Sharh al-Ajurrumiyyah by Ibn Uthaymeen (شرح الآجرومية لابن عثيمين) — Page 10

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

يَعْنِي أَنَّهُ صَعْبُ الدُّخُولِ لَكِنْ إِذَا دَخَلْتَ؛ سَهُلَ عَلَيْكَ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ؛

It is difficult to get into, but once you do, everything becomes easy.

وَلِهَذَا يَنْبَغِي لِلْإِنْسَانِ أَنْ يَحْرِصَ عَلَى تَعَلُّمِ مَبَادِئِهِ حَتَّى يَسْهُلَ عَلَيْهِ الْبَاقِي.

One should therefore strive to master the fundamentals so that the rest follows with ease.

وَلَا عِبْرَةَ بِقَوْلِ مَنْ قَالَ: إِنَّ النَّحْوَ صَعْبٌ، حَتَّى يَتَخَيَّلَ الطَّالِبُ أَنَّهُ لَنْ يَتَمَكَّنَ مِنْهُ، فَإِنَّ هَذَا لَيْسَ بِصَحِيحٍ، وَلَكِنْ رَكِّزْ عَلَى أَوَّلِهِ يَسْهُلْ عَلَيْكَ آخِرُهُ.

Ignore those who claim grammar is too hard, causing students to despair of ever mastering it. That is simply untrue. Focus on the beginning, and the end will become clear.

قَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ: النَّحْوُ صَعْبٌ وَطَوِيلٌ سُلَّمُهُ، إِذَا ارْتَقَى فِيهِ الَّذِي لَا يَفْهَمُهُ، أَرَادَ أَنْ يُعْرِبَهُ فَيُعْجِمُهُ.

Some have said, 'Grammar is a long, difficult ladder; if an ignorant person tries to climb it, he only confuses what he intends to clarify.'

وَهَذَا لَيْسَ بِصَحِيحٍ، نَحْنُ لَا نُوَافِقُ عَلَى هَذَا؛ بَلْ نَقُولُ - إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ -: النَّحْوُ سَهْلٌ وَسُلَّمُهُ قَصِيرٌ، وَدَرَجُهُ سَهْلَةٌ، تَفْهَمُهُ مِنْ أَوَّلِهِ.

This is incorrect, and we disagree. We say, God willing, that grammar is easy, its ladder is short, and its steps are simple enough to grasp from the very start.

بَدَأَ الْمُؤَلِّفُ - رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ - بِالْكَلَامِ؛ لِأَنَّ النَّحْوَ لِإِقَامَةِ الْكَلَامِ، لَا بُدَّ أَنْ تَفْهَمَ مَا هُوَ الْكَلَامُ؟

The author—may God have mercy on him—began with the definition of speech. Since grammar exists to structure speech, you must first understand what speech is.

قَالَ: «الْكَلَامُ هُوَ اللَّفْظُ الْمُرَكَّبُ الْمُفِيدُ بِالْوَضْعِ».

He defined it as: 'Speech is a compound, meaningful utterance established by convention.'

وَيُرِيدُ بِالْكَلَامِ هُنَا الْكَلَامَ فِي اصْطِلَاحِ النَّحْوِيِّينَ.

He is referring here to speech as defined in the terminology of grammarians.

وَاللَّفْظُ مَعْنَاهُ: هُوَ النُّطْقُ بِاللِّسَانِ.

Utterance simply means speech produced by the tongue.

Vocabulary · المفردات (23 verbs · 30 nouns)

• عَنَى — to mean
• دَخَلَ — to enter
• سَهُلَ — to be easy
• اِنْبَغَى — to be necessary
• حَرَصَ — to be keen
• تَعَلَّمَ — to learn
• قَالَ — to say
• تَخَيَّلَ — to imagine
• تَمَكَّنَ — to be able
• رَكَّزَ — to focus
• ارْتَقَى — to ascend
• فَهِمَ — to understand
• أَرَادَ — to want
• أَعْرَبَ — to parse
• أَعْجَمَ — to make obscure
• وَافَقَ — to agree
• شَاءَ — to will
• بَدَأَ — to begin
• رَحِمَ — to have mercy
• أَقَامَ — to establish
• رَكَّبَ — to compose
• أَفَادَ — to be useful
• نَطَقَ — to speak
• دُخُول — entry
• شَيْء — thing
• إِنْسَان — human
• مَبْدَأ — principle
• بَاقِي — remainder
• عِبْرَة — lesson
• نَحْو — grammar
• طَالِب — student
• أَوَّل — beginning
• آخِر — end
• بَعْض — some
• طَوِيل — long
• سُلَّم — ladder
• سَهْل — easy
• قَصِير — short
• دَرَج — step
• تَعْرِيف — definition
• كَلَام — speech
• مُؤَلِّف — author
• إِقَامَة — establishment
• بُدّ — escape
• لَفْظ — utterance
• مُرَكَّب — compound
• مُفِيد — useful
• وَضْع — convention
• اصْطِلَاح — terminology
• نَحْوِيّ — grammarian
• مَعْنَى — meaning
• نُطْق — pronunciation
• لِسَان — tongue