The Companions' Migration — Umar Embraces Islam — Page 6

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

لَقَدْ ذَكَّرَنِي حَدِيثُكَ بِطُرْفَةٍ سَمِعْتُهَا عَنْ وَاشِنْجِطْنَ: مُحَرِّرِ أَمْرِيكَا. -

Your words reminded me of an anecdote I heard about Washington, the editor of America.

لَعَلَّكَ تَعْنِي قِصَّتَهُ مَعَ كَاتِبِهِ. -

Perhaps you mean the story about his writer.

لَسْتُ أَعْنِي غَيْرَهَا. -

That is exactly the one.

قُصَّهَا عَلَيْنَا، يَا صَلَاحُ. -

Tell us, Salah.

لَكَ مَا تُرِيدُ، يَا سَعِيدُ: تَأَخَّرَ كَاتِبُ وَاشِنْجِطْنَ خَمْسَ دَقَائِقَ عَنْ مَوْعِدِهِ، فَلَمَّا سَأَلَهُ عَنْ سَبَبِ تَأَخُّرِهِ، تَعَلَّلَ بِاخْتِلَالِ سَاعَتِهِ.

As you wish, Saeed: Washington's writer was five minutes late for an appointment, and when asked why, he blamed his watch.

أَتَعْرِفُ مَاذَا صَنَعَ، يَا سَعِيدُ؟ -

Do you know what he did, Saeed?

نَهَاهُ عَنِ الْعَوْدَةِ إِلَى مِثْلِهَا. -

He told him not to let it happen again.

وَلَكِنْ بِأَيِّ أُسْلُوبٍ؟ -

But in what way?

مَاذَا قَالَ؟ -

What did he say?

الْتَفَتَ إِلَى كَاتِبِهِ عَابِسًا، وَقَالَ لَهُ مُنْذِرًا: إِمَّا أَنْ تُغَيِّرَ سَاعَتَكَ، وَإِمَّا أَنْ نُغَيِّرَكَ. -

He turned to his writer, frowned, and warned him: Either you change your watch, or we will change you.

لَيْتَ رِفَاقَنَا جَمِيعًا يَحْفَظُونَ هَذَا الدَّرْسَ الْبَلِيغَ! -

If only all our colleagues would take that lesson to heart!

لَمْ نَنْسَ حَدِيثَكَ، يَا رَشَادُ، فِي الْأُسْبُوعِ الْمَاضِي. -

We haven't forgotten your talk last week, Rashad.

وَقَدْ خَرَجْنَا مِنْهُ بِفَوَائِدَ لَا تُحْصَى. -

We walked away with countless insights.

إِنَّ تَبَادُلَ الرَّأْيِ خَيْرُ مِعْوَانٍ عَلَى جَلَاءِ الْحَقَائِقِ التَّارِيخِيَّةِ. -

Exchanging opinions is the best way to clarify historical facts.

وَغَيْرِ التَّارِيخِيَّةِ. -

And non-historical ones, too.

عَلَى جَلَاءِ الْحَقَائِقِ كُلِّهَا، أَيَّا كَانَ لَوْنُهَا. -

To clarify all facts, regardless of their nature.

كُنَّا قَبْلَ حُضُورِكَ نَتَنَاقَشُ فِي الْهِجْرَةِ. (١-٤) عَدَدُ الْهِجْرَاتِ -

Before you arrived, we were discussing migration.

أَيَّ الْهِجْرَتَيْنِ تَعْنِيَانِ؟ -

Which of the two migrations do you mean?

أَهْنَاكَ هِجْرَتَانِ؟ -

Are there two?

هِجْرَتَانِ، إِنْ شِئْتُمَا، أَوْ ثَلَاثٌ. -

Two, if you like, or even three.

أَيُّ مَشِيئَةٍ لَنَا فِيمَا سَلَفَ مِنْ حَوَادِثِ التَّارِيخِ؟ -

What say do we have over past historical events?

وَهَلْ تَتَغَيَّرُ وَقَائِعُ التَّارِيخِ وَفْقَ مَشِيئَاتِنَا وَأَهْوَائِنَا؟

Do historical facts change according to our whims and desires?

Vocabulary · المفردات (26 verbs · 39 nouns)

• ذَكَّرَ — to remind
• سَمِعَ — to hear
• عَنَى — to mean
• قَصَّ — to narrate
• أَرَادَ — to want
• تَأَخَّرَ — to delay, to lag behind
• سَأَلَ — to ask
• تَعَلَّلَ — to make an excuse
• عَرَفَ — to know
• صَنَعَ — to do
• نَهَى — to forbid
• قَالَ — to say
• الْتَفَتَ — to turn
• عَبَسَ — to frown
• أَنْذَرَ — to warn
• غَيَّرَ — to change
• حَفِظَ — to memorize
• نَسِيَ — to forget
• خَرَجَ — to exit
• أَحْصَى — to count
• كَانَ — to be
• تَنَاقَشَ — to discuss
• شَاءَ — to wish
• سَلَفَ — to pass
• تَغَيَّرَ — to change
• تَبَادَلَ — to exchange
• هِجْرَة — migration
• صَحَابِيّ — companion
• إِسْلَام — Islam
• وَفَاء — fulfillment
• وَعْد — promise
• حَدِيث — talk
• طُرْفَة — anecdote
• مُحَرِّر — liberator
• قِصَّة — story
• كَاتِب — writer
• دَقِيقَة — minute
• مَوْعِد — appointment
• سَبَب — reason
• تَأَخُّر — delay
• اخْتِلَال — malfunction
• سَاعَة — clock
• عَوْدَة — return
• أُسْلُوب — style
• دَرْس — lesson
• بَلِيغ — eloquent
• أُسْبُوع — week
• فَائِدَة — benefit
• تَبَادُل — exchange
• رَأْي — opinion
• خَيْر — good
• مِعْوَان — helper
• جَلَاء — clarification
• حَقِيقَة — fact
• تَارِيخِيّ — historical
• لَوْن — type
• حُضُور — presence
• عَدَد — number
• مَشِيئَة — will
• حَادِثَة — event
• وَاقِعَة — fact
• هَوَى — whim
• عَابِس — frowning
• رَفِيق — companion
• تَارِيخ — history