Mukhtasar al-Uluww lil-Ali al-AzimA-Dhahabi

I say: It may well be that al-‘Uqaylī’s remark about Mansūr—“he inclines toward the Jahmī view”—was prompted by this very incident. Yet it is obvious that merely asking whether the Qur’an is created does not by itself prove that the questioner espouses that belief; he might in fact hold the contrary position and be asking only to benefit from the respondent’s knowledge. Allah knows best.

149- For the full account see Tārīkh Baghdād.

31- Abū Nu‘aym al-Balkhī—unknown to me.1

170- Yaḥyā ibn Ayyūb said, “Abū Nu‘aym al-Balkhī, who had met Jahm, related to us: ‘Jahm had a companion whom he honored and preferred above others, but then the man was denounced and people warned against him2 and attacked him. I said to him, “Yet he used to honor you.” He replied, “Something has issued from him that cannot be borne. Once, while he was reciting Sūrat Ṭā Hā with the mushaf in his lap, he reached the verse, The All-Merciful rose over the Throne (Q 20:5) and said, ‘If I could find a way to scrape this out of the mushaf, I would do so.’ I endured that. Then, while he was reciting another verse, he said, ‘How witty Muḥammad was when he said that!’ Again, while he was reciting Ṭā Sīn Mīm (al-Qaṣaṣ) with the mushaf in his lap and came to the mention of Moses, he pushed the mushaf away with his hands3 and his feet, saying, ‘What is this? He mentioned him here but did not finish the mention—“He mentioned him yet did not complete the mention.”’4’”

I have just recalled5 … so Abū Nu‘aym is Shujā‘ ibn Abī Naṣr, the reciter, one of the leading companions of

(1) I say: On the contrary, he is well known, as the author’s own words will later indicate. (2) In the manuscript the word appears as “Wandar” (with an undotted dal), whereas al-Juyush al-Islamiyya, p. 88, reads “Badr” (with a ba followed by an undotted dal). I believe the latter is the correct form, which I have adopted. (3) The base manuscripts have “bi-yadihi” (singular: “his hand”); the correction used here follows al-Juyush. (4) This clause is added from al-Sunnah. Al-Bukhari’s wording is: “When he reached the mention of Musa he said, ‘What is this?’ He related his story elsewhere but did not finish it; then he mentioned him here again without finishing it, after which he pushed the mushaf from his lap with his legs, whereupon he sprang up against it.” (5) I note: After the author—may Allah have mercy on him—stated that he did not know Abu Naim al-Balkhi, he corrected himself, saying, “I have recalled….” It seems the original annotator overlooked this and therefore added a comment of no real value.
قلت: ولعل قول العقيلي في منصور: "فيه تجهم" من أجل هذه القصة. لكن لا يخفى أن مجرد السؤال عن القرآن: هل هو مخلوق، لا يلزم منه أن السائل يقول به، لاحتمال أنه يقول بخلافه، وإنما سأل عنه للاستزادة من علم المسئول والله أعلم. ١٤٩- انظر قصته في ذلك كله في "تاريخ بغداد". ٣١- أبو نعيم البلخي، لا أعرفه١ ١٧٠- قال يحيى بن أيوب حدثنا أبو نعيم البلخي وكان قد أدرك جهما: كان لجهم صاحب يكرمه ويقدمه على غيره، فإذا هو قد صيح به ونذر٢، ووقع فيه. فقلت له: لقد كان يكرمك، فقال: إنه قد جاء منه ما لا يحتمل، بينا هو يقرأ "طه" والمصحف في حجره، فلما أتى على هذه الآية ﴿الرَّحْمَنُ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ اسْتَوَى﴾ قال: لو وجدت السبيل إلى أن أحكها من المصحف لفعلت، فاحتملت هذه، ثم إنه بينا هو يقرأ آية إذ قال: ما أظرف محمدا حين قالها! ثم بينا هو يقرأ "طسم" القصص، والمصحف في حجره إذ مر بذكر موسى، فدفع المصحف بيديه٣ ورجليه وقال: أي شيء هذا؟ ذكره هنا فلم يتم ذكره، "وذكره فلم يتم ذكره"٤ تذكرت٥ ... فأبو نعيم هو شجاع بن أبي نصر المقرئ من كبار أصحاب
١ قلت: بل هو معروف كما يأتي الإشارة إلى ذلك من كلام المؤلف نفسه. ٢ في المخطوطة: "وندر" بالدال المهملة، وفي "الجيوش الإسلامية" "ص٨٨" "وبدر" بالباء الموحدة قبل المهملة، ولعل الصواب فيما أثبته. ٣ في الأصول: "بيده" على الإفراد، والتصويب من "الجيوش". ٤ زيادة من "السنة" ولفظ البخاري "فلما انتهى إلى ذكر موسى قال: ما هذا؟ ذكر قصته في موضع فلم يتمها، ثم ذكر ههنا فلم يتمها، ثم رمى بالمصحف من حجره بريجليه!!! فوثبت عليه". ٥ قلت: بعد أن ذكر المؤلف رحمه الله تعالى أنه لا يعرف أبا نعيم البلخي، استدرك على نفسه فقال: "تذكرت ... " وكأنه كان قد خفي على المعلق هنا في الأصل هذه الحقيقة، فعلق عليه بما لا طائل تحته.

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