Qatari Arabic Curriculum — Grade 9, Term 1 (اللغة العربية قطر) — Page 17

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الْوَحْدَةُ الْأُولَى

Unit One

الْقِرَاءَةُ

Reading

الْمَرْأَةُ صِنْوُ الرَّجُلِ

Woman is the counterpart of man.

مُصْطَفَى لُطْفِي الْمَنْفَلُوطِيُّ

Mustafa Lutfi al-Manfaluti.

مِصْرِيٌّ، لَهُ إِسْهَامَاتٌ

An Egyptian who has contributions.

الْمَرْأَةُ صِنْوُ الرَّجُلِ وَعَضُدُهُ، فَهِيَ الَّتِي تُلازِمُهُ - أُمًّا وَأُخْتًا وَزَوْجَةً وَبِنْتًا

Woman is the counterpart of man and his support; she is the one who accompanies him—as a mother, sister, wife, and daughter.

مِنْ صَرْخَةِ الْوَضْعِ إِلَى أَنَّةِ النَّزْعِ.

From the cry of birth to the groan of death.

لا يَسْتَطِيعُ الْأَبُ أَنْ يَحْمِلَ بَيْنَ جَانِحَتَيْهِ لِأَطْفَالِهِ الصِّغَارِ عَوَاطِفَ الْأُمِّ، فَهِيَ

A father cannot carry within his breast the emotions of a mother for his young children, for she is the one...

الَّتِي تَحُوطُهُمْ بِعِنَايَتِهَا وَرِعَايَتِهَا، وَتُظَلِّلُهُمْ بِجَنَاحِ رَحْمَتِهَا وَشَفَقَتِهَا، وَتَسْكُبُ

...who surrounds them with her care and attention, shades them with the wing of her mercy and compassion, and pours...

قَلْبَهَا فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ حَتَّى يَسْتَحِيلُوا إِلَى قَلْبٍ وَاحِدٍ يَخْفِقُ خُفُوقًا وَاحِدًا، وَيَشْعُرُ

...her heart into their hearts until they transform into one heart that beats with a single beat and feels...

بِشُعُورٍ وَاحِدٍ، وَهِيَ الَّتِي تَسْهَرُ عَلَيْهِمُ لَيْلَهَا وَتَكْلَؤُهُمْ نَهَارَهَا، وَتَحْتَمِلُ جَمِيعَ

...with a single feeling; she is the one who stays up for them at night, watches over them by day, and bears all...

آلَامِ الْحَيَاةِ وَأَرْزَائِهَا فِي سَبِيلِهِمْ غَيْرَ شَاكِيَةٍ وَلا مُتَبَرِّمَةٍ، بَلْ تَزْدَادُ شَغَفًا بِهِمْ

...the pains and calamities of life for their sake, without complaining or being annoyed; rather, she grows more passionate about them...

وَإِيثَارًا لَهُمْ بِمِقْدَارِ مَا تَبْذُلُ مِنَ الْجُهُودِ فِي سَبِيلِ تَرْبِيَتِهِمْ إِنَّهَا سِرُّ الْحَيَاةِ

...and more self-sacrificing for them in proportion to the efforts she exerts for their upbringing; she is the secret of life...

الْإِنْسَانِيَّةِ وَيَنْبُوعُ وُجُودِهَا وَكَوْكَبُهَا الْأَعْلَى الَّذِي تَنْبَعِثُ مِنْهُ جَمِيعُ أَشِعَّتِهَا.

...and the fountain of its existence, and its highest star from which all its rays emanate.

لا يَسْتَطِيعُ الرَّجُلُ أَنْ يُؤَدِّيَ رِسَالَتَهُ فِي الْحَيَاةِ دُونَ أَنْ يَجِدَ إِلَى جَانِبِهِ زَوْجَةً

A man cannot fulfill his mission in life without finding by his side a wife...

فِي سَبِيلِ التَّاجِ، تَبْعَثُ فِي نَفْسِهِ رُوحَ الشَّهَامَةِ وَالْهِمَّةِ، وَتَغْرِسُ فِي قَلْبِهِ كِبْرِيَاءَ الْمَسْؤُولِيَّةِ

...who inspires in his soul the spirit of chivalry and ambition, and plants in his heart the pride of responsibility...

وَعَظَمَتَهَا.

...and its greatness.

وَكَذَلِكَ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْخَ لا يَسْتَطِيعُ فِي أُخْرَيَاتِ أَيَّامِهِ أَنْ يَجِدَ فِي قَلْبِ

Likewise, an old man cannot, in his final days, find in the heart...

وَلَدِهِ الْفَتَى مِنَ الْحَنَانِ وَالْعَطْفِ وَالْحُبِّ وَالْإِيثَارِ مَا يَجِدُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فِي قَلْبِ

...of his son the same tenderness, affection, love, and self-sacrifice that he finds in the heart...

ابْنَتِهِ الْفَتَاةِ؛ فَهِيَ الَّتِي تَمْنَحُهُ يَدَهَا عُكَّازًا لِشَيْخُوخَتِهِ وَقَلْبَهَا مُسْتَوْدَعًا

...of his daughter; for she is the one who grants him her hand as a crutch for his old age and her heart as a repository...

