Hardships and Crises: From the Life of the Prophet ﷺ — Page 16

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

شَدَائِدُ وَأَزَمَاتٌ

Hardships and crises.

لَقَدْ مَرَّتْ عَلَى بَعْثَتِهِ عَشْرُ سَنَوَاتٍ، وَهُوَ يُحَاوِلُ أَنْ يَهْدِيَ قُرَيْشًا، فَلَمْ يَهْتَدِ فِيهَا إِلَّا الْقَلِيلُ.

Ten years had passed since his mission began, and he had been trying to guide the Quraysh, yet only a few had accepted his message.

فَلْيُجَرِّبْ حَظَّهُ فِي مَكَانٍ آخَرَ.

He decided to try his luck elsewhere.

لَعَلَّهُ يَجِدُ مِنْ أَقَارِبِ أُمِّهِ مَا لَمْ يَجِدْهُ فِي عَشِيرَتِهِ الْأَقْرَبِينَ مِنَ الْمَوَدَّةِ وَالْعَطْفِ!

Perhaps he would find more affection and kindness among his mother’s relatives than he had found in his own clan!

لَا عَجَبَ إِذَا امْتَلَاتْ نَفْسُهُ رَجَاءً بِنُصْرَتِهِمْ.

It is no wonder his heart was filled with hope for their support.

وَلَكِنْ هَيْهَاتَ!

But alas!

أَلَمْ يَنْصُرُوهُ؟

Did they not support him?

لَقِيَ عَلَى دَعْوَتِهِ شَرَّ مَا يَلْقَاهُ مُخْلِصٌ.

He met with the worst treatment a sincere man could face for his message.

كَمَا لَقِيَ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ؟

Just as he had faced from the Quraysh?

أَوْ شَرًّا مِنْهُ.

Or even worse.

أَلَمْ يَرْعَوْا آصِرَةَ الْقُرْبَى؟

Did they not respect the bonds of kinship?

أَضَلَّتْهُمُ الْأَهْوَاءُ.

Their whims led them astray.

وَطَوَّحَ بِهِمُ الْعِنَادُ.

Stubbornness cast them aside.

وَأَعْمَتْهُمُ الْمَصَالِحُ الْعَاجِلَةُ.

Immediate self-interest blinded them.

وَانْتَصَرُوا لِصَنَمِهِمْ، حَتَّى لَا يُحْرَمُوا ثَمَرَاتِ الْوَافِدِينَ إِلَيْهِ فِي زَمَنِ الصَّيْفِ.

They defended their idol to ensure they would not lose the profits brought by pilgrims in the summer.

كَمَا انْتَصَرَتْ قُرَيْشٌ لِأَصْنَامِهَا.

Just as the Quraysh had defended their own idols.

فَمَاذَا صَنَعَتْ ثَقِيفٌ؟

So what did the Thaqif tribe do?

لَمْ يَتَرَدَّدُوا فِي تَحْرِيضِ عَبِيدِهِمْ وَسُفَهَائِهِمْ عَلَيْهِ.

They did not hesitate to incite their slaves and fools against him.

فَرَاحُوا يَقْذِفُونَهُ بِالْحِجَارَةِ حَتَّى أَدْمَوْا قَدَمَيْهِ.

They pelted him with stones until his feet bled.

وَأَمْطَرُوهُ سَيْلًا مِنَ الشَّتَائِمِ وَالْإِهَانَاتِ.

They showered him with a torrent of insults and abuse.

لَقَدْ عَرَفُوا كَيْفَ يُشْمِتُونَ قُرَيْشًا.

They knew exactly how to make the Quraysh gloat.

عَرَفُوا كَيْفَ يُرْضُونَ الْأَبَالِسَةَ وَالشَّيَاطِينَ!

They knew how to please the devils and demons!

كَمَا عَرَفُوا كَيْفَ يُغْضِبُونَ اللَّهَ.

Just as they knew how to anger God.

فَمَاذَا صَنَعَ الرَّسُولُ؟

So what did the Messenger do?

كَانَ كُلَّمَا اتَّجَهَ بِنُصْحِهِ إِلَى قَبِيلَةٍ لِيَهْدِيَهَا.

Whenever he offered his guidance to a tribe,

لَقِيَ مِنْهَا مِثْلُمَا لَقِيَ مِنْ ثَقِيفٍ.

he met with the same treatment he had received from the Thaqif.

أَتَعْنِي أَنَّهُ اتَّصَلَ بِغَيْرِهَا مِنَ الْقَبَائِلِ؟

Do you mean he reached out to other tribes as well?

Vocabulary · المفردات (31 verbs · 50 nouns)

• مَرَّ — to pass
• حَاوَلَ — to attempt
• هَدَى — to guide
• اِهْتَدَى — to find the way
• جَرَّبَ — to try
• وَجَدَ — to find
• اِمْتَلَأَ — to fill up, to become full
• نَصَرَ — to support
• لَقِيَ — to encounter
• رَعَى — to observe
• أَضَلَّ — to lead astray
• طَوَّحَ — to cast
• أَعْمَى — to blind
• اِنْتَصَرَ — to triumph, to gain victory
• حَرَمَ — to deprive
• صَنَعَ — to make
• تَرَدَّدَ — to hesitate
• رَاحَ — to begin
• قَذَفَ — to throw
• أَدْمَى — to cause to bleed
• أَمْطَرَ — to rain down
• عَرَفَ — to know
• شَمَتَ — to gloat
• أَرْضَى — to please
• أَغْضَبَ — to anger
• اِتَّجَهَ — to head towards
• عَنَى — to mean
• اِتَّصَلَ — to contact
• حَرَّضَ — to incite
• أَشْمَتَ — to gloat
• كَانَ — to be
• شَدِيدَة — hardship
• أَزْمَة — crisis
• بَعْثَةٌ — mission
• عَشْر — ten
• سَنَة — year
• قَلِيل — few
• حَظٌّ — luck
• مَكَان — place
• آخَر — other
• قَرِيب — relative
• أُمٌّ — mother
• عَشِيرَة — clan
• أَقْرَب — closest
• مَوَدَّة — affection
• عَطْف — kindness
• عَجَب — wonder
• نَفْس — soul
• رَجَاء — hope
• نُصْرَة — support
• دَعْوَة — call
• شَرٌّ — evil
• مُخْلِص — sincere person
• آصِرَة — bond
• قُرْبَى — kinship
• هَوًى — whim
• عِنَاد — stubbornness
• مَصْلَحَة — interest
• عَاجِلَة — urgent
• صَنَم — idol
• ثَمَرَة — fruit
• وَافِد — visitor
• زَمَن — time
• صَيْف — summer
• تَحْرِيض — incitement
• عَبْد — slave
• سَفِيه — fool
• حَجَر — stone
• قَدَم — foot
• سَيْل — torrent
• شَتِيمَة — insult
• إِهَانَة — humiliation
• إِبْلِيس — devil
• شَيْطَان — demon
• رَسُول — messenger
• نُصْح — advice
• قَبِيلَة — tribe
• مِثْل — like
• مَصَالِح — interests (benefits, advantages, especially in worldly or practical matters)
• شِدَّة — hardship
• عَاجِل — urgent/immediate