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on the rest of his companions, killing them all except for a lame man who scrambled up the mountain along with another. Gabriel then informed the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—that they had met their Lord, and Allah was well-pleased with them and made them pleased. We used to recite: “Convey from us to our people that we have met our Lord, and He is pleased with us and we are pleased with Him,” but that verse was later abrogated. Afterward he invoked curses upon them for forty mornings—against Riʿl, Dhakwan, the tribe of Lihyan, and ʿUsayyah, those who had defied Allah and His Messenger. Among them was ʿAmir ibn Fuhayrah.
عَلَى بَقِيَّةِ أَصْحَابِهِ فَقَتَلُوهُمْ إِلَّا رَجُلًا أَعْرَجَ صَعِدَ الْجَبَلَ وَآخَرَ مَعَهُ، فَأَخْبَرَ جِبْرِيلُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ لَقُوا رَبَّهُمْ فَرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ وَأَرْضَاهُمْ. فَكُنَّا نَقْرَأُ أَنْ بَلِّغُوا عَنَّا قَوْمَنَا أَنَّا لَقِينَا رَبَّنَا فَرَضِيَ عَنَّا وَأَرْضَانَا، ثُمَّ نُسِخَ فَدَعَا عَلَيْهِمْ أَرْبَعِينَ صَبَاحًا عَلَى رِعْلٍ، وَذَكْوَانَ وَبَنِي لِحْيَانَ، وَعُصَيَّةَ الَّذِينَ عَصَوُا اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ، وَكَانَ فِي هَؤُلَاءِ عَامِرُ بْنُ فُهَيْرَةَ