Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا بَشِيرٌ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ خَرَجَ إِلَيْنَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَوْمًا فَنَادَى ثَلَاثَ مِرَارٍ فَقَالَ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ تَدْرُونَ مَا مَثَلِي وَمَثَلُكُمْ قَالُوا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ إِنَّمَا مَثَلِي وَمَثَلُكُمْ مَثَلُ قَوْمٍ خَافُوا عَدُوًّا يَأْتِيهِمْ فَبَعَثُوا رَجُلًا يَتَرَايَا لَهُمْ فَبَيْنَمَا هُمْ كَذَلِكَ أَبْصَرَ الْعَدُوَّ فَأَقْبَلَ لِيُنْذِرَهُمْ وَخَشِيَ أَنْ يُدْرِكَهُ الْعَدُوُّ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُنْذِرَ قَوْمَهُ فَأَهْوَى بِثَوْبِهِ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أُتِيتُمْ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أُتِيتُمْ ثَلَاثَ مِرَارٍ.
English Translation
Abu Nu'aym narrated to us: Bashir narrated to me: 'Abdullah ibn Buraydah narrated to me from his father, who said: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, came out to us one day and called out three times, saying: "O people, do you know what my likeness and your likeness is?" They said: "Allah and His Messenger know best." He said: "My likeness and your likeness is like that of a people who feared an enemy coming upon them, so they sent a man to keep watch for them. While they were thus, he saw the enemy, so he came forward to warn them, fearing that the enemy would reach him before he could warn his people, so he waved with his garment: 'O people, you have been reached! O people, you have been reached!'" three times.