Lights from the Blessed Birth (أضواء من المولد السعيد) — Page 6

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

تَأْبَى إِلَّا أَنْ تَكُونَ سَبَّاقًا دَائِمًا إِلَى كُلِّ مَكْرُمَةِ، يَا رَشَادُ.

You always insist on being the first to every noble deed, Rashad.

إِنَّ مِثْلَ هَذِهِ الْمُنَاسَبَةِ السَّعِيدَةِ لَا تَمُرُّ بِي، دُونَ أَنْ أَنْعَمَ بِلُقْيَا أَكْرَمِ صَدِيقَيْنِ، وَأَنْبَلِ أَخَوَيْنِ.

I cannot let such a happy occasion pass without enjoying the company of my two most generous friends and noble brothers.

لَقَدْ تَمَّتْ سَعَادَتُنَا بِكَ.

Our happiness is complete because of you.

كَمَا تَمَّتْ سَعَادَتِي بِكُمَا.

Just as my happiness is complete because of both of you.

كَانَ مِنْ عَادَتِكَ، يَا رَشَادُ، أَنْ تُحَدِّثَنَا، فِي أَمْثَالِ هَذِهِ الْمُنَاسَبَاتِ السَّعِيدَةِ، بِلَطَائِفَ مِنْ ذِكْرَيَاتِكَ، وَبَدَائِعَ مِنْ تَوجيهَاتِكَ، وَطَرَائِفَ مِمَّا وَعَاهُ صَدْرُكَ الْحَافِظُ.

It has always been your habit, Rashad, to share with us on these happy occasions some anecdotes from your memories, gems of your wisdom, and the witty stories you keep stored away.

فَمَاذَا أَعْدَدْتَ لِهَذِهِ الْمُنَاسَبَةِ الْكَرِيمَةِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ؟

So, what have you prepared for this noble occasion?

كُلَّ غَرِيبٍ مُسْتَطْرَفٍ، وَمَلِيحٍ مُسْتَظْرَفٍ!

Every strange and interesting thing, every beautiful and witty tale!

بَارَكَ اللهُ فِيكَ.

May Allah bless you.

فَهَاتِ حَدِيثَكَ الشَّائِقَ.

Then let us hear your fascinating story.

إِنَّ مَجَالَ الْقَوْلِ وَاسِعٌ، وَآفَاقَ الْحَدِيثِ فَسِيحَةٌ رَحْبَةٌ.

The scope for speech is wide, and the horizons of discourse are vast and spacious.

وَهِيَ كَمَا تَعْلَمَانِ، أَكْثَرُ مِنْ أَنْ تُحْصَرَ فِي عَشَرَاتِ الْأَحَادِيثِ، بَلْهَ الْحَدِيثِ الْوَاحِدِ.

As you both know, there is far too much to cover in a few dozen talks, let alone just one.

فَأَيَّ جَانِبِ، مِنْ مَنَاحِي هَذَا الْعَالَمِ الْفِكْرِيِّ، تُرِيدُ أَنْ تَخُصَّهُ بِالْحَدِيثِ؟

So, which aspect of this intellectual world would you like to focus on?

صَدَقْتَ، يَا رَشَادُ.

You are right, Rashad.

فَإِنَّ كُلَّ سَاعَةٍ مِنْ سَاعَاتِ الرَّسُولِ ﷺ جَدِيرَةٌ أَنْ تَشْغَلَ الْبَاحِثَ، وَتَمْلِكَ عَلَيْهِ شِعَابَ تَفْكِيرِهِ، وَفِي كُلِّ خُطْوَةٍ مِنْ خُطُواتِهِ، وَلَمْحَةٍ مِنْ لَمَحَاتِهِ، وَلَفْتَةٍ مِنْ لَفَتَاتِهِ، مَجْلًى مِنْ مَجَالِي الْعِظَةِ وَالِاعْتِبَارِ.

Every hour of the Messenger’s life (peace be upon him) is enough to occupy a researcher and command their full attention; every step he took, every glance, and every gesture holds a lesson to be learned.

صَدَقْتَ، وَلَنْ يَسْتَوْعِبَ حِوَارُنَا، مِنْ هَذَا السِّفْرِ الْحَافِلِ بِجَلَائِلِ الْأَعْمَالِ وَعَظَائِمِ الْأُمُورِ، إِلَّا مِقْدَارَ مَا يَسْتَوْعِبُهُ الْقَدَحُ، تَمْلَؤُهُ مِنْ مَاءِ الْبَحْرِ!

