Lights from the Blessed Birth (أضواء من المولد السعيد) — Page 13

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

أَضْوَاءٌ مِنَ الْمَوْلِدِ السَّعِيدِ.

Lights from the blessed birth.

لَمْ يَكُنْ ذَلِكَ بِمُسْتَغْرَبٍ مِنْ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ.

That was to be expected of Abd al-Muttalib.

فَقَدْ كَانَ فِيمَا عَرَفَهُ مُعَاصِرُوهُ بَعِيدَ النَّظَرِ، نَافِذَ الْبَصَرِ، صَادِقَ الْفِرَاسَةِ.

His contemporaries knew him to be far-sighted, sharp-eyed, and gifted with true intuition.

الشَّيْءُ مِنْ مَعْدِنِهِ لَا يُسْتَغْرَبُ.

It is no surprise when a thing reflects its origin.

وَا رَحْمَتَاهُ لِلْوَالِدِ الْعَظِيمِ، يُحْرَمُ الْمُتْعَةَ بِأَبَرِّ الْأَبْنَاءِ!

How tragic for such a great father to be deprived of the joy of his most pious son!

مَا كَانَ أَجْدَرَهُ بِالْبَقَاءِ، وَأَحَقَّهُ بِطُولِ الْعُمُرِ، حَتَّى يَمْلَأَ نَاظِرَيْهِ بِخَاتَمِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ، وَهَادِي الْعَالَمِينَ.

He deserved to live longer, to feast his eyes on the Seal of the Messengers and the Guide of the Worlds.

وَلَكِنَّهَا حِكْمَةٌ يَعْلَمُهَا اللَّهُ.

Yet, this is a wisdom known only to God.

إِنَّهُ امْتِحَانٌ قَاسٍ، يَبْتَلِي بِهِ اللَّهُ أَحَبَّ عِبَادِهِ إِلَيْهِ.

It is a harsh test, one through which God tries His most beloved servants.

لَا عَجَبَ فِي ذَلِكَ.

There is no wonder in that.

فَقَدْ شَاءَتْ إِرَادَةُ اللَّهِ أَنْ يُهَيِّئَ رَسُولَهُ، مُنْذُ طُفُولَتِهِ، لِحَيَاةٍ خَشِنَةٍ مَمْلُوءَةٍ بِالْأَشْوَاكِ.

God willed to prepare His Messenger from childhood for a rugged life, one strewn with thorns.

وَيُرَوِّضَهُ عَلَى احْتِمَالِ مَا لَا يُحْتَمَلُ مِنَ الْمَصَاعِبِ وَالْمَشَاقِّ، وَيُعِدَّهُ لِلصَّبْرِ عَلَى الْمَكَارِهِ الَّتِي لَا يَصْبِرُ عَلَى بَعْضِهَا أَحَدٌ.

He trained him to endure unbearable hardships and prepared him to show patience in the face of adversities that few could withstand.

لِيُهَيِّئَ لَهُ، بَعْدَ اجْتِيَازِهَا، نَتَائِجَ لَمْ يَحْلُمْ بِبَعْضِهَا أَحَدٌ.

This was to ensure that, once he had passed these trials, he would achieve results beyond anyone's wildest dreams.

عَلَى قَدْرِ الْمَشَقَّةِ يَكُونُ الثَّوَابُ.

The reward is commensurate with the hardship.

وَلَوْلَا ذَلِكَ لَمَا عَزَّ الْمَجْدُ عَلَى الطُّلَّابِ.

Were it otherwise, glory would not be so prized by those who seek it.

وَفَاةُ وَالِدَيْهِ.

The death of his parents.

لَقَدْ مَاتَ وَالِدُ الرَّسُولِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَبْلَ وِلَادَتِهِ، كَمَا تَعْلَمَانِ.

The Messenger's father died before he was born, as you both know.

وَلَمْ تَلْبَثْ أُمُّهُ إِلَّا سِنِينَ قَلَائِلَ، حَتَّى لَحِقَتْ بِهِ.

His mother lived only a few years longer before she, too, passed away.

صَدَقْتَ.

That is true.

