Hardships and Crises: From the Life of the Prophet ﷺ — Page 10

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

شَدَائِدُ وَأَزَمَاتٌ.

Hardships and crises.

وَهَكَذَا سَلَّطَ اللَّهُ عَلَى وَثِيقَتِهِمْ تِلْكَ الْحَشَرَةَ.

Thus, God unleashed that insect upon their document.

فَأَكَلَتْ مِنْهَا مَا شَاءَتْ.

It ate as much of it as it willed.

وَأَفْسَدَتْ مَا أَفْسَدَتْ.

It ruined what it ruined.

لَا تَقُلْ أَفْسَدَتْ.

Do not say it ruined.

قُلْ أَصْلَحَتْ مِنْهَا مَا أَصْلَحَتْ.

Say it mended what it mended.

إِنَّ إِفْسَادَ الْوَثِيقَةِ إِصْلَاحٌ لِلْحَقِيقَةِ.

For the ruin of the document is a mending of the truth.

كَأَنَّمَا كَانَتْ تَسْخَرُ مِنْ تَحَالُفِهِمُ الظَّالِمِ!

It was as if it were mocking their oppressive alliance!

كَانَتْ صَفْعَةً مِنْ صَفَعَاتِ الْقَدَرِ!

It was a slap dealt by fate!

وَقَدْ رَأَوْا فِي تَخْرِيقِهَا فَأْلًا سَيِّئًا لَهُمْ.

They saw its shredding as a bad omen.

فَفَتَرَتْ حَمَاسَتُهُمْ.

Their enthusiasm waned.

ثُمَّ عَادَ الرَّسُولُ يَبُثُّ دَعْوَتَهُ عَلَى نِطَاقٍ أَوْسَعَ.

Then the Messenger returned to spread his message on a wider scale.

وَرَأَى الرَّسُولُ ﷺ فِي وُفُودِ الْقَبَائِلِ مَجَالًا رَحْبًا لِنَشْرِ أَضْوَائِهِ، وَتَقْرِيرِ رِسَالَتِهِ.

The Messenger (peace be upon him) saw in the tribal delegations a vast opportunity to spread his light and establish his message.

أَيَّةَ قَبَائِلَ تَعْنِي؟

Which tribes do you mean?

كَانَتْ مَكَّةُ، كَمَا تَعْلَمَانِ، مَوْسِمًا لِلْحَجِّ فِي كُلِّ عَامٍ.

Makkah, as you both know, was an annual pilgrimage season.

وَسُوقَ تِجَارَةٍ رَابِحَةٍ.

And a profitable marketplace.

بَثُّ الدَّعْوَةِ بَيْنَ الْوُفُودِ.

Spreading the message among the delegations.

فَرَاحَ الرَّسُولُ يَبُثُّ دَعْوَتَهُ بَيْنَ هَذِهِ الْوُفُودِ.

The Messenger began to spread his message among these delegations.

فَأَوْغَرَ صُدُورَ قُرَيْشٍ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ جَدِيدٍ.

This incited the Quraish against him once more.

كَانُوا كُلَّمَا الْتَهَبَتْ صُدُورُهُمْ وَاشْتَدَّ أَذَاهُمْ، قَرَّبُوا الدَّعْوَةَ مِنْ أَهْدَافِهَا.

Whenever their hearts burned with rage and their persecution intensified, they brought the message closer to its goals.

ثُمَّ أَلَمَّتْ بِالرَّسُولِ ﷺ كَارِثَتَانِ.

Then, two disasters befell the Messenger (peace be upon him).

مَوْتُ عَمِّهِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ.

The death of his uncle, Abu Talib.

وَمَوْتُ السَّيِّدَةِ خَدِيجَةَ.

And the death of Lady Khadijah.

زَوْجَةِ الرَّسُولِ، وَشَرِيكَتِهِ فِي الْجِهَادِ.

The Messenger’s wife and his partner in the struggle.

وَأَكْبَرِ مَنْ نَاصَرَهُ وَأَيَّدَهُ.

The greatest of those who supported and stood by him.

Vocabulary · المفردات (21 verbs · 46 nouns)

• سَلَّطَ — to empower
• أَكَلَ — to eat
• شَاءَ — to will
• أَفْسَدَ — to corrupt
• قَالَ — to say
• أَصْلَحَ — to reform
• سَخِرَ — to mock
• رَأَى — to see
• فَتَرَ — to slacken
• عَادَ — to return
• بَثَّ — to broadcast
• عَنَى — to mean
• عَلِمَ — to know
• رَاحَ — to begin
• أَوْغَرَ — to incite
• الْتَهَبَ — to inflame
• اشْتَدَّ — to intensify
• قَرَّبَ — to bring near
• أَلَمَّ — to afflict
• نَاصَرَ — to support
• أَيَّدَ — to endorse
• شِدَّة — hardship
• أَزْمَة — crisis
• وَثِيقَة — document
• حَشَرَة — insect
• إِفْسَاد — corruption
• إِصْلَاح — reform
• حَقِيقَة — truth
• تَحَالُف — alliance
• ظَالِم — oppressive
• صَفْعَة — slap
• قَدَرٌ — fate
• تَخْرِيق — tearing
• فَأْلٌ — omen
• سَيِّئ — bad
• حَمَاسَة — enthusiasm
• رَسُول — messenger
• دَعْوَة — call
• نِطَاق — scope
• وَاسِع — wide
• وَفْد — delegation
• قَبِيلَة — tribe
• مَجَال — field
• رَحْب — spacious
• نَشْر — spreading
• ضَوْء — light
• تَقْرِير — establishment
• رِسَالَة — message
• مَوْسِم — season
• حَجٌّ — pilgrimage
• عَام — year
• سُوقٌ — market
• تِجَارَة — trade
• رَابِح — profitable
• صَدْر — chest
• جَدِيد — new
• أَذًى — harm
• هَدَف — goal
• كَارِثَة — disaster
• مَوْت — death
• عَمٌّ — paternal uncle
• سَيِّدَة — lady
• زَوْجَة — wife
• شَرِيك — partner
• جِهَاد — struggle
• أَوْسَع — wider
• أَكْبَر — bigger