يَدْعُوكَcalls youإِلَىtoهَذَا؟this?
Does he call you to this?
لَوْifأَرَدْتُهُمْI wanted themلَكَانَwould have beenلِسَانِيmy tongueمُطْلَقًاfreeوَكَانَand wasرَسُولِيmy messengerيُؤَدِّيconveysعَنِّيfrom me
If I had wanted them, my tongue would have been free, and my messenger would have conveyed from me.
فَلِمَso whyتَحْبِسُdo you detainعَلَىforطَعَامِيmy foodمَنْwhoلَاnotآنَسُI am familiarبِهِ»,with him?
So why do you detain for my food someone with whom I am not familiar?
قَالَ:He said:«إِنَّمَاI onlyأُرِيدُintendأَنْtoأُسَخِّيَكَmake you generousفَأَنْفِيَso that I dispelعَنْكَfrom youالتَّبْخِيلَstinginessوَسُوءَand badالظَّنِّsuspicion»
He said: "I only intend to make you generous, so that I may dispel from you stinginess and bad suspicion."
فَلَمَّاAnd whenأَنْ[emphatic]كَانَit wasبَعْدَafterذَلِكَthatأَرَادَwantedبَعْضُهُمُsome of themالِانْصِرَافَto leaveفَقَالَand he saidلَهُto himقَاسِمٌ:Qasim:
And when after that some of them wanted to leave, Qasim said to him:
«أَيْنَWhereتُرِيدُ»do you intend?
"Where do you intend to go?"
قَالَ:He said:«قَدْindeedتَحَرَّكَmovedبَطْنِيmy stomachفَأُرِيدُso I wantالْمَنْزِلَto go home»
He said: "Indeed my stomach has moved, so I want to go home."
قَالَ:He said:«فَلِمَthen whyلَاnotتَوَضَّأْperform ablutionهَهُنَا؟here?
He said: "Then why don't you perform ablution here?"
فَإِنَّfor indeedالْكَنِيفَ1the toiletخَالٍemptyنَظِيفٌcleanوَالْغُلَامُand the servantفَارِغٌfreeنَشِيطٌactiveوَلَيْسَand notمِنْfromأَبِيAbiمَعْنٍ2Ma'nحَشْمَةٌshynessوَمَنْزِلُهُand his houseمَنْزِلُhouseإِخْوَانِهِof his brothers»
For the toilet is empty and clean, and the servant is free and active, and there is no shyness from Abi Ma'n, and his house is the house of his brothers.
فَدَخَلَThen enteredالرَّجُلُthe manيَتَوَضَّأُperforming ablutionفَلَمَّاand whenكَانَit wasبَعْدَafterأَيَّامٍdaysحَبَسَdetainedآخَرَanotherفَلَمَّاand whenكَانَit wasبَعْدَafterذَلِكَthatحَبَسَdetainedآخَرَanotherفَاغْتَاظَand became angryثُمَامَةُThumamaوَبَلَغَand reachedفِيinالْغَيْظِangerمَبْلَغًاa degreeلَمْnotيَكُنْwasعَلَىuponمِثْلِهِits likeقَطُّever
Then the man entered to perform ablution. When days had passed, he detained another, and after that another, so Thumama became angry and reached a degree of anger he had never been at before.
ثُمَّThenقَالَ:he said:«هَذَاThisيَحْبِسُهُمْdetains themعَلَىforغَدَائِيmy lunchلِأَنْso thatيُسَخِّيَنِيhe makes me generousيَحْبِسُهُمْdetains themعَلَىforأَنْthatيَخْرَءُواthey defecateعِنْدِيat my placeلِمَهْ؟why?
Then he said: "This man detains them for my lunch to make me generous. He detains them so that they defecate at my place, why?
لِأَنَّbecauseمَنْwhoeverلَمْnotيَخْرَأْdefecatesعِنْدَهُat his placeفَهُوَso he isبَخِيلٌstingyعَلَىwithالطَّعَامِ؟food?
Because whoever does not defecate at his place is stingy with food?
وَقَدْAnd indeedسَمِعْتُهُمْI heard themيَقُولُونَsayingفُلَانٌso-and-soيَكْرَهُhatesأَنْthatيُؤْكَلَit is eatenعِنْدَهُat his placeوَلَمْand notأَسْمَعْI heardأَحَدًاanyoneقَطُّeverقَالَ:say:فُلَانٌso-and-soيَكْرَهُhatesأَنْthatيَخْرَأَhe defecatesعِنْدَهُat his place»
And indeed I heard them saying: 'So-and-so hates that food is eaten at his place,' but I never heard anyone say: 'So-and-so hates that he defecates at his place.'
