Sharh Qatr an-Nada by Ibn Hisham (شرح قطر الندى وبل الصدى) — Page 5

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

نَحْمَدُ اللَّهَ عَلَى مَا وَفَّقَنَا إِلَيْهِ مِنَ الْعُثُورِ عَلَى صَفَحَاتٍ وَجَدْنَاهَا تَابِعَةً لِكِتَابِ «شَرْحِ قَطْرِ النَّدَى وَبَلِّ الصَّدَى» فِي مَكْتَبَةِ مُحَقِّقِ الْكِتَابِ وَنَجْلِهِ نَبِيلٍ؛

We praise God for what He has granted us success in finding pages we found belonging to the book 'Sharh Qatr al-Nada wa Ball al-Sada' in the library of the book's researcher and his son Nabil.

وَهَذِهِ الصَّفَحَاتُ الْجَدِيدَةُ، مِنْهَا مَا يَتْبَعُ الْمَتْنَ فَيُكَمِّلُهُ وَيُغْنِيهِ، وَمِنْهَا مَا يَتْبَعُ الْهَوَامِشَ مِنَ الشَّوَاهِدِ وَالْأَسْمَاءِ وَالْآيَاتِ الْقُرْآنِيَّةِ الْكَرِيمَةِ أَوِ الْفَهَارِسِ مِنْ أَبْيَاتِ الشِّعْرِ.

These new pages, some of which follow the text to complete and enrich it, and some of which follow the margins of evidence, names, noble Qur'anic verses, or indices of poetry verses.

وَنَشْكُرُهُ تَعَالَى عَلَى مَا وُفِّقْنَا فِيهِ مِنْ تَحْقِيقٍ وَتَدْقِيقٍ وَإِعَادَةِ طَبْعٍ وَإِصْدَارٍ حَتَّى جَاءَتِ النُّسْخَةُ هَذِهِ بِحُلَّتِهَا الْجَدِيدَةِ وَصَفَحَاتِهَا النِّهَائِيَّةِ الْبَالِغَةِ سِتَّمِائَةٍ وَأَرْبَعِينَ صَفْحَةً بَدَلًا مِنْ ثَلَاثِمِائَةٍ وَاثْنَتَيْنِ وَثَمَانِينَ بِمَا يَتَّفِقُ وَمَتْنَ الْكِتَابِ وَهَوَامِشَهُ وَفَهَارِسَهُ؛

We thank Him, the Exalted, for what we have been granted success in regarding verification, scrutiny, reprinting, and issuing, until this copy came in its new attire and its final pages reaching six hundred and forty pages instead of three hundred and eighty-two, in a way that agrees with the book's text, margins, and indices.

وَبِذَلِكَ يَظْهَرُ لِقُرَّاءِ الْعَرَبِيَّةِ وَالْمُهْتَمِّينَ بِهَا كِتَابٌ جَدِيدٌ فِي طَبْعَتِهِ يُعْتَبَرُ الْأَصْلُ وَالْأَسَاسُ وَيُمْكِنُ اعْتِمَادُهُ نُسْخَةً فَرِيدَةً أَصْلِيَّةً.

Thus, a new book appears to readers of Arabic and those interested in it, in its edition which is considered the origin and foundation, and it can be adopted as a unique original copy.

وَإِنَّنَا إِذْ نُصْدِرُ هَذِهِ الطَّبْعَةَ الْمَزِيدَةَ وَالْمُنَقَّحَةَ خِدْمَةً لِلْعِلْمِ وَطَالِبِيهِ، نَتَوَخَّى أَنْ نُغْنِيَ الْمَكْتَبَاتِ الْعَرَبِيَّةَ بِكِتَابٍ تَامِّ الْفَوَائِدِ كَافٍ مِمَّنِ اقْتَصَرَ عَلَيْهِ، وَافٍ لِبُغْيَةِ مَنْ جَنَحَ إِلَيْهِ.

As we issue this expanded and revised edition as a service to knowledge and its seekers, we aim to enrich Arabic libraries with a book of complete benefits, sufficient for whoever limits himself to it, and fulfilling for the goal of whoever inclines towards it.

وَاللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى وَلِيُّ التَّوْفِيقِ.

And God, Glory be to Him and Exalted, is the Guardian of success.

النَّاشِرُ

The Publisher

Vocabulary · المفردات (18 verbs · 46 nouns)

• حَمِدَ — to praise
• وَفَّقَ — to grant success
• عَثَرَ — to find
• وَجَدَ — to find
• تَبِعَ — to follow
• كَمَّلَ — to complete
• أَغْنَى — to enrich
• شَكَرَ — to thank
• جَاءَ — to come
• بَلَغَ — to reach
• اتَّفَقَ — to agree
• ظَهَرَ — to appear
• اعْتَبَرَ — to consider
• أَمْكَنَ — to be possible
• أَصْدَرَ — to issue
• تَوَخَّى — to aim
• اقْتَصَرَ — to limit
• جَنَحَ — to incline
• صَفْحَة — page
• كِتَاب — book
• شَرْح — explanation
• قَطْر — raindrop
• نَدَى — dew
• بَلّ — moistening
• صَدَى — echo
• مَكْتَبَة — library
• مُحَقِّق — researcher
• نَجْل — son
• مَتْن — text
• هَامِش — margin
• شَاهِد — evidence
• اسْم — name
• آيَة — verse
• فِهْرِس — index
• بَيْت — verse
• شِعْر — poetry
• تَحْقِيق — verification
• تَدْقِيق — scrutiny
• إِعَادَة — repetition
• طَبْع — printing
• إِصْدَار — publication
• نُسْخَة — copy
• حُلَّة — attire
• بَدَل — substitute
• قَارِئ — reader
• عَرَبِيَّة — Arabic language
• مُهْتَمّ — interested person
• أَصْل — origin
• أَسَاس — foundation
• اعْتِمَاد — adoption
• فَرِيد — unique
• أَصْلِيّ — original
• طَبْعَة — edition
• مَزِيد — added
• مُنَقَّح — revised
• خِدْمَة — service
• عِلْم — knowledge
• طَالِب — seeker
• فَائِدَة — benefit
• بُغْيَة — goal
• سُبْحَان — glory
• وَلِيّ — guardian
• تَوْفِيق — success
• نَاشِر — publisher