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المعجم الأوسط
Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat (Tabarani)
باب الألف
Names Beginning with the Letter Alif
مَنِ اسْمُهُ أَحْمَدُ
Those Named Ahmad
Al-Mu'jam al-Awsat 987 — he heard Ka'b al-Ahbar
وَبِهِ : نَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ كَعْبَ الْأَحْبَارِ ، يَقُولُ : لَمَّا كَلَّمَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مُوسَى بِالْأَلْسِنَةِ قَبْلَ لِسَانِهِ ، طَفِقَ مُوسَى يَقُولُ : أَيْ رَبِّ ، لَا أَفْقَهُ هَذَا . حَتَّى كَلَّمَهُ آخِرَ الْأَلْسِنَةِ قَبْلَ لِسَانِهِ ، فَقَالَ : أَيْ رَبِّ ، فَهَلْ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ شَيْءٌ يُشْبِهُ كَلَامَكَ ؟ قَالَ : لَا . قَالَ : وَأَقْرَبُ خَلْقِي شَبَهًا بِكَلَامِي أَشَدُّ مَا يُسْمَعُ مِنَ الصَّوَاعِقِ I " .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he heard Ka'b al-Ahbar (may Allah have mercy on him) saying: "When Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, spoke to Sayyiduna Musa (peace be upon him) in various languages before his own language, Sayyiduna Musa (peace be upon him) began to say: 'O my Lord, I do not understand this.' Until Allah Almighty spoke to him in the last (of those) languages before his own language. He said: 'O my Lord, is there anything among Your creation that resembles Your speech?' Allah Almighty said: 'No.' Then He said: 'And the thing among My creation that most closely resembles My speech is the most intense sound that is heard of the thunderbolts.'"
