Al-Nahw al-Wadih Primary — Volume 1 (النحو الواضح للمرحلة الابتدائية) — Page 4

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

لِلَّهِ الْحَمْدُ عَلَى مَا أَنْعَمَ ، وَلَهُ الشُّكْرُ عَلَى مَا أَسْدَى ، وَالصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَى نَبِيِّهِ الْعَرَبِيِّ الْكَرِيمِ وَعَلَى جَمِيعِ رُسُلِهِ وَأَنْبِيَائِهِ الطَّاهِرِينَ

Praise be to Allah for what He has bestowed, and thanks be to Him for what He has rendered, and prayers and peace be upon His noble Arab Prophet and upon all His messengers and pure prophets.

أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَقَدْ رَأَيْنَا مُنْذُ عَهْدٍ بَعِيدٍ أَنَّ الْمُبْتَدِئِينَ فِي تَعَلُّمِ قَوَاعِدِ اللُّغَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّةِ ، يَتَجَشَّمُونَ صِعَاباً فِي دَرْسِهَا ، وَيُقَاسُونَ عَنَاءً فِي إِدْرَاكِهَا

Now then, we have seen for a long time that beginners in learning the rules of the Arabic language undertake difficulties in studying it and endure trouble in comprehending it.

وَرَأَيْنَا الْكُتُبَ الَّتِي وُضِعَتْ فِيهَا ، لَمْ تَأْخُذْ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ إِلَى الْغَايَةِ الْمَنْشُودَةِ إِلَّا قَلِيلاً ، وَلَا عَجَبَ ، فَقَدْ طَالَ عَلَى تَأْلِيفِهَا الْأَمَدُ ، وَاخْتَلَفَتْ عَلَيْهَا دَوْرَاتُ الزَّمَانِ ، وَأَصْبَحَتْ أَثَراً مِنْ آثَارِ الْمَاضِي الْبَعِيدِ

And we saw that the books written on it did not take them to the sought-after goal except a little, and no wonder, for time has been long since their composition, the cycles of time have passed over them, and they have become a relic of the distant past.

وَقَدْ سَطَعَ فِي هَذَا الْعَصْرِ نُورٌ مِنَ الْمَدَنِيَّةِ فَكَشَفَ عَنِ الْبَصَائِرِ غِطَاءَهَا ، وَدَفَعَ النَّاسَ كَافَّةً إِلَى السَّيْرِ فِي طَرِيقِ التَّجْدِيدِ

A light of civilization has shone in this era, revealing the cover from insights and pushing all people to walk on the path of renewal.

وَبَلَغَ فَنُّ التَّرْبِيَةِ بِجُهُودِ الْعَامِلِينَ مِنْ رِجَالِهِ مَقَاماً مَحْمُوداً ، وَمَدًى بَعِيداً ، فَكَانَتْ مَبَاحِثُ جَدِيدَةٌ ، وَتَجَارِبُ سَدِيدَةٌ ، وَطُرُقٌ مُعَبَّدَةٌ عَفَتْ عَلَى آثَارِ الْفَنِّ الْعَتِيقِ ، وَالْمَذْهَبِ الْقَدِيمِ

The art of education, through the efforts of its workers, has reached a praiseworthy status and a distant extent, so there were new topics, sound experiments, and paved paths that effaced the traces of the ancient art and the old method.

وَلَقَدْ بَلَوْنَا التَّعْلِيمَ طَوِيلاً . وَأَحَطْنَا بِالتَّلَامِيذِ خُبْراً ، وَدَرَسْنَا عُقُولَهُمْ وَمُيُولَهُمْ وَغَرَائِزَهُمْ ، وَقَرَأْنَا حَاجَةً فِي نُفُوسِهِمْ صَعُبَ نَيْلُهَا ، وَعَزَّ قَضَاؤُهَا

We have tested education for a long time, encompassed the students with knowledge, studied their minds, inclinations, and instincts, and read a need in their souls that was difficult to attain and hard to fulfill.

