The Companions' Migration — Umar Embraces Islam — Page 20

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

هَكَذَا كَانَ!

That is how it was!

فَمَاذَا صَنَعَ نُعَيْمٌ؟

So what did Nu'aym do?

لَجَأَ إِلَى أُسْلُوبٍ آخَرَ، لِيَصُدَّهُ عَنْ غَايَتِهِ.

He resorted to another tactic to divert him from his goal.

أَفْضَى إِلَيْهِ بِإِسْلَامِ أُخْتِهِ فَاطِمَةَ وَزَوْجِهَا سَعِيدِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ لِيَشْغَلَهُ بِذَلِكَ عَنْ غَايَتِهِ.

He revealed to him that his sister Fatimah and her husband Sa'id ibn Zayd had converted to Islam, hoping to distract him from his original intent.

مَا أَبْرَعَ حِيلَتَهُ!

How clever his trick was!

لَقَدْ عَرَفَ كَيْفَ يُنْسِيهِ جُرْحَهُ الْقَدِيمَ، بِمَا أَدْمَاهُ مِنْ جُرْحٍ جَدِيدٍ.

He knew exactly how to make him forget an old wound by inflicting a fresh one.

يَا لَهُ مِنْ سِيَاسِيٍّ بَارِعٍ!

What a brilliant politician he was!

رَأَى أَنَّ أُخْتَهُ وَزَوْجَهَا أَوْلَى بِالنُّصْحِ وَالتَّحْذِيرِ، وَأَحَقُّ بِاللَّوْمِ وَالتَّعْزِيرِ.

He decided that his sister and her husband were more deserving of his counsel and warnings, and more worthy of his blame and punishment.

فَأَسْرَعَ إِلَى دَارِهَا فَاقْتَحَمَهَا وَقَلْبُهُ يَغْلِي بِأَحْقَادِهِ.

He rushed to her house and stormed inside, his heart boiling with resentment.

سَمِعَ أُخْتَهُ وَزَوْجَهَا يُرَتِّلَانِ آيَاتٍ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ.

He heard his sister and her husband reciting verses from the Quran.

لَقَدْ ثَبَتَ لَهُ، حِينَئِذٍ، صِدْقُ مَا نَمَى إِلَيْهِ.

At that moment, the truth of what he had heard was confirmed.

وَأَحَسَّتْ أُخْتُهُ وَزَوْجُهَا وَقْعَ أَقْدَامِهِ، فَأَخْفَيَا عَنْهُ الصَّحِيفَةَ.

His sister and her husband heard his footsteps and quickly hid the manuscript from him.

بَدَأَ بِسَعِيدٍ فَصَرَعَهُ، وَكَادَ يَفْتِكُ بِهِ.

He went straight for Sa'id, threw him to the ground, and nearly killed him.

فَأَسْرَعَتْ أُخْتُهُ إِلَيْهِ لِتَحْمِيَ زَوْجَهَا مِنْهُ.

His sister rushed over to protect her husband.

فَضَرَبَهَا ضَرْبَةَ مَغِيظٍ حَانِقٍ، فَشَجَّهَا، وَأَسَالَ دَمَهَا.

He struck her in a fit of rage, wounding her and drawing blood.

فَثَارَتْ ثَائِرَةُ الزَّوْجَيْنِ، وَأَقْبَلَا عَلَيْهِ يَتَحَدَّيَانِهِ، وَيُعْلِنَانِ إِسْلَامَهُمَا فِي غَيْرِ مُبَالَاةٍ.

The couple’s defiance flared; they stood up to him, fearlessly declaring their conversion to Islam.

لَقَدْ أَسْلَمْنَا، فَاصْنَعْ مَا بَدَا لَكَ.

We have converted to Islam, so do whatever you like.

Vocabulary · المفردات (36 verbs · 34 nouns)

• كَانَ — to be
• صَنَعَ — to make
• لَجَأَ — to resort
• صَدَّ — to turn away
• قَالَ — to say
• أَفْضَى — to disclose
• شَغَلَ — to occupy
• بَرَعَ — to excel
• عَرَفَ — to know
• نَسِيَ — to forget
• أَدْمَى — to cause to bleed
• رَأَى — to see
• أَسْرَعَ — to hasten
• اقْتَحَمَ — to storm
• غَلَى — to boil
• سَمِعَ — to hear
• رَتَّلَ — to recite
• ثَبَتَ — to confirm
• نَمَى — to reach
• أَحَسَّ — to feel
• أَخْفَى — to hide
• بَدَأَ — to begin
• صَرَعَ — to throw down
• كَادَ — to come close to
• فَتَكَ — to attack
• ضَرَبَ — to strike
• سَالَ — to flow
• حَمَى — to protect
• شَجَّ — to wound in the head
• أَسَالَ — to cause to flow
• ثَارَ — to revolt
• أَقْبَلَ — to approach
• تَحَدَّى — to challenge
• أَعْلَنَ — to announce
• أَسْلَمَ — to submit/convert
• بَدَا — to seem
• حِيلَة — trick
• غَايَة — goal
• هِجْرَة — migration
• صَحَابِيّ — companion
• إِسْلَام — submission
• أُسْلُوب — method
• أُخْت — sister
• زَوْج — husband
• جُرْح — wound
• قَدِيم — old
• جَدِيد — new
• سِيَاسِيّ — politician
• بَارِع — skilled
• نُصْح — advice
• تَحْذِير — warning
• لَوْم — blame
• تَعْزِير — chastisement
• دَار — house
• قَلْب — heart
• حِقْد — hatred
• آيَة — verse
• قُرْآن — Quran
• حِين — time
• صِدْق — truthfulness
• وَقْع — sound/impact
• قَدَم — foot
• صَحِيفَة — page
• دَم — blood
• ضَرْبَة — strike
• مَغِيظ — enraged person
• حَانِق — angry person
• ثَائِرَة — uprising
• مُبَالَاة — concern
• أَحَقُّ — more deserving