Mukhtasar al-Ma'ani by al-Taftazani, Vol. 1 (مختصر المعاني) — Page 5

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

مَنْهَجُ عَمَلِنَا فِي هَذَا الْكِتَابِ:

Our Methodology:

قَدْ تَقَرَّرَ أَنَّ كِتَابَ مُخْتَصَرِ الْمَعَانِي أَحَدُ الْكُتُبِ الْأَسَاسِيَّةِ الرَّائِجَةِ فِي الْمَدَارِسِ الْعَرَبِيَّةِ؛

Mukhtasar al-Ma'ani is widely recognized as a foundational text in Arabic schools.

وَلَكِنَّ الْحَاجَةَ مَاسَّةٌ إِلَى إِخْرَاجِهِ فِي ثَوْبِهِ الْجَدِيدِ؛

Yet, there is an urgent need to present it in a fresh format,

لِيَكُونَ الِانْتِفَاعُ بِمَا خَفِيَ فِيهِ مِنَ الْأَسْرَارِ وَالدَّقَائِقِ أَكْثَرَ مَا كَانَ،

so that students may better grasp the subtle secrets and intricate details hidden within.

فَاتَّبَعْنَا فِيهِ الْخُطُوَاتِ التَّالِيَةَ:

We have followed these steps:

أَوَّلاً مِنْ نَاحِيَةِ التَّصْحِيحِ وَالْكِتَابَةِ:

First, regarding editing and presentation:

آثَرْنَا النُّسْخَةَ الَّتِي فِيهَا تَعْلِيقَاتُ الشَّيْخِ مَحْمُودٍ حَسَنٍ الدِّيُوبَنْدِيِّ لَهُ دُونَ سَائِرِ النُّسَخِ.

We prioritized the edition containing the notes of Sheikh Mahmud Hasan al-Deobandi over all others.

وَاخْتَرْنَا اللَّوْنَ الْأَحْمَرَ لِمَتْنِ الْكِتَابِ؛ تَمْيِيزًا بَيْنَ الْمَتْنِ وَشَرْحِهِ.

The main text is printed in red to clearly distinguish it from the commentary.

وَزِدْنَا عَنَاوِينَ الْمَبَاحِثِ عَلَى رَأْسِ كُلِّ صَفْحَةٍ.

We added topical headings at the top of every page.

وَزِدْنَا فِي الْكِتَابِ أَيْضًا عَنَاوِينَ وَوَضَعْنَاهَا بَيْنَ مَعْكُوفَيْنِ [ ] مَعَ تَجْلِيَةِ سَائِرِ الْعَنَاوِينِ وَالنُّصُوصِ الْقُرْآنِيَّةِ وَأَقْوَالِ النَّبِيِّ خَاصَّةً بِاللَّوْنِ الْأَحْمَرِ.

New headings have been inserted in brackets, while all existing headings, Quranic verses, and Prophetic traditions are highlighted in red.

وَأَشَرْنَا إِلَى التَّعْلِيقَاتِ الَّتِي عَلَّقَ الشَّيْخُ فِي هَامِشِ الْكِتَابِ بِـ "أَسْوَدَ ثَقِيلٍ".

The Sheikh’s marginal notes are indicated in bold black type.

وَبَذَلْنَا جُهْدَنَا فِي تَصْحِيحِ الْأَخْطَاءِ الْإِمْلَائِيَّةِ وَاللُّغَوِيَّةِ.

We have diligently corrected spelling and grammatical errors.

وَرَاعَيْنَا قَوَاعِدَ الْإِمْلَاءِ الْحَدِيثَةِ وَعَلَامَاتِ التَّرْقِيمِ، وَتَقْسِيمَ النُّصُوصِ إِلَى الْفِقَرَاتِ؛ لِيَسْهُلَ فَهْمُهَا.

Modern orthography, punctuation, and paragraphing have been applied to improve readability.

ثَانِيًا مِنْ نَاحِيَةِ التَّحْقِيقِ وَالتَّدْقِيقِ:

Second, regarding verification and precision:

شَكَّلْنَا مَا يَلْتَبِسُ أَوْ يُسْتَشْكَلُ عَلَى إِخْوَانِنَا الطَّلَبَةِ.