وَرَأَيْنَاهُمْ يَسِيرُونَ فِي شَوْكٍ وَقَتَادٍ ، وَيُجَاهِدُونَ فِي غَيْرِ جِهَادٍ ، فَتَلَجْلَجَ فِي صُدُورِنَا نَضَعُ لِهَؤُلَاءِ التَّلَامِيذِ كِتَاباً فِي الْقَوَاعِدِ ، يَجْرِي مَعَهُمْ عَلَى قَدْرِ خُطَاهُمْ وَيَكْشِفُ لَهُمْ مِنْ مَسَائِلِ الْعِلْمِ مَا يُلَائِمُ عُقُولَهُمْ ، وَيَأْخُذُ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ فِي طَرِيقٍ مُمَهَّدَةٍ هَوْناً إِلَى الْغَايَةِ ، وَيَبْعَثُ فِيهِمْ حُبَّ الْعَرَبِيَّةِ ، وَأَنَّهَا لَمْ تَكُنْ لُغْزاً وَلَمْ

We saw them walking in thorns and tragacanth, and struggling in a non-struggle, so it wavered in our chests that we should place for these students a book on grammar that runs with them according to their steps, reveals to them from the issues of science what suits their minds, takes them by their hands on a paved path with ease to the goal, and sends in them the love of Arabic, and that it was not a riddle and not.

Vocabulary · المفردات (29 verbs · 80 nouns)

• أَنْعَمَ — to bestow
• أَسْدَى — to render
• رَأَى — to see
• تَجَشَّمَ — to undertake
• قَاسَى — to endure
• وَضَعَ — to place
• أَخَذَ — to guide/assist
• طَالَ — to be long
• اخْتَلَفَ — to differ
• أَصْبَحَ — to become
• سَطَعَ — to shine
• كَشَفَ — to reveal
• دَفَعَ — to push
• بَلَغَ — to reach
• عَفَا — to efface
• بَلَا — to test
• أَحَاطَ — to encompass
• دَرَسَ — to study
• قَرَأَ — to read
• صَعُبَ — to be difficult
• عَزَّ — to be hard
• سَارَ — to walk
• جَاهَدَ — to struggle
• تَلَجْلَجَ — to waver
• جَرَى — to run
• لَاءَمَ — to suit
• مَهَّدَ — to pave
• بَعَثَ — to send
• كَانَ — to be
• حَمْدٌ — praise
• شُكْرٌ — gratitude
• صَلَاةٌ — prayer
• سَلَامٌ — peace
• نَبِيٌّ — prophet
• عَرَبِيٌّ — Arab
• كَرِيمٌ — generous
• رَسُولٌ — messenger
• طَاهِرٌ — pure
• عَهْدٌ — era
• بَعِيدٌ — distant
• مُبْتَدِئٌ — beginner
• تَعَلُّمٌ — learning
• قَاعِدَةٌ — rule
• لُغَةٌ — language
• عَرَبِيَّةٌ — Arabic
• صَعْبٌ — difficulty
• دَرْسٌ — lesson
• عَنَاءٌ — trouble
• إِدْرَاكٌ — comprehension
• كِتَابٌ — book
• غَايَةٌ — goal
• مَنْشُودٌ — sought
• قَلِيلٌ — a little
• عَجَبٌ — wonder
• تَأْلِيفٌ — composition
• أَمَدٌ — time
• دَوْرَةٌ — cycle
• زَمَانٌ — time
• أَثَرٌ — trace
• مَاضِيٌ — past
• عَصْرٌ — age
• نُورٌ — light
• مَدَنِيَّةٌ — civilization
• بَصِيرَةٌ — insight
• غِطَاءٌ — cover
• نَاسٌ — people
• كَافَّةٌ — entirety
• سَيْرٌ — walking
• طَرِيقٌ — path
• تَجْدِيدٌ — renewal
• فَنٌّ — art
• تَرْبِيَةٌ — education
• جُهْدٌ — effort
• عَامِلٌ — worker
• رَجُلٌ — man
• مَقَامٌ — status
• مَحْمُودٌ — praiseworthy
• مَدًى — extent
• مَبْحَثٌ — topic
• جَدِيدٌ — new
• تَجْرِبَةٌ — experiment
• سَدِيدٌ — sound
• مُعَبَّدٌ — paved
• عَتِيقٌ — ancient
• مَذْهَبٌ — method
• قَدِيمٌ — old
• تَعْلِيمٌ — instruction
• طَوِيلٌ — long
• تِلْمِيذٌ — student
• خُبْرٌ — knowledge
• عَقْلٌ — mind
• مَيْلٌ — inclination
• غَرِيزَةٌ — instinct
• حَاجَةٌ — need
• نَفْسٌ — soul
• نَيْلٌ — attainment
• قَضَاءٌ — fulfillment
• شَوْكٌ — thorn
• قَتَادٌ — tragacanth
• جِهَادٌ — struggle
• صَدْرٌ — chest
• قَدْرٌ — measure
• خُطْوَةٌ — step
• مَسْأَلَةٌ — issue
• عِلْمٌ — science
• مُمَهَّدٌ — paved
• هَوْنٌ — ease
• حُبٌّ — love
• لُغْزٌ — riddle