Sahih Muslim
Sahih Muslim 191a
حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، كِلاَهُمَا عَنْ رَوْحٍ، قَالَ عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ الْقَيْسِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، يُسْأَلُ عَنِ الْوُرُودِ، فَقَالَ نَجِيءُ نَحْنُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ عَنْ كَذَا، وَكَذَا، انْظُرْ أَىْ ذَلِكَ فَوْقَ النَّاسِ - قَالَ - فَتُدْعَى الأُمَمُ بِأَوْثَانِهَا وَمَا كَانَتْ تَعْبُدُ الأَوَّلُ فَالأَوَّلُ ثُمَّ يَأْتِينَا رَبُّنَا بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَيَقُولُ مَنْ تَنْظُرُونَ فَيَقُولُونَ نَنْظُرُ رَبَّنَا . فَيَقُولُ أَنَا رَبُّكُمْ . فَيَقُولُونَ حَتَّى نَنْظُرَ إِلَيْكَ . فَيَتَجَلَّى لَهُمْ يَضْحَكُ - قَالَ - فَيَنْطَلِقُ بِهِمْ وَيَتَّبِعُونَهُ وَيُعْطَى كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ مِنْهُمْ - مُنَافِقٍ أَوْ مُؤْمِنٍ - نُورًا ثُمَّ يَتَّبِعُونَهُ وَعَلَى جِسْرِ جَهَنَّمَ كَلاَلِيبُ وَحَسَكٌ تَأْخُذُ مَنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ يَطْفَأُ نُورُ الْمُنَافِقِينَ ثُمَّ يَنْجُو الْمُؤْمِنُونَ فَتَنْجُو أَوَّلُ زُمْرَةٍ وُجُوهُهُمْ كَالْقَمَرِ لَيْلَةَ الْبَدْرِ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفًا لاَ يُحَاسَبُونَ ثُمَّ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ كَأَضْوَإِ نَجْمٍ فِي السَّمَاءِ ثُمَّ كَذَلِكَ ثُمَّ تَحِلُّ الشَّفَاعَةُ وَيَشْفَعُونَ حَتَّى يَخْرُجَ مِنَ النَّارِ مَنْ قَالَ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَكَانَ فِي قَلْبِهِ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ مَا يَزِنُ شَعِيرَةً فَيُجْعَلُونَ بِفِنَاءِ الْجَنَّةِ وَيَجْعَلُ أَهْلُ الْجَنَّةِ يَرُشُّونَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْمَاءَ حَتَّى يَنْبُتُوا نَبَاتَ الشَّىْءِ فِي السَّيْلِ وَيَذْهَبُ حُرَاقُهُ ثُمَّ يَسْأَلُ حَتَّى تُجْعَلَ لَهُ الدُّنْيَا وَعَشَرَةُ أَمْثَالِهَا مَعَهَا .
‘Ubaydullah ibn Sa‘id and Ishaq ibn Mansur narrated to me, both from Ruh. ‘Ubaydullah said: Ruh ibn ‘Ubada al-Qaysi narrated to us: Ibn Jurayj narrated to us: Abu al-Zubayr informed me that he heard Jabir ibn ‘Abdullah being asked about the coming (to the gathering). He said: “We will come on the Day of Resurrection like this and like this—consider which of those is above the people.” He said: The nations will be summoned along with their idols and whatever they used to worship, one after another. Then our Lord will come to us and say, ‘Whom are you waiting for?’ They will say, ‘We are waiting for our Lord.’ He will say, ‘I am your Lord.’ They will say, ‘We will wait until we see You.’ Then He will manifest Himself to them, smiling. He said: He will go forward with them, and they will follow Him. Every person among them, hypocrite or believer, will be given a light, and they will follow Him. On the bridge over Hell are hooks and thorny spikes that seize whomever Allah wills. Then the hypocrites’ light will be extinguished, and the believers will be saved. The first group to be saved will have faces like the full moon; they will be seventy thousand and will not be called to account. Those immediately after them will be like the brightest star in the sky, and then the next groups likewise. Then intercession will be permitted, and they will intercede until everyone who said, ‘There is no god but Allah,’ and had good in his heart weighing a barley grain is brought out of the Fire. They will be placed in the outskirts of Paradise, and the people of Paradise will sprinkle water over them until they grow like something growing in a flood, and their scorching will disappear. Then he will ask until the world and ten times as much are granted to him.”
Translation notes
The opening expression ‘like this and like this’ is left as a gesture-like phrase, since the Arabic does not name what is being indicated.
فَقَالَ نَجِيءُ نَحْنُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ عَنْ كَذَا،
Jabir’s phrase ‘we will come ... like this and like this’ uses the unspecific كذا وكذا, and the following instruction to look at what is above people does not identify the referent.
Should a later editor preserve this gesture-like wording or supply an interpretation from context?