وهنالك نبيٌّ آخر هو إرميا بن حلقيا من بيت لاوي بن يعقوب (عليهما السلام). وقد زُعم أنه الخضر، وقد رواه الضحاك عن ابن عباس، ولكنه غير صحيح.

Another prophet is Jeremiah (pbuh) Ibn Hilkiah from the House of Levi Ibn Jacob (pbuh). It has been claimed that he was Al-Khidr. This was related by Al-Dahak from Ibn Abbas but it is not true.

ذكر ابن عساكر أنه كُتب في بعض الصحف أن إرميا وقف على دم يحيى بن زكريا وهو يجري، فقال: «يا دم! لقد أنرت الناس، فاسترح». فوقف وتجمّد حتى اختفى.

Ibn Asakir reported that it is written in some scrolls that Jeremiah stood upon the blood of John Ibn Zechariah while it was flowing and he said: "O blood! You have enlightened the people, so take a rest." So it stopped and condensed until it disappeared.

ورد في الأثر أن إرميا سأل ربه قال: "يا رب! أيُّ عبادك أحبُّ إليك؟" فأجابه: "أولئك الذين يذكرونني أكثر ما يكون ذكرهم لي بعيداً عن ذكرهم لخلقي؛ الذين لا يفكرون في الموت، ولا يتحدثون عن الحياة الأبدية؛ الذين إذا استهوتهم ثروات هذه الدنيا احتقروها، وإذا فقدوها فرحوا؛ أولئك هم المحبوبون عندي حقاً، وسأجزيهم أكثر مما تمنّوا."

There is a tradition that Jeremiah asked Allah: "O Lord! Which of Your slaves is more lovable to You?" He answered: "Those who remember Me most away from their remembrance of My creatures; those who are not thinking of death, nor speak of eternal living; those who, when they are allured by the riches of this world, despise them, and when they lose them are happy; those have My love, indeed, and I shall reward them more than they desired."

قال الله سبحانه وتعالى:

Almighty Allah declared:

وَلَقَدْ آتَيْنَا مُوسَى الْكِتَابَ وَجَعَلْنَاهُ هُدًى لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ

“And We gave Moses the Scripture and made it a guidance for the children of Israel (saying):

﴿أَلَّا تَتَّخِذُوا مِن دُونِي وَكِيلًا * ذُرِّيَّةَ مَنْ حَمَلْنَا مَعَ نُوحٍ ۚ إِنَّهُ كَانَ عَبْدًا شَكُورًا * وَقَضَيْنَا إِلَىٰ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي الْكِتَابِ لَتُفْسِدُنَّ فِي الْأَرْضِ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَلَتَعْلُنَّ عُلُوًّا كَبِيرًا * فَإِذَا جَاءَ وَعْدُ أُولَاهُمَا بَعَثْنَا عَلَيْكُمْ عِبَادًا لَّنَا أُولِي بَأْسٍ شَدِيدٍ فَجَاسُوا خِلَالَ الدِّيَارِ ۚ وَكَانَ وَعْدًا مَّفْعُولًا * ثُمَّ رَدَدْنَا لَكُمُ الْكَرَّةَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَأَمْدَدْنَاكُم بِأَمْوَالٍ وَبَنِينَ وَجَعَلْنَاكُمْ أَكْثَرَ نَفِيرًا﴾

"Take not other than me as your Wakil (Protector, Lord, or Disposer of your affairs, etc). O offspring of those whom We carried in the ship with Noah! Verily, he was a grateful slave." And We decreed for the children of Israel in the Scripture, that indeed you would do mischief of the earth twice and you will become tyrants and extremely arrogant! So, when the promise came for the first of the two, We sent against you slaves of Yours given to terrible warfare. They entered the very innermost parts of your homes. And it was a promise completely fulfilled. Then We gave you once again, a return of victory over them. And We helped you with wealth and children and made you more numerous in manpower.

