Stop
He got to know the Companions, scholars, and the Most High
A new challenge from me
أنا غلام لشيبة ابن ربيعة
My family is from the land of Ninoa, Iraq
أغارت علينا قبيلة من قبائل العرب
وأخذوني أسيرا وباعوني في الحجاز
I was a Christian
I work in an orchard for my masters
In a place called Fox's Qarn
Near Taif
The Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, left
From Taif, worried and sad
After his nobles expelled him
And they tempted their fools and slaves with it
They were insulting him and shouting at him
ويرمونه بالحجارة
So he, may God bless him and grant him peace, left
Lost on his face
ولم يفق إلا وهو بقرن الثعالب
So he, may God bless him and grant him peace, took refuge
To a grove of grapes for my masters
تحركت بعض العاطفة في قلبي ابن ربيعة
عندما رأوا النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم
So they called me and told me
Take a bunch of grapes
And take him to that man
ففعلت وأنا لا أعرف الرسول صلى الله عليه وسلم
When I put it in my hands
مد يده إليه وقال
In the name of God, then eat
So I said this is what I said
What the people of this town say
He, may God bless him and grant him peace, said to me
Which country are you from?
I said I am a Christian from Nineveh
He said: The security of the village of the righteous man
Yunus Ibn Matta
I told him, “You don’t know what Yunus is.”
He, may God bless him and grant him peace, said
That brother was a prophet and I am a prophet
فأكبيت على يدي رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم
And his feet, I kiss them and cry with joy
فقال ابن ربيعة أحدهما للآخر
As for your boy, he ruined it for you
When I came to them, he said to me
Woe to you, what is this?
I told them what is on earth
Better than this man
Who am I?
The best of centuries
Positions and examples
He followed the Messenger if he sought or said
They were here watering the clouds of our lives
As for us, their remembrance is not exalted
The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace
As for us, their remembrance is not exalted
They left and asked me a question
Is there a star like them in the sky and its hills?
They filled their lives with pride in their actions
And the world of dreams became beautiful for them