Durus al-Balagha — First Lessons in Arabic Rhetoric (دروس البلاغة) — Page 133

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

مَا الَّذِي يَسْتَفِيدُهُ السَّامِعُ مِنْ قَوْلِكَ: أَنَا مُعْتَرِفٌ بِفَضْلِكَ، أَنْتَ تَقُومُ فِي السَّحَرِ، رَبِّ إِنِّي لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ اصْطِبَاراً؟.

What does the listener benefit from your saying: I am acknowledging your favor, you stand at dawn, my Lord, I cannot endure?

مِنْ أَيِّ الْأَضْرُبِ قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى - حِكَايَةً عَنْ رُسُلِ عِيسَى - ﴿إِنَّا إِلَيْكُمْ مُرْسَلُونَ﴾ [يس: ١٤]، وَرَبُّنَا يَعْلَمُ إِنَّا إِلَيْكُمْ لَمُرْسَلُونَ

From which types is the saying of the Almighty: 'Indeed, we are to you messengers,' and 'Our Lord knows that we are to you messengers'?

هَلْ لِلْمُهْتَدِي أَنْ يَقُولَ: ﴿اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ﴾

Is it for the guided person to say: 'Guide us to the straight path'?

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Vocabulary · المفردات (19 verbs · 26 nouns)

• اِسْتَفَادَ — to benefit
• قَامَ — to stand
• اِسْتَطَاعَ — to be able
• سَامِع — listener
• قَوْل — saying
• مُعْتَرِف — confessor