Wamiliki wa Tembo - Hadithi Za Qur'ani | Quran Course

Wamiliki wa Tembo - Hadithi Za Qur'ani | Quran Course

Al-Suhaili alisema: Abraha Al-Ashram aliwatiisha Wayemeni ili ajenge kanisa hilo la kudharauliwa, na akawalazimisha kuonja aina mbalimbali za udhalilishaji. Alikuwa akikata mkono wa yule aliyechelewa kazini hadi jua litakapochomoza. Alichukua vitu vingi vya thamani kutoka ikulu ya Bilqis ili kuviongeza kwenye kanisa hilo. Alichukua marumaru, mawe ya thamani, na mizigo ya thamani. Zaidi ya hayo, alisimamisha misalaba ya dhahabu na fedha, akajenga mimbari za mpingo na pembe za ndovu, na akainua kimo cha kanisa na kupanua upana wake. Baadaye, Abraha alipouawa, yeyote aliyejaribu kuchukua chochote kutoka mwilini mwake au katika mapambo yake, Majini walisita na kusitasita kumdhuru. Kwani, kanisa hilo lilijengwa juu ya kaburi la masanamu mawili yaliyoitwa Ku'aib na mkewe, urefu wake ukiwa kama dhiraa sitini. Hivyo, Wayemeni waliliacha bila kuguswa hadi zama za Al-Saffah, Khalifa wa kwanza wa Kiabbasi. Yeye, Al-Saffah, alituma kundi la wanazuoni wacha Mungu wenye nia thabiti, ambao waliliharibu kabisa, na likaharibiwa hivyo hadi leo.

Al-Suhaili said: Abraha Al-Ashram subjugated the Yemenites to build that mean church and forced them to taste several sorts of humiliation. He used to cut off the hand of the one who comes late for labor till the sun rises. He took many valuable things from the palace of Bilqis to add thereto. He took marbles, precious stones, and valuable luggage. Moreover, he erected gold and silver crosses, built ebony and ivory pulpits, and raised the church's stature and expanded its width. Afterwards, when Abraha was killed, whosoever tried to take anything out of its body or ornaments, the Jinn were reluctant and hesitant to do him harm. For, it was built above the burial of two idols called Ku'aib and his wife, the height of which was about sixty cubits. So, the Yemenites left it untouched till the era of Al-Saffah, the first Abbaside Caliph. He, Al-Saffah, sent a group of pious scholars of will firm who totally demolished it, and it was destroyed then till the present day.

Aliongoza msafara mkubwa dhidi ya Makka, akiwa na tembo mmoja au zaidi katika msafara wake. Waarabu walipopata habari hizo waliogopa sana, lakini waliamua kupigana naye baada ya kuthibitishwa habari kwamba alikusudia kuiharibu Nyumba Takatifu. Mtu mmoja miongoni mwa wakuu wa Yemen aliyeitwa Dhu Nafar alimtokea akiwa pamoja na kabila lake mwenyewe na wale waliomwitikia wito wake wa kupigana dhidi ya Abraha. Pande hizo mbili zilikutana, Dhu Nafar na wafuasi wake wakashindwa, naye mwenyewe akatekwa kama mateka wa vita. Kisha akaletwa mbele ya Abraha, ambaye alikuwa karibu kumuua, lakini Dhu Nafar akasema: "Ee mfalme! Usiniue, huenda nikakufaa kwa lolote." Abraha hakumuua, akamweka amefungwa kizuizini. Kisha Abraha aliendelea na safari yake kwa kusudi alilokuwa ameondokea. Alifika katika nchi ya Khath'am, ambako alikutana na Nufail Ibn Habib Al-Khath'ami, aliyekuwa akiongoza makabila yake mawili, Shahran na Nahis, pamoja na wafuasi wake miongoni mwa Waarabu. Nufail alishindwa na kutekwa kama mateka wa vita ili aletwe mbele ya Abraha. Abraha alikusudia kumuua, lakini Nufail akasema: "Ee mfalme! Usiniue. Huenda nikakuongoza hadi mahali unapotaka. Tazama! Hii ndiyo ahadi yangu ya utii." Abraha akamwachia huru na kumchukua kama mwongozaji. Walipopita karibu na Ta'if, alimjia Mas'ud Ibn Mu'tab Ibn Malik Ibn Ka'b Ibn 'Amr Ibn Sa'd Ibn 'Auf Ibn Thaqif pamoja na wafuasi wake, ambao walisema: "Ee mfalme! Sisi si chochote ila watumwa wako, tunasikiliza na kutii; hakuna uadui wowote kati yako na sisi, na Nyumba yetu si ile unayoitaka, yaani Al-Lat; wewe unataka tu Nyumba iliyoko Makka. Kwa hiyo, tunakutumia pamoja nawe mtu atakayekuongoza huko."

