Lights from the Blessed Birth (أضواء من المولد السعيد) — Page 18

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

أَضْوَاءٌ مِنَ الْمَوْلِدِ السَّعِيدِ.

Lights from the blessed birth.

وَلَقَدْ تَشَعَّبَتْ طَرَائِقُ الْقَوْلِ، دُونَ أَنْ تَنْتَهِيَ بِنَا إِلَيْهَا.

The paths of our conversation have branched out, without ever leading us to it.

شَدَّ مَا يُدْهِشُنِي أَنَّكُمَا لَا تَذْكُرَانِهَا، وَقَدْ حَفِظْتُمَاهَا فِي أَوَّلِ عَهْدِكُمَا بِالْقِرَاءَةِ!

It amazes me that you both don't remember it, even though you memorized it when you first learned to read!

أَلَا ذَكَرْتَهَا لَنَا، يَا رَشَادُ، فَقَدْ غَلَوْتَ فِي امْتِحَانِ صَبْرِنَا!

Rashad, won't you tell us? You have tested our patience long enough!

الْمَبَادِئُ الْأَرْبَعَةُ.

The four principles.

إِنَّهَا، يَا صَاحِبِي: الْإِيمَانُ، وَعَمَلُ الصَّالِحَاتِ، وَالتَّوَاصِي بِالْحَقِّ، وَالتَّوَاصِي بِالصَّبْرِ.

They are, my friend: faith, righteous deeds, mutual exhortation to truth, and mutual exhortation to patience.

بِاللَّهِ، كَيْفَ غَابَتْ عَنَّا هَذِهِ الْوَصَايَا الْعَظِيمَةُ، وَقَدْ حَفِظْنَاهَا فِي سُورَةِ الْعَصْرِ!

By Allah, how did we overlook these great commandments when we memorized them in Surah Al-Asr?

أَلَمْ أَقُلْ لَكُمَا: إِنَّهَا مَبَادِئُ لَا يَجْهَلُهَا مُسْلِمٌ أَبَدًا!

Didn't I tell you both? These are principles no Muslim should ever be ignorant of!

صَدَقْتَ.

You are right.

وَهِيَ بَالِغَةٌ بِأَصْحَابِهَا سَعَادَةَ الدَّارَيْنِ.

They bring their followers happiness in both worlds.

كَمَا أَنَّ إِغْفَالَهَا كَفِيلٌ بِالتَّرَدِّي فِي مَهَاوِي الذُّلِّ وَالشَّقَاءِ.

Neglecting them, however, is a sure path to humiliation and misery.

إِنَّ مَنْ حُرِمَهَا لَفِي ضَلَالٍ وَخَسَارٍ، وَغَيٌّ وَبَوَارٍ.

Whoever is deprived of them is lost, wandering in error and ruin.

يَسْتَقْبِلُهُ الْإِخْفَاقُ فِي الدُّنْيَا، وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ مَأْوَاهُ النَّارُ.

Failure meets him in this life, and in the hereafter, his refuge is the Fire.

لِهَذَا قَالَ سُبْحَانَهُ: إِنَّ الْإِنْسَانَ لَفِي خُسْرٍ * إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ.

That is why the Exalted said: {Indeed, mankind is in loss, * Except for those who have believed and done righteous deeds and advised each other to truth and advised each other to patience}.

مَا أَبْرَعَكَ مُحَدِّثًا وَمُوَجِّهَا، أَيُّهَا الصَّدِيقُ!

How skilled you are as a speaker and guide, my friend!

إِنَّمَا أَنْتَفِعُ بِتَوْجِيهِ الرَّسُولِ وَهَدْيِهِ.

I only benefit from the guidance and direction of the Messenger.

وَهُوَ خَيْرُ مَا يَصْنَعُهُ الْمُسْلِمُونَ لِتَكْرِيمِ هَذِهِ الذِّكْرَى الْجَلِيلَةِ.

That is the best way for Muslims to honor this noble occasion.

صَدَقْتَ، يَا رَشَادُ، فَإِنَّ خَيْرَ مَا نُكَرِّمُ بِهِ ذِكْرَى مَوْلِدِ الرَّسُولِ الْأَمِينِ أَنْ نَتَّبِعَ سُنَّتَهُ، وَنَعْمَلَ بِإِرْشَادِهِ وَنَصَائِحِهِ.

You are right, Rashad. The best way to honor the birth of the trustworthy Messenger is to follow his Sunnah and act upon his instructions and advice.

وَأَنْ نَسْتَهْدِفَ مَبَادِئَهُ الصَّالِحَةَ، فَنَظْفَرَ بِمَا وَعَدَنَا اللَّهُ مِنْ نَعِيمٍ مُقِيمٍ.

