Al-Balagha al-Wadiha by al-Jarim & Amin (البلاغة الواضحة) — Page 7

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

التَّعْرِيفُ بِالْمُؤَلِّفِ / عَلِيُّ الْجَارِمُ.

Introduction to the author Ali al-Jarim.

الْمَوْلُودُ: ١٨٨١ م.

Born 1881 AD.

الْمُتَوَفَّى: ١٩٤٩ م.

Died 1949 AD.

الْبَلَاغَةُ الْوَاضِحَةُ.

The Clear Rhetoric.

اسْمُهُ وَمَوْلِدُهُ: عَلِيُّ بْنُ صَالِحِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْفَتَّاحِ الْجَارِمُ.

His name and birth: Ali bin Salih bin Abd al-Fattah al-Jarim.

وُلِدَ عَامَ ١٨٨١ م فِي مَدِينَةِ رَشِيدٍ فِي مِصْرَ.

He was born in the year 1881 AD in the city of Rashid in Egypt.

وَهَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةُ الَّتِي شَهِدَتِ الْكَثِيرَ مِنَ الْأَحْدَاثِ الْمُرْتَبِطَةِ بِتَارِيخِ مِصْرَ وَفِيهَا نَبَتَتْ جُذُورُ الْجَارِمِ.

This is the city that witnessed many events linked to the history of Egypt, and in it, the roots of al-Jarim grew.

وَكَانَ وَالِدُهُ الشَّيْخُ مُحَمَّدُ صَالِحٍ الْجَارِمُ أَحَدَ عُلَمَاءِ الْأَزْهَرِ وَالْقَاضِيَ الشَّرْعِيَّ بِمَدِينَةِ دَمَنْهُورَ تُوُفِّيَ عَامَ ١٩١٠ م.

His father, Sheikh Muhammad Salih al-Jarim, was one of the scholars of Al-Azhar and the legal judge in the city of Damanhur; he died in 1910 AD.

تَعْلِيمُهُ: بَدَأَ تَعْلِيمَهُ الْقِرَاءَةَ وَالْكِتَابَةَ فِي إِحْدَى مَدَارِسِهَا ثُمَّ أَكْمَلَ تَعْلِيمَهُ الثَّانَوِيَّ فِي الْقَاهِرَةِ،

He began his education in reading and writing in one of its schools, then completed his secondary education in Cairo.

حَيْثُ الْتَحَقَ بِالْأَزْهَرِ الشَّرِيفِ، ثُمَّ الْتَحَقَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ بِكُلِّيَّةِ دَارِ الْعُلُومِ - جَامِعَةِ الْقَاهِرَةِ،

Where he joined Al-Azhar Al-Sharif, then joined after that the Faculty of Dar al-Ulum, Cairo University.

وَسَافَرَ الْجَارِمُ إِلَى إِنْجِلْتَرَا لِإِكْمَالِ دِرَاسَتِهِ فِي بَعْثَةٍ دِرَاسِيَّةٍ عَامَ ١٩٠٨ م فَدَرَسَ أُصُولَ التَّرْبِيَةِ بِتُوتِنْجَهَامَ،

Al-Jarim traveled to England to complete his studies on an academic mission in 1908 AD, where he studied the principles of education in Nottingham.

قَبْلَ أَنْ يَعُودَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى إِلَى مِصْرَ بَعْدَ أَرْبَعَةِ أَعْوَامٍ فِي ١٩١٢ م.

Before returning once again to Egypt after four years in 1912 AD.

عَقِبَ عَوْدَتِهِ مِنْ بَعْثَتِهِ الدِّرَاسِيَّةِ عُيِّنَ الْجَارِمُ مُدَرِّساً بِمَدْرَسَةِ التِّجَارَةِ الْمُتَوَسِّطَةِ،

Following his return from his academic mission, al-Jarim was appointed as a teacher at the Intermediate School of Commerce.

ثُمَّ تَدَرَّجَ فِي عَدَدٍ مِنْ وَظَائِفِ التَّرْبِيَةِ وَالتَّعْلِيمِ حَتَّى عُيِّنَ كَبِيرَ مُفَتِّشِي اللُّغَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّةِ بِمِصْرَ.

Then he progressed through a number of education and teaching positions until he was appointed Chief Inspector of the Arabic Language in Egypt.

كَمَا عُيِّنَ وَكِيلاً لِدَارِ الْعُلُومِ حَتَّى ١٩٤٢ م،

He was also appointed deputy of Dar al-Ulum until 1942 AD.

وَقَامَ بِتَمْثِيلِ مِصْرَ فِي بَعْضِ الْمُؤْتَمَرَاتِ الْعِلْمِيَّةِ وَالثَّقَافِيَّةِ،

He represented Egypt in some scientific and cultural conferences.

كَمَا اخْتِيرَ عُضْواً مُؤَسِّساً لِمَجْمَعِ اللُّغَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّةِ بِمَرْسُومٍ صَدَرَ مِنْ رِئَاسَةِ الْوُزَرَاءِ فِي أُكْتُوبَرَ ١٩٣٣ م.

He was also chosen as a founding member of the Arabic Language Academy by a decree issued by the Prime Ministry in October 1933 AD.

زَارَ بَغْدَادَ مَرَّتَيْنِ الْأُولَى مُشَارَكَتُهُ فِي الْحَفْلِ التَّأْبِينِيِّ الَّذِي أُقِيمَ لِلشَّاعِرِ الْمَرْحُومِ جَمِيلٍ صِدْقِي الزَّهَاوِيِّ عَامَ ١٩٣٦ م.

