Qatari Arabic Curriculum — Grade 7, Term 1 (اللغة العربية قطر) — Page 20

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

الوِحْدَةُ الأُولَى.

Unit One.

إِضَاءَةٌ: لِلسِّيرَةِ الْغَيْرِيَّةِ عَدَدٌ مِنَ الْخَصَائِصِ، أَهَمُّهَا: أَنَّهَا تَتَحَدَّثُ عَنْ شَخْصٍ حَقِيقِيٍّ وَلَيْسَ مِنْ وَحْيِ الْخَيَالِ؛ حَيْثُ تَخْتَلِفُ عَنِ الْمُذَكِّرَاتِ الَّتِي بِالْإِمْكَانِ إِدْخَالُ بَعْضِ الْخَيَالِ إِلَيْهَا.

Spotlight: A biography has a number of characteristics, the most important of which is that it talks about a real person and is not a product of imagination; as it differs from memoirs, into which some imagination can be introduced.

تُعَدُّ الْمَعْلُومَاتُ الَّتِي تَحْتَوِيهَا صَحِيحَةً لَا تَشُوبُهَا شَائِبَةٌ، إِذْ لَا بُدَّ مِنْ تَحَرِّي الْأُمُورِ قَبْلَ كِتَابَتِهَا.

The information it contains is considered accurate and unblemished, as matters must be verified before writing them down.

يَتِمُّ كِتَابَتُهَا تَبَعًا لِلزَّمَنِ الَّذِي عَاشَ فِيهِ الشَّخْصُ الْمَكْتُوبُ عَنْهُ، مَعَ الْحِرْصِ عَلَى التَّسَلْسُلِ الزَّمَنِيِّ مُنْذُ الْوِلَادَةِ حَتَّى الْوَفَاةِ.

It is written according to the time in which the person being written about lived, with care taken to maintain chronological order from birth until death.

يَتِمُّ كِتَابَتُهَا بِأُسْلُوبٍ جَذَّابٍ؛ حَيْثُ يَتِمُّ سَرْدُ الْأَحْدَاثِ بِشَكْلٍ مُتَسَلْسِلٍ.

It is written in an engaging style, where events are narrated in a sequential manner.

يَتِمُّ الْكِتَابَةُ عَنْ شَخْصٍ وَاحِدٍ فَقَطْ، وَالدُّخُولُ بِكَافَّةِ تَفَاصِيلِ حَيَاتِهِ.

It involves writing about only one person and delving into all the details of their life.

عَرْضُ الْإِنْجَازَاتِ وَالْأَحْدَاثِ الْهَامَّةِ فِي تَارِيخِ حَيَاةِ الشَّخْصِ.

Presenting the achievements and important events in the person's life history.

سَرْدُ إِنْجَازَاتٍ وَمُسَاهَمَاتِ الشَّخْصِ الَّتِي قَدَّمَهَا لِلْمُجْتَمَعِ.

Narrating the achievements and contributions that the person provided to society.

الْحَيَاةُ وَتَكَالِيفُهَا، وَأَنَّهُ كَانَ يُتْقِنُ عَمَلَهُ وَيُنْجِزُهُ عَلَى أَكْمَلِ وَجْهٍ، وَقَدْ كَرَّسَ جُلَّ وَقْتِهِ لِرَفْعِ مُسْتَوَى الثَّقَافَةِ وَالتَّعْلِيمِ فِي بِلَادِهِ، وَمَا التَّقَدُّمُ الْفِكْرِيُّ وَالْعِلْمِيُّ وَالْعَمَلِيُّ الَّذِي شَهِدَتْهُ دَوْلَةُ قَطَرٍ سِوَى ثَمَرَةٍ كَانَ الشَّيْخُ أَحَدَ الَّذِينَ أَسْهَمُوا فِي غَرْسِ أُصُولِهَا.

Life and its burdens, and that he used to master his work and complete it in the most perfect way, and he dedicated most of his time to raising the level of culture and education in his country, and the intellectual, scientific, and practical progress that the State of Qatar witnessed is but a fruit that the Sheikh was one of those who contributed to planting its roots.

وَلَمْ يَقْتَصِرْ أَثَرُهُ عَلَى الدَّاخِلِ فِي دَوْلَةِ قَطَرٍ، بَلْ كَانَ لِشَخْصِيَّتِهِ بُعْدٌ إِسْلَامِيٌّ وَعَرَبِيٌّ؛ حَيْثُ كَانَ مِنْ أَكْبَرِ الدَّاعِمِينَ لِلْقَضِيَّةِ الْفِلَسْطِينِيَّةِ، وَأَحَدَ مُنَاصِرِيهَا، فَقَدْ رَعَاهَا وَحَنَا عَلَيْهَا حُنُوَّ الْوَالِدِ عَلَى وَلَدِهِ؛ وَرَعَى جَمِيعَ احْتِفَالَاتِهَا فِي دَوْلَةِ قَطَرٍ، وَحَضَرَ مُنَاسَبَاتِهَا الْوَطَنِيَّةَ، وَأَنْفَقَ عَلَيْهَا مِنْ مَالِهِ الْخَاصِّ.

