فإذاSo ifاعترضهاit obstructs themفيinطريقهاits wayمنزلhouseمأهولinhabitedاقتحمتهit stormedكتيبةa battalionمنهاfrom itفشردتand scatteredسكانهits inhabitantsكلeveryمشردdisplacedولمand did notيرواseeأمامهمin front of themإلاexceptالفرارfleeingمنfromهذاthisالعدوenemyالباطشthe oppressorالمدمرthe destroyer
So if it obstructs them on their way, a battalion from it stormed the inhabited house and scattered every displaced inhabitant, and they saw nothing in front of them except fleeing from this oppressive destructive enemy.
ومهماAnd whateverتحدثهspeaksهذهthisالنمالant
And whatever harm these fierce wild ants may cause, the benefits that arise from their raids make the residents forget all the losses and damages they have incurred, as they destroy scorpions, spiders, mosquitoes, snakes, mice, and so on from harmful insects, purifying the place they invade.
ولهذاAnd for thisيزعمونthey claimأنthatالأهلينthe peopleفيinبعضsomeهذهtheseالأقاليمregionsيرقبونwatchإغارةraidهذهthisالنمالthe antsعليهمupon themبفارغeagerlyالصبرpatienceويعدونand they considerمقدمهاits arrivalعلىonماwhatفيهis in itمنofأضرارharmنعمةblessingوبركةand graceخيرًاgoodعميمًاgenerally
And for this, they claim that the people in some of these regions eagerly watch for the raid of these ants upon them. They consider its arrival, despite the harm it brings, a blessing and a good thing in general.
نملAntالعسلHoney
Honey Ant
وهناكAnd there isنوعa typeمنofالنمالthe antsيعرفknownفيinبلادlands«المكسيك»«Mexico»باسمby the nameنملantالعسلhoneyوهوand itيعيشlivesفيinوديانهvalleysجماعاتgroupsمؤلفةcomposedمنofالذكورmalesوالإناثand femalesوالعاملاتand workers (females)والعاملينand workers (males)
And there is a type of ant known in the lands of «Mexico» by the name: honey ant, and it lives in valleys: groups composed of males, females, and workers (both male and female).
وبعضهAnd some of themيشبهresemblesفيinمظهرهits appearanceالنملthe antالعاديnormalوالبعضand someالآخرthe otherيخالفهcontradicts itلانتفاخbecause of the swellingبطنهits abdomenانتفاخًاswellingشديدًاsevereوإنماand onlyكانit wasكذلكthat wayلإفراطهdue to its excessفيinالغذاءfood
Some resemble - in their appearance - the common ant, while others contradict it, due to the severe swelling of their abdomen, and this is due to their excess in food.
أماAs forلونcolorبطنهhis abdomenفهوit isشفافtransparentعنبريamberوهذاand thisالنوعtypeبطيءslowالحركةmovementلاdoes notيكادhardlyيتحركmoveمنfromمكانهits place
As for the color of his abdomen, it is transparent amber, and this type is slow-moving, hardly moving from its place.
فهوSo itيظلremainsجامدًاstablyملتصقًاattachedبعضهto each otherببعضsomeتحتunderالأرض.the ground.وفيAnd inبطونthe belliesهذهof theseالنمالantsشرابdrinkسكري،sweet,غيرnotمبلور،crystalline,يماثلresemblesطعمهits tasteالعطريfragrantطعماtasteعسلhoneyالنحل،the bees,ويقبلThey acceptالهنودthe Indiansالمكسيكof Mexicoعلىonهذاthisالشرابdrinkالسكري،sweetened,فيinشراهةa strange greediness,عجيبة،wonderful,ويمزجونThey mixبهwith it,بعضsomeأطعمتهمtheir foodلتكونto beمنamongأفخرthe finestأنواعtypesالحلوى.sweets.
It remains stably attached to each other under the ground. Inside these ants, there is a sweet, uncrystallized drink that resembles its fragrant taste to honey, and the Indians of Mexico indulge in this sweet drink with strange greediness, mixing it with some of their foods to be among the finest types of sweets.
محفوظاتArchives
Archives
النَّمْلَةthe ant
the ant
لَوْحٌtabletمُخْتارٌchosenمِنْfromكِتابِbook«نَهْجِ البلاغَةِ»"Nahj al-Balaghah"
A chosen tablet from the book "Nahj al-Balaghah"
انْظُرُواLookإِلَىatاَلنَّمْلَةِthe antفِيinصِغَرِsmallnessجُثَّتِهَاher bodyوَلَطَافَةِand delicacyهَيْئَتِهَاher shapeلاَnotتَكَادُalmostتُنَالُto be reachedبِلَحْظِby the glance ofاَلْبَصَرِthe eyeكَيْفَhowدَبَّتْcrawledعَلَىonأَرْضِهَاher groundوَصُبَّتْand was pouredعَلَىonرِزْقِهَاher sustenanceتَنْقُلُtransfersاَلْحَبَّةَthe grainإِلَىtoمَسْكَنِهَاher dwellingوَتُعِدُّهَاand prepares itفِيinمُسْتَقَرِّهَاher nest
Look at the ant — in the smallness of her body and the delicacy of her shape, she can barely be reached by the glance of the eye — how she crawled on her ground and her sustenance was poured on it: she transfers the grain to her dwelling and prepares it in her nest.
تَجْمَعُgatherفِيinحَرِّهَاits heatلِبَرْدِهَاfor its coldمَكْفُولَةٌguaranteedبِرِزْقِهَاwith its sustenanceمَرْزُوقَةٌprovidedبِوِفْقِهَاin accordance with it(طَاقَتِهَا(its capacityوَكِفَايَتِهَا)and its sufficiency)..
It gathers in its heat for its cold, guaranteed with its sustenance, provided in accordance with it (its capacity and sufficiency).
وَلَوْAnd ifفَكَّرْتَyou thinkفِيinمَجَارِيthe pathwaysأَكْلِهَاof its consumptionفِيinعُلْوِهَاits upper partوَسُفْلِهَاand its lower partوَفِيand inالْجَوْفِthe cavityمِنْofشَرَاسِيفِthe edgesبَطْنِهَاof its belly(أَطْرَافِ(the edgesالْأَضْلَاعِof the ribsالَّتِيwhichتُشْرِفُoverlooksعَلَىuponالْبَطْنِthe belly،وَ, andمَاwhatفِيinاَلرَّأْسِthe head::مِنْofعَيْنِهَاits eyeوَأُذُنِهَاand its ear
And if you think about the pathways of its consumption, in its upper and lower parts and in the cavity of its belly (the edges of the ribs that overlook on the belly), and what is in the head: of its eye and its ear.
لَقَضَيْتَYou have spentمِنْofخَلْقِهَاher creationعَجَبًا،in wonder,وَلَقِيتَand you encounteredمِنْfromوَصْفِهَاher descriptionتَعَبًا.exhaustion.
You have spent (time) in wonder of her creation, and you encountered exhaustion from her description.