Saudi Arabic Curriculum (لغتي) — Grade 6, Semester 1 — Page 43

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

أَوَّلُ الخُلَفَاءِ الرَّاشِدِينَ.

The first of the Rightly Guided Caliphs.

وَلَمَّا تَوَلَّى أَبُو بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ الخِلَافَةَ صَعِدَ المِنْبَرَ، فَكَانَ مِمَّا قَالَ: "أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، إِنِّي قَدْ وُلِّيتُ عَلَيْكُمْ، وَلَسْتُ بِخَيْرِكُمْ، فَإِنْ أَحْسَنْتُ فَأَعِينُونِي، وَإِنْ أَسَأْتُ فَقَوِّمُونِي، الصِّدْقُ أَمَانَةٌ، وَالكَذِبُ خِيَانَةٌ".

When Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) assumed the Caliphate, he ascended the pulpit and said: 'O people, I have been placed in charge of you, though I am not the best among you. If I do well, support me; if I do wrong, correct me. Truthfulness is a trust, and lying is treachery.'

وَظَلَّ هَذَا الصِّدْقُ وَالعَدْلُ وَالتَّوَاضُعُ وَالزُّهْدُ مَنْهَجًا لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ حَتَّى وَفَاتِهِ فِي الثَّانِي وَالعِشْرِينَ مِنْ شَهْرِ جُمَادَى الْآخِرَةِ فِي السَّنَةِ الثَّالِثَةَ عَشْرَةَ مِنَ الهِجْرَةِ، وَعُمْرُهُ ثَلَاثَةٌ وَسِتُّونَ عَامًا، وَكَانَتْ خِلَافَتُهُ سَنَتَيْنِ وَثَلَاثَةَ أَشْهُرٍ تَقْرِيبًا، وَدُفِنَ بِجِوَارِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ.

These qualities of truthfulness, justice, humility, and asceticism remained Abu Bakr's guiding principles until his death on the twenty-second of Jumada al-Akhirah in the thirteenth year of the Hijra, at the age of sixty-three. His caliphate lasted approximately two years and three months, and he was buried beside the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him).

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Vocabulary · المفردات (17 verbs · 37 nouns)

• تَوَلَّى — to assume
• صَعِدَ — to ascend
• كَانَ — to be
• فَهْم — understanding
• قِرَائِيّ — reading
• خَلِيفَة — caliph