Sharh Qatr an-Nada by Ibn Hisham (شرح قطر الندى وبل الصدى) — Page 19

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

تَرْجَمَةُ الشَّارِحِ الْمُحَقِّقِ

The biography of the verifying commentator.

فَأُسْتَاذًا بِكُلِّيَّةِ أُصُولِ الدِّينِ ، فَرَئِيسًا لِمُفَتِّشِي الْعُلُومِ الدِّينِيَّةِ وَالْعَرَبِيَّةِ بِالْأَزْهَرِ ، فَعَمِيدًا لِكُلِّيَّةِ اللُّغَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّةِ ، وَعُضْوًا بِالْمَجْمَعِ اللُّغَوِيِّ ، وَرَئِيسًا لِلَجْنَةِ الْفَتْوَى بِالْأَزْهَرِ ، وَعُضْوًا بِالْمَجْلِسِ الْأَعْلَى لِلشُّؤُونِ الْإِسْلَامِيَّةِ ) وَمَجْمَعِ الْبُحُوثِ الْإِسْلَامِيَّةِ وَالْمَجْلِسِ الْأَعْلَى لِلْفُنُونِ وَالْآدَابِ وَالْعُلُومِ ( وَفِي كَثِيرٍ مِنَ الْهَيْئَاتِ الْعِلْمِيَّةِ

He was a professor at the College of Fundamentals of Religion, then head of religious and Arabic science inspectors at Al-Azhar, then dean of the College of Arabic Language, a member of the Language Academy, head of the Fatwa Committee at Al-Azhar, and a member of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, the Islamic Research Academy, and the Supreme Council for Arts, Literature, and Sciences, as well as many scientific organizations.

وَلَا نَنْسَى أَنَّهُ اخْتِيرَ عَامَ ١٩٤٠ م لِلسُّودَانِ لِيُشَارِكَ فِي تَأْسِيسِ مَدْرَسَةِ الْحُقُوقِ الْعُلْيَا فِي الْخُرْطُومِ

We do not forget that he was chosen in 1940 AD for Sudan to participate in the founding of the Higher School of Law in Khartoum.

وَقَدْ قَامَ حِينَئِذٍ بِمُهِمَّتِهِ خَيْرَ قِيَامٍ ، وَكَانَ مَضْرِبَ الْمَثَلِ فِي عُلُوِّ الْمَنْزِلَةِ وَسُمُوِّ بَيْنَ السُّودَانِيِّينَ وَالْمِصْرِيِّينَ عَلَى السَّوَاءِ

He performed his mission then in the best possible way, and he was an example of high status and lofty position among both the Sudanese and the Egyptians alike.

وَوَجَّهَ الثَّقَافَةَ وَمَثَّلَ الْأَزْهَرَ فِي كَثِيرٍ مِنَ الْمُؤْتَمَرَاتِ الثَّقَافِيَّةِ وَاللُّغَوِيَّةِ وَالْأَدَبِيَّةِ . فِيهِ الْوِجْهَةَ الرَّفِيعَةَ الْعَمِيقَةَ ، الَّتِي أَثَّرَتْ فِي بِنَاءِ الْجِيلِ الْحَاضِرِ تَأْثِيرًا كَبِيرًا

He directed the culture there in a lofty and deep direction, which influenced the building of the present generation significantly.

وَقَدْ عَاشَ أَبِيَّ النَّفْسِ عَزِيزًا لَا يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يُمَكِّنَ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ أَيَّ إِنْسَانٍ مَهْمَا كَانَتْ مَنْزِلَتُهُ

He lived with a proud soul, dignified, and could not allow any human to have power over him, regardless of their status.

دَعَاهُ إِلَى ذَلِكَ حِفَاظُهُ عَلَى كَرَامَتِهِ ، حِفَاظُهُ عَلَى رُجُولَتِهِ ، حِفَاظُهُ عَلَى خُلُقِهِ

What drove him to that was his preservation of his dignity, his preservation of his manhood, and his preservation of his character.

وَإِنَّ فِي اخْتِيَارِهِ أُسْتَاذًا بِكُلِّيَّةِ اللُّغَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّةِ وَهُوَ بَعْدُ عَلَى مَشَارِفِ الثَّلَاثِينَ كَانَ مُؤْذِنًا بِأَنَّ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلَ الْأَلْمَعِيَّ جَدِيرٌ بِأَنْ يَكُونَ مَوْطِنَ التَّقْدِيرِ وَالْإِعْجَابِ

His selection as a professor at the College of Arabic Language while he was still on the verge of thirty was an announcement that this brilliant man was worthy of being a source of appreciation and admiration.

وَمَا كَادَ عَامُ ١٩٣٥ م يَبْدَأُ وَكَانَتِ الْأُمُورُ السِّيَاسِيَّةُ فِي مِصْرَ مُضْطَرِبَةً ، وَكَانَ الْأَزْهَرُ آنَذَاكَ مُعَرَّضًا لِبَعْضِ الِاضْطِرَابَاتِ الْخَطِيرَةِ

Hardly had the year 1935 AD begun when political matters in Egypt were turbulent, and Al-Azhar was then exposed to some dangerous disturbances.

