Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 2000
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، أَنَّهَا كَانَتْ تَقُولُ أَمَا تَسْتَحِي الْمَرْأَةُ أَنْ تَهَبَ نَفْسَهَا لِلنَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ حَتَّى أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ {تُرْجِي مَنْ تَشَاءُ مِنْهُنَّ وَتُؤْوِي إِلَيْكَ مَنْ تَشَاءُ} . قَالَتْ فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَيُسَارِعُ فِي هَوَاكَ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us: ʿAbdah ibn Sulayman narrated to us, from Hisham ibn ʿUrwah, from his father, from ʿAishah, who used to say: ‘Is a woman not ashamed to offer herself to the Prophet, until Allah revealed, “You may defer whichever of them you will and receive whichever you will”?’ She said: ‘I said, “Your Lord surely hastens to fulfill your desire.”’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The closing remark is a pointed, teasing comment; hawak literally refers to desire or inclination.
قَالَتْ فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَيُسَارِعُ فِي هَوَاكَ .
The phrase لَيُسَارِعُ فِي هَوَاكَ is a pointed remark; ‘fulfill your desire’ conveys the sense but may sound more neutral than the Arabic.
Would ‘hasten to grant what you desire’ better preserve the teasing force?