Lights from the Blessed Birth (أضواء من المولد السعيد) — Page 15

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

إِنَّمَا الْأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَاتِ.

Actions are judged by their intentions.

إِنَّ اللهَ لَا يُضِيعُ أَجْرَ الْمُحْسِنِينَ

Allah does not let the reward of those who do good go to waste.

لَقَدْ دَأَبَتْ قُرَيْشٌ عَلَى مُنَاوَأَةِ الرَّسُولِ وَمَنْ تَبِعَهُ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، وَإِيذَائِهِمْ فِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَأَهْلِيهِمْ وَأَمْوَالِهِمْ.

The Quraysh persisted in opposing the Messenger and his followers, harming them in their persons, families, and property.

وَلَمْ يَأْلُوا جُهْدًا فِي الْكَيْدِ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ - بَعْدَ هِجْرَتِهِ - وَلَمْ يَكُفُّوا لَحْظَةً عَنْ إِلْحَاقِ الْأَذَى بِهِمْ، وَالِافْتِنَانِ فِي مُحَارَبَتِهِمْ وَصَدِّهِمْ عَنِ الْحَجِّ إِلَى بَيْتِ اللَّهِ الْحَرَامِ، وَحَالُوا – مَا وَسِعَهُمُ الْجُهْدُ - بَيْنَ الْإِسْلَامِ وَالرَّاغِبِينَ فِيهِ؛ فَلَمْ يَبْقَ إِلَّا جِهَادُهُمْ.

After the Prophet migrated, they spared no effort in plotting against the Muslims, never pausing in their harassment, their inventive ways of fighting them, or their attempts to block them from the pilgrimage to the Sacred House. They did everything in their power to stand between Islam and those who sought it, leaving no choice but to fight back.

بَعْدَ أَنْ أَذِنَ اللَّهُ لِرَسُولِهِ أَنْ يُجَاهِدَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ.

This was after Allah gave His Messenger permission to wage jihad against the polytheists.

وَلَمْ يَكَدِ الرَّسُولُ يُعْلِنُ الْجِهَادَ حَتَّى تَوَالَتِ الْغَزَوَاتُ وَانْتَهَتْ بِالِانْتِصَارَاتِ الَّتِي كَمَلَتْ بِانْتِشَارِ الْإِسْلَامِ، وَأَقْبَلَ النَّاسُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ، فَدَخَلُوا فِي دِينِ اللَّهِ أَفْوَاجًا.

No sooner had the Messenger announced the struggle than a series of expeditions followed, culminating in victories that ensured the spread of Islam, leading people to embrace the religion of Allah in droves.

وَلَمْ يَكَدْ يَنْقَضِي عَلَى هِجْرَتِهِ ثَمَانِيَةُ أَعْوَامٍ حَتَّى يَسَّرَ اللهُ فَتْحَ مَكَّةَ، فَدَخَلَهَا مُنْتَصِرًا، وَطَهَّرَ الْكَعْبَةَ مِنَ الْأَصْنَامِ الَّتِي كَانَتْ قُرَيْشٌ تَعْبُدُهَا، وَكَانَ عَدَدُهَا – حِينَئِذٍ – ثَلَاثَمِائَةٍ وَسِتِّينَ صَنَمًا.

Eight years after his migration, Allah facilitated the conquest of Makkah. The Prophet entered the city as a victor and cleansed the Kaaba of the three hundred and sixty idols that the Quraysh had been worshipping.

وَلَمَّا تَمَّ لَهُ النَّصْرُ عَلَى مُخَالِفِيهِ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ، تَوَّجَ ذَلِكَ بِالصَّفْحِ الشَّامِلِ عَنْهُمْ.

Once he had secured victory over his opponents from the Quraysh, he crowned it with a general amnesty.

وَرَأَتْ قُرَيْشٌ مَا تَمَيَّزَ بِهِ الرَّسُولُ الْكَرِيمُ مِنْ عَفْوٍ عِنْدَ الْمَقْدِرَةِ، فَدَخَلُوا فِي دِينِ اللَّهِ أَفْوَاجًا.

Seeing the noble Messenger’s capacity for mercy when he had the power to punish, the Quraysh entered the religion of Allah in droves.

وَأَتَمَّ اللَّهُ عَلَى نَبِيِّهِ نِعْمَتَهُ، وَأَعْلَى كَلِمَتَهُ.

Allah perfected His blessing upon His Prophet and exalted His word.

Vocabulary · المفردات (30 verbs · 57 nouns)

• أَضَاءَ — to illuminate
• أَضَاعَ — to waste
• دَأَبَ — to persist
• تَبِعَ — to follow
• أَلَا — to fail
• كَفَّ — to refrain
• حَالَ — to stand between
• وَسِعَ — to suffice, to accommodate
• بَقِيَ — to remain
• أَذِنَ — to permit
• جَاهَدَ — to struggle
• كَادَ — to come close to
• أَعْلَنَ — to announce
• تَوَالَى — to follow one another
• انْتَهَى — to end
• كَمَلَ — to become complete
• أَقْبَلَ — to approach
• دَخَلَ — to enter
• انْقَضَى — to pass
• يَسَّرَ — to facilitate
• طَهَّرَ — to purify
• عَبَدَ — to worship
• كَانَ — to be
• صَفَحَ — to forgive
• تَمَّ — to conclude, to finish
• تَوَّجَ — to crown
• رَأَى — to see
• تَمَيَّزَ — to stand out
• أَتَمَّ — to complete
• أَعْلَى — to elevate
• مَوْلِد — birth
• سَعِيد — happy
• عَمَل — deed
• نِيَّة — intention
• أَجْر — reward
• مُحْسِن — benefactor
• إِيذَاء — harming
• مُنَاوَأَة — hostility
• رَسُول — messenger
• مُؤْمِن — believer
• نَفْس — self
• أَهْل — family
• مَال — wealth
• جُهْد — effort
• كَيْد — plotting
• مُسْلِم — Muslim
• هِجْرَة — migration
• لَحْظَة — moment
• إِلْحَاق — infliction
• أَذًى — harm
• افْتِنَانٌ — versatility, variety, multifariousness, mastery
• مُحَارَبَة — fighting
• صَدٌّ — blocking
• حَجٌّ — pilgrimage
• بَيْت — house
• حَرَام — sacred
• إِسْلَام — Islam
• رَاغِب — desirer
• جِهَاد — struggle
• إِذْنٌ — permission
• حَرْب — war
• مُشْرِك — polytheist
• غَزْوَة — expedition
• انْتِصَارٌ — victory
• انْتِشَارٌ — spread
• نَاس — people
• دِين — religion
• فَوْج — group
• فَتْح — conquest
• عَام — year
• مُنْتَصِر — victorious
• كَعْبَة — Kaaba
• صَنَم — idol
• عَدَد — number
• حِين — time
• مِائَة — three hundred
• سِتُّون — sixty
• نَصْر — victory
• مُخَالِف — opponent
• صَفْح — forgiveness
• شَامِل — comprehensive
• كَرِيم — generous
• عَفْو — pardon
• مَقْدِرَة — capability
• نَبِيٌّ — prophet
• نِعْمَة — blessing
• كَلِمَة — word