وَقُلْنَا: «إِنْ أَحْسَنْتُمْ أَحْسَنْتُمْ لِأَنْفُسِكُمْ، وَإِنْ أَسَأْتُمْ فَلَهَا». فَإِذَا جَاءَ وَعْدُ الْآخِرَةِ لِيَسُوءُوا وُجُوهَكُمْ وَلِيَدْخُلُوا الْمَسْجِدَ كَمَا دَخَلُوهُ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَلِيُتَبِّرُوا مَا عَلَوْا تَتْبِيرًا.

And We said: "If you do good, you do good for yourselves, and if you do evil (you do it) against yourselves." Then, when the second promise came to pass, (We permitted your enemies) to make your faces sorrowful and to enter the mosque (of Jerusalem) as they had entered it before, and to destroy with utter destruction that fell in their hands.

(وَقُلْنَا فِي التَّوْرَاةِ): {عَسَىٰ رَبُّكُمْ أَن يَرْحَمَكُمْ ۚ وَإِنْ عُدتُّمْ عُدْنَا ۘ وَجَعَلْنَا جَهَنَّمَ لِلْكَافِرِينَ حَصِيرًا}

(And We said in the Torah): "It may be that your Lord may show mercy unto you, but if you return to sins, We shall return to Our Punishment. And We have made Hell a prison for the disbeliveers." (Ch 17:2-8 Quran).

روى وهب بن منبه أنه لما كثرت المعاصي أوحى الله تعالى إلى نبي من بني إسرائيل يُقال له عاموس (ماميا) عليه السلام أن يقوم في قومه فيوبّخهم بأنهم صُلَبُ الرقاب، عُمْيٌ وصُمٌّ، وأن يقول لهم: "إني (أنا الله) أذكر آباءهم، وذلك يجعلني رحيمًا بهم. واسألوهم عن نعمتي: هل ينتفع أحدٌ منهم بمعصيتي؟ وهل يتضرر أحدٌ منهم بطاعتي؟ إن البهائم تتذكر بلادها فتعود إليها، أما أولئك القوم فقد نسوا لماذا فضّلتُهم لأجل آبائهم، وأساءوا استعمال كرمي. صراخكم قد نسي أحكامي، وقرّاؤكم يعبدون غيري، ونساؤكم لم يتعلمن درسًا نافعًا، وحكّامكم كذبوا عليّ وعلى رسلي. قلوبهم وأفواههم مملوءة بالكذب. وأُقسم بعزتي وجلالي لأبعثنّ عليهم قومًا ذوي ألسنة غريبة ووجوه غريبة، لا يرحمون دموعهم؛ ولأُرسلنّ عليهم ملكًا جبارًا قاسيًا، بجيشٍ كالسحاب، وأتباعٍ كالعواصف، وأعلامهم كأجنحة النسور، وخطى خيولهم كأميال السفر. سيحوّلون البنيان إلى تراب، ويتركون القرى قفارًا. ويلٌ لها ولأهلها إن صرخوا وتضرعوا! لن أنظر إلى وجوههم."

Wahb Ibn Munbah reported that when sin increased, Allah revealed to an Israelite prophet called Amos (Mamia) (pbuh) that he should stand before his people and admonish them that they are hard-headed, blind, and deaf and tell them: "I (Allah) remember their forefathers, and that makes Me merciful with them. And ask them about My bounty: can any of them benefit from disobeying Me? And does any suffer who obeys Me? The beasts remember their countries and return to them, but those people have forgotten why I have favored them for the sake of their forefathers, and have misused their generosity. Your cries have forgotten My tenets and your reciters worship other than Me, and your women have not learned a useful lesson and their rulers have lied against me and My messengers. Their hearts and mouths are full of lies. And I swear by My majesty and power that I will send upon them people with strange tongues, and strange faces, merciless in the face of their tears; and I shall send them a tyrannous cruel king, with an army like clouds, and followers like storms, and their flags like the wings of eagles, and the paces of their hoses like the decades of a journey. They will return buildings to dust, and leave the villages a wilderness. Woe betide it and its inhabitants if they shout and invoke! I will not look at their faces."

ذكر ابنُ عساكرَ الشيءَ نفسَه بهذه الألفاظ: قال إسحاقُ بنُ بِشرٍ: حدّثنا إدريسُ أنَّ وهبَ بنَ مُنبِّهٍ قال: بعثَ اللهُ تعالى إرميا إلى بني إسرائيلَ حين اشتدّ حالُهم سوءًا في المعصيةِ، وقتلِ الأنبياءِ، والحرص.