We have vocalized passages that might prove difficult or ambiguous for students.

وَقُمْنَا بِتَخْرِيجِ حَاشِيَةِ الشَّيْخِ مَحْمُودٍ حَسَنٍ الدِّيُوبَنْدِيِّ مَحَلِّيَّةً.

We have verified the citations in Sheikh Mahmud Hasan al-Deobandi’s footnotes.

وَقَابَلْنَا كِتَابَنَا هَذَا بِنُسْخَةِ "مُخْتَصَرِ السَّعْدِ" عَلَى وَفْقِ نُسْخَةِ الْمَخْطُوطَةِ.

This edition was collated against the Mukhtasar al-Sa'd manuscript.

وَمَا وَجَدْنَا مِنْ عِبَارَةٍ طَوِيلَةٍ فِيمَا يَلِي السَّطْرَ لِتَوْضِيحِ الْعِبَارَةِ وَضَعْنَاهَا فِي الْهَامِشِ بِالْمَعْكُوفَيْنِ.

Lengthy explanatory phrases found within the lines have been moved to the margins and placed in brackets.

وَمَا اطَّلَعْنَا عَلَيْهِ مِنْ تَكْرَارِ شَرْحِ الْكَلِمَةِ حَذَفْنَاهُ مِنَ الذَّيْلِ وَاقْتَصَرْنَا بِوَضْعِهِ فِي الْهَامِشِ فَقَطْ؛ حَذَرًا مِنَ التَّكْرَارِ.

To avoid redundancy, we removed repetitive definitions from the main text, retaining them only in the margins.

وَزِدْنَا عَلَى تَعْلِيقَاتِ الشَّيْخِ مَعَ حَاشِيَةٍ رَائِعَةٍ مُفِيدَةٍ مُسَمَّاةٍ بِـ "حَاشِيَةِ الْقَنْدَهَارِيِّ".

We have supplemented the Sheikh’s notes with the insightful Hashiyat al-Qandahari.

وَاللَّهَ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى نَسْأَلُ أَنْ يُوَفِّقَنَا لِخِدْمَةِ الدِّينِ وَعُلُومِهِ وَأَهْلِهِ، خَاصَّةً لِإِكْمَالِ مَشَارِيعِنَا الْأُخْرَى،

We ask Allah, Glorified and Exalted, to grant us success in serving the faith, its sciences, and its people, especially in completing our other projects.

كَمَا نَسْأَلُهُ أَنْ يَجْعَلَ عَمَلَنَا هَذَا خَالِصًا لِوَجْهِهِ الْكَرِيمِ، مُتَقَبَّلاً بِفَضْلِهِ الْعَظِيمِ،

We pray He accepts this work, making it purely for His sake and granting it His favor.

وَأَنْ يَنْفَعَ بِهِ الطُّلَّابَ وَأَهْلَ الْعِلْمِ، وَأَنْ يَجْعَلَهُ فِي مِيزَانِ حَسَنَاتِنَا

May He make it beneficial for students and scholars alike, and record it in our balance of good deeds.

وَأَنْ يَحْفَظَنَا وَأَهْلِينَا وَأَنْ يَرْحَمَنَا وَيَرْحَمَ وَالِدِينَا وَمَشَايِخَنَا وَالْمُسْلِمِينَ وَالْمُسْلِمَاتِ، إِنَّهُ أَرْحَمُ الرَّاحِمِينَ.

May He protect us and our families, and have mercy on us, our parents, our teachers, and all Muslim men and women, for He is the Most Merciful.

Vocabulary · المفردات (35 verbs · 96 nouns)

