Lights from the Blessed Birth (أضواء من المولد السعيد) — Page 16

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

وَلَمْ تَنْقَضِ عَلَى هِجْرَتِهِ إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً، حَتَّى صَعِدَتْ رُوحُهُ الطَّاهِرَةُ إِلَى الرَّفِيقِ الْأَعْلَى، رَاضِيَةً مَرْضِيَّةً.

Barely eleven years had passed since his migration when his pure soul ascended to the Highest Companion, content and well-pleased.

كَانَتْ سِنَّهُ حِينَئِذٍ ثَلَاثًا وَسِتِّينَ سَنَةً.

He was sixty-three years old at the time.

وَدُفِنَ ﷺ بـ «الْمَدِينَةِ الْمُنَوَّرَةِ».

He (peace be upon him) was buried in Medina.

مَا أَكْثَرَ مَا تُثِيرُهُ ذِكْرَى الرَّسُولِ مِنْ تَأَمُّلَاتِ عَمِيقَةٍ!

How deeply the memory of the Messenger stirs reflection!

إِنَّ الذِّكْرَى تَنْفَعُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ.

Indeed, such remembrance benefits the believers.

وَمَا أَكْثَرَ الْمَبَادِئَ الْعَالِيَةَ الَّتِي غَرَسَهَا فِي نُفُوسِ أَصْحَابِهِ، فَكَانَ لَهَا أَبْعَدُ الْأَثَرِ فِي بِنَاءِ هَذِهِ الْوَحْدَةِ الْإِسْلَامِيَّةِ الشَّامِلَةِ، وَبَقَائِهَا، مُنْذُ غَرَسَهَا، إِلَى الْيَوْمِ.

How many lofty principles he instilled in the souls of his companions, which had a profound impact on building this comprehensive Islamic unity and ensuring its survival from that day to this.

لَقَدْ نَفَخَ الرَّسُولُ مِنْ رُوحِهِ الْقَوِيَّةِ فِي تِلْكَ الْقَبَائِلِ الْمُتَفَرِّقَةِ، فَأَلَّفَ بَيْنَ أَشْتَاتِهَا، وَوَحَّدَ بَيْنَ أَهْدَافِهَا.

The Messenger breathed his own powerful spirit into those scattered tribes, reconciling their differences and unifying their goals.

وَخَلَقَ مِنَ الْقَبَائِلِ الْمُتَعَادِيَةِ الْمُتَنَافِرَةِ الْمُتَبَاغِضَةِ أُمَّةً إِسْلَامِيَّةً مُوَحَّدَةَ الْأَغْرَاضِ، مُؤْتَلِفَةَ النَّزَعَاتِ، مُرَكَّزَةَ الْقُوَى، فَزَلْزَلَتِ الْجِبَالَ أَمَامَ عَزِيمَتِهَا، وَلَمْ تَثْبُتْ أَقْدَامُ الطُّغَاةِ لِهَجْمَتِهَا.

He transformed those hostile, discordant, and hateful tribes into a single Islamic nation—unified in purpose, harmonious in spirit, and focused in strength—such that mountains shook before its resolve, and tyrants could not stand against its advance.

قُلْ مَا تَشَاءُ فَلَنْ تَبْلُغَ – مِمَّا تُرِيدُ – الْمَدَى.

Say what you will, you will never reach the full measure of what you seek to describe.

لَا عَجَبَ فِي ذَلِكَ، فَقَدْ فَاقَتْ جَلَائِلُ أَعْمَالِهِ غَايَاتِ الْوَصْفِ، وَأَعْجَزَتْ أَسْنَى رَوَائِعِ.

This is no surprise, for the magnificence of his deeds transcends description and defies the most eloquent of tributes.

حَسْبُكُمَا، أَيُّهَا الصَّدِيقَانِ، أَنْ تَقِفَا عِنْدَ الْمَبَادِئِ الْأَرْبَعَةِ الَّتِي غَرَسَهَا فِي نُفُوسِ صَحَابَتِهِ، فَأَكْسَبَتْهُمْ سَعَادَةَ الدَّارَيْنِ.

It is enough for you both, my friends, to consider the four principles he instilled in the souls of his companions, which earned them happiness in both worlds.

مَا أَكْثَرَ مَا غَرَسَهُ فِي نُفُوسِهِمْ مِنَ الْمَبَادِئِ السَّامِيَةِ، يَا رَشَادُ. فَلِمَاذَا قَصَرْتَ مَبَادِئَهُ عَلَى أَرْبَعَةِ؟

He instilled so many lofty principles in their souls, Rashad; why have you limited them to four?

Vocabulary · المفردات (22 verbs · 74 nouns)

• اِنْقَضَى — to expire
• صَعِدَ — to ascend
• كَانَ — to be
• دَفَنَ — to bury
• أَثَارَ — to stir
• نَفَعَ — to benefit
• غَرَسَ — to plant
• وَحَّدَ — to unify
• نَفَخَ — to blow
• أَلَّفَ — to reconcile
• خَلَقَ — to create
• زَلْزَلَ — to shake
• ثَبَتَ — to remain firm
• قَالَ — to say
• شَاءَ — to want
• بَلَغَ — to reach
• أَرَادَ — to want
• فَاقَ — to surpass
• أَعْجَزَ — to incapacitate
• وَقَفَ — to stand
• أَكْسَبَ — to earn
• قَصَرَ — to limit
• ضَوْء — light
• مَوْلِد — birth
• سَعِيد — happy
• وَفَاة — death
• رَسُول — messenger
• هِجْرَة — migration
• سَنَة — year
• رُوح — soul
• طَاهِر — pure
• رَفِيق — companion
• أَعْلَى — highest
• رَاضِيَة — content
• مَرْضِيّ — well-pleased
• سِنٌّ — age
• حِين — time
• ثَلَاث — three
• سِتُّون — sixty
• دَفْن — burial
• مَدِينَة — city
• مُنَوَّرَة — illuminated
• ذِكْرَى — remembrance
• تَأَمُّل — contemplation
• عَمِيق — deep
• مُؤْمِن — believer
• مَبْدَأ — principle
• عَال — high
• نَفْس — soul
• صَاحِب — companions
• أَثَر — effect
• بِنَاء — building
• وَحْدَة — unity
• إِسْلَامِيٌّ — Islamic
• شَامِل — comprehensive
• بَقَاء — survival
• يَوْم — day
• إِسْلَام — Islam
• عَرَبِيٌّ — Arab
• قَوِيٌّ — strong
• قَبِيلَة — tribe
• مُتَفَرِّق — scattered
• شَتَات — fragments
• هَدَف — goal
• مُتَعَاد — hostile
• مُتَنَافِر — discordant
• مُتَبَاغِض — hateful
• أُمَّة — nation
• مُوَحَّد — unified
• غَرَض — purpose
• مُؤْتَلِف — harmonious
• نَزْعَة — tendency
• مُرَكَّز — concentrated
• قُوَّة — power
• جَبَل — mountain
• عَزِيمَة — determination
• قَدَم — foot
• طَاغِيَة — tyrant
• هَجْمَة — attack
• بَيَان — clarification
• مَدًى — extent
• عَجَب — wonder
• جَلِيلَة — magnificent
• عَمَل — deed
• غَايَة — limit
• وَصْف — description
• سَنِيّ — most sublime
• رَائِعَة — masterpiece
• صَدِيق — friend
• أَرْبَعَة — four
• صَحَابِيٌّ — companions
• سَعَادَة — happiness
• دَار — abode
• سَامٍ — lofty
• مُتَعَادِيَة — one that is hostile (feminine); an antagonist (feminine)
• أَبْعَد — farther