لِأَسْرَارِهِ وَهَوَاجِسِ نَفْسِهِ، وَهِيَ الَّتِي تَسْهَرُ بِجَانِبِ سَرِيرِ مَرَضِهِ لَيْلَهَا كُلَّهُ

...for his secrets and the anxieties of his soul; she is the one who stays up by his sickbed all night long...

تَتَسَمَّعُ أَنْفَاسَهُ وَتُصْغِي إِلَى أَنَّاتِهِ، وَتَحْرِصُ الْحِرْصَ كُلَّهُ عَلَى أَنْ تَفْهَمَ مِنْ

...listening to his breaths and heeding his groans, and she is keen with all her might to understand from...

رَعَشَاتِ يَدَيْهِ وَنَظَرَاتِ عَيْنَيْهِ حَاجَاتِهِ وَأَغْرَاضَهُ.

...the tremors of his hands and the glances of his eyes his needs and purposes.

إِنَّ الْحَيَاةَ مَسَرَّاتٌ وَأَحْزَانٌ، أَمَّا مَسَرَّاتُهَا فَنَحْنُ مَدِينُونَ بِهَا لِلْمَرْأَةِ؛ لِأَنَّهَا

Life is joys and sorrows; as for its joys, we are indebted for them to woman, because she is...

مَصْدَرُهَا وَيَنْبُوعُهَا الَّذِي تَتَدَفَّقُ مِنْهُ، وَأَمَّا أَحْزَانُهَا فَالْمَرْأَةُ هِيَ الَّتِي تَتَوَلَّى

...its source and its fountain from which it flows; and as for its sorrows, woman is the one who takes charge of...

تَحْوِيلَهَا إِلَى مَسَرَّاتٍ أَوْ تَرْوِيحَهَا عَنْ نُفُوسِ أَصْحَابِهَا عَلَى الْأَقَلِّ؛ فَنَحْنُ

...transforming them into joys or at least relieving the souls of those who suffer them; so we...

مَدِينُونَ لِلْمَرْأَةِ بِحَيَاتِنَا كُلِّهَا.

...are indebted to woman for our entire lives.

Vocabulary · المفردات (29 verbs · 81 nouns)

• لازَمَ — to accompany
• اِسْتَطَاعَ — to be able
• حَمَلَ — to carry
• حَاطَ — to surround
• ظَلَّلَ — to shade
• سَكَبَ — to pour
• اِسْتَحَالَ — to become
• خَفَقَ — to beat
• شَعَرَ — to feel
• سَهِرَ — to stay awake
• كَلا — to protect
• اِحْتَمَلَ — to bear
• اِزْدَادَ — to increase
• بَذَلَ — to exert
• اِنْبَعَثَ — to emanate
• أَدَّى — to perform
• وَجَدَ — to find
• بَعَثَ — to send
• غَرَسَ — to plant
• مَنَحَ — to grant
• تَسَمَّعَ — to listen
• أَصْغَى — to listen
• حَرَصَ — to be keen
• فَهِمَ — to understand
• دَانَ — to owe
• تَدَفَّقَ — to flow
• تَوَلَّى — to undertake
• حَوَّلَ — to convert
• رَوَّحَ — to entertain
• مَرْأَة — woman
• صِنْو — peer
• رَجُل — man
• عَضُد — supporter
• أُمّ — mother
• أُخْت — sister
• زَوْجَة — wife
• بِنْت — daughter
• صَرْخَة — scream
• وَضْع — birth
• أَنَّة — groan
• نَزْع — agony
• أَب — father
• طِفْل — child
• صَغِير — young
• عَاطِفَة — emotion
• عِنايَة — care
• رِعايَة — nurture
• جَناح — wing
• رَحْمَة — mercy
• شَفَقَة — compassion
• قَلْب — heart
• وَاحِد — one
• شُعُور — feeling
• لَيْل — night
• نَهَار — day
• أَلَم — pain
• حَياة — life
• أَرْزَاء — calamities
• سَبِيل — path
• شَاكِيَة — complaining
• مُتَبَرِّمَة — annoyed (female)
• شَغَف — passion
• إِيثَار — altruism
• مِقْدَار — amount
• جُهْد — effort
• تَرْبِيَة — upbringing
• سِرّ — secret
• إِنْسَانِيَّة — humanity
• يَنْبُوع — fountain
• وُجُود — existence
• كَوْكَب — star
• أَعْلَى — highest
• أَشِعَّة — rays
• رِسَالَة — mission
• جَانِب — side
• رُوح — spirit
• شَهَامَة — chivalry
• هِمَّة — zeal
• كِبْرِيَاء — pride
• مَسْؤُولِيَّة — responsibility
• عَظَمَة — greatness
• شَيْخ — old man
• أُخْرَيَات — last days
• يَوْم — day
• وَلَد — son
• فَتَى — young man
• حَنَان — tenderness
• عَطْف — affection
• حُبّ — love
• ابْنَة — daughter
• فَتَاة — young woman
• يَد — hand
• عُكَّاز — crutch
• شَيْخُوخَة — old age
• مُسْتَوْدَع — repository
• هَاجِس — obsession
• نَفْس — soul
• سَرِير — bed
• مَرَض — illness
• حِرْص — eagerness
• رَعْشَة — tremor
• نَظْرَة — glance
• عَيْن — eye
• حَاجَة — need
• غَرَض — purpose
• مَسَرَّة — joy
• حُزْن — sadness
• مَصْدَر — source
• أَصْحَاب — owners
• أَقَلّ — least