• تَقَرَّرَ — to be decided
• خَفِيَ — to be hidden
• كَانَ — to be
• اتَّبَعَ — to follow
• آثَرَ — to prefer
• اخْتَارَ — to choose
• زَادَ — to increase
• وَضَعَ — to place
• أَشَارَ — to point out
• عَلَّقَ — to comment
• بَذَلَ — to exert
• رَاعَى — to observe
• سَهُلَ — to be easy
• فَهِمَ — to understand
• شَكَّلَ — to vocalize
• الْتَبَسَ — to be ambiguous
• اسْتَشْكَلَ — to be problematic
• قَامَ — to undertake
• خَرَّجَ — to document
• قَابَلَ — to compare
• وَجَدَ — to find
• وَلِيَ — to follow
• وَضَّحَ — to clarify
• اطَّلَعَ — to examine
• حَذَفَ — to delete
• اقْتَصَرَ — to limit
• سَمَّى — to name
• سَأَلَ — to ask
• وَفَّقَ — to grant success
• أَكْمَلَ — to complete
• جَعَلَ — to make
• تَقَبَّلَ — to accept
• نَفَعَ — to benefit
• حَفِظَ — to protect
• رَحِمَ — to have mercy
• مَنْهَجٌ — methodology
• عَمَلٌ — work
• كِتَابٌ — book
• مُخْتَصَرٌ — summary
• مَعْنًى — meaning
• أَحَدٌ — one
• أَسَاسِيٌّ — fundamental
• رَائِجٌ — popular
• مَدْرَسَةٌ — school
• عَرَبِيٌّ — Arabic
• حَاجَةٌ — need
• مَاسٌّ — urgent
• إِخْرَاجٌ — production
• ثَوْبٌ — a garment
• جَدِيدٌ — new
• انْتِفَاعٌ — benefit
• سِرٌّ — secret
• دَقِيقَةٌ — minute
• أَكْثَرُ — more
• خُطْوَةٌ — step
• تَالٍ — following
• نَاحِيَةٌ — aspect
• تَصْحِيحٌ — correction
• كِتَابَةٌ — writing
• نُسْخَةٌ — copy
• تَعْلِيقٌ — commentary
• شَيْخٌ — sheikh
• سَائِرٌ — rest
• لَوْنٌ — color
• أَحْمَرُ — red
• مَتْنٌ — text
• تَمْيِيزٌ — distinction
• شَرْحٌ — explanation
• عُنْوَانٌ — title
• مَبْحَثٌ — topic
• رَأْسٌ — head
• صَفْحَةٌ — page
• مَعْكُوفٌ — bracketed
• تَجْلِيَةٌ — clarification
• نَصٌّ — text
• قُرْآنِيٌّ — Quranic
• قَوْلٌ — saying
• نَبِيٌّ — prophet
• خَاصَّةً — especially
• هَامِشٌ — margin
• أَسْوَدُ — black
• ثَقِيلٌ — heavy
• جُهْدٌ — effort
• خَطَأٌ — error
• إِمْلَائِيٌّ — orthographic
• لُغَوِيٌّ — linguistic
• قَاعِدَةٌ — rule
• إِمْلَاءٌ — spelling
• حَدِيثٌ — modern
• عَلَامَةٌ — sign
• تَرْقِيمٌ — punctuation
• تَقْسِيمٌ — division
• فِقْرَةٌ — paragraph
• تَحْقِيقٌ — verification
• تَدْقِيقٌ — scrutiny
• أَخٌ — brother
• طَالِبٌ — student
• حَاشِيَةٌ — footnote
• مَحَلِّيٌّ — local
• سَعْدٌ — Sa'd
• وَفْقٌ — accordance
• مَخْطُوطَةٌ — manuscript
• عِبَارَةٌ — phrase
• طَوِيلٌ — long
• سَطْرٌ — line
• تَوْضِيحٌ — clarification
• تَكْرَارٌ — repetition
• كَلِمَةٌ — word
• ذَيْلٌ — appendix
• حَذَرٌ — caution
• رَائِعٌ — wonderful
• مُفِيدٌ — useful
• مُسَمًّى — named
• قَنْدَهَارِيٌّ — Qandahari
• دِينٌ — religion
• عِلْمٌ — science
• أَهْلٌ — people
• مَشْرُوعٌ — project
• آخَرُ — other
• خَالِصٌ — pure
• وَجْهٌ — face
• كَرِيمٌ — noble
• مُتَقَبَّلٌ — accepted
• فَضْلٌ — grace
• عَظِيمٌ — great
• مِيزَانٌ — scale
• حَسَنَةٌ — good
• وَالِدٌ — parent
• مُسْلِمٌ — Muslim
• مُسْلِمَةٌ — Muslim woman
• رَاحِمٌ — merciful