وَكَانَAnd wasقَاسِمٌQasimشَدِيدَextremeالْأَكْلِin eatingشَدِيدَextremeالْحَبَطِ3in indigestionقَذِرَdisgustingالْمُؤَاكَلَةِin sharing meals
Qasim was extreme in eating, extreme in indigestion, and disgusting in sharing meals.
وَكَانَAnd wasأَسْخَىmost generousالنَّاسِof peopleعَلَىwithطَعَامِfoodغَيْرِهِof othersوَأَبْخَلَand most stingyالنَّاسِof peopleعَلَىwithطَعَامِfoodنَفْسِهِof himself
He was the most generous of people with the food of others, and the most stingy of people with his own food.
وَكَانَAnd wasيَعْمَلُhe doesعَمَلَdeedرَجُلٍof a manلَمْnotيَسْمَعْhe heardبِالْحَشْمَةِof shynessوَلَاnorبِالتَّجَمُّلِof self-composureقَطُّever
He would do the deed of a man who had never heard of shyness or self-composure.
فَكَانَSo he wasلَاnotيَرْضَىsatisfiedبِسُوءِwith badأَدَبِهِmannersعَلَىatطَعَامِtableثُمَامَةَThumamaحَتَّىuntilيَجُرَّhe dragsمَعَهُwith himابْنَهُhis sonإِبْرَاهِيمَIbrahim
He was not satisfied with his bad manners at Thumama's table until he dragged his son Ibrahim along with him.
وَكَانَAnd wasبَيْنَهُbetween himوَبَيْنَand betweenإِبْرَاهِيمَIbrahimابْنِهِhis sonفِيinالْقَذَرِfilthinessبِقَدْرِby amountمَاwhatبَيْنَهُbetween himوَبَيْنَand betweenجَمِيعِallالْعَالَمِينَthe worlds
And between him and his son Ibrahim in filthiness was as much as between him and all the worlds.
فَكَانَاSo they both wereإِذَاwhenتَقَابَلَاfaced each otherعَلَىatخِوَانِtableثُمَامَةَThumamaلَمْnotيَكُنْwasلِأَحَدٍfor anyoneعَلَىatأَيْمَانِهِمَاtheir right sidesوَشَمَائِلِهِمَاand their left sidesحَظٌّshareفِيinالطَّيِّبَاتِthe good things
So when they faced each other at Thumama's table, no one at their right or left had a share in the good foods.
فَأَتَوْهُAnd they brought himيَوْمًاone dayبِقَصْعَةٍa large bowlضَخْمَةٍhugeفِيهَاin itثَرِيدَةٌtharidaكَهَيْئَةِlike shapeالصَّوْمَعَةِof a hermit's cellمُكَلَّلَةٍcrownedبِإِكْلِيلٍwith a crownمِنْofعِرَاقٍmeat bonesبِأَكْثَرِwith mostمَاwhatيَكُونُcan beمِنَofالْعِرَاقِ4meat bones
And they brought him one day a huge bowl containing a tharida like the shape of a hermit's cell, crowned with a wreath of meat bones, with as many meat bones as could be.
فَأَخَذَThen tookقَاسِمٌQasimالَّذِيwhichيَسْتَقْبِلُهُfaces himثُمَّthen
Then Qasim took what faced him, then...
Footnotes
- 1.الكَنِيفُ: المُخْتَفَى، وَهُوَ مَوْضِعُ قَضَاءِ الحَاجَةِ.
Al-Kanif: the place of concealment, i.e., the toilet.
- 2.أَبُو مَعْنٍ: كُنْيَةُ قَاسِمٍ، وَهِيَ كُنْيَةٌ مَعْرُوفَةٌ لَهُ.
Abu Ma'n: the kunya of Qasim, a well-known surname for him.
- 3.الحَبَطُ: دَاءٌ فِي البَطْنِ مِنْ كَثْرَةِ الأَكْلِ، وَقِيلَ: هُوَ انْتِفَاخُ البَطْنِ.
Al-Habat: a stomach ailment from overeating; it is said to be abdominal bloating.
- 4.العِرَاقُ: جَمْعُ عِرْقٍ، وَهُوَ العَظْمُ الَّذِي عَلَيْهِ لَحْمٌ قَلِيلٌ، أَوْ الجِلْدَةُ الَّتِي عَلَى العَظْمِ المَكْشُوفِ.
Al-Iraq: plural of Irq, meaning a bone with little meat on it, or the skin over an exposed bone.