22. Nabi Syia (Isaiah)
22. Prophet Shia (isaiah)
Yesaya dan Hizkia
Isaiah and Hezekiah
Antara nabi-nabi antara Daud dan Zakaria ialah Yesaya (عليه السلام), anak Amoz (Amisiah). Wait, I must follow the rules: honorific written in words stays words in Malay. The original uses "(pbuh)", which is an abbreviated honorific, so it should be replaced by ﷺ only for the Prophet Muhammad; for other prophets, the honorific should be written in words in Malay. So the correct rendering is: Antara nabi-nabi antara Daud dan Zakaria ialah Yesaya (alaihissalam), anak Amoz (Amisiah).
Among the prophets between David and Zakariah is Isaiah (pbuh), Ibn Amoz (Amisiah).
Menurut Muhammad Ibn Ishaaq, Yesaya (ﷺ) tidak; ia menghadap Zakariah dan Yahya (Yahya Pembaptis) (alaihimussalam). Yesaya termasuk dalam kalangan nabi-nabi yang bernubuat tentang Isa (Yesus) dan Muhammad ﷺ. Raja pada zamannya bernama Hizkia (Hazkia). Baginda mendengar dan taat kepada Yesaya dalam apa yang dinasihatkannya untuk dilakukan dan ditinggalkan demi kebaikan negara. Urusan-urusan di kalangan Bani Israel berjalan dengan lancar. Raja itu jatuh sakit akibat kakinya yang terkena jangkitan. Semasa baginda sakit, Raja Sennacherib (Sinharib) dari Babylon bergerak menuju Jerusalem dengan enam puluh ribu orang.
According to Muhammad Ibn Ishaaq, Isaiah (pbuh) appeared before Zakariah (pbuh) and Yahya (John the Baptist) (pbuh). He is among those who prophesied about Isa (Jesus) (pbuh) and Muhammad (pbuh). The king during his time was called Hezekiah (Hazkia). He listened and was obedient to Isaiah in what he advised him to do and prohibit for the good of the state. Affairs took momentum among the Israelites. The king became sick with an infected foot. While he was sick, King Sennacherib (Sinharib) of Babylon advanced towards Jerusalem with sixty thousand men.
Allah Memberi Tambahan Umur kepada Hezekiah
Allah Grants More Life to Hezekiah
Orang ramai amat ketakutan. Raja bertanya kepada Yesaya: "Apakah yang telah Allah wahyukan kepadamu mengenai Sennacherib dan tenteranya?" Dia menjawab: "Dia belum lagi mewahyukan apa-apa kepadaku." Kemudian wahyu turun kepada Raja Hezekiah untuk melantik penggantinya, sebagaimana yang dikehendakinya, kerana ajalnya telah hampir tiba. Apabila Yesaya memberitahunya perkara ini, raja menghadap kiblat; dia berdoa, mengagungkan Allah, bermohon kepada-Nya, dan menangis. Sambil menangis dan memohon kepada Allah Yang Maha Kuasa lagi Maha Agung dengan hati yang ikhlas, penuh tawakal dan sabar, dia berkata: "Wahai Tuhan segala tuhan, dan Tuhan segala Tuhan! Wahai Yang Maha Pemurah lagi Maha Penyayang, yang tidak dikuasai oleh tidur mahupun mengantuk, ingatlah aku kerana amal-amalku dan keadilan penghakimanku terhadap Bani Israil; dan segala yang datang daripada-Mu, dan Engkau mengetahuinya lebih daripada aku, perbuatanku yang nyata dan rahsiaku ada pada-Mu." Allah memperkenankan doanya dan mengasihaninya. Dia mewahyukan kepada Yesaya agar menyampaikan khabar gembira kepadanya bahawa Dia mengasihani tangisannya dan akan memanjangkan umurnya lima belas tahun lagi serta menyelamatkannya daripada musuh, Sennacherib. Apabila Yesaya menyampaikan hal ini kepada Hezekiah, penyakitnya sembuh. Kejahatan dan kesedihan pun hilang, lalu dia sujud sambil berkata: "Ya Tuhan, Engkaulah yang memberikan kerajaan kepada sesiapa yang Engkau kehendaki, dan merampasnya daripada sesiapa yang Engkau kehendaki, dan meninggikan sesiapa yang Engkau kehendaki, dan merendahkan sesiapa yang Engkau kehendaki, Yang Maha Mengetahui yang ghaib dan yang nyata. Sesungguhnya Engkaulah Yang Awal dan Yang Akhir; Yang Zahir dan Yang Batin; Engkau mengurniakan rahmat dan memperkenankan doa orang-orang yang dalam kesusahan." Apabila dia mengangkat kepalanya, Allah mewahyukan kepada Yesaya agar memerintahkan raja supaya mengambil air buah ara dan menyapukannya pada bisulnya, nescaya dia akan pulih dan sembuh. Dia pun berbuat demikian lalu sembuh.
