Palestinian Arabic Curriculum — Grade 7, Semester 2 — Page 9

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

حِفْظُ اللِّسَانِ مِنْ أَعْظَمِ نِعَمِ اللهِ عَلَى الْإِنْسَانِ أَنْ خَلَقَ لَهُ لِسَانًا.

Guarding the tongue is one of God’s greatest blessings to humanity, for He created it as a gift.

وَمَيَّزَهُ بِالْكَلَامِ عَنْ بَاقِي الْمَخْلُوقَاتِ.

He distinguished man from all other creatures by the power of speech.

وَيَسْتَطِيعُ الْإِنْسَانُ بِلِسَانِهِ أَنْ يَرْتَقِيَ مَنَازِلَ الْعُظَمَاءِ.

Through his tongue, a person can ascend to the ranks of the great.

وَيَنَالَ رِضَا اللهِ بِقَوْلِ الْحَقِّ، وَالْأَمْرِ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ، وَالنَّهْيِ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ.

He can earn God’s pleasure by speaking the truth, enjoining good, and forbidding evil.

غَيْرَ أَنَّ هَذَا اللِّسَانَ قَدْ يَجُرُّ عَلَى صَاحِبِهِ الْوَيْلَاتِ وَالْمَصَائِبَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ إِنْ تَرَكَهُ يَخُوضُ فِي الْإِثْمِ وَالْبَاطِلِ.

However, this same tongue can bring woe and calamity upon its owner in this life and the next if left to indulge in sin and falsehood.

فَحَرِيٌّ بِالْإِنْسَانِ أَنْ يُمْسِكَ عَلَيْهِ لِسَانَهُ.

It is therefore fitting for a person to restrain their tongue.

وَأَنْ يَتَثَبَّتَ مِمَّا يَقُولُ، وَلَا يَتَكَلَّمَ إِلَّا بِمَا فِيهِ الْحَقُّ وَالْخَيْرُ.

One must verify every word spoken and speak only what is true and good.

وَلْيَتَذَكَّرْ دَائِمًا قَوْلَهُ تَعَالَى: (مَا يَلْفِظُ مِنْ قَوْلٍ إِلَّا لَدَيْهِ رَقِيبٌ عَتِيدٌ).

Always remember the words of the Almighty: 'Man does not utter a single word without an observer ready to record it.'

عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ! أَخْبِرْنِي بِعَمَلٍ يُدْخِلُنِي الْجَنَّةَ، وَيُبَاعِدُنِي مِنَ النَّارِ.

Mu'adh ibn Jabal, may God be pleased with him, said: 'I asked, O Messenger of God, tell me of a deed that will admit me into Paradise and keep me far from the Fire.'

قَالَ: لَقَدْ سَأَلْتَ عَنْ عَظِيمٍ، وَإِنَّهُ لَيَسِيرٌ عَلَى مَنْ يَسَّرَهُ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ.

He replied: 'You have asked about something great, yet it is easy for those whom God makes it easy.'

تَعْبُدُ اللَّهَ لَا تُشْرِكُ بِهِ شَيْئًا، وَتُقِيمُ الصَّلَاةَ، وَتُؤْتِي الزَّكَاةَ، وَتَصُومُ رَمَضَانَ، وَتَحُجُّ الْبَيْتَ.

Worship God without associating anything with Him, establish prayer, give charity, fast during Ramadan, and perform the pilgrimage to the House.

أَلَا أَدُلُّكَ عَلَى أَبْوَابِ الْخَيْرِ؟

Shall I guide you to the gates of goodness?

الصَّوْمُ جُنَّةٌ، وَالصَّدَقَةُ تُطْفِئُ الْخَطِيئَةَ كَمَا يُطْفِئُ الْمَاءُ النَّارَ.

Fasting is a shield, and charity extinguishes sin just as water extinguishes fire.

وَصَلَاةُ الرَّجُلِ فِي جَوْفِ اللَّيْلِ.

So too does a man’s prayer in the middle of the night.

ثُمَّ تَلَا: (تَتَجَافَى جُنُوبُهُمْ عَنِ الْمَضَاجِعِ).

Then he recited: 'They arise from their beds; they supplicate their Lord in fear and hope.'

