Al-Fawz al-Kabir fi Usul al-Tafsir

al fawz al kabir fi usul al tafsir

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كَالزَّهْرِ

like the flower

فِي

in

شَرَفٍ

nobility

Like the flower in nobility

وَالْبَدْرِ

and the full moon

فِي

in

شَرَفٍ

nobility

and the full moon in nobility.

وَالْبَحْرِ

and the sea

فِي

in

كَرَمٍ

generosity

And the sea in generosity

وَالدَّهْرِ

and time

فِي

in

هِمَمٍ

high aspirations

and time in high aspirations.

السِّرُّ

The secret

فِي

in

قِصَرِ

the shortness of

آيَةٍ

a verse

مَعَ

with

طُولِ

the length of

أُخْرَى

another

The secret in the shortness of a verse with the length of another:

وَتَأْتِي

And comes

أَحْيَانًا

sometimes

آيَةٌ

a verse

طَوِيلَةٌ

long

مَعَ

with

آيَةٍ

a verse

قَصِيرَةٍ

short

And sometimes a long verse comes with a short verse,

وَالسِّرُّ

and the secret

فِي

in

مِثْلِ

such

هَذِهِ

these

الْمَوَاضِعِ

places

and the secret in such places

أَنَّهُ

is that

لَوْ

if

وُضِعَ

were placed

حُسْنُ

the beauty of

الْكَلَامِ

speech

is that if the beauty of speech

وَجَمَالُ

and the elegance of

التَّعْبِيرِ

expression

الَّذِي

which

نَشَأَ

originated

and elegance of expression that originated

مِنْ

from

تَقَارُبِ

the closeness of

الْوَزْنِ

meter

وَوِجْدَانِ

and finding

الْأَمْرِ

the matter

الْمُنْتَظَرِ

awaited

الْمَطْلُوبِ

desired

from the proximity of meter and finding the awaited desired matter

الَّذِي

which

هُوَ

is

الْقَافِيَةُ

the rhyme

حَسَبَمَا

according to what

عَرَفْتَ

you knew

بِهَا

by it

which is the rhyme (according to what you knew by it)

فِي

in

كَفَّةٍ

one scale

in one scale,

وَوُضِعَ

and were placed

حُسْنُ

the beauty of

الْكَلَامِ

speech

and the beauty of speech

وَعُذُوبَةُ

and the sweetness of

الْعِبَارَةِ

the phrase

النَّاشِئَةِ

arising

مِنْ

from

سُهُولَةِ

the ease of

الْأَدَاءِ

delivery

and sweetness of phrase arising from the ease of delivery

وَسَلَاسَتِهِ

and its fluency

وَمُوَافَقَةِ

and conformity to

طَبْعِ

the nature of

الْكَلَامِ

speech

and its fluency, conformity to the nature of speech,

وَعَدَمِ

and absence of

لُحُوقِ

affecting

أَيِّ

any

تَغَيُّرٍ

change

فِيهِ

in it

فِي

in

كَفَّةٍ

another scale

أُخْرَى

other

and lack of any change in it in another scale,

فَإِنَّ

then indeed

الْفِطْرَةَ

the innate disposition

السَّلِيمَةَ

sound

سَوْفَ

will

تَمِيلُ

incline

إِلَى

toward

جَانِبِ

the side of

الْمَعْنَى

meaning

then the sound innate disposition will incline toward the side of meaning

وَتُرَجِّحُهُ

and favor it

فَيُهْمَلُ

so is neglected

لِذَلِكَ

due to that

انْتِظَارُ

waiting for

شَيْءٍ

something

and favor it, so waiting for something is neglected for that

وَهُوَ

and it is

الْقَافِيَةُ

the rhyme

(which is the rhyme)

وَيُؤَدَّى

and is fulfilled

حَقُّ

the right of

الِانْتِظَارِ

waiting

وَالطَّلَبِ

and the demand

الْآخَرِ

other

كَامِلًا

complete

مَوْفُورًا

abundant

وَهُوَ

and it is

الْجَانِبُ

the aspect

الْمَعْنَوِيُّ

meaningful

and the right of waiting and the other demand is fulfilled completely and abundantly (which is the meaningful aspect).

أَسَالِيبُ

Styles

تَنَوُّعَةٌ

diverse

أُخْرَى

other

فِي

in

السُّوَرِ

the surahs

Other diverse styles in the surahs:

وَمَا

And what

قُلْنَا

we said

فِي

in

مُفْتَتَحِ

the opening of

هَذَا

this

الْبَحْثِ

discussion

And what we said at the opening of this discussion

أَنَّ

that

سُنَّةَ

the practice of

اللَّهِ

Allah

تَعَالَى

Exalted is He

جَرَتْ

proceeded

عَلَى

upon

ذَلِكَ

that

that the practice of Allah - the Exalted - proceeded upon that

فِي

in

أَكْثَرِ

most of

السُّوَرِ

the surahs

الْقُرْآنِيَّةِ

Quranic

in most of the Quranic surahs,

إِنَّمَا

is only

هُوَ

it

لِأَجْلِ

for the sake that

بَعْضَ

some of

السُّوَرِ

the surahs

الْقُرْآنِيَّةِ

Quranic

is only for the reason that some of the Quranic surahs

لَمْ

not

يُرَاعَ

was observed

فِيهَا

in it

هَذَا

this

النَّوْعُ

type

مِنْ

of

الْوَزْنِ

meter

وَالْقَافِيَةِ

and rhyme

did not observe in it this type of meter and rhyme.

فَجَاءَتْ

So came

طَائِفَةٌ

a group

مِنْ

of

هَذِهِ

these

السُّوَرِ

surahs

So a group of these surahs came

عَلَى

upon

طَرِيقِ

the way of

خُطَبِ

the speeches of

الْخُطَبَاءِ

orators

upon the manner of the speeches of orators,

وَأَمْثِلَةِ

and the examples of

الْبُلَغَاءِ

eloquent people

وَالْحُكَمَاءِ

and wise people

the examples of eloquent speakers and wise people.

وَلَعَلَّكَ

And perhaps you

قَدْ

have

سَمِعْتَ

heard

رِوَايَةَ

the narration of

سَمَرِ

night conversation of

النِّسَاءِ

women

And perhaps you have heard the narration of women's night conversation

الَّتِي

which

رَوَتْهَا

narrated it

عَائِشَةُ

Aisha

رَضِيَ

may Allah be pleased

اللَّهُ

with Allah

عَنْهَا

with her

which Aisha - may Allah be pleased with her - narrated,

وَنَظَرْتَ

and you looked

فِي

at

قَوَافِيهَا

its rhymes

and you looked at its rhymes.