Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 1596
عَن الْعِرْبَاضِ بْنِ سَارِيَةَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: " يَخْتَصِمُ الشُّهَدَاءُ وَالْمُتَوَفَّوْنَ على فرشهم إِلَى رَبنَا فِي الَّذِينَ يُتَوَفَّوْنَ مِنَ الطَّاعُونِ فَيَقُولُ الشُّهَدَاءُ: إِخْوَاننَا قتلوا كَمَا قتلنَا وَيَقُول: المتوفون على فرشهم إِخْوَانُنَا مَاتُوا عَلَى فُرُشِهِمْ كَمَا مِتْنَا فَيَقُولُ رَبنَا: انْظُرُوا إِلَى جراحهم فَإِن أشبهت جراحهم جِرَاحَ الْمَقْتُولِينَ فَإِنَّهُمْ مِنْهُمْ وَمَعَهُمْ فَإِذَا جِرَاحُهُمْ قد أشبهت جراحهم ". رَوَاهُ أَحْمد وَالنَّسَائِيّ
Al-Irbad ibn Sariya reported that the Messenger of God said: The martyrs and those who died on their beds will dispute before our Lord concerning those who die of plague. The martyrs will say: Our brothers were killed just as we were killed. Those who died on their beds will say: Our brothers died on their beds just as we died on ours. Our Lord will say: Look at their wounds. If their wounds resemble the wounds of those who were killed, then they are among them and with them. Their wounds did indeed resemble those wounds.
Ahmad and al-Nasai transmitted it.
Translation notes
قد أشبهت جراحهم
The ending repeats that their wounds resembled the wounds of those killed; the antecedents are not restated and may be elliptical in the supplied text.
Does this final phrase repeat the Lord conclusion, or does it introduce a distinct statement about another group?