Lights from the Blessed Birth (أضواء من المولد السعيد) — Page 10

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

أَضْوَاءٌ مِنَ الْمَوْلِدِ السَّعِيدِ

Lights from the blessed birth.

هَيَّأَ لِهَذِهِ الْغَايَةِ الْخَبِيثَةِ جَيْشًا عَظِيمًا مِنَ الرِّجَالِ وَالْفِيَلَةِ لِدَنَّ مَعَالِمِ الْبَيْتِ.

He prepared for this malicious goal a great army of men and elephants to defile the landmarks of the House.

شَدَّ مَا طَوَّحَ بِهِ الشَّيْطَانُ فِي غَيَابَاتِ الْجَهَالَةِ، وَمَتَاهَاتِ الضَّلَالَةِ!

How deeply the devil cast him into the depths of ignorance and the mazes of misguidance!

هَلَاكُ جَيْشِ أَبْرَهَةَ

The destruction of Abraha's army.

وَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ «أَبْرَهَةُ» عَلَى مَسَافَةٍ يَسِيرَةٍ مِنَ «الْكَعْبَةِ»، وَلَمْ يَبْقَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ إِنْجَازِ غَرَضِهِ الْآثِمِ إِلَّا لَيْلَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ، كَانَ يَتَرَقَّبُ فِي صَبَاحِهَا أَنْ يُزَلْزِلَ أَرْكَانَ الْبَيْتِ الْحَرَامِ، وَيَهْدِمَ بُنْيَانَهُ، وَيَدُنَّ قَوَاعِدَهُ، فَاجَأَهُ مَا لَمْ يَدُرْ لَهُ فِي حِسَابٍ.

When Abraha was but a short distance from the Kaaba, with only one night remaining before he could achieve his sinful purpose—expecting by morning to shake the corners of the Sacred House, demolish its structure, and level its foundations—he was taken by a surprise he had never calculated.

سَلَّطَ اللَّهُ عَلَى جَيْشِهِ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ تَرْمِيهِمْ بِحِجَارَةٍ مِنْ سِجِّيلٍ، وَجَرَاثِيمَ الْأَمْرَاضِ الْفَاتِكَة.

God unleashed upon his army flocks of birds, pelting them with stones of baked clay and the germs of deadly diseases.

وَسُرْعَانَ مَا تَفَشَّى فِي أَجْسَادِهِمُ الدَّاءُ، وَسَرَى فِي أَبْدَانِهِمْ سَرَيَانَ الْكَهْرُبَاءِ، فَطَحَنَ جُمُوعَهُمْ طَحْنًا، وَمَحَقَ كَثْرَتَهُمْ مَحْقًا.

Soon, the ailment spread through their bodies like electricity, crushing their ranks and utterly destroying their multitude.

وَهَكَذَا كُتِبَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الْهَزِيمَةُ السَّاحِقَةُ!

Thus, a crushing defeat was sealed against them.

بَعْدَ أَنْ هَلَكَتِ الْفِيَلَةُ وَرَاكِبُوهَا ، وَنَجَتْ مِنْ وَيْلَاتِهِمْ وَشُرُورِهِمْ «مَكَّةُ» وَسَاكِنُوهَا!

The elephants and their riders perished, while Mecca and its inhabitants were spared their calamities and evils.

وَهَكَذَا بَدَأَ حَادِثُ «الْفِيلِ» بِدَايَةً رَهِيبَةً، تُنْذِرُ بِالشَّرِّ ، وَانْتَهَى نِهَايَةً مَوْفُورَةَ الْخَيْرِ.

The incident of the Elephant began with a terrible, ominous start and ended with a conclusion full of good.

جَدُّ الرَّسُولِ

The Messenger's grandfather.

وَكَتَبَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى النَّصْرَ لِـ «عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ»: جَدِّ الرَّسُولِ الْعَظِيمِ.

God, Blessed and Exalted, ordained victory for Abdul-Muttalib, the grandfather of the great Messenger.

وَكَانَ النَّصْرُ الْحَاسِمُ الَّذِي أَهْدَاهُ اللهُ إِلَيْهِ، تَحِيَّةً إِلَهِيَّةً لِـ «عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ»: سَيِّدِ «قُرَيْش» ، وَهَدِيَّةٌ سَمَاوِيَّةَ لِلْعَرَبِ، تُؤْذِنُهُمْ بِخَيْرٍ عَمِيمٍ، وَعِةٌ مُقِيمٍ.

The decisive victory God granted him was a divine salute to Abdul-Muttalib, the master of Quraish, and a heavenly gift to the Arabs, signaling widespread good and lasting honor.

كَانَتْ بُشْرَى مَوْلِدِ «دَاعِي الْهُدَى».

It was the harbinger of the birth of the Caller to Guidance.

مَا أَبْرَعَهُ اسْتِهَلَالًا !

