Sharh Ibn Aqil on Alfiyyat Ibn Malik — Volume 1 (شرح ابن عقيل على ألفية ابن مالك) — Page 3

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Line-by-line translation · المعاني

مُقَدِّمَةُ الطَّبْعَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ : بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

(from previous page) ⟵ Dar Misr for Printing, Said Gouda Al-Sahar, Introduction to the Second Edition: In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الْمَنْعُوتِ بِجَمِيلِ الصِّفَاتِ ، وَصَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ أَشْرَفِ الْكَائِنَاتِ الْمَبْعُوثِ بِالْهُدَى وَدِينِ الْحَقِّ لِيُظْهِرَهُ عَلَى الدِّينِ كُلِّهِ ، وَعَلَى آلِهِ وَصَحْبِهِ الَّذِينَ نَصَبُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ لِلدِّفَاعِ عَنْ بَيْضَةِ الدِّينِ حَتَّى رَفَعَ اللَّهُ بِهِمْ مَنَارَهُ ، وَأَعْلَى كَلِمَتَهُ ، وَجَعَلَهُ دِينَهُ الْمُرْتَضَى ، وَطَرِيقَهُ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ

Praise be to Allah, who is described by the most beautiful attributes. May Allah bless our master Muhammad, the noblest of all beings, sent with guidance and the true religion to make it prevail over all others. May He also bless his family and companions, who dedicated themselves to defending the faith until Allah raised its beacon through them, exalted His word, and established it as His chosen religion and straight path.

وَبَعْدُ ، فَقَدْ كَانَ مِمَّا جَرَى بِهِ الْقَضَاءُ أَنِّي كَتَبْتُ مُنْذُ أَرْبَعِ سِنِينَ تَعْلِيقَاتٍ عَلَى كِتَابِ الْخُلَاصَةِ ( الْأَلْفِيَّةِ ) الَّذِي صَنَّفَهُ إِمَامُ النُّحَاةِ ، أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ جَمَالُ الدِّينِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ ، الْمَوْلُودُ بِجَيَّانَ سَنَةَ سِتِّمِائَةٍ مِنَ الْهِجْرَةِ ، وَالْمُتَوَفَّى فِي دِمَشْقَ سَنَةَ اثْنَتَيْنِ وَسَبْعِينَ وَسِتِّمِائَةٍ ، وَعَلَى شَرْحِهِ الَّذِي صَنَّفَهُ قَاضِي الْقُضَاةِ بَهَاءُ الدِّينِ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَقِيلٍ ، الْمِصْرِيُّ ، الْهَاشِمِيُّ ، الْمَوْلُودُ فِي سَنَةِ ثَمَانٍ وَتِسْعِينَ وَسِتِّمِائَةٍ ، وَالْمُتَوَفَّى فِي سَنَةِ تِسْعٍ وَسِتِّينَ وَسَبْعِمِائَةٍ مِنَ الْهِجْرَةِ ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ يَدُورُ بِخَلَدِي - عَلِمَ اللَّهُ - أَنَّ تَعْلِيقَاتِي هَذِهِ سَتَحُوزُ قَبُولَ الْقُرَّاءِ وَرِضَاهُمْ ، وَأَنَّهَا سَتَحُلُّ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمُ الْمَحَلَّ الَّذِي حَلَّتْهُ ، بَلْ كُنْتُ أَقُولُ فِي نَفْسِي : « إِنَّهُ أَثَرٌ يَذْكُرُنِي بِهِ الْإِخْوَانُ وَالْأَبْنَاءُ ، وَلَعَلَّهُ يَجْلِبُ لِي دَعْوَةَ رَجُلٍ صَالِحٍ فَأَكُونَ بِذَلِكَ مِنَ الْفَائِزِينَ

Fate decreed that four years ago I would write annotations on 'Al-Khulasa' (Al-Alfiyya), authored by the imam of grammarians, Abu Abdullah Jamal al-Din Muhammad ibn Malik—born in Jaen in 600 AH and died in Damascus in 672 AH—and on the commentary by the Chief Justice Baha' al-Din Abdullah ibn Aqil, the Egyptian Hashimite, born in 698 AH and died in 769 AH. Allah knows it never crossed my mind that these notes would be so well-received by readers or find such a place in their hearts. I merely told myself, 'This is a work by which my brothers and children will remember me, and perhaps it will earn me the prayer of a righteous person, and thus I shall be among the successful.'

