Palestinian Arabic Curriculum — Grade 6, Semester 1 — Page 70

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

٣ ما القاسِمُ المُشْتَرَكُ بَيْنَ حُكَماءِ اليومِ والحُكَماءِ القُدَمَاءِ؟

3. What is the common denominator between the wise men of today and the wise men of the past?

يَقولُ ابْنُ المُعْتَرَ : فالنّارُ تَأكُلُ بَعْضَها إِنْ لَمْ تَجِدُ ما تَأْكُلُهُ وَيَقولُ إيليا أبو ماضى : مَنْ لَيْسَ يَسْخو بِمَا تَسْخو الحَياةُ بِهِ فَإِنَّهُ أَحْمَقُ بِالحِرْصِ يَنتَحِرُ نُعَيِّنُ مِنَ النَّص الحِكْمَةَ الّتي تتوافقُ وَمَعْنى كُلِّ بَيْتٍ مِنَ البيتَيْنِ.

Ibn al-Mu'tazz says: 'Fire consumes itself if it finds nothing to consume.' And Ilya Abu Madi says: 'He who is not generous with what life is generous with, is a fool who commits suicide out of greed.' We identify from the text the wisdom that corresponds to the meaning of each of the two verses.

ثانيا تُناقش : أ- تَمَكَّنُ الإِنْسانِ اليَوْمَ مِنَ الاطلاعِ عَلى تُراثِ الأَوَّلِينَ، وَعَدَمُ تَمَكَّيهِ قَدِيماً مِنَ الاطِّلاع عَلى تُراثِ مَنْ سَبقوه .

Second, we discuss: A- The ability of humans today to access the heritage of the ancients, and the lack of ability in the past to access the heritage of those who preceded them.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (10 verbs · 35 nouns)

• أَكَلَ — to eat
• انْتَحَرَ — to commit suicide
• عَيَّنَ — to appoint/identify
• قَاسِم — divisor/common factor
• مُشْتَرَك — shared
• يَوْم — day