You are right, and our conversation will be able to capture no more of this life—so full of great deeds and momentous events—than a single cup dipped into the ocean!

مَا أَحْكَمَ تَمْثِيلَكَ، وَأَصْدَقَ تَشْبِيهَكَ، يَا رَشَادُ!

How wise your comparison is, and how accurate your analogy, Rashad!

لَقَدْ وُلِدَ الرَّسُولُ ﷺ كَمَا تَعْلَمَانِ فِي عَصْرٍ حَالِكِ الظُّلَامِ، فَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ أَنْ بَدَّدَ نُورُهُ كُلَّ مَا خَيَّمَ عَلَى الْكَوْنِ مِنْ سُحُبِ الْجَهَالَاتِ.

As you both know, the Messenger (peace be upon him) was born into an era of pitch-black darkness, yet his light soon dispersed the clouds of ignorance that had settled over the world.

صَدَقْتَ.

Indeed.

وَكَانَ نُورُ هِدَايَتِهِ أَشْبَهَ بِالشَّمْسِ، تَطْلُعُ عَلَى الدُّنْيَا فَتُنِيرُهَا، وَتَقْطَعُ ظُلُمَاتِ اللَّيْلِ.

The light of his guidance was like the sun, rising to illuminate the world and banish the darkness of night.

Vocabulary · المفردات (26 verbs · 73 nouns)

• أَبَى — to refuse
• كَانَ — to be
• مَرَّ — to pass
• نَعِمَ — to enjoy
• تَمَّ — to conclude, to finish
• حَدَّثَ — to tell
• وَعَى — to comprehend
• أَعَدَّ — to prepare
• بَارَكَ — to bless
• هَاتَى — to give
• عَلِمَ — to know
• حَصَرَ — to limit
• أَرَادَ — to want
• خَصَّ — to specify
• صَدَقَ — to speak the truth
• شَغَلَ — to occupy
• مَلَكَ — to possess
• اسْتَوْعَبَ — to contain
• مَلَأَ — to fill
• وَلَدَ — to give birth
• لَبِثَ — to linger
• بَدَّدَ — to disperse
• خَيَّمَ — to overshadow
• طَلَعَ — to rise
• أَنَارَ — to illuminate
• قَطَعَ — to cut
• ضَوْء — light
• مَوْلِد — birth
• سَبَّاقٌ — precursor
• مَكْرُمَة — noble deed
• مِثْل — like
• مُنَاسَبَة — occasion
• صَدِيق — friend
• أَخ — brother
• سَعَادَة — happiness
• احْتِفَالٌ — celebration
• عَادَة — habit
• لَطِيفَة — anecdote
• ذِكْرَى — memory
• بَدِيعَة — masterpiece
• تَوْجِيه — guidance
• طَرِيفَة — witticism
• صَدْر — chest
• حَافِظ — preserver
• حَدِيث — speech
• غَرِيب — strange thing
• مُسْتَطْرَف — interesting thing
• مَلِيح — beautiful thing
• مُسْتَظْرَفٌ — witty thing
• مَجَال — field
• قَوْل — saying
• أُفُق — horizon
• عَشْرَة — ten
• وَاحِد — one
• جَانِب — side
• مَنْحًى — aspect
• عَالَم — world
• سَاعَة — hour
• رَسُول — messenger
• بَاحِث — researcher
• شِعْبٌ — path
• تَفْكِير — thinking
• خُطْوَة — step
• لَمْحَة — glance
• لَفْتَة — gesture
• مَجْلًى — manifestation
• عِظَة — admonition
• اعْتِبَارٌ — consideration
• حِوَار — dialogue
• سِفْرٌ — book
• جَلِيل — great thing
• عَمَل — deed
• عَظِيم — great thing
• أَمْر — matter
• مِقْدَار — amount
• قَدَح — cup
• مَاء — water
• بَحْر — sea
• تَمْثِيل — representation
• تَشْبِيه — simile
• عَصْر — era
• ظَلَامٌ — darkness
• نُور — light
• سَحَابَة — cloud
• جَهَالَة — ignorance
• هِدَايَة — guidance
• شَمْسٌ — sun
• دُنْيَا — world
• لَيْل — night
• فَسِيحَة — spacious
• بَدَائِع — wonders
• لُقْيَا — meeting (especially a first or long-awaited meeting, often with a beloved or with death)
• أَشْبَه — most similar
• جَدِيرَة — worthy
• أَنْبَل — noble
• حَافِل — crowded, full
• كَرِيمَة — noble
• حَالِك — dark
• أَكْرَم — more generous