He led a big expedition against Mecca accompanying an elephant or elephants in his train. The Arabs heard of the news and they were terrified, but they decided to fight him when the news was affirmed that he intended to destroy the Sacred House. A man from among the noblemen of Yemen called Dhu Nafar set out for him accompanied with his own clan and those who answered his call to fight against Abraha. The two parties met, Dhu Nafar and his followers were defeated and he himself was taken as a prisoner of 'war. He was then brought before Abraha who was about to kill him, but Dhu Nafar said: "0 king! Don't kill me, I may be of any use to you." Abraha did not kill him and he kept him tied up in custody. Then Abraha went on intending what he set out for. He arrived at the land of Khath'am where he encountered with Nufail Ibn Habib Al-Khath' ami who was leading his two tribes -Shahran and Nahis- along with his followers from among the Arabs. Nufail was defeated and taken as a prisoner of war to be brought before Abraha. Abraha intended to kill him, but Nufail said: "0 king! Don't kill me. I may guide you to the destination you desire. Here you are! My pledge of allegiance. `Abraha set him free and took him as a guide. When they passed by Ta'if, there came to him Mas' ud Ibn Mu' tab Ibn Malik Ibn Ka' b Ibn 'Amr Ibn Sa'd Ibn 'Auf Ibn Thaqif along with his followers who said: "0 king! We are nothing but your slaves, we listen and obey, no hostility is ever there between you and us, and our House is not that which you want -i.e. Al-Lat - you only want the House in Mecca. Hence, we send with you someone who leads you thereto.

