Al-Jawāb as-Sahīh li-man baddala dīn al-Masīh - Ibn Taimiya - (5/263)

Section: The Eighth Glad Tidings from Isaiah

They said:
Isaiah—referring here to Mecca—said:

“I have engraved you upon My palm. Your children shall come to you swiftly, while all who sought to frighten or betray you shall be driven away. Lift up your gaze to what surrounds you: they will flock toward you and gather at your side. Then bear My Name, for I am the Ever-Living, so that you may be clad in splendid garments and adorned with a crown like a bride. Your desolate places will overflow with inhabitants and with those who call upon Me within you. Everyone who opposes you will stand in fear, and your offspring will multiply until you exclaim, ‘Who has granted me all of these while I was solitary and alone, deemed barren? Who reared these for me, and who assumed responsibility for them?’”

They said:
This, too, is a prophecy of Isaiah concerning the Kaʿbah—it is she whom Allah has adorned

[فَصْلٌ: بِشَارَةٌ ثَامِنَةٌ مِنْ أَشْعِيَاءَ] قَالُوا: وَقَالَ أَشْعِيَاءُ - وَالْمُرَادُ مَكَّةُ -: " أَنَا رَسَمْتُكِ عَلَى كَفِّي، وَسَيَأْتِيكِ أَوْلَادُكِ سِرَاعًا، وَيَخْرُجُ عَنْكِ مَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُخِيفَكِ وَيَخُونَكِ، فَارْفَعِي بَصَرَكِ إِلَى مَا حَوْلَكِ، فَإِنَّهُمْ سَيَأْتُونَكِ وَيَجْتَمِعُونَ إِلَيْكِ، فَتَسَمِّي بِاسْمِي إِنِّي أَنَا الْحَيُّ، لِتَلْبَسِي الْحُلَلَ وَتَزَيَّنِي بِالْإِكْلِيلِ، مِثْلَ الْعَرُوسِ، وَلَتَضِيقَنَّ خَرَابَاتُكِ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ سُكَّانِكِ وَالدَّاعِينَ فِيكِ، وَلَيَهَابَنَّ كُلُّ مَنْ يُنَاوِئُكِ، وَلَيَكْثُرَنَّ أَوْلَادُكِ حَتَّى تَقُولِي مَنْ رَزَقَنِي هَؤُلَاءِ كُلَّهُمْ؟ وَأَنَا وَحِيدَةٌ فَرِيدَةٌ، يَرَوْنَ رَقُوبًا، فَمَنْ رَبَّى لِي هَؤُلَاءِ، وَمَنْ تَكَفَّلَ لِي بِهِمْ؟ " . قَالُوا: وَذَلِكَ - أَيْضًا - مِنْ أَشْعِيَاءَ بِشَأْنِ الْكَعْبَةِ، فَهِيَ الَّتِي أَلْبَسَهَا اللَّهُ