Sharh Qatr an-Nada by Ibn Hisham (شرح قطر الندى وبل الصدى) — Page 17

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

حَتَّى فِي نِقَاشِ الزَّائِرِينَ ، وَيَلْحَظُ لِوَالِدِهِ مِنَ الْهَيْبَةِ وَالْمَكَانَةِ مَا دَفَعَ بِهِ إِلَى مُحَاكَاتِهِ

Even in the discussion of visitors, he observes in his father such prestige and status that it drove him to imitate him.

إِذَا بَلَغَ دَوْرَ الصِّبَا دَفَعَ بِهِ وَالِدُهُ إِلَى مَعْهَدِ دِمْيَاطَ الدِّينِيِّ لِيَرْتَشِفَ مِنْ مَعِينِهِ

When he reached the age of youth, his father sent him to the Damietta Religious Institute to sip from its source.

إِذْ كَانَ وَالِدُهُ قَاضِيًا بِمَحْكَمَةِ فَارِسْكُورَ ، ثُمَّ انْتَقَلَ إِلَى الْقَاهِرَةِ مُفْتِيًا دِينِيًّا لِوِزَارَةِ الْأَوْقَافِ فَانْتَقَلَ مَعَهُ إِلَى الْجَامِعِ الْأَزْهَرِ

For his father was a judge at the Faraskur court, then he moved to Cairo as a religious mufti for the Ministry of Endowments, so he moved with him to Al-Azhar Mosque.

وَأَكْبَرُ مَا يَدُلُّ عَلَى أَلْمَعِيَّةِ الطَّالِبِ وَظُهُورِ هِلَالِهِ مُبَشِّرًا بِمَا سَيَعْقُبُهُ مِنْ إِبْدَارٍ ، أَنْ طَمَحَ لِلتَّأْلِيفِ الْعِلْمِيِّ وَهُوَ فِي سَاحَةِ الدَّرْسِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَظْفَرَ بِدَرَجَةِ الْعَالَمِيَّةِ سَنَةَ ١٩٢٥ م

The greatest evidence of the student's brilliance and the appearance of his crescent, heralding what would follow of a full moon, is that he aspired to scientific authorship while in the study arena before obtaining the Alimiyya degree in 1925 AD.

إِذْ أَقْدَمَ عَلَى عَمَلٍ جَادٍّ مُثْمِرٍ هُوَ شَرْحُ مَقَامَاتِ الْهَمَذَانِيِّ

For he undertook a serious, fruitful work, which is the explanation of the Maqamat of Al-Hamadhani.

وَمُؤَلِّفُ الشَّرْحِ وَمُحَقِّقُ النَّصِّ فِي هَذَا الْمُقْتَبَلِ مِنَ الشَّبَابِ لَا بُدَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ بَعِيدَ الطُّمُوحِ ، وَاسِعَ الْأَمَلِ

The author of the explanation and the researcher of the text in this beginning of youth must be of far-reaching ambition and wide hope.

وَلَا بُدَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ قَدْ وَعَى مِنْ مَسَائِلِ اللُّغَةِ وَالْأَدَبِ وَالتَّارِيخِ الْعَرَبِيِّ مَا سَمَحَ لَهُ بِالْإِتْقَانِ

And he must have comprehended from the issues of language, literature, and Arab history what allowed him mastery.

بَلْ لَا بُدَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ قَدْ وَجَدَ مِنْ وَالِدِهِ مُنْذُ نَشْأَتِهِ الْأُولَى فِي الْقِسْمِ الِابْتِدَائِيِّ حَثًّا عَلَى الدَّأْبِ فِي الْمُذَاكَرَةِ ، وَمُوَاصَلَةِ التَّوْجِيهِ ، وَقُوَّةِ التَّتَبُّعِ حَتَّى بَلَغَ الطَّالِبُ أَشُدَّهُ وَاسْتَوَى عَلَى سُوقِهِ

Rather, he must have found from his father since his first upbringing in the primary section encouragement for diligence in study, continuation of guidance, and strength of following up until the student reached his maturity and stood on his own feet.

وَقَدِ اعْتَرَفَ لِوَالِدِهِ بِوَاجِبِ الْبِرِّ حِينَ جَعَلَ إِهْدَاءَ الشَّرْحِ لِوَالِدِهِ ، وَحِينَ قَالَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْإِهْدَاءِ: ( سَيِّدِي الْوَالِدُ

He acknowledged to his father the duty of piety when he made the dedication of the explanation to his father, and when he said in that dedication: My master, the father.

إِلَى نَفْسِكَ الطَّاهِرَةِ ، وَحِكْمَتِكَ الْعَالِيَةِ ، وَأَدَبِكَ الْجَمِّ ، وَفَضْلِكَ الْغَزِيرِ ، أُقَدِّمُ كِتَابِي هَذَا

To your pure soul, your high wisdom, your abundant literature, and your plentiful virtue, I present this book of mine.

لَقَدْ رَبَّيْتَنِي عَلَى الْفَضِيلَةِ ، وَحَبَّبْتَ إِلَيَّ الْعَمَلَ ، وَزَهَّدْتَنِي فِي الدَّعَةِ

You have raised me on virtue, made work beloved to me, and made me ascetic regarding ease and languor.

اللَّهُ وَعِنْدَ فِي ذَلِكَ جَزَاؤُكَ ، فَلَيْسَ بِيَدِي شَيْءٌ مِنْهُ ، وَلَا فِي اسْتِطَاعَتِي أَنْ أَنَالَهُ ، وَلَوْ رَقِيتُ أَسْبَابَ السَّمَاءِ

And with Allah is your reward for that, for there is nothing of it in my hand, nor is it in my ability to obtain it, even if I ascended the causes of the heavens.

