Ṣuwar min Ḥayāt al-Ṣaḥābiyyāt - Abd al-Rahman Ra'fat al-Basha - (24)

I strike him only to make him resolute(1),
so that he will rout the army and come back with the spoils.

When Allah sent His Prophet with the religion of guidance and truth, appointing him as a warner and a bearer of glad tidings to mankind, and commanded him to begin with his nearest kinsfolk, he gathered the Banu ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib—women and men, old and young—and addressed them, saying:

“O Fāṭimah(2) daughter of Muḥammad, O Ṣafiyyah daughter of ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib, O children of ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib, I can avail you nothing against Allah.”

He then invited them to believe in Allah and urged them to attest to his message…

Some of them hastened toward the divine light, while others turned away from its radiance(3); thus Ṣafiyyah bint ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib was among

(1) yalib: becomes labeeb; and labeeb means one who is intelligent and sensible. (2) See it on p. 35. (3) sanah: its radiance.

وإنَّما أَضربُهُ لِكَي يَلِبْ (١) وَيَهْزِمَ الجَيشَ وَيَأتِي بِالسَّلَبْ ولمَّا بعث الله نبيَّه بدين الهدى والحقِّ، وأرسله نذيرًا وبشيرًا للنَّاس، وأمره بأن يبدأ بذوي قُرباه، جمع بني عبد المطَّلب ... نساءهم ورجالهم وكبارهم وصغارهم، وخاطبهم قائلًا: (يا فاطمة (٢) بنت محمَّد، يا صفيَّة بنت عبد المطَّلب، يا بني عبد المطَّلب إنِّي لا أملك لكم من الله شيئًا). ثمَّ دعاهم إلى الإيمان بالله، وحضَّهم على التصديق برسالته ... فأقبل على النور الإلهيِّ منهم من أقبل، وأعرض عن سَنَاه (٣) من أعرض؛ فكانت صفيَّة بنت عبد المطَّلب في

(١) يلِب: يصبح لبيباً، واللبيب: الذكي العاقل. (٢) انظرها ص ٣٥. (٣) سناه: ضياؤه.