فَلَمْ يَكَدِ الْوَلِيدُ الْعَظِيمُ يَبْلُغُ السَّادِسَةَ مِنْ عُمُرِهِ، حَتَّى لَحِقَتْ أُمُّهُ بِأَبِيهِ.

The great child had barely reached the age of six when his mother followed his father.

عَلَى أَنَّهُ وَجَدَ فِي جَدِّهِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ عَزَاءً عَنْ كِلَيْهِمَا.

Yet, in his grandfather Abd al-Muttalib, he found consolation for the loss of both.

لَيْتَهُ عَاشَ لَهُ بِضْعَ سَنَوَاتٍ!

If only he had lived a few more years for him!

لَيْتَ؟ وَهَلْ يَنْفَعُ شَيْئًا لَيْتُ!

If only? What good does 'if only' ever do?

وَفَاةُ جَدِّهِ.

The death of his grandfather.

لَمْ تَكَدِ السَّيِّدَةُ آمِنَةُ أُمُّ الرَّسُولِ تَلْقَى رَبَّهَا، حَتَّى لَحِقَ بِهَا جَدُّهُ عَبْدُ الْمُطَّلِبِ، بَعْدَ عَامَيْنِ اثْنَيْنِ.

Lady Aminah, the mother of the Messenger, had barely returned to her Lord when his grandfather, Abd al-Muttalib, followed her just two years later.

Vocabulary · المفردات (25 verbs · 69 nouns)

• كَانَ — to be
• عَرَفَ — to know
• اسْتَغْرَبَ — to find strange
• حَرَمَ — to deprive
• مَلَأَ — to fill
• عَلِمَ — to know
• ابْتَلَى — to test
• شَاءَ — to will
• هَيَّأَ — to prepare
• حَمَلَ — to bear
• رَوَّضَ — to tame
• أَعَدَّ — to prepare
• صَبَرَ — to persevere
• حَلَمَ — to dream
• عَزَّ — to grow rare
• مَاتَ — to die
• لَبِثَ — to remain
• لَحِقَ — to follow
• صَدَقَ — to speak truth
• كَادَ — to come close to
• بَلَغَ — to reach
• وَجَدَ — to find
• عَاشَ — to live
• نَفَعَ — to benefit
• لَقِيَ — to meet
• ضَوْء — light
• مَوْلِد — birth
• سَعِيد — happy
• عَبْد — servant
• مُطَّلِبٌ — seeker
• مُعَاصِر — contemporary
• بَعِيد — far
• نَظَر — sight
• نَافِذ — piercing
• بَصَر — vision
• صَادِق — truthful
• فِرَاسَة — physiognomy
• شَيْء — thing
• مَعْدِن — source
• رَحْمَة — mercy
• وَالِد — father
• عَظِيم — great
• مُتْعَة — enjoyment
• بَرٌّ — pious
• ابْنٌ — son
• جَدِير — worthy
• بَقَاء — survival
• أَحَقٌّ — more deserving
• طُول — length
• عُمُر — age
• نَاظِر — eye
• خَاتَم — seal
• مُرْسَل — messenger
• هَاد — guide
• عَالَم — world
• حِكْمَة — wisdom
• امْتِحَانٌ — test
• قَاس — harsh
• أَحَبٌّ — most beloved
• عَجَب — wonder
• إِرَادَة — will
• رَسُول — messenger
• طُفُولَة — childhood
• حَيَاة — life
• خَشِن — rough
• مَمْلُوء — full
• شَوْك — thorn
• احْتِمَال — endurance
• مَصْعَبَة — difficulty
• مَشَقَّة — hardship
• صَبْر — patience
• مَكْرُوه — disliked thing
• بَعْض — some
• أَحَدٌ — one
• اجْتِيَازٌ — passing
• نَتِيجَة — result
• قَدْر — measure
• ثَوَاب — reward
• مَجْد — glory
• طَالِب — seeker
• وَفَاة — death
• وِلَادَة — birth
• أُمٌّ — mother
• سَنَة — year
• قَلِيل — few
• وَلِيد — newborn
• سَادِس — sixth
• أَبٌ — father
• جَدٌّ — grandfather
• عَزَاء — consolation
• بِضْع — a few
• سَيِّدَة — lady
• عَام — year
• اثْنَانِ — two