ثُمَّ جَرَتِ الْأَيَّامُ بِغَيْرِ مَا كُنْتُ أَرْتَقِبُ ؛ فَإِذَا الْكِتَابُ يَرُوقُ قُرَّاءَهُ ، وَيَنَالُ مِنْهُمُ الْإِعْجَابَ كُلَّ الْإِعْجَابِ ، وَإِذَا هُمْ يَطْلُبُونَ إِلَيَّ فِي إِلْحَاحٍ أَنْ أُعِيدَ طَبْعَهُ ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ قَدْ مَضَى عَلَى ظُهُورِهِ سَنَتَانِ ، وَلَمْ أَشَأْ أَنْ أُجِيبَ هَذِهِ الرَّغْبَةَ إِلَّا بَعْدَ أَنْ أُعِيدَ النَّظَرَ فِيهِ ، فَأُصْلِحَ مَا عَسَى أَنْ يَكُونَ قَدْ فَرَطَ مِنِّي ، أَوْ أُعِمَّ بَحْثًا ، أَوْ أُبْدِلَ عِبَارَةً بِعِبَارَةٍ أَسْهَلَ مِنْهَا وَأَدْلَى إِلَى الْقَصْدِ ، أَوْ أَضْبِطَ مِثَالًا أَوْ كَلِمَةً غَفَلْتُ عَنْهَا

Then the days passed in a way I did not expect; the book pleased its readers and won their complete admiration, and they insistently requested that I reprint it, even though two years had not yet passed since its appearance. I did not wish to grant this request until I had reviewed it, to correct what might have escaped me, to broaden a discussion, to replace a phrase with one that is easier and more direct, or to verify an example or a word I had overlooked—Introduction to the Second Edition. ⟶ (sentence continues on next page)

Vocabulary · المفردات (34 verbs · 55 nouns)

• صَلَّى — to bless
• بَعَثَ — to send
• أَظْهَرَ — to reveal
• نَصَبَ — to set up
• رَفَعَ — to raise
• أَعْلَى — to elevate
• جَعَلَ — to make
• جَرَى — to happen
• كَتَبَ — to write
• صَنَّفَ — to author
• وَلَدَ — to give birth
• تَوَفَّى — to die
• دَارَ — to revolve
• عَلِمَ — to know
• حَازَ — to obtain
• حَلَّ — to occupy
• ذَكَرَ — to mention
• جَلَبَ — to bring
• ارْتَقَبَ — to expect
• رَاقَ — to please
• نَالَ — to attain
• طَلَبَ — to request
• أَعَادَ — to repeat
• مَضَى — to pass
• شَاءَ — to wish
• أَجَابَ — to answer
• نَظَرَ — to look
• أَصْلَحَ — to repair
• فَرَطَ — to exceed
• أَعَمَّ — to generalize
• أَبْدَلَ — to replace
• أَدْلَى — to lead
• ضَبَطَ — to control
• غَفَلَ — to neglect
• مُقَدِّمَةٌ — introduction
• طَبْعَةٌ — edition
• حَمْدٌ — praise
• صِفَةٌ — attribute
• سَيِّدٌ — master
• كَائِنٌ — being
• هُدًى — guidance
• دِينٌ — religion
• حَقٌّ — truth
• آلٌ — family
• صَحْبٌ — companion
• نَفْسٌ — self
• دِفَاعٌ — defense
• بَيْضَةٌ — core
• مَنَارٌ — beacon
• كَلِمَةٌ — word
• طَرِيقٌ — path
• قَضَاءٌ — fate
• سَنَةٌ — year
• تَعْلِيقٌ — commentary
• كِتَابٌ — book
• خُلَاصَةٌ — summary
• أَلْفِيَّةٌ — millennium poem
• إِمَامٌ — leader
• نَحْوِيٌّ — grammarian
• أَبٌ — father
• عَبْدٌ — servant
• جَمَالٌ — beauty
• هِجْرَةٌ — migration
• شَرْحٌ — explanation
• قَاضِي — judge
• بَهَاءٌ — splendor
• خَلَدٌ — mind
• قَبُولٌ — acceptance
• قَارِئٌ — reader
• رِضًا — satisfaction
• مَحَلٌّ — place
• أَثَرٌ — trace
• أَخٌ — brother
• ابْنٌ — son
• دَعْوَةٌ — prayer
• رَجُلٌ — man
• صَالِحٌ — righteous man
• فَائِزٌ — winner
• يَوْمٌ — day
• غَيْرٌ — other
• إِعْجَابٌ — admiration
• إِلْحَاحٌ — insistence
• طَبْعٌ — printing
• ظُهُورٌ — appearance
• رَغْبَةٌ — desire
• بَحْثٌ — research
• عِبَارَةٌ — phrase
• قَصْدٌ — intent
• مِثَالٌ — an example