English translation
4693. Narrated 'Abdullāh (bin Mas'ūd) رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: When the Prophet ﷺ realized that the Quraish had delayed in embracing Islām, he said, "O Allāh! Protect me against their evil by afflicting them with seven (years of drought, famine) like the seven years of (Prophet) Yūsuf (Joseph)." So they were struck with a year of drought (famine) that destroyed everything till they even ate bones, and a man would look towards the sky and see something like smoke between him and it. Allāh said: "Then wait you for the Day when the sky will bring forth a visible smoke." (V.44:10) And Allāh further said: "Verily! We shall remove the torment for a while. Verily! You will revert (to disbelief)." (V.44:15) Will Allāh relieve them from torture on the Day of Resurrection? (The punishment of) the smoke had passed and Al-Batsha (the destruction of Al-Mushrikūn in the battle of Badr) had also passed. (See H. 1007)