Ibn Asaker has related the same in these words: Ishaaq Ibn Bishr said that Idris told them that Wahb Ibn Munbah said that Allah the Exalted sent Jeremiah to the children of Israel when the situation had become worse among them - in disobedience, killing of prophets and covetousness.

أراد الله أن ينتقم منهم انتقاماً شديداً، فأوحى إلى إرميا:

Allah was determined to revenge Himself upon them vindictively; and so He revealed to Jeremiah:

"أنا سأُدمّر بيت المقدس (بني إسرائيل) انتقامًا. اذهب إلى قبة الصخرة. وسأُعطيك أوامري ووحيي." فقام إرميا، ومزّق ثيابه، ووضع الرماد على وجهه، وخرّ ساجدًا، وقال: "يا ربّ! ليتني لم تلدني أمّي، إذ جعلتني آخر أنبياء بني إسرائيل، وأن يُخرَّب بيت المقدس في زماني." قال الله:

"I am going to destroy Jerusalem (the children of Israel) irevenge. Go to the Dome of the Rock. I will give you My commands and revelations." Jeremiah stood up and rent his clothes, and applied ashes to his face and fell prostrate and said: "O Lord! Would that my mother had not borne me, when You made me the last prophet of Israel, and Jerusalem be destroyed in my time." Allah said:

"ارفع رأسك." فرفع رأسه وبكى، وقال: "يا ربّ! مَن تسلّط عليهم؟" قال: "عبَدة النار الذين لا يخافون عقابي، ولا يرجون ثوابي."

"Raise your head." He raised his head, wept, and said: "O my Lord! Whom will You set against them?" He said: "The worshippers of fire who do not fear My punishment, nor expect My reward.

قُمْ يَا إِرْمِيَا، وَاسْمَعْ خَبَرَ إِسْرَائِيل. قَبْلَ أَنْ أَخْتَارَكَ، قَدْ صَوَّرْتُكَ وَفَضَّلْتُكَ وَأَكْرَمْتُكَ. اذْهَبْ مَعَ الْمَلِكِ وَأَرْشِدْهُ وَاحْفَظْهُ. (كَانَ مَعَ الْمَلِكِ وَهُوَ يَتَلَقَّى الْوَحْيَ مِنَ اللهِ، وَقَدْ نَسُوا كَيْفَ نَجَّاهُمُ اللهُ.) "اذْهَبْ وَأَخْبِرْهُمْ بِمَا أَخْبَرْتُكَ." "يَا اللهُ! إِنِّي ضَعِيفٌ، فَإِنْ لَمْ تُقَوِّنِي." "أَلَمْ تَعْلَمْ أَنَّ جَمِيعَ الْأُمُورِ بِيَدِي؟ أَنَا اللهُ الَّذِي لَا شَبِيهَ لَهُ، وَلَا مِثْلَ لِي. كَلَّمْتُ الْبِحَارَ هَكَذَا؛ أَنَا مَعَكَ، وَلَنْ يَضُرَّكَ شَيْءٌ."

Stand up Jeremiah, and hear the news about Israel. Before I chose you, I had made you and favored you and honored you. Go with the king and guide and protect him." (He was with the king while he was receiving revelation from Allah, and they forgot how Allah saved them.) "Go and tell them what I have told you." "O Allah! I am weak and if You do not strengthen me." "Do you not know that all affairs are controlled by Me? I am Allah without semblance, or any like Me. I spoke to the oceans so; I am with you, and nothing shall harm you.