What a brilliant beginning!

وَأَيُّ اسْتِهْلَالٍ أَرْوَعُ مِنْ أَنْ يَظْفَرَ جَدُّ الرَّسُولِ وَعَشِيرَتُهُ بِهَذِهِ النَّتِيجَةِ السَّعِيدَةِ، عَلَى غَيْرِ انْتِظار

And what beginning could be more wonderful than the Messenger's grandfather and his clan achieving this happy result, entirely unexpected?

لَمْ يَتَكَبَّدُوا فِيهَا عَنَاء، وَلَمْ يُرِيقُوا فِي سَبِيلِهَا دِمَاءً.

They endured no hardship to attain it, nor did they shed any blood for its sake.

لَكَأَنَّمَا كَانَ ذَلِكَ الْفَوْزُ الرَّاجِحُ إيذانًا وَبَشِيرًا بِمَا يَتْبَعُهُ مِنْ فَوزِ أَعْظَمَ!

It was as if that resounding victory was a sign and a herald of the even greater victory to follow.

أَيُّ فَوْزِ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ سَلَامَةِ الْكَعْبَةِ» مِنَ الدَّمَارِ؟

What victory is greater than the safety of the Kaaba from destruction?

Vocabulary · المفردات (31 verbs · 84 nouns)

• هَيَّأَ — to prepare
• طَوَّحَ — to cast
• أَصْبَحَ — to become
• بَقِيَ — to remain
• تَرَقَّبَ — to watch
• زَلْزَلَ — to shake
• هَدَمَ — to demolish
• دَانَ — to owe, to lend
• فَاجَأَ — to surprise
• دَارَ — to revolve
• سَلَّطَ — to unleash
• رَمَى — to throw
• تَفَشَّى — to spread
• سَرَى — to flow
• طَحَنَ — to crush
• مَحَقَ — to destroy
• كَتَبَ — to write
• هَلَكَ — to perish
• نَجَا — to survive
• بَدَأَ — to begin
• أَنْذَرَ — to warn
• انْتَهَى — to end
• تَبَارَكَ — to abound in blessing
• تَعَالَى — to rise high
• أَهْدَى — to gift
• أَذِنَ — to permit, allow
• بَرَعَ — to excel
• ظَفِرَ — to win
• تَكَبَّدَ — to endure
• أَرَاقَ — to shed
• تَبِعَ — to follow
• ضَوْء — light
• مَوْلِد — birth
• سَعِيد — happy
• غَايَة — goal
• خَبِيث — malicious
• جَيْش — army
• عَظِيم — great
• رَجُل — man
• فِيل — elephant
• مَعْلَم — landmark
• بَيْت — house
• شَيْطَان — devil
• غَيَابَة — depth
• جَهَالَة — ignorance
• مَتَاهَة — maze
• ضَلَالَة — misguidance
• هَلَاك — destruction
• مَسَافَة — distance
• يَسِير — short
• إِنْجَاز — achievement
• غَرَض — purpose
• آثِمٌ — sinful
• لَيْلَة — night
• وَاحِد — one
• صَبَاح — morning
• رُكْن — corner
• حَرَام — sacred
• بُنْيَان — structure
• قَاعِدَة — foundation
• حِسَاب — calculation
• طَيْر — bird
• إِبَّاوَل — flocks
• حَجَر — stone
• سِجِّيل — baked clay
• جُرْثُومَة — germ
• مَرَض — disease
• فَاتِك — deadly
• جَسَد — body
• دَاء — ailment
• بَدَن — body
• سَرَيَان — flow
• كَهْرُبَاءٌ — electricity
• جَمْع — crowd
• كَثْرَة — multitude
• هَزِيمَة — defeat
• سَاحِق — crushing
• رَاكِب — rider
• وَيْلَة — calamity
• شَرٌّ — evil
• حَادِث — incident
• بِدَايَة — beginning
• رَهِيب — terrible
• نِهَايَة — end
• مَوْفُور — abundant
• خَيْر — good
• جَدٌّ — grandfather
• رَسُول — messenger
• نَصْر — victory
• حَاسِم — decisive
• تَحِيَّة — greeting
• إِلَهِيٌّ — divine
• سَيِّد — master
• هَدِيَّة — gift
• سَمَاوِيٌّ — heavenly
• عَرَب — Arab
• عَمِيم — widespread
• مُقِيم — lasting
• بُشْرَى — good news
• دَاع — caller
• هُدًى — guidance
• اسْتِهْلَالٌ — beginning
• رَائِع — wonderful
• نَتِيجَة — result
• انْتِظَارٌ — waiting
• عَنَاء — hardship
• دَم — blood
• فَوْز — success
• رَاجِح — prevailing
• إِيذَان — announcement
• بَشِير — herald
• سَلَامَة — safety
• دَمَار — destruction
• عَشِيرَة — clan, tribe
• أَعْظَم — greatest