قَامَ الْأَزْهَرُ بِثَوْرَةٍ قَوِيَّةٍ لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ يُرَادُ إِقْصَاءُ الْجَمْهَرَةِ الْغَفِيرَةِ مِنْ أَبْنَاءِ الْأَزْهَرِ وَصَدُّهُمْ عَنِ التَّعْلِيمِ

Al-Azhar rose in a strong revolution because there was an intention to exclude the vast crowd of Al-Azhar students and block them from education.

قَامَتِ الثَّوْرَةُ وَكَانَتْ ثَوْرَةً قَوِيَّةً ، ثَوْرَةً هَادِفَةً ، تَهْدِفُ إِلَى تَخْلِيصِ الْأَزْهَرِ مِنْ بَرَاثِنِ الرَّجْعِيَّةِ وَإِلَى النُّهُوضِ بِهِ نَهْضَةً قَوِيَّةً

The revolution took place and it was a strong revolution, a purposeful revolution, aiming to liberate Al-Azhar from the claws of reactionism and to rise with it in a strong renaissance.

وَكَانَ عِمَادُ تِلْكَ النَّهْضَةِ أَسَاتِذَةٌ أَجِلَّاءُ عَلَى رَأْسِهِمُ الْمَغْفُورُ لَهُ الْأُسْتَاذُ مُحَمَّدٌ مُحْيِي الدِّينِ عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ

The pillar of that renaissance was distinguished professors, led by the late Professor Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamid.

إِنَّهُ آنَذَاكَ عُرِضَتْ عَلَيْهِ الْعُرُوضُ لِكَيْ يَمْتَنِعَ عَنْ مُنَاصَرَةِ تِلْكَ الثَّوْرَةِ وَلِكَيْ يَبْتَعِدَ عَنِ الْوُقُوفِ بِجَانِبِ أَبْنَائِهِ

At that time, offers were made to him to refrain from supporting that revolution and to move away from standing by his students.

وَلَكِنَّهُ لَمْ تَلِنْ لَهُ قَنَاةٌ وَلَمْ يَخْضَعْ لِتَهْدِيدٍ

But he did not soften his stance and did not submit to any threat.

Vocabulary · المفردات (19 verbs · 74 nouns)

• نَسِيَ — to forget
• اِخْتَارَ — to choose
• شَارَكَ — to participate
• قَامَ — to stand
• كَانَ — to be
• وَجَّهَ — to direct
• أَثَّرَ — to influence
• عَاشَ — to live
• أَمْكَنَ — to be possible
• مَكَّنَ — to enable
• كَادَ — to be on the verge of
• بَدَأَ — to begin
• أَرَادَ — to want
• هَدَفَ — to aim
• عَرَضَ — to offer
• اِمْتَنَعَ — to refrain
• اِبْتَعَدَ — to move away
• لَانَ — to soften
• خَضَعَ — to submit
• تَرْجَمَةٌ — translation
• شَارِحٌ — commentator
• مُحَقِّقٌ — researcher
• أُسْتَاذٌ — professor
• كُلِّيَّةٌ — college
• أَصْلٌ — origin
• دِينٌ — religion
• رَئِيسٌ — president
• مُفَتِّشٌ — inspector
• عِلْمٌ — science
• عَمِيدٌ — dean
• لُغَةٌ — language
• عُضْوٌ — member
• مَجْمَعٌ — academy
• لَجْنَةٌ — committee
• فَتْوَى — legal opinion
• مَجْلِسٌ — council
• شَأْنٌ — affair
• بَحْثٌ — research
• فَنٌّ — art
• أَدَبٌ — literature
• كَثِيرٌ — many
• هَيْئَةٌ — organization
• عَامٌ — year
• تَأْسِيسٌ — founding
• مَدْرَسَةٌ — school
• حَقٌّ — right
• مُهِمَّةٌ — mission
• خَيْرٌ — good
• قِيَامٌ — performance
• مَضْرِبٌ — example
• مَثَلٌ — proverb
• عُلُوٌّ — height
• مَنْزِلَةٌ — status
• سُمُوٌّ — loftiness
• مَكَانَةٌ — position
• سَوَاءٌ — equality
• ثَقَافَةٌ — culture
• وِجْهَةٌ — direction
• بِنَاءٌ — a building
• جِيلٌ — generation
• تَأْثِيرٌ — influence
• نَفْسٌ — self
• إِنْسَانٌ — human
• حِفَاظٌ — preservation
• كَرَامَةٌ — dignity
• رُجُولَةٌ — manhood
• خُلُقٌ — character
• مَشَارِفٌ — outskirts
• ثَلَاثُونَ — thirty
• مُؤْذِنٌ — announcer
• رَجُلٌ — man
• مَوْطِنٌ — place
• تَقْدِيرٌ — appreciation
• إِعْجَابٌ — admiration
• أَمْرٌ — matter
• مِصْرٌ — Egypt
• اِضْطِرَابٌ — disturbance
• ثَوْرَةٌ — revolution
• جَمْهَرَةٌ — crowd
• اِبْنٌ — son
• تَعْلِيمٌ — education
• بُرْثُنٌ — grip
• رَجْعِيَّةٌ — reactionism
• نُهُوضٌ — rising
• نَهْضَةٌ — renaissance
• عِمَادٌ — pillar
• رَأْسٌ — head
• عَرْضٌ — offer
• مُنَاصَرَةٌ — support
• وُقُوفٌ — standing
• جَانِبٌ — side
• قَنَاةٌ — spear
• تَهْدِيدٌ — threat