قال كعب: قال إرميا: «بفضلك تعلّمتُ أن أقف بين يديك، فكيف يمكنني، وأنا ضعيف عاجز، أن أتكلم بين يديك؟ لكنك برحمتك أبقيتني إلى هذا اليوم. لا أحد يخاف هذا العذاب أكثر مني، لأنني كنت بينهم وهم يعصونك، ومع ذلك لم يتغيّر حالي. فإن عذّبتني فأنا أستحق ذلك، وإن أبقيتني فإني أرجو ذلك من لطفك. يا رب، أنت الملك الأعلى! هل ستهلك بلادهم وهي مكان أنبيائك ومكان وحيك؟ يا رب، يا العليّ المتعالي المبارك باسمك! أتهلك هذا المسجد وكل ما يتصل به، وتلك البيوت التي نالت حمدك؟ يا رب، أتقتل هؤلاء القوم وتعذّبهم، وهم نسل إبراهيم خليلك الأمين، وداود صفيّك؟ يا رب، أيّ قرية ستنجو من عذابك حينئذ؟ وأيّ عابد سينجو من انتقامك بعد أبناء خليلك إبراهيم؟» فقال الله العلي: «إن من يعصيني لن يكره عذابي. لقد أكرمتهم لأنهم أطاعوني، فإن عصوني جعلتهم بين العاصين، حتى أنقذهم برحمتي». قال إرميا: «يا رب، لقد اتخذتَ إبراهيم خليلاً، ومن أجله حفظتنا، ونجّيت موسى، وسألك أن تنجينا وألّا تتركنا ولا تسلّمنا إلى العدو». فأوحى الله إليه: «يا إرميا، لقد أكرمتك في بطن أمك، واصطفيتك إلى هذا اليوم. لو أن قومك حفظوا اليتامى والأرامل والضعفاء والغرباء، لكنت راعيهم ومعيلهم، ولكانوا عندي كجنّة ناعمة؛ لكنّي أشكو إليك بني إسرائيل. لقد كنت لهم الراعي الرحيم، ولكنني لا أكرم إلا من أكرم أمري، ولا أحتقر إلا من احتقر أمري». قال: «كانوا يخافونني من قبلهم، وهؤلاء أظهروا طاعتي في المعابد وأسواق المدن، وعلى التلال وقمم الجبال، وتحت ظلال الأشجار، حتى تعجبت السماوات منهم أمامي، وتعجبت الأرض والجبال، بما فيها الدواب، وأنّت وتفجّعت. ولم يؤثّر في قلوبهم شيءٌ من ذلك، ولا نفعهم الكتاب».

According to Ka'b, Jeremiah said: "By your grace I have come to learn before You; how is it possible when I am weak and powerless, to speak before You? But by Your mercy You have spared me to this day. None fears this punishment more than I do, because I have been among them while they disobeyed You, yet without it changing me. If You punish me, I deserve it, and if You spare me, I expect it of Your kindness. O Lord, You are Overlord! Are you going to destroy their country when it is the place of Your prophets the place of Your revelations? O Lord the Exalted and Blessed by Your Name! For You to destroy this mosque and all pertaining to it, and those houses which landed Your praise! O Lord, for You to kill these people and punish them, when they are the issue of Abraham Your faithful friend and David Your chosen one! O lord, which village will escape Your punishment then? Which worshipper will escape Your vengeance after the children of Your faithful friend Abraham?" He on High said: "He who disobeys Me will not detest My punishment. I had honored them because they obeyed Me. If they disobeyed me I will place them among the disobedient, until I rescue them out of My Mercy." Jeremiah said: "O Lord, You made friends with Abraham and for his sake You preserved us; and Moses You did save; and he asked You to save us and not abandon us, nor throw us to the enemy." And so Allah revealed to him: "O Jeremiah, I made you honored in your mother's womb and have chosen you to this day. If your people had protected the orphans, the widows, the helpless, and the stranded, I would have been their Sustainer. They would have been like a blissful garden to Me; but I complain of the children of Israel to you. I have been the kind shepherd to them; but I honor only those who honor and despise those who despise My command. Those before them feared Me, but these people displayed their obedience of Me in the temple, market place, hill and mountain tops, and under the shade of trees until the heavens wondered at them before Me, and the earth and the mountains, including the beasts, wondered and wailed. All that had no effect on them; nor was the Book useful to them."

قال كعب: لما بلّغ إرميا رسالةَ ربّه، وسمع القومُ ما فيها من الوعيد والتحذير، قالوا: "كذبتَ، إن كنتَ تقول إن الله سيُخرّب الأرضَ وبيتَه وكتابَه وعبادتَه والتوحيد." فأخذوا إرميا فأوثقوه وسجنوه. عند ذلك بعث الله عليهم بختنصر، فدخل البلاد بجنوده وحاصر المدينة. ولما طال الحصار خضعوا لحكمه، ففتحوا الأبواب، ودخلت جنود بختنصر تتدفق.