Ibn Ishaq alisema: Abraha alipofika Al-Maghmas, alimtuma mtu aliyeitwa Al-Aswad Ibn Maqsud pamoja na kikosi cha wapanda farasi. Al-Aswad alichukua baadhi ya mali ya Waarabu, ikiwa ni pamoja na ngamia mia mbili waliokuwa mali ya 'Abdul Muttalib, mjomba wa Mtume ﷺ, ambaye wakati huo alikuwa kiongozi mkuu miongoni mwa watu mashuhuri. Kutokana na hilo, Quraish, Kinanah na Hudhail waliamua kupigana na Abraha, lakini walitambua kwamba hawawezi kufanya hivyo, hivyo wakaachana na wazo hilo. Kisha Abraha alimtuma Hanatah Al-Himiari hadi Makka, akimwagiza amuulize kuhusu kiongozi wa watu na kumwambia: "Mimi (mfalme) sikuja kupigana nanyi; nimekuja tu kuiharibu Nyumba Takatifu. Msipotuzuia, hatutamdhuru yeyote kati yenu." Abraha aliongeza kwa mjumbe wake: "Na akionyesha nia ya kutopigana, mlete kwangu." Hanatah alipoingia Makka, aliuliza kuhusu kiongozi na bwana wake. Aliambiwa kuwa ni 'Abdul Muttalib Ibn Hashim. Alimwona na kumfikishia ujumbe huo. 'Abdul Muttalib alisema: "Kwa Allah! Hatuna nia ya kupigana. Kwa kweli hatuwezi kufanya hivyo. Hii ni Nyumba Takatifu ya Allah na ya Khalil (rafiki) Wake Ibrahim (amani iwe juu yake), ni Yeye peke yake anayeweza kuilinda ikiwa atapenda." Aliposikia haya, Hanatah alisema: "Njoo pamoja nami kukutana naye (Abraha), kwani aliniamuru nifanye hivyo." 'Abdul Muttalib alianza safari pamoja na baadhi ya wanawe hadi walipokaribia kambi. Aliuliza kuhusu Dhu Nafar, ambaye alikuwa rafiki yake. Alimwendea gerezani na kusema: "Ee Dhu Nafar! Huwezi kufanya chochote kwa ajili yetu katika hali hii yetu?" Dhu Nafar alijibu: "Mfungwa anaweza kufanya nini wakati anasubiri kifo kije asubuhi au usiku? Ninachoweza kufanya ni kumtuma kwa mtunzaji wa tembo, Anis, ambaye ni rafiki yangu, ili akuombee, akutetee vyema, akuombee msamaha mbele yake, na atafute ruhusa kwako ya kukutana na Abraha." 'Abdul Muttalib alisema: "Hilo linanitosha." Dhu Nafar alituma ujumbe kwa Anis akisema: Hakika Abdul Muttalib ndiye kiongozi wa Maquraishi, ni mkarimu kwa binadamu na wanyama, na mfalme (Abraha) amewakamata ngamia mia mbili walio mali yake. Basi, omba ruhusa kwake amwone Abraha, na fanya lolote unaloona lina manufaa kwake. Anis akasema: Hakika, nitafanya hivyo. Anis alijitokeza mbele ya Abraha kisha akasema: Ee mfalme! Kiongozi wa Quraish yuko hapa na anataka kujitokeza mbele yako, basi mpe ruhusa, tafadhali! Abraha akatoa idhini yake.

Ibn Ishaq said: When Abraha arrived at Al-Maghmas, he sent a man called Al-Aswad Ibn Maqsud with a cavalry dispatch. Al-Aswad seized some of the Arab's property which included two hundred camels that belonged to 'Abdul Muttalib, the Prophet's uncle, who was, then, the principal man among the nobility. Upon this, Quraish, Kinanah and Hudhail decided to fight against Abraha, but they comprehended that they cannot afford that and thus quitted the idea. Then, Abraha sent Hanatah Al-Himiari to Mecca ordering him to ask about the chief of the people and tell him: "I (the king) did not come to fight against you, 1 only came to destroy the Sacred House. If you do not stand in our way, we will not harm any of you all. `Abraha added to his messenger: 'And if he showed his desire not. to fight, bring him to me.' When Hanatah entered Mecca, he asked about its chief and master. He was told: it is 'Abdul Muttalib Ibn Hashim. He saw him and thus delivered the message. 'Abdul Muttalib said: "By Allah! We do not intend to fight. Really we cannot afford it. This is the Sacred House of Allah and His Khalil (friend) Ibrahim (Peace be upon him), only Him Alone can protect it if He wills to." Upon hearing this, Hanatah said: "Come with me to meet with him (Abraha), he ordered me to do so." 'Abdul Muttalib set out for him accompanied with some of his sons till they approached the camp. He asked about Dhu Nafar who was a friend of his. He entered upon him in his prison and said: "0 Dhu Nafar! Can't you do anything for us in this plight of ours?" Dhu Nafar said: "What can a prisoner do while waiting for death to come either in the morning of at night? All that 1 can do is to send to the stableman of the elephant, Anis, who is a friend of mine to recommend you, say a good word of you, intercede for you before him, and to seek permission for you to meet with Abraha." 'Abdul Muttalib said: "That's enough with me." Dhu Nafar sent to Anis saying: Verily, 'Abdul Muttalib is the chief of the Quraishites, he is generous to both humans and animals and the king (Abraha) seized two hundred camels that belong to him. So, seek permission for him to meet Abraha and do whatever you see useful for him. Anis said: Surely, 1 will do. Anis presented himself before Abraha and then said: 0 king! The chief of Quraish is here and wants to present himself before you,so give him permission to, please! Abraha gave his consent.