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

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

أَطْيَبُ مَا تَأْكُلُونَ.

The best of what you eat.

يَجْتَنِبُ المُؤْمِنُ الحَرَامَ، وَالشُّبُهَاتِ، وَيَتَحَرَّى أَنْ يُطْعِمَ نَفْسَهُ وَأَوْلادَهُ مِنَ الطَّيِّبَاتِ وَيُجَنِّبَهُمْ مَخَاطِرَ مَا يَجْهَلُ مَصْدَرَهُ، أَوْ يَشُكُّ فِي فَسَادِهِ، وَحُرْمَتِهِ، فَالْمُؤْمِنُ كَالنَّحْلَةِ فِي سَعْيِهِ، وَطِيبِ مَأْكَلِهِ.

The believer avoids what is forbidden and what is doubtful, striving to feed himself and his children only with what is pure. He protects them from the dangers of sources he does not know or suspects to be corrupt or prohibited. In his efforts and the purity of his food, the believer is like a bee.

وَهَذِهِ الأَحَادِيثُ تَحُثُّ عَلَى الحَلَالِ، وَالطَّيِّبِ فِي المَعَاشِ، وَالرِّزْقِ، وَأَفْضَلُ كَسْبِ المَرْءِ مَا كَانَ مِنْ كَدِّهِ، وَسَعْيِهِ، وَيَأْخُذُ مِنْ مَالِهِ بِالمَعْرُوفِ، وَيُنْفِقُهُ بِاعْتِدَالٍ، وَحِكْمَةٍ.

These hadiths urge the pursuit of the lawful and the pure in one's livelihood and provision. A person's best earnings are those gained through his own toil and effort, taking from his wealth in a good manner and spending it with moderation and wisdom.

صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ.

May Allah bless him and grant him peace.

١- عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ- قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: إِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى طَيِّبٌ لَا يَقْبَلُ إِلَّا طَيِّبًا، وَإِنَّ اللهَ أَمَرَ المُؤْمِنِينَ بِمَا أَمَرَ بِهِ المُرْسَلِينَ، فَقَالَ تَعَالَى: «يَا أَيُّهَا الرُّسُلُ كُلُوا مِنَ الطَّيِّبَاتِ وَاعْمَلُوا صَالِحًا» (المُؤْمِنُونَ: ٥١)، وَقَالَ تَعَالَى: «يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُلُوا مِنْ طَيِّبَاتِ مَا رَزَقْنَاكُمْ» (البَقَرَةُ: ١٧٢)، ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ الرَّجُلَ يُطِيلُ السَّفَرَ، أَشْعَثَ أَغْبَرَ، يَمُدُّ يَدَيْهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ: يَا رَبِّ، يَا رَبِّ، وَمَطْعَمُهُ حَرَامٌ، وَمَلْبَسُهُ حَرَامٌ، وَغُذِّيَ بِالحَرَامِ، فَأَنَّى يُسْتَجَابُ لَهُ.

1- Abu Hurairah reported that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Allah the Almighty is pure and accepts only what is pure. Allah commanded the believers as He commanded the messengers, saying: 'O messengers, eat from the pure things and work righteousness' (Al-Mu'minun: 51), and: 'O you who have believed, eat from the pure things which We have provided you' (Al-Baqarah: 172)." He then mentioned a man who has traveled a long distance, disheveled and dusty, raising his hands to the sky and crying, "O Lord, O Lord," while his food, drink, and clothing are all forbidden, and he has been nourished by the forbidden. How, then, could his prayer be answered?

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ.

Narrated by Muslim.

أَشْعَثَ: ذَا شَعْرٍ مُتَلَبِّدٍ.

Ash'ath: having matted hair.

مُشْتَبَهَاتٌ: مُلْتَبِسَاتٌ، مُشْكِلَاتٌ.

Mushtabahat: ambiguous, problematic.

