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a sāʿ(1) of milk. Each of them could eat a yearling sheep in a single sitting and drink a faraq(2) of beverage at that same sitting. The entire group(3) ate from that small quantity of [food](4) until they were satisfied, yet no trace of what they had eaten was apparent(5). [The Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—] astounded them by this(6), and the sign of his prophethood became clear to them(7). He said(8): “O Banū Abd al-Muttalib, Allah has sent me [with the truth](9) to all creation and has sent me to you in particular. He said: ‘And warn your nearest kindred.’ I call you to two declarations that are light on the tongue but heavy in the Scale. Through these two(10), you will gain mastery over the Arabs and non-Arabs; the nations will submit(11) to you through them(12); through them you will enter Paradise; and through them you will be saved from the Fire: the testimony that there is no deity but Allah and that I am the Messenger of Allah. Whoever responds to me in this matter and assists me in carrying it out shall be

(1) M reads: “and [it was] farther for them by a sāʿ.” S and B read: “and after you, a sāʿ,” which is a corruption. (2) K reads: “the waterskins.” The word faraq, with both the f and r vocalized with a, denotes a measure holding sixteen ratls. (3) K reads: “the whole group.” (4) The word “food” appears only in K and is absent from all other manuscripts. (5) S and B read: “what they ate.” (6) N, M, S, and B read: “That astounded them.” The reading adopted here is from K. (7) M reads: “And his prophethood became clear to them.” S reads: “And it became clear to them that this was its confirmation.” B reads: “And it became clear to them that he was truthful in his prophethood.” (8) K reads: “Then he said.” (9) The phrase “with the truth” appears only in K. (10) N and M read: “through it.” (11) S reads: “and [the nations] will be led.” (12) M reads: “through it.”

صَاعٌ (١) . مِنَ اللَّبَنِ، وَكَانَ الرَّجُلُ مِنْهُمْ يَأْكُلُ الْجَذَعَةَ فِي مَقْعَدٍ وَاحِدٍ، وَيَشْرَبُ الْفَرَقَ (٢) . مِنَ الشَّرَابِ فِي ذَلِكَ الْمَقَامِ، فَأَكَلَتِ الْجَمَاعَةُ كُلُّهُمْ (٣) . مِنْ ذَلِكَ [الطَّعَامِ] (٤) . الْيَسِيرِ حَتَّى شَبِعُوا، وَلَمْ يَتَبَيَّنْ مَا أَكَلُوهُ (٥) .، فَبَهَرَهُمْ [النَّبِيُّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -] بِذَلِكَ (٦) .، وَتَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ آيَةُ نُبُوَّتِهِ (٧) .، فَقَالَ (٨) .: يَا بَنِي عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ، إِنَّ اللَّهَ بَعَثَنِي [بِالْحَقِّ] (٩) . إِلَى الْخَلْقِ كَافَّةً، وَبَعَثَنِي إِلَيْكُمْ خَاصَّةً، فَقَالَ: {وَأَنْذِرْ عَشِيرَتَكَ الْأَقْرَبِينَ} وَأَنَا أَدْعُوكُمْ إِلَى كَلِمَتَيْنِ خَفِيفَتَيْنِ عَلَى اللِّسَانِ، ثَقِيلَتَنِ فِي الْمِيزَانِ، تَمْلِكُونَ بِهِمَا) (١٠) . الْعَرَبَ وَالْعَجَمَ، وَتَنْقَادُ (١١) . لَكُمْ بِهِمَا (١٢) . الْأُمَمُ، وَتَدْخُلُونَ بِهِمَا الْجَنَّةَ، وَتَنْجُونَ بِهِمَا مِنَ النَّارِ: شَهَادَةُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ، وَأَنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ، فَمَنْ يُجِبْنِي إِلَى هَذَا الْأَمْرِ، وَيُؤَازِرْنِي عَلَى الْقِيَامِ بِهِ يَكُنْ

(١) م: وَأَبْعَدُ لَهُمْ صَاعًا، س، ب: وَبَعْدُكُمْ صَاعًا، وَهُوَ تَحْرِيفٌ (٢) ك: الْقِرَبَ، وَالْفَرَقُ، بِفَتْحِ الْفَاءِ وَالرَّاءِ مِكْيَالٌ يَسَعُ سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ رِطْلًا (٣) ك: كُلُّهَا (٤) الطَّعَامِ: فِي (ك) فَقَطْ وَسَقَطَتْ مِنْ سَائِرِ النُّسَخِ (٥) س، ب: مَا أَكَلُوا (٦) ن، م، س، ب: فَبَهَرَهُمْ ذَلِكَ، وَالْمُثْبَتُ مِنْ (ك) (٧) م: وَتَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ نُبُوَّتُهُ، س: وَتَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ أَنَّهُ ثُبُوتُهُ، ب: وَتَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ أَنَّهُ صَادِقٌ فِي نُبُوَّتِهِ (٨) ك: ثُمَّ قَالَ (٩) بِالْحَقِّ: فِي (ك) فَقَطْ (١٠) ن، م: بِهَا (١١) س: وَتُقَادُ (١٢) م: بِهَا