Durus al-Balagha — First Lessons in Arabic Rhetoric (دروس البلاغة) — Page 46

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

دُرُوسُ الْبَلَاغَةِ.

Lessons in Rhetoric.

الْبَابُ الثَّالِثُ فِي التَّقْدِيمِ وَالتَّأْخِيرِ.

The Third Chapter: On Precedence and Postponement.

مِنَ الْمَعْلُومِ أَنَّهُ لَا يُمْكِنُ النُّطْقُ بِأَجْزَاءِ الْكَلَامِ دُفْعَةً وَاحِدَةً، بَلْ لَا بُدَّ مِنْ تَقْدِيمِ بَعْضِ الْأَجْزَاءِ وَتَأْخِيرِ الْبَعْضِ، وَلَيْسَ شَيْءٌ مِنْهَا فِي نَفْسِهِ أَوْلَى بِالتَّقَدُّمِ مِنَ الْآخَرِ؛ لِاشْتِرَاكِ جَمِيعِ الْأَلْفَاظِ مِنْ حَيْثُ هِيَ أَلْفَاظٌ فِي دَرَجَةِ الِاعْتِبَارِ، فَلَا بُدَّ لِتَقْدِيمِ هَذَا عَلَى ذَاكَ مِنْ دَاعٍ يُوجِبُهُ.

It is known that it is impossible to utter the parts of speech all at once; rather, some parts must necessarily be placed before others, and none of them is in itself more deserving of precedence than another, because all words, as words, share the same degree of consideration, so there must be a compelling reason for placing one before the other.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (7 verbs · 39 nouns)

• أَمْكَنَ — to be possible
• أَوْجَبَ — to necessitate
• حَارَ — to be bewildered
• دَرْسٌ — lesson
• بَلَاغَةٌ — rhetoric
• بَابٌ — chapter