His impact was not limited to the interior of the State of Qatar, but his personality had an Islamic and Arab dimension; as he was one of the greatest supporters of the Palestinian cause and one of its advocates, for he cared for it and treated it with the tenderness of a father for his child; he sponsored all its celebrations in the State of Qatar, attended its national occasions, and spent on it from his own money.

وَبَعْدَ مَسِيرَةٍ حَافِلَةٍ بِالْإِنْجَازَاتِ تَرَجَّلَ فَارِسُ التَّعْلِيمِ عَامَ 1976م عَنْ عُمْرٍ نَاهَزَ السِّتِّينَ عَامًا، قَضَاهَا فِي خِدْمَةِ شَعْبِهِ وَوَطَنِهِ عَلَى الْمُسْتَوَيَاتِ كَافَّةً؛ حَيْثُ يُعَدُّ مُؤَسِّسَ النَّهْضَةِ التَّرْبَوِيَّةِ وَالثَّقَافِيَّةِ وَالِاجْتِمَاعِيَّةِ وَالرِّيَاضِيَّةِ، وَيَعُدُّهُ الْمُؤَرِّخُونَ أَحَدَ أَرْكَانِ التَّطْوِيرِ وَالتَّحْدِيثِ فِي مَسِيرَةِ التَّعْلِيمِ فِي دَوْلَةِ قَطَرٍ.

After a journey full of achievements, the knight of education dismounted in 1976 AD at the age of nearly sixty, which he spent in the service of his people and his country at all levels; as he is considered the founder of the educational, cultural, social, and sports renaissance, and historians consider him one of the pillars of development and modernization in the path of education in the State of Qatar.

نَاهَزَ: قَارَبَ.

Nahaza: approached.

Vocabulary · المفردات (31 verbs · 65 nouns)

• تَحَدَّثَ — to speak
• اخْتَلَفَ — to differ
• أَدْخَلَ — to insert
• عَدَّ — to consider
• احْتَوَى — to contain
• شَابَ — to taint
• تَحَرَّى — to investigate
• كَتَبَ — to write
• عَاشَ — to live
• سَرَدَ — to narrate
• دَخَلَ — to enter
• عَرَضَ — to display
• قَدَّمَ — to present
• أَتْقَنَ — to master
• أَنْجَزَ — to accomplish
• كَرَّسَ — to dedicate
• رَفَعَ — to raise
• شَهِدَ — to witness
• أَسْهَمَ — to contribute
• غَرَسَ — to plant
• اقْتَصَرَ — to be limited
• رَعَى — to care for
• حَنَا — to show affection
• حَضَرَ — to attend
• أَنْفَقَ — to spend
• تَرَجَّلَ — to pass away
• نَاهَزَ — to approach
• قَضَى — to spend time
• طَوَّرَ — to develop
• حَدَّثَ — to modernize
• قَارَبَ — to approach
• وِحْدَة — unit
• إِضَاءَة — illumination
• سِيرَة — biography
• عَدَد — number
• خَصِيصَة — characteristic
• شَخْص — person
• وَحْي — inspiration
• خَيَال — imagination
• مُذَكِّرَة — memoir
• إِمْكَان — possibility
• بَعْض — some
• مَعْلُومَة — information
• شَائِبَة — flaw
• أَمْر — matter
• زَمَن — time
• حِرْص — keenness
• تَسَلْسُل — sequence
• وِلَادَة — birth
• وَفَاة — death
• أُسْلُوب — style
• حَدَث — event
• شَكْل — form
• تَفْصِيل — detail
• حَيَاة — life
• إِنْجَاز — achievement
• تَارِيخ — history
• مُسَاهَمَة — contribution
• مُجْتَمَع — society
• تَكْلِفَة — cost
• عَمَل — work
• وَجْه — face
• وَقْت — time
• مُسْتَوَى — level
• ثَقَافَة — culture
• تَعْلِيم — education
• بِلَاد — country
• تَقَدُّم — progress
• ثَمَرَة — fruit
• شَيْخ — sheikh
• أَصْل — origin
• أَثَر — impact
• دَاخِل — interior
• شَخْصِيَّة — personality
• بُعْد — dimension
• دَاعِم — supporter
• قَضِيَّة — cause
• مُنَاصِر — advocate
• حُنُوّ — tenderness
• وَالِد — father
• وَلَد — child
• احْتِفَال — celebration
• مُنَاسَبَة — occasion
• مَال — money
• مَسِيرَة — journey
• فَارِس — knight
• عَام — year
• عُمْر — age
• سِتِّين — sixty
• خِدْمَة — service
• شَعْب — people
• وَطَن — homeland
• مُؤَسِّس — founder
• نَهْضَة — renaissance
• مُؤَرِّخ — historian
• رُكْن — pillar