٢- عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ، رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُمَا، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: «إِنَّ الحَلَالَ بَيِّنٌ، وَإِنَّ الحَرَامَ بَيِّنٌ، وَبَيْنَهُمَا مُشْتَبَهَاتٌ لَا يَعْلَمُهُنَّ كَثِيرٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ، فَمَنِ اتَّقَى الشُّبُهَاتِ، اسْتَبْرَأَ لِدِينِهِ، وَعِرْضِهِ، وَمَنْ وَقَعَ فِي الشُّبُهَاتِ وَقَعَ فِي الحَرَامِ، كَالرَّاعِي يَرْعَى حَوْلَ الحِمَى يُوشِكُ أَنْ يَرْتَعَ فِيهِ، أَلَا وَإِنَّ لِكُلِّ مَلِكٍ حِمًى، أَلَا وَإِنَّ حِمَى اللهِ مَحَارِمُهُ، أَلَا وَإِنَّ فِي الجَسَدِ مُضْغَةً».

2- An-Nu'man ibn Bashir reported that he heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say: "The lawful is clear, and the forbidden is clear, and between them are ambiguous matters that many people do not understand. Whoever avoids these doubtful matters protects his religion and his honor, but whoever falls into them falls into the forbidden, like a shepherd grazing his flock around a private sanctuary, who is bound to stray into it. Every king has a sanctuary, and the sanctuary of Allah is His prohibitions. There is a piece of flesh in the body."

اسْتَبْرَأَ: احْتَاطَ.

Istabra'a: took precautions.

Vocabulary · المفردات (33 verbs · 53 nouns)

• أَكَلَ — to eat
• اجْتَنَبَ — to avoid
• تَحَرَّى — to seek
• أَطْعَمَ — to feed
• جَنَّبَ — to keep away
• جَهِلَ — to lack knowledge of
• شَكَّ — to doubt
• حَثَّ — to urge
• كَانَ — to be
• أَخَذَ — to take
• أَنْفَقَ — to spend
• صَلَّى — to pray
• قَالَ — to say
• قَبِلَ — to accept
• أَمَرَ — to command
• عَمِلَ — to do
• آمَنَ — to believe
• رَزَقَ — to provide
• ذَكَرَ — to mention
• أَطَالَ — to prolong
• مَدَّ — to extend
• غَذَّى — to nourish
• اسْتَجَابَ — to answer
• رَوَى — to narrate
• سَمِعَ — to hear
• عَلِمَ — to know
• اتَّقَى — to fear God
• اسْتَبْرَأَ — to seek acquittal
• وَقَعَ — to fall
• رَعَى — to graze
• أَوْشَكَ — to be about to
• ارْتَعَ — to pasture
• احْتَاطَ — to take precaution
• طَيِّب — good
• مُؤْمِن — believer
• حَرَام — forbidden
• شُبْهَة — doubtful matter
• نَفْس — self
• وَلَد — child
• مَخْطَر — danger
• مَصْدَر — source
• فَسَاد — corruption
• حُرْمَة — sanctity
• نَحْلَةٌ — bee
• سَعْي — effort
• مَأْكَل — food
• حَدِيث — hadith
• حَلَال — lawful
• مَعَاش — livelihood
• رِزْق — provision
• كَسْب — earning
• مَرْء — person
• كَدٌّ — toil
• مَال — wealth
• مَعْرُوف — kindness
• اعْتِدَالٌ — moderation
• حِكْمَة — wisdom
• رَسُول — messenger
• مُرْسَل — sent one
• صَالِح — righteous
• رَجُل — man
• سَفَر — travel
• أَشْعَث — disheveled
• أَغْبَر — dusty
• يَد — hand
• سَمَاء — sky
• رَبٌّ — Lord
• مَطْعَم — food
• مَلْبَس — clothing
• شَعْر — hair
• مُتَلَبِّد — matted
• مُلْتَبِس — ambiguous
• مُشْكِل — problematic
• بَيِّن — clear
• كَثِير — many
• نَاس — people
• دِين — religion
• عِرْضٌ — honor
• رَاع — shepherd
• حَوْل — around
• حِمًى — sanctuary
• مَلِك — king
• مَحْرَمٌ — forbidden thing
• جَسَد — body
• مُضْغَةٌ — morsel
• أَفْضَل — best