Durus al-Balagha — First Lessons in Arabic Rhetoric (دروس البلاغة) — Page 77

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

وَكَقَوْلِكَ لِلسَّائِلِ الْمُسْتَبْعِدِ حُصُولَ الْفَرَجِ: إِنَّ الْفَرَجَ لَقَرِيبٌ.

And like your saying to the asker who deems the occurrence of relief unlikely: Indeed, relief is near.

وَتَنْزِيلُ الْمُنْكِرِ، أَوِ الشَّاكِّ مَنْزِلَةَ الْخَالِي إِذَا كَانَ مَعَهُ مِنَ الشَّوَاهِدِ مَا إِذَا تَأَمَّلَهُ زَالَ إِنْكَارُهُ، أَوْ شَكُّهُ، كَقَوْلِكَ لِمَنْ يُنْكِرُ مَنْفَعَةَ الطِّبِّ، أَوْ يَشُكُّ فِيهَا: الطِّبُّ نَافِعٌ.

And treating the denier or the doubter as one who is empty [of knowledge] if he possesses evidence that, if contemplated, would remove his denial or doubt, like your saying to one who denies the benefit of medicine or doubts it: Medicine is beneficial.

وَمِنْهَا وَضْعُ الْمَاضِي مَوْضِعَ الْمُضَارِعِ؛ لِغَرَضٍ كَالتَّنْبِيهِ عَلَى تَحَقُّقِ الْحُصُولِ، نَحْوَ: أَتَى أَمْرُ اللَّهِ فَلَا تَسْتَعْجِلُوهُ،

And among them is placing the past tense in the position of the present tense for a purpose, such as alerting to the certainty of occurrence, like: The command of Allah has come, so do not hasten it.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (29 verbs · 47 nouns)

• اِسْتَبْعَدَ — to deem unlikely
• كَانَ — to be
• تَأَمَّلَ — to contemplate
• قَوْل — saying
• سَائِل — asker
• حُصُول — occurrence