Ka'b said that when Jeremiah delivered the message of his Lord, and the people heard the threats and warnings in it, they said: "You are lying, if you are saying that Allah shall destroy the land, His temple, His Book, His worship, and monotheism." They captured Jeremiah, tied him up and imprisoned him. At this, Allah sent Nabuchadnezzar upon them. He entered the country with his troops and surrounded the city. When the siege was prolonged they surrendered to his rule. They opened the gates and Nabuchadnezzar's troops streamed in.

وحكمهم بوحشية وعاقبهم بقسوة، فقتل ثلثهم، وأسر ثلثهم، وأبقى على العرج والشيوخ؛ ثم داسهم بالخيل، وهدم بيوتهم، وجرّ الشباب، وأوقف النساء في الأسواق حارسات. أرهب الجند، وخرّب القلاع والمعابد، وأحرق التوراة. وسأل عن دانيال، النبي الذي كان قد كتب إليه، فإذا هو ميت. فأخرج أهله الرسالة التي كان قد كتبها إليه، وكان من أفراد الأسرة دانيال أصغر أبناء حزقيال، وعزريا، وميشائيل. فترك لهم تلك الرسالة. وخلف دانيال الأصغر دانيال الأكبر.

He ruled them savagely and punished them cruelly. He killed a third of them, captured a third, and spared the lame and the old; then h trampled upon them with the horses, demolished their houses, drew the youth along, and stood the women in the market places as guards. He intimidated the troops and destroyed the castles and temples. He burned the Torah. He asked about Daniel, the prophet who had written to him, but he was dead. His family took out the letter which he had written to him. Among the family members were Daniel the youngest son of Ezekiel, Azariah, and Mishael. He left that letter for them. The younger Daniel succeeded the elder Daniel.

دخل نبوخذنصر بيت المقدس بجنوده، ثم سار إلى الشام. فقتل بني إسرائيل حتى كاد يفنيهم. وعاد إلى بابل بغنائم من الأموال والرجال، ومن بينهم أمراء الشباب وأبناء الكهنة، وكان عددهم سبعين ألفاً.

Nabuchadnezzar entered Jerusalem with his troops, then marched to Syria. He killed the children of Israel until he almost exterminated them. He returned to Babylon with booty in the form of treasure and men, among them young princes and children of priests numbering seventy thousand.

عن ابن إسحاق بن بشر، أنّ وهب بن منبه قال: لمّا خرّب بختنصّر بيت المقدس، قيل له: إنّ في بني إسرائيل رجلاً كان يتنبّأ بما أصابهم، ويصف الملك وفعله، ويُخبر أنّه سيقتل مقاتلتهم، ويسبي ذراريهم، ويهدم الهيكل، ويحرق التوراة. وكانوا قد قالوا له: إنّك كاذب، فربطوه وحبسوه في السجن. فأمر بختنصّر أن يُخرَج من السجن، فأُطلق إرميا، فقال له الملك: "أكنتَ حذّرتَ هؤلاء القوم مما أصابهم؟" فأقرّ إرميا بذلك، فقال الملك: "قد علمتُ ذلك." قال إرميا:

Ibn Ishaaq Ibn Bishr reported that Wahb bin Munbah stated that after Nabuchadnezzar had destroyed Jerusalem, he was told that the Israelites had a man who used to predict what had befallen them, describing the king and his actions, foretelling that he would slay their warriors, capture their children, destroy the temple, and burn their Torah. They had said he was lying, and so they had tied him and kept him in prison. Nabuchadnezzar ordered that he be brought out from prison. Jeremiah was released and the king said to him: "Did you warn those people against what has happened to them?" Jeremiah affirmed it and the king said: "I knew that." Jeremiah stated:

"أرسلني الله إليهم فكذّبوني." فسأل: "هل ضربوك وسجنوك؟" قال: "نعم." فقال الملك: "يا لها من قوم سوء، يكذّبون نبيّهم ورسالة ربّهم! أفتريد أن تصحبني، فأكرمك وأعتقك؟ وإن أردت البقاء في بلدك، فإني أمنحك ذلك." فأجابه إرميا: "إنني ما زلت في أمان الله، إذ لم أخرج من البلد البتة. ولو لم يخرج بنو إسرائيل منها، لما خافوك ولا خاف غيرك، ولما كان لك عليهم سلطان." فلما سمع نبوخذنصر ذلك تركه وشأنه، فذهب إرميا ليقيم في موضعه في إيليا (إيلات).