We must aim for his righteous principles so that we may attain the eternal bliss Allah has promised us.

لَقَدْ جَمَعَتْ هَذِهِ الْمَبَادِئُ الْأَرْبَعَةُ - كَمَا تَقُولُ - كُلَّ وَسَائِلِ الْفَوْزِ وَالنَّجَاحِ.

These four principles, as you say, encompass all the means of victory and success.

وَبِهَذِهِ الْمَبَادِئِ الْأَرْبَعَةِ دَانَتِ الدُّنْيَا لِأُولَئِكَ الْمُجَاهِدِينَ، وَغَلَبَتِ الْفِئَةُ الْقَلِيلَةُ الْعَدَدِ وَالْعُدَدِ، أَضْعَافَهَا مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ، الْمَوْفُورِي الْقُوَى وَالْعَتَادِ.

By these four principles, the world submitted to those early believers; a small group, despite their limited numbers and equipment, overcame a much larger force of polytheists who were well-supplied and strong.

مَا أَجْدَرَ هَذِهِ الْوَصَايَا الْأَرْبَعَةَ أَنْ تُنْقَشَ فِي كُلِّ قَلْبٍ!

How worthy these four commandments are of being engraved in every heart!

إِنَّهَا، عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ، شِعَارُ النَّجَاحِ.

They are, in any case, the hallmark of success.

Vocabulary · المفردات (30 verbs · 75 nouns)

• تَشَعَّبَ — to branch out
• اِنْتَهَى — to end
• شَدَّ — to intensify
• أَدْهَشَ — to amaze
• ذَكَرَ — to remember
• حَفِظَ — to memorize
• غَلَا — to exceed limits
• تَوَاصَى — to advise one another
• غَابَ — to stay away
• قَالَ — to say
• جَهِلَ — to lack knowledge of
• صَدَقَ — to tell the truth
• تَرَدَّى — to fall
• حَرَمَ — to deprive
• اِسْتَقْبَلَ — to encounter
• آمَنَ — to believe
• عَمِلَ — to work
• بَرَعَ — to excel
• اِنْتَفَعَ — to benefit
• صَنَعَ — to make
• كَرَّمَ — to honor
• اِتَّبَعَ — to follow
• اِسْتَهْدَفَ — to aim for
• ظَفِرَ — to succeed
• وَعَدَ — to promise
• جَمَعَ — to gather
• دَانَ — to submit
• غَلَبَ — to overcome
• جَدَرَ — to merit
• نَقَشَ — to engrave
• ضَوْء — light
• مَوْلِد — birth
• سَعِيد — happy
• طَرِيقَة — way
• قَوْل — speech
• أَوَّل — first
• عَهْد — era
• قِرَاءَة — reading
• امْتِحَان — test
• صَبْر — patience
• مَبْدَأ — principle
• أَرْبَعَة — four
• صَاحِب — companion
• إِيمَان — faith
• عَمَل — deed
• صَالِحَة — righteous deed
• حَقّ — truth
• وَصِيَّة — commandment
• عَظِيمَة — great
• سُورَة — surah
• عَصْر — time
• مُسْلِم — Muslim
• أَبَد — eternity
• بَالِغَة — reaching
• صَاحِب — owner
• سَعَادَة — happiness
• دَار — abode
• إِغْفَال — neglect
• كَفِيل — guarantor
• مَهْوَاة — abyss
• ذُلّ — humiliation
• شَقَاء — misery
• ضَلَال — straying
• خَسَار — loss
• غَيّ — error
• بَوَار — ruin
• إِخْفَاق — failure
• دُنْيَا — world
• آخِرَة — hereafter
• مَأْوَى — refuge
• نَار — fire
• سُبْحَان — glory
• إِنْسَان — human
• خُسْر — loss
• مُحَدِّث — speaker
• مُوَجِّه — guide
• صَدِيق — friend
• تَوْجِيه — guidance
• رَسُول — messenger
• هَدْي — guidance
• خَيْر — good
• تَكْرِيم — honoring
• ذِكْرَى — remembrance
• جَلِيلَة — majestic
• أَمِين — trustworthy
• سُنَّة — tradition
• إِرْشَاد — instruction
• نَصِيحَة — advice
• نَعِيم — bliss
• مُقِيم — abiding
• وَسِيلَة — means
• فَوْز — victory
• نَجَاح — success
• مُجَاهِد — struggler
• فِئَة — group
• قَلِيل — small
• عَدَد — number
• ضَعْف — multiples
• مُشْرِك — polytheist
• مَوْفُور — abundant
• قُوَّة — strength
• عَتَاد — gear
• قَلْب — heart
• حَال — state
• شِعَار — motto