A Prophet Warns His People

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كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي سَفَرٍ

We were with the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) on a journey.

فَنَزَلْنَا مَنزِلًا

So we stopped at a place.

فَمِنَّا مَنْ يُصْلِحُ خِبَاءَهُ

Some of us were fixing our tents.

وَمِنَّا مَنْ يَنْتَضِلُ

Some of us were practicing archery.

وَمِنَّا مَنْ هُوَ فِي جَشَرِهِ

Some of us were tending to their animals.

إِذْ نَادَى مُنَادِي رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الصَّلَاةُ جَامِعَةٌ

When a caller from the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) announced the gathering for prayer.

فَاجْتَمَعْنَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ نَبِيٌّ قَبْلِي إِلَّا كَانَ حَقًّا عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَدُلَّ أُمَّتَهُ عَلَى خَيْرِ مَا يَعْلَمُهُ لَهُمْ

We gathered to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), and he said: "There was no prophet before me except that it was his duty to guide his nation to the best of what he knew for them,"

وَيُنْذِرَهُمْ شَرَّ مَا يَعْلَمُهُ لَهُمْ

and warn them of the worst he knew for them.

وَإِنَّ أُمَّتَكُمْ هَذِهِ جُعِلَ عَاقِبَتُهَا فِي أَوَّلِهَا

And indeed, this nation of yours has been granted its well-being in its beginning.

وَسَيُصِيبُ آخِرَهَا بَلَاءٌ وَأُمُورٌ تُنْكِرُونَهَا

and its end will face trials and matters you will deny.

وتجئ فتن يرقق بعضها بعضاً،

And trials will come that make the previous ones seem lighter.

وتجئ الفتنة فيقول المؤمن هذه مهلكتي، ثم تنكشف؛

And a trial will come, and the believer will say: 'This is my destruction,' then it will pass;

وتجئ الفتنة فيقول المؤمن هذه هذه،

And the trial will come, and the believer will say: 'This is it, this is it,'

فَمَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يُزَحْزَحَ عَنِ النَّارِ وَيَدْخُلَ الْجَنَّةَ

Whoever desires to be distanced from the Fire and admitted into Paradise,

فَلْتَأْتِهِ مَنِيَّتُهُ وَهُوَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ

let him meet his death while believing in Allah and the Last Day,

وَلْيَأْتِ إِلَى النَّاسِ الَّذِي يُحِبُّ أَنْ يُؤْتَى إِلَيْهِ

and let him do to people what he would love to be done to him."

وَمَنْ بَايَعَ إِمَامًا فَأَعْطَاهُ صَفْقَةَ يَدِهِ وَثَمَرَةَ قَلْبِهِ فَلْيُطِعْهُ إِنِ اسْتَطَاعَ

And whoever gives allegiance to an Imam, giving him a handshake and sincerity of his heart, let him obey him if he is able,

فَإِنْ جَاءَ آخَرُ يُنَازِعُهُ فَاضْرِبُوا عُنُقَ الْآخَرِ

If another comes to dispute him, strike the neck of the latter.