Sharh Durus al-Balagha by Ibn Uthaymeen (شرح دروس البلاغة) — Page 10

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

شَرْحُ الْبَلَاغَةِ مِن كِتَابِ اللُّغَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّةِ.

A commentary on rhetoric from the Arabic language textbook.

وَقَدْ رَتَّبَ اثْنَيْنِ مِن طَلَبَتِهِ الْكِبَارِ؛ لِتَدْرِيسِ الْمُبْتَدِئِينَ مِنَ الطَّلَبَةِ،

He appointed two of his senior students to teach the beginners.

فَانْضَمَّ الشَّيْخُ إِلَى حَلْقَةِ الشَّيْخِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ الْمُطَوَّعِ

The Sheikh joined the study circle of Sheikh Muhammad bin Abdulaziz Al-Mutawa.

أَدْرَكَ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ فِي التَّوْحِيدِ، وَالْفِقْهِ، وَالنَّحْوِ مَا أَدْرَكَ.

He gained a significant grasp of monotheism, jurisprudence, and grammar.

ثُمَّ جَلَسَ فِي حَلْقَةِ شَيْخِهِ الْعَلَّامَةِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ نَاصِرٍ السَّعْدِيِّ

He later sat in the circle of his teacher, the erudite scholar Abd al-Rahman bin Nasir al-Sa'di.

فَدَرَسَ عَلَيْهِ فِي التَّفْسِيرِ وَالْحَدِيثِ وَالسِّيرَةِ النَّبَوِيَّةِ، وَالتَّوْحِيدِ وَالْفِقْهِ، وَالْأُصُولِ، وَالْفَرَائِضِ وَالنَّحْوِ،

He studied under him exegesis, hadith, the Prophet’s biography, monotheism, jurisprudence, legal theory, inheritance law, and grammar.

وَحَفِظَ مُخْتَصَرَاتِ الْمُتُونِ فِي هَذِهِ الْعُلُومِ.

He memorized the foundational summaries of these disciplines.

وَيُعَدُّ فَضِيلَةُ الشَّيْخِ الْعَلَّامَةِ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ نَاصِرٍ السَّعْدِيِّ -رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ- هُوَ شَيْخَهُ الْأَوَّلَ؛

The virtuous scholar Abd al-Rahman bin Nasir al-Sa'di is considered his primary teacher.

إِذْ أَخَذَ عَنْهُ الْعِلْمَ؛ مَعْرِفَةً وَطَرِيقَةً أَكْثَرَ مِمَّا أَخَذَ عَنْ غَيْرِهِ،

He acquired more knowledge and methodology from him than from any other.

وَتَأَثَّرَ بِمَنْهَجِهِ وَتَأْصِيلِهِ وَطَرِيقَةِ تَدْرِيسِهِ وَاتِّبَاعِهِ لِلدَّلِيلِ.

He was deeply influenced by his approach, his grounding in the sciences, his teaching style, and his strict adherence to evidence.

وَعِنْدَمَا كَانَ الشَّيْخُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَوْدَانَ -رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ- قَاضِيًا فِي عُنَيْزَةَ قَرَأَ عَلَيْهِ فِي عِلْمِ الْفَرَائِضِ،

During the time Sheikh Abd al-Rahman bin Ali bin Audan served as a judge in Unaizah, he studied inheritance law with him.

كَمَا قَرَأَ عَلَى الشَّيْخِ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَفِيفِي -رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ- فِي النَّحْوِ وَالْبَلَاغَةِ أَثْنَاءَ وُجُودِهِ مُدَرِّسًا فِي تِلْكَ الْمَدِينَةِ.

He also studied grammar and rhetoric under Sheikh Abd al-Razzaq Afifi while he was teaching in that city.

وَلَمَّا فُتِحَ الْمَعْهَدُ الْعِلْمِيُّ فِي الرِّيَاضِ أَشَارَ عَلَيْهِ بَعْضُ إِخْوَانِهِ أَنْ يَلْتَحِقَ بِهِ،

When the Scientific Institute in Riyadh opened, some of his brothers encouraged him to enroll.

فَاسْتَأْذَنَ شَيْخَهُ الْعَلَّامَةَ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ نَاصِرٍ السَّعْدِيَّ -رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ- فَأَذِنَ لَهُ،

He sought permission from his teacher, the scholar Abd al-Rahman bin Nasir al-Sa'di, who granted it.

وَالْتَحَقَ بِالْمَعْهَدِ عَامَيْ ١٣٧٢ - ١٣٧٣ هـ.

He attended the institute during the years 1372–1373 AH.

وَلَقَدِ انْتَفَعَ خِلَالَ السَّنَتَيْنِ اللَّتَيْنِ انْتَظَمَ فِيهِمَا فِي مَعْهَدِ الرِّيَاضِ الْعِلْمِيِّ بِالْعُلَمَاءِ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا يُدَرِّسُونَ فِيهِ حِينَذَاكَ

During those two years at the Riyadh Scientific Institute, he benefited greatly from the scholars who taught there at the time.

Vocabulary · المفردات (18 verbs · 51 nouns)

• رَتَّبَ — to arrange
• انْضَمَّ — to join
• رَحِمَ — to have mercy
• أَدْرَكَ — to attain
• جَلَسَ — to sit
• دَرَسَ — to study
• حَفِظَ — to memorize
• عَدَّ — to count
• أَخَذَ — to learn
• تَأَثَّرَ — to be influenced
• قَرَأَ — to read
• فَتَحَ — to open
• أَشَارَ — to point out
• الْتَحَقَ — to join
• اسْتَأْذَنَ — to ask permission
• أَذِنَ — to permit
• انْتَفَعَ — to benefit
• انْتَظَمَ — to attend regularly
• شَرْح — explanation
• بَلَاغَة — rhetoric
• كِتَاب — book
• لُغَة — language
• عَرَبِيَّة — Arabic
• شَرْعِيَّة — legal
• جَامِع — mosque
• كَبِير — large
• اثْنَان — two
• طَالِب — student
• تَدْرِيس — teaching
• مُبْتَدِئ — beginner
• شَيْخ — sheikh
• حَلْقَة — circle
• عِلْم — knowledge
• تَوْحِيد — monotheism
• فِقْه — jurisprudence
• نَحْو — grammar
• عَلَّامَة — scholar
• تَفْسِير — exegesis
• حَدِيث — hadith
• سِيرَة — biography
• نَبَوِيَّة — prophetic
• أَصْل — foundation
• فَرِيضَة — inheritance law
• مُخْتَصَر — summary
• مَتْن — text
• فَضِيلَة — virtue
• أَوَّل — first
• مَعْرِفَة — knowledge
• طَرِيقَة — method
• كَثِير — much
• غَيْر — other
• مَنْهَج — curriculum
• تَأْصِيل — rooting
• اتِّبَاع — following
• دَلِيل — evidence
• قَاضِي — judge
• أَثْنَاء — during
• وُجُود — presence
• مُدَرِّس — teacher
• مَدِينَة — city
• مَعْهَد — institute
• عِلْمِيّ — scientific
• بَعْض — some
• أَخ — brother
• عَام — year
• خِلَال — during
• سَنَة — year
• عَالِم — scholar
• مُفَسِّر — exegete