The people were greatly terrified. The King asked Isaiah: "What did Allah reveal to you regarding Sennacherib and his army?" He replied: "He has not yet revealed anything to me." Then the revelation came down for King Hezekiah to appoint a successor, as he wished, because his end was at hand. When Isaiah told him this, the king turned to the qibla (the direction faced in prayer); he prayed, glorified Allah, invoked Him, and wept. Weeping and invoking Allah the All-Powerful and majestic with a sincere heart, trust and patience, he said: "O Lord of lords, and God of gods! O, Benevolent and Merciful One Whom neither sleep nor nodding can overpower, remember me for my deeds and my just judgment over the children of Israel; and all that was from You, and You know it better than I do, my open acts and my secrets are with You." Allah answered his prayers had compassion on him. He revealed to Isaiah to tell him the glad tidings that He had compassion for his weeping and would extend his life for a further fifteen years and save him from the enemy, Sennacherib. When Isaiah told this to Hezekiah, his disease was healed. Evil and sadness departed, and he fell prostrate, saying: "O Lord, it is You Who grants kingship to whomsoever You wish and dethrones whomsoever You wish and elevates whomsoever You wish and degrades whomsoever You wish, Knower of the unseen and the evident. And lo! You are the First and the Last; the Manifest and the Perceived; You grant mercy and answer the prayers of the troubled ones." When he raised his head, Allah revealed to Isaiah to command the king to extract the water of the fig and apply it to his sore, and he would be whole and cured. He did so and was cured.
Allah Membinasakan Musuh-Musuh Hizkia
Allah Destroys Hezekiah's Enemies
Kemudian Allah menurunkan kematian ke atas tentera Sennacherib. Pada waktu pagi, mereka semua telah menjadi mayat, kecuali Sennacherib dan lima orang sahabatnya, antaranya Nebuchadnezzar (Bukhtanasar). Raja Israel segera memanggil mereka, memasang rantai pada mereka dan mempamerkan mereka di seluruh negeri selama tujuh puluh hari, untuk menghina dan memalukan mereka. Setiap hari, setiap seorang daripada mereka diberi makan sekeping roti barli; selepas tujuh puluh hari, dia mengurung mereka di dalam penjara.
Then Allah sent death upon the army of Sennacherib. In the morning they were all corpses, except Sennacherib and five of his companions, among them Nebuchadnezzar (Bukhtanasar). The king of Israel immediately sent for them, put them in shackles and displayed them in the land for seventy days to spite and insult them. Every day each of them was fed a loaf of barley bread; after seventy days he confined them in prison.
Allah kemudian mewahyukan kepada Yesaya bahawa raja hendaklah menghantar mereka pulang ke negeri mereka supaya mereka dapat memberi amaran kepada kaum mereka tentang apa yang akan berlaku ke atas mereka. Apabila mereka pulang, Sennacherib mengumpulkan rakyatnya dan memberitahu mereka apa yang telah berlaku kepada mereka. Para imam dan ahli sihir berkata kepadanya: "Kami telah memberitahu tuan tentang Tuhan mereka dan nabi-nabi mereka, tetapi tuan tidak mendengar kata-kata kami. Mereka adalah satu kaum yang, dengan Tuhan mereka, tiada siapa dapat mengalahkan." Maka, Sennacherib takut kepada Allah. Dia meninggal dunia tujuh tahun kemudian.
Allah then revealed to Isaiah that the king should send them back to their country so that they might warn their people what would happen to them. When they returned, Sennacherib gathered his people and told them what had happened to them. The priests and magicians said to him: "We told you about their Lord and their prophets, but you did not listen to us. It is a nation which, with their God, nobody can overcome." So, Sennacherib was afraid of Allah. He died seven years later.
Israel Selepas Kematian Hizkia
Israel After Hezekiah's Death
Ibn Ishaq juga meriwayatkan bahawa apabila Raja Hezekiah dari Bani Israil mangkat, keadaan kaum Bani Israil semakin merosot; berlaku kekeliruan politik, dan kejahatan mereka bertambah. Ishaya menyampaikan dakwah kepada mereka dengan apa yang Allah wahyukan kepadanya, membimbing mereka kepada kebenaran dan memberi amaran kepada mereka tentang azab Allah yang sangat dahsyat. Dakwahnya menjadikan dia musuh mereka, lalu mereka berazam untuk membunuhnya, maka dia melarikan diri daripada mereka.
Ibn Ishaaq also reported that when King Hezekiah of Israel died, the Israelites' condition deteriorated; there was political confusion, and their wickedness increased. Isaiah preached to them what Allah revealed to him, directing them to righteousness and warning them of Allah's severe punishment. His preaching made him their enemy and they decided to kill him, so he escaped from them.
Kematian Nabi Yesaya
Isaiah's Death
Ibnu Ishaq juga meriwayatkan satu riwayat Israiliyyat yang menyebutkan bahawa ketika Nabi Ishaya sedang melintasi sebatang pokok, pokok itu terbelah, lalu dia masuk ke dalamnya. Tetapi Syaitan melihatnya dan memegang hujung jubahnya sehingga kain itu terjulur keluar. Apabila mereka melihatnya, mereka membawa gergaji lalu menggergaji pokok itu, dan dia bersama-sama pokok itu.
Ibn Ishaaq also reported an Israelite interpolation which said that when Isaiah was passing by a tree, it opened, and he entered therein; but Satan saw him and held onto the loop of his garment so that it stuck out. When they saw it, they brought a saw and sawed the tree, and him with it.
Sesungguhnya kami ini milik Allah dan sesungguhnya kepada-Nya kami kembali.
Indeed, from Allah we come and to him we return.