وَلَكِنِّي أَتَقَدَّمُ إِلَيْكَ بِكِتَابِي هَذَا بُرْهَانًا عَلَى أَنَّكَ غَرَسْتَ فَأَثْمَرْتَ ، وَبَذَرْتَ فَأَنْمَيْتَ

But I present to you this book of mine as proof that you planted and bore fruit, and sowed and grew.

وَدَلِيلًا عَلَى أَنَّ غِرَاسَكَ سَيَزْدَادُ نُمُوًّا بِمَرِّ الْأَيَّامِ إِلَى أَنْ يُؤْتِيَ أُكُلَهُ مَرَّتَيْنِ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ

And as evidence that your planting will increase in growth with the passing of days until it gives its fruit twice by the permission of Allah.

وَالْحَقُّ أَنَّ الْغِرَاسَ قَدْ أَتَى أُكُلَهُ مَرَّاتٍ عِدَّةً

The truth is that the planting has already given its fruit many times.

فَإِنَّ مَا أَخْرَجَهُ الْأُسْتَاذُ مِنَ الْكُتُبِ الْعِلْمِيَّةِ تَأْلِيفًا وَتَحْقِيقًا لَيَعْجِزُ الْقُرَنَاءَ ، حَتَّى لَيَأْتُوا خَلْفَهُ تَابِعِينَ

For what the professor has produced of scientific books, in authorship and verification, truly renders peers unable, until they come behind him as followers.

Vocabulary · المفردات (34 verbs · 100 nouns)

• لَحَظَ — to observe
• دَفَعَ — to lead
• حَاكَى — to imitate
• بَلَغَ — to reach
• ارْتَشَفَ — to sip
• كَانَ — to be
• انْتَقَلَ — to move
• دَلَّ — to indicate
• عَقَبَ — to follow
• طَمَحَ — to aspire
• ظَفِرَ — to win
• أَقْدَمَ — to proceed
• وَعَى — to comprehend
• سَمَحَ — to allow
• وَجَدَ — to find
• اسْتَوَى — to become strong
• اعْتَرَفَ — to acknowledge
• جَعَلَ — to make
• قَالَ — to say
• رَبَّى — to raise
• حَبَّبَ — to make beloved
• زَهَّدَ — to make ascetic
• نَالَ — to obtain
• رَقِيَ — to ascend
• تَقَدَّمَ — to advance
• غَرَسَ — to plant
• أَثْمَرَ — to bear fruit
• بَذَرَ — to sow
• أَنْمَى — to grow
• ازْدَادَ — to increase
• آتَى — to give
• أَتَى — to come
• أَخْرَجَ — to produce
• عَجَزَ — to be unable
• نِقَاش — discussion
• زَائِر — visitor
• وَالِد — father
• هَيْبَة — prestige
• مَكَانَة — status
• دَوْر — role
• صِبًا — youth
• مَعْهَد — institute
• دِينِيّ — religious
• مَعِين — source
• قَاضِي — (male) judge
• مَحْكَمَة — court
• مُفْتِي — mufti
• وِزَارَة — ministry
• أَوْقَاف — endowments
• جَامِع — mosque
• أَزْهَر — Azhar
• أَلْمَعِيَّة — brilliance
• طَالِب — student
• ظُهُور — appearance
• هِلَال — crescent
• مُبَشِّر — herald
• إِبْدَار — full moon
• تَأْلِيف — authorship
• عِلْمِيّ — scientific
• سَاحَة — arena
• دَرْس — lesson
• دَرَجَة — degree
• عَالَمِيَّة — internationalism
• سَنَة — year
• عَمَل — work
• جَادّ — serious
• مُثْمِر — fruitful
• شَرْح — explanation
• مَقَامَة — maqama
• مُؤَلِّف — author
• مُحَقِّق — (male) researcher
• نَصّ — text
• مُقْتَبَل — beginning
• شَبَاب — youth
• طُمُوح — ambition
• وَاسِع — wide
• أَمَل — hope
• مَسْأَلَة — issue
• لُغَة — language
• أَدَب — literature
• تَارِيخ — history
• عَرَبِيّ — Arabic
• إِتْقَان — mastery
• نَشْأَة — upbringing
• أَوَّل — first
• قِسْم — section
• ابْتِدَائِيّ — primary
• حَثّ — encouragement
• دَأْب — diligence
• مُذَاكَرَة — study
• مُوَاصَلَة — continuation
• تَوْجِيه — guidance
• قُوَّة — strength
• تَتَبُّع — following
• أَشُدّ — maturity
• سُوق — market
• وَاجِب — duty
• بِرّ — piety
• إِهْدَاء — dedication
• سَيِّد — master
• نَفْس — self
• طَاهِر — pure
• حِكْمَة — wisdom
• عَالِي — high
• جَمّ — abundant
• فَضْل — virtue
• غَزِير — plentiful
• كِتَاب — book
• فَضِيلَة — virtue
• دَعَة — ease
• وَنَى — languor
• جَزَاء — reward
• يَد — hand
• شَيْء — thing
• اسْتِطَاعَة — ability
• سَبَب — means
• سَمَاء — sky
• بُرْهَان — proof
• دَلِيل — evidence
• غِرَاس — planting
• نُمُوّ — growth
• مُرّ — passing
• يَوْم — day
• أُكُل — fruit
• مَرَّة — time
• إِذْن — permission
• حَقّ — truth
• عِدَّة — number
• أُسْتَاذ — professor
• كُتُب — books
• تَحْقِيق — verification
• قَرِين — peer
• خَلْف — behind
• تَابِع — follower