الْفَصْلُ
The chapterالثَّانِي
secondThe second chapter
فِي
Inتَقْسِيمِ
dividingالسُّوَرِ
the chaptersإِلَى
intoالْآيَاتِ
versesوَأُسْلُوبِهَا
and its styleالْفَرِيدِ
uniqueOn dividing the chapters into verses and its unique style
بَيْنَ
Betweenالْآيَاتِ
the versesوَالْأَبْيَاتِ:
and the poetic lines:Between verses and poetic lines:
لَقَدْ
Indeedجَرَتْ
has runسُنَّةُ
the wayاللَّهِ
of Allah- تَعَالَى -
- the Most High -فِي
inالسُّوَرِ
the surahsالْقُرْآنِيَّةِ
Quranicبِتَقْسِيمِهَا
by dividing themإِلَى
intoالْآيَاتِ
versesIndeed, Allah's way - the Most High - in the Quranic surahs has been to divide them into verses
كَمَا
just asأَنَّ
thatالْقَصَائِدَ
poemsتُقَسَّمُ
are dividedإِلَى
intoالْأَبْيَاتِ،
poetic lines,just as poems are divided into poetic lines,
وَمَعْلُومٌ
and it is knownأَنَّ
thatهُنَاكَ
there isفَرْقاً
a differenceبَيْنَ
betweenالْآيَاتِ
versesوَالْأَبْيَاتِ،
and poetic lines,and it is known that there is a difference between verses and poetic lines,
ثُمَّ
thenإِنَّ
indeedالْآيَاتِ
the versesوَالْأَبْيَاتِ
and poetic linesكُلَّ
eachوَاحِدَةٍ
oneمِنْهُمَا
of themمِنْ
is fromقَبِيلِ
the categoryالنَّشِيدِ،
of chant,then each of the verses and poetic lines belongs to the category of chant,
الَّذِي
whichيُقَالُ
is saidوَيُنْشَدُ
and chantedلِالتِذَاذِ
for the enjoymentنَفْسِ
of the soulالْمُتَكَلِّمِ
of the speakerوَالسَّامِعِ
and the listenerوَمُتْعَتِهِمَا
and their pleasureالْفَنِّيَّةِ،
artistic,which is spoken and chanted for the enjoyment and artistic pleasure of both the speaker and the listener,
إِلَّا
exceptأَنَّ
thatالْأَبْيَاتِ
poetic linesالشِّعْرِيَّةَ
poeticتَكُونُ
areمُقَيَّدَةً
boundبِالْعَرُوضِ
by prosodyوَالْقَوَافِي
and rhymesالَّتِي
whichدَوَّنَهَا
recordedالْخَلِيلُ
Al-Khalilبْنُ
son ofأَحْمَدَ،
Ahmad,except that poetic lines are bound by prosody and rhymes which Al-Khalil bin Ahmad recorded,
وَتَلَقَّاهَا
and received themمِنْهُ
from himالشُّعَرَاءُ
poetsوَجَرَوْا
and followedعَلَيْهَا.
them.and poets received them from him and followed them.
بِنَاءُ
The constructionالْآيَاتِ
of the versesعَلَى
uponالْوَزْنِ
the meterوَالْقَافِيَةِ
and rhymeالطَّبِيعِيَّةِ:
natural:The construction of verses upon natural meter and rhyme:
أَمَّا
As forالْآيَاتِ
the versesفَإِنَّ
then indeedبِنَاءَهَا
their constructionعَلَى
is uponالْوَزْنِ
the meterوَالْقَافِيَةِ
and rhymeالْإِجْمَالِيَّةِ
overallالَّتِي
whichتُشْبِهُ
resemblesالْحَقِيقَةَ
the truthالطَّبِيعِيَّةَ
naturalAs for the verses, their construction is upon overall meter and rhyme which resembles natural truth
لَا
notعَلَى
uponأَفَاعِيلِ
the measuresالْعَرُوضِيِّينَ
of prosodistsوَتَفَاعِيلِهِمْ،
and their feet,not upon the measures of prosodists and their feet,
وَالْقَوَافِي
and the rhymesالْمَحْدُودَةِ
limitedالَّتِي
whichهِيَ
areشَيْءٌ
somethingصِنَاعِيٌّ
artificialوَاصْطِلَاحِيٌّ
and conventionalلَيْسَ
notغَيْرَ.
other than that.and the limited rhymes which are merely something artificial and conventional.
الْقَدْرُ
The amountالْمُشْتَرَكُ
sharedبَيْنَ
betweenالْآيَاتِ
versesوَالْأَبْيَاتِ:
and poetic lines:The shared amount between verses and poetic lines:
أَمَّا
As forتَنْقِيحُ
refiningالْقَدْرِ
the amountالْإِجْمَالِيِّ
overallالْمُشْتَرَكِ
sharedالَّذِي
whichيَنْفَقُ
appliesفِي
toالْآيَاتِ
versesAs for refining the overall shared amount which applies to verses