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Abū Turāb (Arabic: أبو تراب) or Father of Dust, is a title attributed to Ali ibn Abi Talib, the fourth Sunni Caliph and first Shia Imam. According to narrations the title was given to Ali by Muhammad, when he found Ali sleeping while covered with dust.[1]
Abu Turab means "Father of Soil". There is a verse in Quran that says,' Indeed, We have warned you of a near punishment on the Day when a man will observe what his hands have put forth and the disbeliever will say, "Oh, I wish that I were dust!" '[2] the title Abu Turab recalls the moment when Muhammad entered a mosque and saw Ali lying asleep where it was full of dirt, and Muhammad told him, "O Abu Turab, get up."[3] According to Vaglieri this title might have been given to him by his enemies, and fictitious narrations have emerged in the following centuries to give this title an honorable appearance.[4]
Some scholars has interpreted this verse by that tradition and also another tradition in which Muhammad has said, 'Ali and I are the father of this People[ i.e., Muslims ].'[5]
The earliest extant source where this nickname for ʿAli b. Abī Ṭālib appears is in George of Reshʿaina in 680 AD.[6]
References[]
- ^ The narration is present in Sahih Muslim Vol. 1. Ali bin Abi Talib was sleeping in Masjid and was covered with dust, then Prophet called him by these words
- ^ Chapter An-Naba' [78], Verse 40
- ^ "Alī ibn Abu Talib". Encyclopædia Iranica. Archived from the original on April 29, 2011. Retrieved December 16, 2010.
- ^ Vaglieri 1960
- ^ Sunni sources,1.Ruh al-Ma'ani by Alusi, vol. 22, pg. 31/ 2.Tarikh Damishq by Ibn 'Asakir, vol.49, pg. 309/ 3.Al-Mufradat fi Gharib al-Quran by Al-Raghib al-Isfahani, pg. 7
Shia sources, 1. Al-Amali by Saduq, pg. 15/ 2.Ma'ani Al-Akhbar by Saduq, pg. 118 - ^ Robert Hoyland, Seeing Islam as Others Saw it, pg. 141
- Vaglieri, L. Veccia (1960). "ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib". In Gibb, H. A. R.; Kramers, J. H.; Lévi-Provençal, E.; Schacht, J.; Lewis, B. & Pellat, Ch. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, New Edition, Volume I: A–B. Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp. 381–386. OCLC 495469456.
See also[]
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
The father of soil , Ali ibn Abi Talib (AS).
- Arabic words and phrases
- Ali