أَلَا أُخْبِرُكَ بِرَأْسِ الْأَمْرِ، وَعَمُودِهِ وَذِرْوَةِ سَنَامِهِ؟

Shall I tell you of the foundation of this matter, its pillar, and its highest peak?

رَأْسُ الْأَمْرِ الْإِسْلَامُ، وَعَمُودُهُ الصَّلَاةُ، وَذِرْوَةُ سَنَامِهِ الْجِهَادُ.

The foundation is Islam, its pillar is prayer, and its highest peak is jihad.

أَلَا أُخْبِرُكَ بِمَلَاكِ ذَلِكَ كُلِّهِ؟

Shall I tell you what controls all of that?

فَأَخَذَ بِلِسَانِهِ، وَقَالَ: كُفَّ عَلَيْكَ هَذَا.

He took hold of his tongue and said: 'Restrain this.'

يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ، وَإِنَّا لَمُؤَاخَذُونَ بِمَا نَتَكَلَّمُ بِهِ؟

O Prophet of God, will we be held accountable for what we say?

ثَكِلَتْكَ أُمُّكَ، وَهَلْ يَكُبُّ النَّاسَ عَلَى وُجُوهِهِمْ أَوْ قَالَ عَلَى مَنَاخِرِهِمْ إِلَّا حَصَائِدُ أَلْسِنَتِهِمْ؟

May your mother be bereaved of you! Is there anything that throws people onto their faces—or he said, onto their noses—other than the harvest of their tongues?

Vocabulary · المفردات (36 verbs · 57 nouns)

• خَلَقَ — to create
• مَيَّزَ — to distinguish
• اسْتَطَاعَ — to manage to
• ارْتَقَى — to ascend
• نَالَ — to obtain
• جَرَّ — to drag
• تَرَكَ — to leave
• خَاضَ — to wade
• أَمْسَكَ — to hold
• تَثَبَّتَ — to verify
• قَالَ — to say
• تَكَلَّمَ — to speak
• تَذَكَّرَ — to remember
• لَفَظَ — to utter
• أَخْبَرَ — to inform
• أَدْخَلَ — to cause to enter, to introduce, to admit
• بَاعَدَ — to distance
• سَأَلَ — to ask
• يَسَّرَ — to facilitate
• عَبَدَ — to worship
• أَشْرَكَ — to associate
• أَقَامَ — to establish
• آتَى — to give
• صَامَ — to fast
• حَجَّ — to perform pilgrimage
• دَلَّ — to guide
• أَطْفَأَ — to extinguish
• تَلَا — to recite
• تَجَافَى — to distance oneself
• بَلَغَ — to reach
• عَمِلَ — to work
• أَخَذَ — to take
• كَفَّ — to restrain
• آخَذَ — to hold accountable
• ثَكِلَ — to lose a child
• كَبَّ — to throw down
• حِفْظ — control
• لِسَان — tongue
• نِعْمَة — blessing
• إِنْسَان — human
• كَلَام — speech
• مَخْلُوق — creature
• مَنْزِلَة — status
• عَظِيم — great
• رِضَا — pleasure
• قَوْل — saying
• حَقّ — truth
• أَمْر — command
• مَعْرُوف — good
• نَهْي — prohibition
• مُنْكَر — evil
• صَاحِب — person
• وَيْلَة — woe
• مُصِيبَة — calamity
• دُنْيَا — world
• آخِرَة — hereafter
• إِثْم — sin
• بَاطِل — falsehood
• خَيْر — goodness
• رَقِيب — observer
• عَتِيد — prepared
• حَدِيث — hadith
• عَمَل — deed
• جَنَّة — paradise
• نَار — fire
• شَيْء — thing
• صَلَاة — prayer
• زَكَاة — alms
• رَمَضَان — Ramadan
• بَيْت — house
• بَاب — door
• صَوْم — fasting
• صَدَقَة — charity
• خَطِيئَة — sin
• مَاء — water
• رَجُل — man
• جَوْف — middle
• لَيْل — night
• جَنْب — side
• مَضْجَع — bed
• رَأْس — head
• عَمُود — pillar
• ذِرْوَة — peak
• سَنَام — hump
• جِهَاد — jihad
• مَلَاك — essence
• نَبِيّ — prophet
• أُمّ — mother
• وَجْه — face
• مَنْخِر — nostril
• حَصِيدَة — harvest
• إِسْلَام — Islam
• أَعْظَم — greatest