and his Companions”). (6) MS Q reads: “lana al-tamam” (“for us completion”).

[كتاب الشيخ في حادثة غزو التتار لبلاد الشام] وكتب في هذه الحادثة كتابًا (١) وصورته (٢): إلى من يصل إليه من المؤمنين والمسلمين. سلامٌ (٣) عليكم ورحمة الله [ق ٤٨] وبركاته، فإنَّا نحمد إليكم الله الذي لا إله إلا هو، وهو للحمد أَهْل، وهو على كل شيء قدير، ونسأله أن يصلي على صفوته من خلقه (٤)، وخِيرته من بَرِيَّته محمد عبده ورسوله، وعلى آله وأصحابه (٥) وسلم تسليمًا. أما بعد، فقد صدق الله وعدَه، ونصر عبدَه، وأعزَّ جندَه، وهزم الأحزابَ وحدَه، ﴿وَرَدَّ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِغَيْظِهِمْ لَمْ يَنَالُوا خَيْرًا وَكَفَى اللَّهُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ الْقِتَالَ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ قَوِيًّا عَزِيزًا﴾ [الأحزاب: ٢٥] والله تعالى يحقِّق لنا تمامَ الكلام (٦) بقوله: ﴿وَأَنْزَلَ الَّذِينَ ظَاهَرُوهُمْ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ مِنْ صَيَاصِيهِمْ وَقَذَفَ فِي

(١) من هنا إلى ص ٢٣٣ مختصر في (ب) وقال ناسخها: «وذكر الشيخ شمس الدين ﵀ مؤلف هذه الترجمة الكتاب بطوله حذفته من هذه النسخة للاختصار». (٢) بعده في (ف، ك): «بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم [هذا (من ف وفي ك قبل البسملة)] صورة كتاب كتبه شيخ الإسلام علامة الزمان تقي الدين أبو العباس أحمد ابن تيمية ﵀ ورضي عنه». (٣) (ك): «سلام الله». (٤) (ف، ك): «خليقته». (٥) ليست في (ق، ك)، و (ف): «وصحبه». (٦) (ق): «لنا التمام».