"Allah sent me to them and they accused me of lying." He asked: "Did they beat you and imprison you?" He replied: "Yes." The king said: "What a wicked race, to deny their prophet and their Lord's message! So would you like to join me, for me to honor you and make you free? And if you want to remain in your country, I grant you that." Jeremiah replied: "I am still in the security of Allah when I did not go away from the country at all. If the Israelites did not go out of it, they would not fear you, nor any other, nor would you have authority over them." When Nabuchadnezzar heard this, he let him alone, and so Jeremiah went to live in his place in Elia (Elat).

وذكر هشام بن الكلبي أنّ بُختنصّر سار إلى بيت المقدس، فصالح ملكها، وهو من ذرّية داود، الذي كان قد بنى بيت المقدس لبني إسرائيل.

According to Hisham Ibn al-Kalbi, Nabuchadnezzar marched on Jerusalem, its king who was a descendant of David, who had built Jerusalem for the Israelites - made peace with him.

أخذ نبوخذnezzar الرهائن وانصرف، فلما بلغ ثَهْرِيا علم أن بني إسرائيل قد ثاروا على ملكهم فقتلوه لأنه صالح نبوخذنصر، فأمر نبوخذنصر بقتل كل الرهائن الذين كانوا معه. ثم عاد إلى بني إسرائيل فغزا المدينة، فقتل المقاتلين وسبى أهاليهم.

Nabuchadnezzar took hostages and departed. When he had gone as far as Thahria, he learned that the Israelites had risen against their king and killed him because he had made peace with him. So, Nabuchadnezzar beheaded all the hostages that were with him. He returned to the Israelites and invaded the city, killing the warriors and capturing their families.

فلمّا وجد إرميا في السجن وأطلقه، أخبره إرميا بقصته وبتحذيراته له بشأنه. فقال نبوخذ نصر: "ما أشدّ شرّ هذا القوم الذين يعصون نبيّ الله!" فأطلقه وأكرمه، وجمع إرميا حوله بقايا الأنفس الضعيفة من بني إسرائيل.

When he had found Jeremiah in prison and released him, Jeremiah told him his story and his warnings concerning him. Nabuchadnezzar said: "What a wicked people, that disobey the prophet of Allah!" He set him free and honored him. Jeremiah gathered around him the remaining weak souls of Israel.

قَالَ لَهُمْ: «وَيْلَنَا! لَقَدْ عَصَيْنَا اللهَ. يَجِبُ أَنْ نَتُوبَ إِلَى اللهِ الْعَظِيمِ الْجَلِيلِ مِمَّا فَعَلْنَاهُ، وَسَأَدْعُو اللهَ أَنْ يَقْبَلَ تَوْبَتَنَا». فَدَعَا بِذَلِكَ، فَأَوْحَى اللهُ إِلَيْهِ أَنَّهُ لَنْ يَقْبَلَهَا: «إِنْ كَانُوا صَادِقِينَ، فَعَلَيْهِمْ أَنْ يَبْقَوْا مَعَكَ فِي هَذِهِ الْبِلَادِ (أَوِ الْمَدِينَةِ)». فَأَخْبَرَهُمْ بِمَا أَوْحَى اللهُ. قَالُوا: «كَيْفَ نَبْقَى فِي هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَقَدْ خُرِّبَتْ، وَاللهُ غَاضِبٌ عَلَى أَهْلِهَا؟». فَأَبَوْا أَنْ يَبْقَوْا.

