Hardships and Crises: From the Life of the Prophet ﷺ — Page 11

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

شَدَائِدُ وَأَزَمَاتٌ.

Hardships and crises.

وَشَدَّ أَزْرَهُ وَعَضَّدَهُ!

He bolstered his resolve and supported him!

كَانَ الرَّسُولُ، حِينَئِذٍ فِي الْخَمْسِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ.

The Messenger was fifty years old at the time.

وَكَانَ يَسْتَقْبِلُ الْعَامَ الْعَاشِرَ مِنْ بَعْثَتِهِ.

He was entering the tenth year of his mission.

أَيُّ أَثَرٍ فَادِحٍ تَرَكَهُ هَذَا الْخَطْبُ!

What a grave impact this calamity left!

مَاتَ عَمُّهُ وَهُوَ فِي شَيْخُوخَتِهِ!

His uncle died in his old age!

كَانَ فِي الثَّمَانِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ؟

Was he in his eighties?

جَاوَزَهَا بِقَلِيل.

He had passed them slightly.

وَمَاتَتْ زَوْجَتُهُ وَهِيَ فِي الْخَامِسَةِ وَالسِّتِّينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهَا.

His wife died at sixty-five.

عَلَى وَجْهِ التَّقْرِيبِ.

Approximately.

أَوْ عَلَى وَجْهِ التَّحْقِيقِ.

Or precisely.

فَاجِعَتَانِ أَلِيمَتَانِ.

Two painful tragedies.

نَكْبَتَانِ فَادِحَتَانِ.

Two grave disasters.

لَا يُخَفِّفُ مِنْ وَقْعِهِمَا النِّسْيَانُ.

Forgetfulness cannot soften their blow.

فَشَمَتَ فِيهِ كَثِيرٌ مِنْ أَعْدَائِهِ.

Many of his enemies gloated over him.

قَبَّحَهُمُ اللَّهُ!

May God condemn them!

وَهَلْ فِي الْمَوْتِ شَمَاتَةٌ؟!

Is there any room for gloating in death?!

إِنَّهَا الْأَحْقَادُ، تُخْرِجُ النُّفُوسَ عَنْ آدَمِيَّتِهَا.

It is hatred that strips souls of their humanity.

وَتُخْرِجُ الْعُقُولَ عَنْ جَادَّتِهَا.

It leads minds astray.

وَتُفْسِدُ الطَّبَائِعَ الْإِنْسَانِيَّةَ.

It corrupts human nature.

حَتَّى تَرَى فِي نَكَبَاتِ أَعْدَائِهَا مَا يُدْخِلُ الْبَهْجَةَ عَلَيْهَا.

Until one finds joy in the disasters of one's enemies.

كَمَا تَرَى فِي مَآتِمِهِمْ أَعْرَاسًا لَهَا.

Just as one might see their funerals as weddings.

رَأَى مَنَاحَةَ أَهْلِ الدَّارِ شَامِتُهُمْ فَمَا تَخَيَّلَ إِلَّا أَنَّهَا عُرْسُ!

The gloater saw the household mourning and imagined it was a wedding!

وَهَكَذَا تَخَيَّلَ الْحَاقِدُونَ أَنَّ هَذِهِ الْمَصَائِبَ الَّتِي أَلَمَّتْ بِالرَّسُولِ ﷺ قَدْ أَصْبَحَتْ أَعْيَادًا لَهُمْ، يَحْتَفِلُونَ بِهَا وَيَبْتَهِجُونَ.

Thus, the hateful imagined that these calamities befalling the Messenger (peace be upon him) had become festivals for them to celebrate and rejoice in.

وَلَهَا يَطْرَبُونَ، وَعَلَى وَقْعِ أَحْزَانِهَا يُغَنُّونَ.

They delighted in them, singing to the rhythm of his sorrows.

Vocabulary · المفردات (21 verbs · 52 nouns)

• شَدَّ — to strengthen
• عَضَّدَ — to support
• كَانَ — to be
• اِسْتَقْبَلَ — to receive
• تَرَكَ — to leave
• مَاتَ — to die
• جَاوَزَ — to exceed
• خَفَّفَ — to lighten
• شَمَتَ — to gloat
• قَبَّحَ — to condemn
• أَخْرَجَ — to take out
• أَفْسَدَ — to corrupt
• رَأَى — to see
• أَدْخَلَ — to cause to enter, to introduce, to admit
• تَخَيَّلَ — to imagine
• أَلَمَّ — to afflict
• أَصْبَحَ — to become
• اِحْتَفَلَ — to celebrate
• اِبْتَهَجَ — to rejoice
• طَرِبَ — to delight
• غَنَّى — to sing
• شَدِيدَة — hardship
• أَزْمَة — crisis
• أَزْر — strength
• رَسُول — messenger
• خَمْسُون — fifty
• عُمْر — age
• عَام — year
• عَاشِر — tenth
• بَعْثَةٌ — mission
• أَثَر — effect
• فَادِح — grave
• خَطْب — calamity
• عَمٌّ — paternal uncle
• شَيْخُوخَة — old age
• ثَمَانِين — eighty
• قَلِيل — little
• زَوْجَة — wife
• خَامِسَة — fifth
• سِتُّون — sixty
• وَجْه — face
• تَقْرِيب — approximation
• تَحْقِيق — verification
• فَاجِعَة — tragedy
• أَلِيم — painful
• نَكْبَة — disaster
• وَقْع — impact
• نِسْيَان — forgetfulness
• كَثِير — many
• عَدُوٌّ — enemy
• مَوْت — death
• شَمَاتَة — gloat
• حِقْد — hatred
• نَفْس — soul
• آدَمِيَّة — humanity
• عَقْل — mind
• جَادَّة — straight path
• طَبِيعَة — nature
• إِنْسَانِيَّة — human
• بَهْجَة — joy
• مَأْتَم — funeral
• عُرْس — wedding
• مَنَاحَة — lamentation
• دَار — house
• شَامِت — gloater
• مُصِيبَة — misfortune
• عِيد — festival
• حُزْن — sadness
• شِدَّة — hardship
• ثَمَانُون — eighty
• أَلِيمَة — painful
• أَهْل — family
• حَاقِد — hateful