Sharh Qatr an-Nada by Ibn Hisham (شرح قطر الندى وبل الصدى) — Page 10

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شَرْحُ قَطْرِ النَّدَى وَبَلِّ الصَّدَى

Explanation of Qatr al-Nada wa Ball al-Sada.

تَرْجَمَةُ ابْنِ هِشَامٍ صَاحِبِ كِتَابِ قَطْرِ النَّدَى ، وَبَلِّ الصَّدَى » وَشَرْحِهِ

Biography of Ibn Hisham, the author of the book Qatr al-Nada wa Ball al-Sada and its explanation.

هُوَ الْإِمَامُ الَّذِي فَاقَ أَقْرَانَهُ ، وَشَأَى مَنْ تَقَدَّمَهُ ، وَأَعْيَا مَنْ يَأْتِي بَعْدَهُ الَّذِي لَا يُشَقُّ غُبَارُهُ فِي سِعَةِ الِاطِّلَاعِ وَحُسْنِ الْعِبَارَةِ وَجَمَالِ التَّعْلِيلِ ، الصَّالِحُ الْوَرِعُ ، أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ جَمَالُ الدِّينِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ ، الْأَنْصَارِيُّ ، الْمِصْرِيُّ

He is the Imam who excelled his peers, outstripped those who preceded him, and exhausted those who came after him, whose dust cannot be split (i.e., he is unrivaled) in breadth of knowledge, beauty of expression, and beauty of reasoning, the righteous, pious man, Abu Muhammad Abdullah Jamal al-Din bin Yusuf bin Ahmad bin Abdullah bin Hisham, the Ansari, the Egyptian.

وُلِدَ فِي الْقَاهِرَةِ فِي ذِي الْقَعْدَةِ مِنْ عَامِ ثَمَانٍ وَسَبْعِمِائَةٍ مِنَ الْهِجْرَةِ ( سَنَةَ ١٣٠٩ مِنَ الْمِيلَادِ

He was born in Cairo in Dhu al-Qi'dah in the year 708 AH (1309 AD).

لَزِمَ الشِّهَابَ عَبْدَ اللَّطِيفِ بْنَ الْمُرَحَّلِ ، وَتَلَا عَلَى ابْنِ السَّرَّاجِ ، وَسَمِعَ عَلَى أَبِي حَيَّانَ دِيوَانَ زُهَيْرِ بْنِ أَبِي سُلْمَى الْمُزَنِيِّ ، وَلَمْ يُلَازِمْهُ وَلَا قَرَأَ عَلَيْهِ غَيْرَهُ ، وَحَضَرَ دُرُوسَ التَّاجِ التَّبْرِيزِيِّ ، وَقَرَأَ عَلَى التَّاجِ الْفَاكِهَانِيِّ شَرْحَ الْإِشَارَةِ لَهُ إِلَّا الْوَرَقَةَ الْأَخِيرَةَ ، وَحَدَّثَ عَنِ ابْنِ جَمَاعَةَ بِالشَّاطِبِيَّةِ ، وَتَفَقَّهَ عَلَى مَذْهَبِ الشَّافِعِيِّ ، ثُمَّ تَحَنْبَلَ فَحَفِظَ مُخْتَصَرَ الْخِرَقِيِّ قُبَيْلَ وَفَاتِهِ

He accompanied al-Shihab Abd al-Latif bin al-Murahhal, recited to Ibn al-Sarraj, and heard from Abu Hayyan the Diwan of Zuhayr bin Abi Sulma al-Muzani, and he did not keep company with him nor read to anyone else. He attended the lessons of al-Taj al-Tabrizi, and read to al-Taj al-Fakihani his explanation of al-Ishara except for the last page. He narrated from Ibn Jama'ah the Shatibiyya, studied jurisprudence according to the Shafi'i school, then became Hanbali and memorized the Mukhtasar of al-Khiraqi shortly before his death.

تَخَرَّجَ بِهِ جَمَاعَةٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ مِصْرَ وَغَيْرِهِمْ ، وَتَصَدَّرَ لِنَفْعِ الطَّالِبِينَ ، وَانْفَرَدَ بِالْفَوَائِدِ الْغَرِيبَةِ ، وَالْمَبَاحِثِ الدَّقِيقَةِ ، وَالِاسْتِدْرَاكَاتِ الْعَجِيبَةِ ، وَالتَّحْقِيقِ الْبَارِعِ ، وَالِاطِّلَاعِ الْمُفْرَدِ ، وَالِاقْتِدَارِ عَلَى التَّصَرُّفِ فِي الْكَلَامِ

A group of people from Egypt and others graduated under him, he took the lead in benefiting students, and was unique in his strange benefits, precise research, wondrous corrections, brilliant verification, singular knowledge, and ability to manipulate speech.