He said to them: "Woe to us! We have disobeyed Allah. We must repent to Allah, Great and Majestic, for what we have done, and I shall pray to Allah to accept our repentance." He prayed so, and Allah revealed to him that He would not accept it: "If they are sincere, they must stay with you in this country (or town)." He told them what Allah had revealed. They said: "How can we stay in this town when it has been devastated and Allah is angry with its people?" So they refused to stay.

قال ابن الكلبي: إنّ بني إسرائيل تفرّقوا في الأرض من ذلك الوقت، فذهب بعضهم إلى الحجاز والطائف والمدينة، وسكن آخرون وادي القرى. وذهب بعضهم إلى مصر، فكتب بختنصر إلى ملكها يطلب منه من لجأ إليها منهم، فأبى، فسار بختنصر بجيشه وقاتله، فهزمه وأسر أبناءهم. ثم سار حتى بلغ أقصى المغرب. ثم عاد من المغرب ومصر وبيت المقدس وفلسطين والأردن ومعه أسرى كثيرون، وكان بينهم دانيال.

Ibn al-Kalbi said that since that time, the children of Israel were dispersed the world over. Some of them went to the Hijaz, Taif and Medina, and others settled in Wadi al Qura. Some went to Egypt, and Nabuchadnezzar wrote to its king, demanding those who had escaped thither, but he refused. So Nabuchadnezzar mounted his army and fought him. He defeated him and captured their children. Then he marched to the extreme of Morocco. He returned from Morocco, Egypt, Jerusalem, Palestine, and Jordan with many captives, and among them was Daniel.

قال ابن الكلبي: والظاهر أنه دانيال بن حزقيل الأصغر، لا دانيال الأكبر، وذلك على ما ذكره ابن منبه. والله أعلم.

Ibn al-Kalbi said that it appears that it was Daniel, the youngest son of Ezekiel, and not the elder Daniel, according to Ibn Munbah. Allah knows best.

روى هشام بن الكلبي أن الله تعالى أوحى إلى إرميا: "إني سأعمر بيت المقدس، فاذهب إليه." فذهب فوجده خرابًا، فقال في نفسه:

Hashim ibn Al-Kalbi reported that Allah the Exalted revealed to Jeremiah: "I am going to reconstruct Jerusalem, so go there." He went and found it devastated. He said to himself:

"سبحان الله! كيف يُحييها الله بعد موتها؟" فأماته الله مائة عام، ثم بعثه. قال: كم لبثت؟ قال: لبثت يومًا أو بعض يوم. قال: بل لبثت مائة عام. Note: this sentence is not in the text you provided, so I should not include it. Here is the translation of your text only: سبحان الله! قال: أنّى يُحيي هذه الله بعد موتها؟ فأماته الله مائة عام، ثم بعثه. قال: كم لبثت؟ قال: لبثت يومًا أو بعض يوم. قال: بل لبثت مائة عام. Let me correct that and give only the faithful translation: سبحان الله! متى يُعمِّر الله هذه المدينة ومتى يُحييها؟ ثم نام، وحماره معه، سبعين سنة حتى هلك نبوخذ نصّر والملك عليه لَحراسب الذي حكم مائة وعشرين سنة. وخلفه على الملك ابنه بشتاسب (وهو كورش ملك فارس بحسب التوراة، عزرا ١). وبلغ بشتاسب خبر موت نبوخذ نصّر، وكانت الشام خرابًا، وقد كثرت الوحوش في فلسطين لأنها خلت من الناس. فنادى بشتاسب بني إسرائيل في بابل: "من أراد العودة إلى الشام (سوريا/فلسطين) فليرجع." وكان يحكمها رجل من بيت داود، فأمره بشتاسب بإعادة بناء أورشليم وهيكلها، فعادوا وأعادوا بناءها. ثم فتح إرميا عينيه، وطرف من نومه سبعين سنة، فرأى المدينة تُعمَّر. ولبث في نومه حتى أتمّ مائة عام. فلما أيقظه الله ظن أنه لم ينم إلا ساعة. كان يعرف المدينة أرضًا خربة، فلما رآها معمورة عامرة بالسكان قال:

