Mukhtasar al-Ma'ani by al-Taftazani, Vol. 1 (مختصر المعاني) — Page 4

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

حَمْداً لِمَنْ نَظَمَ جَوَاهِرَ الْبَلَاغَةِ بِأَسْلَاكِ الْبَيَانِ وَأَلْهَمَ كُلَّ بَلِيغٍ لِمُقْتَضَى الْحَالِ وَالشَّأْنِ،

Praise be to Him who arranged the jewels of eloquence with the threads of expression and inspired every eloquent person according to the requirements of the situation and the matter.

وَأَخَصُّ سَيِّدَ الرُّسُلِ بِكَمَالِ الْفَصَاحَةِ وَأَنْطَقَهُ بِجَوَامِعِ الْكَلِمِ فَأَعْجَزَ بُلَغَاءَ رَبِيعَةَ وَمُضَرَ،

And I single out the master of messengers with the perfection of fluency, and He made him speak with concise words, rendering the eloquent speakers of Rabi'ah and Mudar incapable.

وَأَنْزَلَ عَلَيْهِ الْكِتَابَ الْمُعْجِزَ بِتَحَدِّيهِ مَصَاقِعَ بُلَغَاءِ الْأَعْرَابِ،

And He sent down upon him the miraculous Book, challenging the most eloquent of the Bedouins.

وَأَعْطَاهُ بِحِكْمَتِهِ أَسْرَارَ الْبَلَاغَةِ وَفَصْلَ الْخِطَابِ،

And He gave him, by His wisdom, the secrets of eloquence and the decisive speech.

وَمَنَحَهُ الْأُسْلُوبَ الْحَكِيمَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَى آلِهِ وَأَصْحَابِهِ جَوَاهِرَ الْبَلَاغَةِ الَّذِينَ نَظَمُوا الْأَدَبَ الْبَدِيعَ فِي عُقُودِ الْإِعْجَازِ وَالْإِطْنَابِ.

And He granted him the wise style; may God bless him and his family and his companions, the jewels of eloquence who arranged the wondrous literature in necklaces of inimitability and prolixity.

وَمِنَ الْجُهُودِ الَّتِي بُذِلَتْ لِتَهْذِيبِ عِلْمِ الْمَعَانِي وَتَسْهِيلِ ضَبْطِهِ تَأْلِيفُ الْمُتُونِ الَّتِي هِيَ بِمَثَابَةِ لُبَابِ اللُّبَابِ؛

Among the efforts exerted to refine the science of meanings and facilitate its mastery is the composition of texts that are like the essence of the essence.

وَلِذَا صَنَّفَ الْفُصَحَاءُ كُتُباً قَيِّمَةً وَبَذَلُوا فِي تَهْذِيبِ عِبَارَاتِهَا قُصَارَى جُهُودِهِمْ، حَتَّى أَصْبَحَتْ تِلْكَ الْكُتُبُ أَسَاساً وَبِنَاءً لِهَذَا الْفَنِّ وَمَرْجِعاً وَمُعْتَمَداً لِلدَّارِسِينَ وَالْمُؤَلِّفِينَ.

Therefore, the eloquent ones classified valuable books and exerted their utmost efforts in refining their expressions, until those books became a foundation and structure for this art, and a reference and authority for students and authors.

وَمِنَ الْكُتُبِ الْأَسَاسِيَّةِ الْمَبْسُوطَةِ لِدَارِسِي هَذَا الْفَنِّ فِي مَدَارِسِنَا الْعَرَبِيَّةِ كِتَابُنَا هَذَا مُخْتَصَرُ الْمَعَانِي لِلشَّيْخِ الْإِمَامِ مَسْعُودِ بْنِ عُمَرَ الْمَعْرُوفِ بِـ "سَعْدِ الدِّينِ التَّفْتَازَانِيِّ"،

Among the basic extended books for students of this art in our Arabic schools is this book of ours, 'Mukhtasar al-Ma'ani' by the Sheikh and Imam Mas'ud ibn Umar, known as 'Sa'd al-Din al-Taftazani'.

