A lighthearted piece (not sure if it’s an actual incident in history, or just a story)…
ذهب رجل إلى الملك وأنشده شعرا
قال الملك: أحسنت.. اطلب ما تشاء
“A man went to the king (of his land) and recited some poetry to him. The king said, “Very good! Now ask for whatever you wish.”
قال: هل تعطيني ؟
قال: أجل
The man said, “And will you give that?”
He said, “Yes.”
قال : أريد أن تعطيني دنانير بمقدار الرقم الذي أذكره في الآيات القرآنية
قال: لك ذلك
He said, “I want you to give me a Dinar specifically equal to the number that I mention within the Qur’anic verses.”
He said, “You shall have that.”
قال الشاعر
قال الله تعالى : “إلهكم إله واحد
فأعطاه دينارا
The poet said, “Allah the Most High has said, “And your god is one God…” [2:163]
So he gave him one Dinar.
قال: “ثاني أثنين إذ هما في الغار
فأعطاه دينارين
He said, “… as one of two, when they were in the cave…” [9:40]
So he gave him two Dinars.
قال: “لقد كفر اللذين قالوا إن الله ثالث ثلاثة
فأعطاه ثلاثة دنانير
He said, “They have certainly disbelieved who say, “Allah is the third of three.” [5:73]
So he gave him three Dinars.
قال: “قال فخذ أربعة من الطير فصرهن إليك
فأعطاه أربعة.
He said, “He said: “Take four birds, then cause them to incline towards you…” [2:260]
So he gave him four Dinars.
قال: “ولا خمسة إلا هو سادسهم
فأعطاه خمسة دنانير وستة دنانير أخرى.
He said, “… nor are there five but that He is the sixth of them…” [58:7]
So he gave him five Dinars and another six.
قال: “الله الذي خلق سبع سموات
فأعطاه سبعة.
He said, “It is Allah who has created seven heavens…” [65:12]
So he gave him seven.
قال: “ويحمل عرش ربك فوقهم يومئذ ثمانية
فأعطاه ثمانية.
He said, “… and eight angels will, that Day, bear the Throne of your Lord above them.” [69:17]
So he gave him eight.
قال: “وكان في المدينة تسعة رهط يفسدون في الأرض
فأعطاه تسعة.
He said, “And there were in the city nine men…” [27:48]
So he gave him nine.
قال: “تلك عشرة كاملة
فأعطاه عشرة دنانير
He said, “Those are ten complete [days].” [2:196]
So he gave him ten Dinars.
قال: “إني رأيت أحد عشر كوكبا
فأعطاه أحد عشر.
He said, “When Joseph said to his father: O my father! Indeed I saw in a dream eleven stars…” [12:4]
So he gave him eleven.
قال: “إن عدة الشهور عند الله اثنا عشر شهرا في كتاب الله
فأعطاه اثنا عشر.
He said, “Verily, the number of months with Allah is twelve months…” [9:36]
So he gave him twelve.
ثم قال الملك: أعطوه ضعف ما جمع واطردوه
قال الشاعر: لماذا يا مولاي؟
قال الملك : أخاف أن تقول : “وأرسلناه إلى مائة ألف أو يزيدون
Then the king said, “Give him double what he has gathered and then expel him.”
The poet said, “Why is that, your highness?”
The king said, “I feared that you would say (the verse): “And We sent him to a hundred thousand (people) or even more.” [37:147]
🙂
beautiful! 🙂 jazakELLAH fajr
cool 🙂
Am Smiling..
Salam alaykum
I think we must not promote such funny things related to QUran.
Reblogged this on Islamic updates, welcome.
superb 🙂
The Quran indeed represents all fields and subjects, and this incident only reflects how Allah has used numbers to convey His divine message to us.
May I ask where this is taken from? Love it. Please share more.
Iqra
Assalaamu alaykum,
I really appreciate the effort you make with your posts. May Allaah subhanahu wa ta ala increase you/us in wisdom.
Scholars say, The Qur’an was revealed primarily as a source of guidance.
Do you think using it in the way this poet has used it, is appropriate?
Salam,
Shouldn’t it be فأعطاه اثني عشر. since the number 12 is not mabni and is the second direct object i.e. maf’ul bihi?
Iqra
Wa `alaykumusalam wa rahmatullah
Jzk H and fulaan. Although I do understand your sentiments, I don’t really think the piece was in any way mocking the Qur’an or was inappropriate. Personally, I don’t know how true this account is, but in any case, I think it’s just highlighting numbers used in the Qur’an in an interesting way. There are various incidents similar to this mentioned in classical works, sometimes people would use verses to get across messages, other times they’d plead by them, and sometimes they might even use it to get out of sticky situations! It’s never been used to mock the Deen or anything like that, and those generations had knowledge of the Qur’an and were generally much better versed at it than we are, wallahu a’lam.
Iqra, yes it should be mansub! Well spotted. Sorry, I don’t know the original source for this, I read it from somewhere online.
Mash a allah