"Exalted be Allah! Allah told me to come to this city and that He was reconstructing it. When will Allah rebuild it? And when will He bring it back to life?" Then he slept, and his donkey with him, for seventy years until Nebuchadnezzar and the king over him - Laharasab, who had ruled one hundred twenty years - had perished. Laharasab was succeeded by his son Bashtaasib (According to the Bible, Ezra 1, this would be King Cyrus of Persia). News of the death of Nebuchadnezzar had reached Bashtaasib through Sham (Syria), which was in utter ruin. the wild beats had multiplied in Palestine, for it had become empty of men. Bashtaasib therefore called to the children of Israel in Babylon: "Whoever wants to return to Sham (Syria/Palestine) may do so." It was ruled by one from the House of David, who was ordered by Bashtaasib to rebuild Jerusalem and its temple, so they returned and rebuilt it. Then Jeremiah opened his eyes, blinked from the seventy year sleep, and saw how the city was being reconstructed. He remained in that sleep of his until he had completed one hundred years. When Allah awoke him, he thought that he had slept no more than an hour. He had known the city as a devastated land; when he saw it rebuilt and populated, he said:

يُؤْتِي الْحِكْمَةَ مَن يَشَاءُ ۚ وَمَن يُؤْتَ الْحِكْمَةَ فَقَدْ أُوتِيَ خَيْرًا كَثِيرًا ۗ وَمَا يَذَّكَّرُ إِلَّا أُولُو الْأَلْبَابِ []

قال ابن الكلبي: إن بني إسرائيل سكنوها، وأعاد الله لهم عزّهم، فبقيت كذلك حتى غلبتهم الروم في عهد ملوك الطوائف، ثم فقدوا جماعتهم وسلطانهم بعد ظهور النصرانية.

Ibn Al-Kalbi said that the Israelites settled it, and Allah rebuilt their glory. It remained so until Rome vanquished them in the era of the tribal kings; then they lost their community and their authority after the appearance of Christianity.

قال ابن جرير في تاريخه عن أخبار بيت المقدس: إن لهراسب كان ملكًا عادلًا حليمًا، وكان الناس والرؤساء والملوك يطيعونه، وكان بارعًا في بناء المدن والقنوات والمؤسسات. ولما ضعف عن الملك بعد أن تجاوز المائة، تولّى الملك من بعده ابنه بشتاسب. وفي عهده ظهر دين المجوسية. وكان رجل يُقال له (زرادشت) (زردهشت) صاحبًا لإرميا، فأغضبه، فدعا عليه إرميا، فأصابه البرص. فذهب إلى أرض أذربيجان، واتصل ببشتاسب، فأكرهَ الناس على اعتناقها، وقتل كثيرًا ممن عصاه.

This is how Ibn Jarir tells their story in his History of Jerusalem. He said that Laharasab was a just king and diplomatic. The people, cheifs, and kings obeyed him, and he was gifted in the construction of cities, canals and institutions. When he grew too weak to rule, after more than one hundred, his son Bashtaasib ascended to the throne. During his reign the religion of Zoroastrianism (alMajusia) appeared. A man named (Zoroaster) (Zordahst) had been a companion of Jeremiah and had angered him, so Jeremiah cursed him. Zoroaster became a leper. He went to the land of Azerbaijan, joined Bashtaasib forced peolple to embrace it and killed many people who disobeyed him.

بعد بشتاسب ملك ابنه برمان، وكانوا من ملوك فارس المشهورين الأبطال، وكان بختنصر نائبًا لهم جميعًا الثلاثة. وقد عاش زمنًا طويلًا، قبّحه الله! وخلاصة ما ذكره ابن جرير أن الشخص أو المسافر الذي مرّ بهذه القرية هو إرميا. وقال آخرون: بل كان عُزَيْرًا (عُزير)، وهذا هو قول القدماء ومن بعدهم، واللهُ أعلم.

After Bashtaasib, his son Barman ruled. They were among the famous and heroic kings of Persia, and Nebuchadnezzar had been deputy to all three of them. He lived a long time, may Allah torment him! The essence of what has been written by Ibn Jarir is that the person or wayfarer passing through this village was Jeremia. Others say that it was Hosea (Ozir), and this is the consensus of the ancients and those after them, but Allah knows best.