Sahih al-Bukhari 4693

Hadith text

Narrated `Abdullah (bin Mas`ud):When the Prophet (ﷺ) realized that the Quraish had delayed in embracing Islam, he said, "O Allah! Protect me against their evil by afflicting them with seven (years of famine) like the seven years of (Prophet) Joseph." So they were struck with a year of famine that destroyed everything till they had to eat bones, and till a man would look towards the sky and see something like smoke between him and it. Allah said:-- "Then watch you (O Muhammad) for the day when the sky will produce a kind of smoke plainly visible." (44.10) And Allah further said:-- "Verily! We shall withdraw the punishment a little, Verily you will return (to disbelief)." (44.15) (Will Allah relieve them from torture on the Day of Resurrection?) (The punishment of) the smoke had passed and Al-Batsha (the destruction of the pagans in the Badr battle) had passed too

Abdullah bin Masud bataate hain: Jab Nabi (SAW) ko ehsaas hua ke Quraish Islam qubool karne mein der kar rahe hain, to unhone dua ki, 'Aye Allah! Mujhe unki buraai se bacha, unpar saat (saal ka qehat) daal de jaise Yusuf (Alaihissalam) ke zamaane ke saat saal the.' To unpar aisa qehat aaya jisne sab kuch tabaah kar diya yahaan tak ke wo haddiyaan khaane lage, aur ek aadmi aasman ki taraf dekhta to usse aur usme dhuein jaisi koi cheez nazar aati. Allah ne farmaya: 'To (Aye Muhammad) us din ka intezaar karo jab aasman saaf zaahir dhuaan laayega.' (44:10) Aur Allah ne aage farmaya: 'Beshak Hum azaab thoda hataa denge, (magar) tum phir wahi (kufr ki taraf) laut jaaoge.' (44:15) Dhuein ka azaab guzar chuka tha aur Al-Batsha (yaani jang-e-Badr mein mushrikeen ki tabaahi) bhi guzar chuki thi.

Sahih al-Bukhari 4693 · Book 65, Hadith 215