وَهُوَ مِنْ أَهَمِّ الْكُتُبِ الدِّرَاسِيَّةِ فِي الْمَعَانِي وَالْبَلَاغَةِ، وَمَا زَالَتْ تُدْرَسُ فِي مَدَارِسِنَا النِّظَامِيَّةِ بِكُلِّ اهْتِمَامٍ وَتَرَى طُلَّابَ مَدَارِسِنَا الدِّينِيَّةِ مُكِبِّينَ عَلَيْهِ بِكُلِّ شَوْقٍ وَرَغْبَةٍ، رَغْمَ الطِّبَاعَةِ الْحَجَرِيَّةِ الْقَدِيمَةِ.

It is one of the most important academic books in meanings and eloquence, and it is still studied in our systematic schools with great interest, and you see the students of our religious schools devoted to it with all longing and desire, despite the old lithographic printing.

وَإِنَّنَا - إِدَارَةَ مَكْتَبَةِ الْبُشْرَى - قَدْ عَزَمْنَا عَلَى طِبَاعَةِ جَمِيعِ الْكُتُبِ الدِّرَاسِيَّةِ، مُرَاعِينَ فِي ذَلِكَ مُتَطَلَّبَاتِ عَصْرِنَا الرَّاهِنِ،

We - the administration of Al-Bushra Library - have resolved to print all academic books, considering in that the requirements of our current era.

وَتَنْفِيذاً لِعَزْمِنَا وَتَحْقِيقاً لِهَدَفِنَا خَطَوْنَا خُطْوَةَ طِبَاعَةِ مُخْتَصَرِ الْمَعَانِي وَإِخْرَاجِهِ فِي ثَوْبِهِ الْجَدِيدِ وَطِبَاعَتِهِ الْفَاخِرَةِ وَكُلُّ ذَلِكَ بِفَضْلِ اللَّهِ وَتَوْفِيقِهِ،

In execution of our resolve and realization of our goal, we have taken the step of printing 'Mukhtasar al-Ma'ani' and bringing it out in its new garment and luxurious printing, all of that by the grace of God and His success.

ثُمَّ بِجُهُودِ إِخْوَتِنَا الَّذِينَ بَذَلُوا مَجْهُودَهُمْ فِي تَنْضِيدِهِ وَتَصْحِيحِهِ، وَكَذَلِكَ فِي إِخْرَاجِهِ بِهَذِهِ الصُّورَةِ الرَّائِعَةِ، فَجَزَاهُمُ اللَّهُ كُلَّ خَيْرٍ،

Then by the efforts of our brothers who exerted their effort in its typesetting and correction, as well as in bringing it out in this wonderful form, so may God reward them with all good.

وَنَرْجُو مِنَ اللَّهِ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى أَنْ يَتَقَبَّلَ هَذَا الْجُهْدَ الْمُتَوَاضِعَ وَيَجْعَلَهُ فِي مِيزَانِ حَسَنَاتِنَا، إِنَّهُ سَمِيعٌ مُجِيبٌ.

And we hope from God, Glory be to Him and Exalted, that He accepts this humble effort and places it in the scale of our good deeds; He is All-Hearing, All-Answering.

Vocabulary · المفردات (34 verbs · 98 nouns)