وَكَانَتْ لَهُ مَلَكَةٌ يَتَمَكَّنُ بِهَا مِنَ التَّعْبِيرِ عَنْ مَقْصُودِهِ بِمَا يُرِيدُ مُسْهَبًا وَمُوجَزًا ؛ وَكَانَ ـ مَعَ ذَلِكَ كُلِّهِ ـ مُتَوَاضِعًا ، بَرًّا ، دَمِثَ الْخُلُقِ ، شَدِيدَ الشَّفَقَةِ ، رَقِيقَ الْقَلْبِ

He had a faculty by which he was able to express his intended meaning as he wished, both in detail and concisely; and he was, with all that, humble, pious, gentle in character, intensely compassionate, and tender-hearted.

Vocabulary · المفردات (23 verbs · 67 nouns)

• فَاقَ — to excel
• شَأَى — to outstrip
• تَقَدَّمَ — to precede
• أَعْيَا — to be beyond
• أَتَى — to come
• شَقَّ — to be matched
• وَلَدَ — to be born
• لَزِمَ — to accompany
• تَلَا — to recite
• سَمِعَ — to hear
• لَازَمَ — to keep company
• قَرَأَ — to read
• حَضَرَ — to attend
• حَدَّثَ — to narrate
• تَفَقَّهَ — to study jurisprudence
• تَحَنْبَلَ — to follow Hanbali school
• حَفِظَ — to memorize
• تَخَرَّجَ — to graduate
• تَصَدَّرَ — to lead
• نَفَعَ — to benefit
• انْفَرَدَ — to be unique
• تَمَكَّنَ — to be able
• أَرَادَ — to want
• شَرْحٌ — explanation
• قَطْرٌ — droplet
• نَدًى — dew
• بَلٌّ — moistening
• صَدًى — echo
• تَرْجَمَةٌ — biography
• ابْنٌ — son
• هِشَامٌ — Hisham
• صَاحِبٌ — owner
• كِتَابٌ — book
• إِمَامٌ — leader
• قَرِينٌ — peer
• سِعَةٌ — breadth
• اطِّلَاعٌ — knowledge
• حُسْنٌ — goodness
• عِبَارَةٌ — expression
• جَمَالٌ — beauty
• تَعْلِيلٌ — reasoning
• صَالِحٌ — righteous man
• وَرِعٌ — pious man
• أَبٌ — father
• مُحَمَّدٌ — Muhammad
• عَبْدٌ — servant
• دِينٌ — religion
• يُوسُفٌ — Yusuf
• أَحْمَدٌ — Ahmad
• أَنْصَارِيٌّ — Ansari
• مِصْرِيٌّ — Egyptian
• عَامٌ — year
• ثَمَانٌ — eight
• سَبْعُمِائَةٌ — seven hundred
• هِجْرَةٌ — Hijra
• سَنَةٌ — year
• مِيلَادٌ — birth
• دِيوَانٌ — collection of poetry
• دَرْسٌ — lesson
• وَرَقَةٌ — page
• أَخِيرٌ — last
• مَذْهَبٌ — school of thought
• مُخْتَصَرٌ — summary
• جَمَاعَةٌ — group
• أَهْلٌ — people
• فَائِدَةٌ — benefit
• غَرِيبٌ — strange
• مَبْحَثٌ — topic of research
• دَقِيقٌ — precise
• اسْتِدْرَاكٌ — correction
• عَجِيبٌ — wondrous
• تَحْقِيقٌ — verification
• بَارِعٌ — skilled
• مُفْرَدٌ — singular
• اقْتِدَارٌ — capability
• تَصَرُّفٌ — to use
• كَلَامٌ — speech
• مَلَكَةٌ — faculty
• تَعْبِيرٌ — expression
• مَقْصُودٌ — intended
• مُسْهَبٌ — detailed
• مُوجَزٌ — concise
• مُتَوَاضِعٌ — humble
• بَرٌّ — pious man
• دَمِثٌ — gentle
• خُلُقٌ — character
• شَدِيدٌ — intense
• شَفَقَةٌ — compassion
• رَقِيقٌ — tender
• قَلْبٌ — heart