(حديث مرفوع) حَدَّثَنَا
أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ ، حَدَّثَنَا
صَفْوَانُ ، حَدَّثَنَا
شُرَيْحُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ ، قَالَ : قَالَ
عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ : " خَرَجْتُ أَتَعَرَّضُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَبْلَ أَنْ أُسْلِمَ ، فَوَجَدْتُهُ قَدْ سَبَقَنِي إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ ، فَقُمْتُ خَلْفَهُ ، فَاسْتَفْتَحَ سُورَةَ الْحَاقَّةِ ، فَجَعَلْتُ أَعْجَبُ مِنْ تَأْلِيفِ الْقُرْآنِ ، قَالَ : فَقُلْتُ : هَذَا وَاللَّهِ شَاعِرٌ كَمَا قَالَتْ قُرَيْشٌ ، قَالَ : فَقَرَأَ : إِنَّهُ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍ كَرِيمٍ وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ قَلِيلا مَا تُؤْمِنُونَ سورة الحاقة آية 40 - 41 ، قَالَ : قُلْتُ : كَاهِنٌ ، قَالَ : وَلا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍ قَلِيلا مَا تَذَكَّرُونَ تَنْزِيلٌ مِنْ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ الأَقَاوِيلِ لأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِالْيَمِينِ ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ الْوَتِينَ فَمَا مِنْكُمْ مِنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَاجِزِينَ سورة الحاقة آية 42 - 47 إِلَى آخِرِ السُّورَةِ ، قَالَ : فَوَقَعَ الْإِسْلَامُ فِي قَلْبِي كُلَّ مَوْقِعٍ " .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) that once, before I accepted Islam, I set out with the intention of teasing the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), but I found out that he had already gone to the mosque before me. I went and stood behind him. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) began reciting Surah Al-Haqqah. I was amazed at the order and style of the Qur'an. I thought to myself, "By Allah! This man is a poet, just as the Quraysh say." Meanwhile, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) reached the verse: "It is indeed the word of a noble messenger; it is not the word of a poet. Little is it that you believe." Hearing this, I thought to myself, "He is a soothsayer." At that moment, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) recited this verse: "Nor is it the word of a soothsayer. Little is it that you take heed. It is a revelation from the Lord of the worlds. If he had made up any sayings in Our name, We would have seized him by the right hand and then severed his aorta, and none of you could have protected him from Us." Hearing these verses, Islam began to firmly take root in my heart.