Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 3040
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَحْسَنَ النَّاسِ، وَأَجْوَدَ النَّاسِ، وَأَشْجَعَ النَّاسِ، قَالَ وَقَدْ فَزِعَ أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ لَيْلَةً سَمِعُوا صَوْتًا، قَالَ فَتَلَقَّاهُمُ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَلَى فَرَسٍ لأَبِي طَلْحَةَ عُرْىٍ، وَهُوَ مُتَقَلِّدٌ سَيْفَهُ فَقَالَ " لَمْ تُرَاعُوا، لَمْ تُرَاعُوا ". ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " وَجَدْتُهُ بَحْرًا ". يَعْنِي الْفَرَسَ.
Qutayba ibn Sa'id narrated to us; Hammad narrated to us from Thabit, from Anas (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was the finest of people, the most generous of people, and the bravest of people. One night, the people of Medina were alarmed by a sound. The Prophet (ﷺ) met them on a bareback horse belonging to Abu Talha, with his sword slung over him, and said, ‘Do not be alarmed; do not be alarmed.’ Then the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, ‘I found it a sea’—meaning the horse.
Translation notes
ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " وَجَدْتُهُ بَحْرًا ".
The Arabic calls the horse a sea, likely praising its speed or abundance of movement; the English witness renders the sense as very fast.
Confirm whether the metaphor should be retained or rendered by its inferred sense.