Poetry Lessons 1-10

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 ُ‫ال ِّش ْعر‬ 

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ُ‫َمََت يَْبلُ ُغ الْبُْنيَا ُن يَْوم اً َك َمالَه‬
‫إِ َذا ُكْن َت تَْبنِي ِه َوغَْْيَُك يَ ْه ِد ُم‬

When will an edifice
Attain its completion
If you are building it
While someone else
Is pulling it down?

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‫َشْر ُح الْ ُمْفَرَدا ِت‬

‫ بُْنيَان‬building, structure.
ً‫( َك َم َل ُك ُمول‬a-u), to be complete.
‫ َك َمال‬completion. This is ‫ا ْس ُم الْ َم ْص َدر‬.
ً‫( َه َد َم َه ْدما‬a-i), to pull down a building.
ً‫( بَلَ َغ بُلُوغا‬a-u), to reach.

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‫إِي َضا َحات َْن ِوَيّة‬

‫َمََت يَْبلُ ُغ الْبُْنيَا ُن يَ ْوماً َك َمالَهُ‬ ‫ُ‬

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‫‪.‬يَْبلُ ُغ ‪ُof the verb‬فَا ِعل ُ‪ is‬الْبُْنيَا ُن‬

‫‪َ.‬مْفعُول فِيِه ‪ is‬يَْوماً‬
‫‪ُ.‬م َضاف ‪َُ and it is‬مْفعُول بِِه ‪َ is‬ك َمالَ(ه)‬

‫‪َ ...‬وغَْْيَُك يَ ْه ِد ُم‬

‫‪َ.‬واُو اْْلَا ِل ‪َ The waaw is‬وغَْْيَُك‬
‫‪ُ.‬مْبتَ َدأ ‪ is‬غَْْيُ غَْْيُ( َك)‬
‫‪ And the sentence followingُthe‬يَ ْه ِد ُم‬

‫‪َ , and therefore‬خَب ‪mubtada' is its‬‬
‫‪ِ.‬ف َمَ ِل َرفْع ‪it is‬‬

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(– )

How numerous friends are
When you count them,
But in times of adversity
And calamity
They are few.

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About the Couplet

Abu l Tayyib al Mutanabbii (915 965 CE) was one
of the greatest poets of Arabic.
In this couplet he extols the qualities of a horseman
as a chivalrous warrior.

Admin.’s note : For a related lesson, please see Questions & Answers:
Q 37: ‘The Word ad-dunaa with Rules of Sarf.’

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Lesson 4

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Here is an example of this omission in the
Glorious Qur'aan:

[20 (19) ]

She (Maryam ) said, 'How can I have a

son when no man has touched me, nor am I
unchaste?'

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is .

The sentence is muDaaf ilayhi, and therefore,

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( ) is of .

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'In the perfumes of Jannat al-"arif (Generalife)
And in its water
- In the jasmine,
In the sweet basil,
In the citrus plants.

She walked with me with her tresses panting
And gasping behind her like the ears of corn

left unharvested.

Her long earring shining along her neck
Like the candle lights on the Christmas eve.

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