He visited Baghdad twice; the first was his participation in the memorial ceremony held for the late poet Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi in 1936 AD.

أَمَّا الثَّانِيَةُ فَهِيَ الَّتِي نَظَمَ فِيهَا قَصِيدَتَهُ الْمَشْهُورَةَ (بَغْدَادُ يَا بَلَدَ الرَّشِيدِ).

As for the second, it is the one in which he composed his famous poem (Baghdad, O City of Rashid).

عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنْ دِرَاسَتِهِ بِإِنْجِلْتَرَا وَتَمَكُّنِهِ مِنَ اللُّغَةِ الْإِنْجِلِيزِيَّةِ لَمْ يَنْسَقِ الْجَارِمُ وَرَاءَ الِاتِّجَاهِ الْغَرْبِيِّ،

Despite his studies in England and his mastery of the English language, al-Jarim did not follow the Western trend.

وَظَلَّ الْمُدَافِعَ الْأَوَّلَ عَنِ اللُّغَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّةِ لُغَةِ الْقُرْآنِ الْكَرِيمِ، وَأَحَدَ الْمُعْتَزِّينَ بِهَا فَعَمِلَ جَاهِداً عَلَى نَهْضَتِهَا وَرُقِيِّهَا.

He remained the primary defender of the Arabic language, the language of the Noble Quran, and one of those proud of it, so he worked diligently for its renaissance and advancement.

وَقَدْ تَبَحَّرَ الْجَارِمُ فِي عُلُومِ اللُّغَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّةِ بِالْبَحْثِ وَالدِّرَاسَةِ وَالْمُمَارَسَةِ فَأَصْبَحَ أَحَدَ رُوَّادِ تَعْلِيمِ اللُّغَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّةِ،

Al-Jarim delved deeply into the sciences of the Arabic language through research, study, and practice, becoming one of the pioneers of Arabic language education.

وَقَدَّمَ عَدَداً مِنَ الْكُتُبِ الرَّائِدَةِ فِي النَّحْوِ وَالْبَلَاغَةِ.

He presented a number of pioneering books in grammar and rhetoric.

Vocabulary · المفردات (27 verbs · 76 nouns)

• وَلَدَ — to be born
• شَهِدَ — to witness
• ارْتَبَطَ — to be linked
• نَبَتَ — to grow
• كَانَ — to be
• تَوَفَّى — to die
• بَدَأَ — to begin
• أَكْمَلَ — to complete
• الْتَحَقَ — to join
• سَافَرَ — to travel
• دَرَسَ — to study
• عَادَ — to return
• عَيَّنَ — to appoint
• تَدَرَّجَ — to progress
• قَامَ — to stand/perform
• مَثَّلَ — to represent
• اخْتَارَ — to choose
• صَدَرَ — to issue
• زَارَ — to visit
• أَقَامَ — to hold/establish
• نَظَمَ — to compose
• نَسَقَ — to follow/conform
• ظَلَّ — to remain
• عَمِلَ — to work
• تَبَحَّرَ — to delve deeply
• أَصْبَحَ — to become
• قَدَّمَ — to present
• تَعْرِيف — definition
• مُؤَلِّف — author
• مَوْلُود — newborn
• مُتَوَفَّى — deceased
• بَلَاغَة — rhetoric
• وَاضِح — clear
• اسْم — name
• مَوْلِد — birth
• عَام — year
• مَدِينَة — city
• كَثِير — many
• حَدَث — event
• تَارِيخ — history
• جِذْر — root
• وَالِد — father
• شَيْخ — sheikh
• عَالِم — scholar
• قَاضِي — judge
• شَرْعِي — legal
• تَعْلِيم — education
• قِرَاءَة — reading
• كِتَابَة — writing
• مَدْرَسَة — school
• ثَانَوِي — secondary
• كُلِّيَّة — college
• دَار — house
• عِلْم — science
• جَامِعَة — university
• بَعْثَة — mission
• دِرَاسِي — academic
• أَصْل — origin
• تَرْبِيَة — upbringing
• عَوْدَة — return
• مُدَرِّس — teacher
• تِجَارَة — commerce
• مُتَوَسِّط — intermediate
• عَدَد — number
• وَظِيفَة — job
• كَبِير — chief
• مُفَتِّش — inspector
• لُغَة — language
• عَرَبِي — Arabic
• وَكِيل — deputy
• مُؤْتَمَر — conference
• عِلْمِي — scientific
• ثَقَافِي — cultural
• عُضْو — member
• مُؤَسِّس — founder
• مَجْمَع — academy
• مَرْسُوم — decree
• رِئَاسَة — presidency
• وُزِير — minister
• حَفْل — ceremony
• تَأْبِينِي — memorial
• شَاعِر — poet
• مَرْحُوم — late
• قَصِيدَة — poem
• مَشْهُور — famous
• بَلَد — country
• اعْتِزَاز — pride
• رَغْم — despite
• إِنْجِلِيزِي — English
• اتِّجَاه — trend
• غَرْبِي — Western
• مُدَافِع — defender
• أَوَّل — first
• قُرْآن — Quran
• كَرِيم — noble
• مُعْتَزّ — proud
• جَاهِد — striving
• نَهْضَة — renaissance
• رُقِيّ — advancement
• بَحْث — research
• مُمَارَسَة — practice
• رَائِد — pioneer
• نَحْو — grammar