• نَظَمَ — to arrange
• أَلْهَمَ — to inspire
• أَخَصَّ — to specify
• أَنْطَقَ — to make speak
• أَعْجَزَ — to render incapable
• أَنْزَلَ — to send down
• تَحَدَّى — to challenge
• أَعْطَى — to give
• مَنَحَ — to grant
• صَلَّى — to pray
• بَذَلَ — to exert
• هَذَّبَ — to refine
• سَهَّلَ — to facilitate
• ضَبَطَ — to control
• أَلَّفَ — to compose
• صَنَّفَ — to write
• أَصْبَحَ — to become
• بَسَطَ — to explain
• عَرَفَ — to know
• دَرَسَ — to study
• رَأَى — to see
• عَزَمَ — to resolve
• رَاعَى — to consider
• نَفَّذَ — to execute
• حَقَّقَ — to achieve
• خَطَا — to step
• أَخْرَجَ — to bring out
• وَفَّقَ — to grant success
• نَضَّدَ — to typeset
• صَحَّحَ — to correct
• جَزَى — to reward
• رَجَا — to hope
• تَقَبَّلَ — to accept
• جَعَلَ — to make
• حَمْدٌ — praise
• جَوْهَرٌ — jewel
• بَلَاغَةٌ — eloquence
• سِلْكٌ — wire
• بَيَانٌ — clarity
• بَلِيغٌ — eloquent person
• مُقْتَضًى — requirement
• حَالٌ — state
• شَأْنٌ — matter
• سَيِّدٌ — master
• رَسُولٌ — messenger
• كَمَالٌ — perfection
• فَصَاحَةٌ — fluency
• جَامِعٌ — collector
• كَلِمَةٌ — word
• كِتَابٌ — book
• مُعْجِزٌ — miraculous
• مَصْقَعٌ — eloquent speaker
• أَعْرَابِيٌّ — Bedouin
• حِكْمَةٌ — wisdom
• سِرٌّ — secret
• فَصْلٌ — separation
• خِطَابٌ — speech
• أُسْلُوبٌ — style
• حَكِيمٌ — wise
• آلٌ — family
• أَدَبٌ — literature
• بَدِيعٌ — wondrous
• عِقْدٌ — necklace
• إِعْجَازٌ — inimitability
• إِطْنَابٌ — prolixity
• جُهْدٌ — effort
• تَهْذِيبٌ — refinement
• عِلْمٌ — science
• مَعْنًى — meaning
• تَسْهِيلٌ — facilitation
• ضَبْطٌ — control
• تَأْلِيفٌ — composition
• مَتْنٌ — text
• مَثَابَةٌ — status
• لُبَابٌ — essence
• فَصِيحٌ — eloquent
• قَيِّمٌ — valuable
• عِبَارَةٌ — expression
• قُصَارَى — utmost
• أَسَاسٌ — foundation
• بِنَاءٌ — structure
• فَنٌّ — art
• مَرْجِعٌ — reference
• مُعْتَمَدٌ — authority
• دَارِسٌ — student
• مُؤَلِّفٌ — author
• أَسَاسِيٌّ — basic
• مَبْسُوطٌ — extended
• مَدْرَسَةٌ — school
• عَرَبِيٌّ — Arabic
• مُخْتَصَرٌ — summary
• شَيْخٌ — sheikh
• إِمَامٌ — imam
• مَعْرُوفٌ — known
• أَهَمٌّ — most important
• دِرَاسِيٌّ — academic
• نِظَامِيٌّ — systematic
• اهْتِمَامٌ — interest
• طَالِبٌ — student
• دِينِيٌّ — religious
• مُكِبٌّ — devoted
• شَوْقٌ — longing
• رَغْبَةٌ — desire
• طِبَاعَةٌ — printing
• حَجَرِيٌّ — lithographic
• قَدِيمٌ — old
• إِدَارَةٌ — administration
• مَكْتَبَةٌ — library
• جَمِيعٌ — all
• مُتَطَلَّبٌ — requirement
• عَصْرٌ — era
• رَاهِنٌ — current
• تَنْفِيذٌ — execution
• تَحْقِيقٌ — realization
• هَدَفٌ — goal
• خُطْوَةٌ — step
• ثَوْبٌ — a garment
• جَدِيدٌ — new
• فَاخِرٌ — luxurious
• فَضْلٌ — grace
• تَوْفِيقٌ — success
• أَخٌ — brother
• مَجْهُودٌ — effort
• تَنْضِيدٌ — typesetting
• تَصْحِيحٌ — correction
• صُورَةٌ — form
• رَائِعٌ — wonderful
• خَيْرٌ — good
• مِيزَانٌ — scale
• حَسَنَةٌ — good
• سَمِيعٌ — all-hearing
• مُجِيبٌ — answering