The Quraish — Seal of the Prophets Vol. 1
Introduction
In this discourse from The Life & Character of the Seal of the Prophets (Volume 1), Hazrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad (ra) details the historical events and scholarly insights surrounding The Quraish.
Book Series: The Life & Character of the Seal of the Prophets (Volume 1)
Author: Hazrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad (ra)
Section: III-Makkah, the Ka’bah & the Quraish
Pages: Book pp. 110–110 (PDF pp. 134–134)
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Historical Account
which was settled in Makkah during that era. Based on the unanimous narrations of the Arabs, this tribe was from the descendants of Ishmaelas and was a branch of the tribes of ‘Adnān. In some narrations, Naḍr bin Kinānah has been declared its founder and others confirm, Fihr bin Mālik as its founder. However, this discrepancy, does not pragmatically affect historical accounts in any way – the reason being that Naḍr bin Kinānah had no sons except Mālik bin Naḍar through which his lineage could continue. In the same manner, Mālik, with the exception of Fihr bin Mālik had no sons. In other words, the genealogical line of Naḍar is ultimately the same as that of Fihr. There is also a disagreement in the etymological reasoning behind consumes the rest of the fish around it and it is called ‘Quraish’ in the Arabic language. It was as if this word alluded to the strength and power of the Quraish. However, another party believes when Qusaiyy gathered the various branches of this tribe and settled them in Makkah, in order to acquire the custodianship of the Ka‘bah, it was at that time that they were identified as the Quraish. The reason being that in the Arabic language, one root meaning of the word ‘Quraish’ is also ‘to gather’.
[Sharḥul-‘Allāmatiz-Zarqānī ‘alal-Mawāhibil-Ladunniyyah, By Muḥammad bin ‘Abdul-Bāqī Az- Zarqānī, Volume 1, pp. 143-145, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996)]
[Aṭ-Ṭabaqātul-Kubrā, By Muḥammad bin Sa‘d, Dhikru Qusaiyy bin Kilāb, Volume 1, p. 32, Dāru Iḥyā’it-Turāthil-‘Arabī, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996) * Ar-Rauḍul-Anf, By Imām Abul-Qāsim ‘Abdur-Raḥmān Suhailī, Volume 1, pp. 187-188, Dhikru Auladi Mudrikata wa Khazīmata wa Kinānata wan-Naḍri, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (2001) * Sharḥul-‘Allāmatiz-Zarqānī ‘alal-Mawāhibil-Ladunniyyah, By Muḥammad bin ‘Abdul-Bāqī Az- Zarqānī, Volume 1, pp. 144-145, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996)]
Book Series: The Life & Character of the Seal of the Prophets (Volume 1)
Section: III-Makkah, the Ka’bah & the Quraish | Navigation: « Previous: [Residential Construction in the Vicinity of the Ka‘bah] | Next: [The Internal Branches of the Quraish] »