RENAISSANCE FEBRUARY 2021

15 Monthly Renaissance February 2021 Ḥ adith Studies Critical Evaluation of the Occasion of Revelation of S ū rah Ab ū Lahab Dr Shehzad Saleem I Introduction Narratives mention that S ū rah Ab ū Lahab was revealed in response to a curse expressed by Ab ū Lahab for Prophet Mu ḥ ammad (sws) when the latter informed the Quraysh that he had been sent to them as a warner before the great punishment. In this article, these narratives will be critically analyzed. II A Representative Text ﻋَﻤْﺮ * و ﺑﻦ q ﻗﺎلﺣﺪﺛ ﺣﺪﺛﻨﺎ ﻵْﻻَﻋْﻤَﺶ* L± ﺣﺪﺛﻨﺎ ﻋ * ﻤَﺮ * ﺑﻦﺣَﻔْﺺﺑﻦﻏﻴَﺎثٍ ﺣﺪﺛﻨﺎأ ﷲ q¶ ٍ ﻋﻦ ﺑﻦ ﻋَﺒَﺎسٍ ر 4َْ ﻣ * ﺮَةَ ﻋﻦ ﺳَﻌﻴﺪ ﺑﻦ ﺟ * ﺒ ﻋﻨﻬﻤﺎ ﻗﺎل ﻟَﻤَﺎ ﻧَﺰَﻟَﺖْ وَأَﻧْﺬرْ M ﺻ q· َ ﺻَﻌﺪَ ﻟﻨ َﺑ Wْœَ َﺗَﻚَ ﻵْﻻ 4 ﻋَﺸ L M ﻋﻠﻴﻪوﺳﻠﻢ ﻋ ﷲ L ﻟﺼَﻔَﺎﻓَﺠَﻌَﻞَ ﻳ * ﻨَﺎديﻳﺎ َﻳْﺶٍ ﺣ« W * œ ﻋَﺪيٍ ﻟﺒ * ﻄ * ﻮن qَ ﻓﻬْﺮٍ ﻳﺎ ﺑ qَ ﺑ q ﺟْﺘَﻤَﻌ * ﻮ ﻓَﺠَﻌَﻞَ ﻟﺮَﺟ * ﻞ* إذ ﻟﻢ ﻳَﺴْﺘَﻄﻊْ أَنْ َ * جَ أَرْﺳ Wْ¡َ ﻳ ْﺗ * ﻜ * ﻢْ 4َ•ْ َﻳْﺶٌ ﻓﻘﺎل أَرَأَﻳْﺘَﻜ * ﻢْ ﻟﻮ أَﺧ W * œَ َ ﻣﺎ ﻫﻮ ﻓَﺠَﺎءَ أﺑﻮ ﻟَﻬَﺐٍ و ‚ * ﻨَ ﻞَ رَﺳ * ﻮﻵًﻹ ﻟﻴ ﻌﻢ ﻣﺎ ﺟَﺮَﺑْﻨَﺎ ﻋَﻠَﻴْﻚَ z َ ﻗﺎﻟﻮ Lº َ ﻋَﻠَﻴْﻜ * ﻢْ أَﻛ * ﻨْﺘ * ﻢْ ﻣ * ﺼَﺪ 4 * ﻐ h ْ أَنَ ﺧَﻴْﻶًﻹ ﺑﺎﻟْﻮ َدي ﺗ * ﺮﻳﺪ * أَن ﻧَﺬﻳﺮٌ ﻟَﻜ * ﻢْ ﺑ L¢ إﻵﻹﺻﺪْﻗًﺎ ﻗﺎل ﻓَﺈ ﺮَ ¦ ﻳَﺪَيْ ﻋَﺬ َبٍ ﺷَﺪﻳﺪٍ ﻓﻘﺎل أﺑﻮ ﻟَﻬَﺐٍ ﺗَﺒًﺎ ﻟﻚﺳَﺎ َْ ﻟَﻬَﺐٍ وَﺗَﺐَ ﻣﺎأَﻏ L± ﻟْﻴَﻮْمأَﻟﻬَﺬَ ﺟَﻤَﻌْﺘَﻨَﺎﻓَ-َ,َﻟَﺖْ ﺗَﺒَﺖْ ﻳَﺪَ أ q َ ﻋﻨﻪﻣَﺎﻟ * ﻪ * وﻣﺎﻛَﺴَﺐ ‘Abdull ā h ibn ‘Abb ā s said: “When the verse َ َﺑ Wْœَ َﺗَﻚَ ﻵْﻻ 4 وَأَﻧْﺬرْ ﻋَﺸ (warn your near in kin) was revealed, the Prophet climbed the hillock of Ṣ af ā and started to call out to various tribes of the Quraysh like the Ban ū Fahr and Ban ū ‘Ad ī and others until all of them gathered. A person who was not able to go