4.5 他那令人惊叹的简练言辞中的一些片段
4.5 Some Fragments Of His Astonishingly Concise Words
阿里(愿安拉喜悦他)说:"戒备即是恶念。"他又说:"亲近的人,是爱使他亲近,即便血缘使他疏远;疏远的人,是仇恨使他疏远,即便血缘使他亲近。身体上没有比手更近的部位,然而手若坏死,就要被砍掉;砍掉之后,还要用烙铁烧灼。"此段由阿布·努阿伊姆转述。
Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, said, ‘Precaution is bad opinion.’ He said, ‘The close one (i.e. the near relative) is the one whom affection renders close even if his kinship makes him distant. The distant one is the one whom enmity makes far even though his kinship makes him a near relative. There is nothing nearer to the body than the hand, and yet the hand, if it is corrupt, is cut off and if it is cut off, then it is cauterised.’ Abu Nucaym narrated it.
他说:"你们要从我这里记住五件事:你们中的任何人都不应畏惧任何事,只畏惧自己的过失;不应期望任何事,只期望他的主;不懂的人不应羞于学习;不懂的人不应羞于说'真主至知';而耐心与信仰的关系,犹如头与身体的关系:"
He said, ‘Take five things from me: Let none of you fear anything but his wrong action; let him hope for nothing but his Lord; let someone who does not know, not be shy of learning; and let someone who does not know, not be shy of saying, “Allah knows best”; and patience has the same relation to iman as does the head to the body:
“当耐心消失时,信仰也随之消失,正如头颅不在,身体也就不在。”赛义德·本·曼苏尔在他的《圣训集》(Sunan)中转述了这段话。
when patience goes then iman goes, for when the head goes, then the body goes.’ Sacid ibn Mansur narrated it in his Sunan.
他说:真正的fāqīh(精通教法的学者)是这样的人:不使人对安拉的慈悯感到绝望;不纵容人违抗安拉;不使人对安拉的惩罚心存安全感;不舍弃《古兰经》而去追求其他。因为,没有知识的功修便没有善果;没有理解的知识便不算知识;没有思索的诵读便没有意义。此段由伊本·阿德-达里斯在《古兰经的美德》(Fada’il al-Qur’an)中转述。
He said: The real faqih is the one who does not make people despair of the mercy of Allah; who does not grant them licence to disobey Allah; who does not make them feel secure from the punishment of Allah; who does not abandon the Qur’an longing for something other than it; because there is no good in worship in which there is no knowledge, there is no knowledge unless there is understanding along with it, and there is no recitation if there is no reflection in it. Ibn ad-Daris narrated it in the Fada’il al-Qur’an.
他说:"当我被问到自己不知道的事情时,最让我心安的回答是:真主最知道。"伊本·阿萨基尔传述了此段。
He said: The coolest thing for my liver, when I am asked about what I don’t know, is to say, Allah knows best.’ Ibn cAsakir narrated it.
他说:"谁想要把自己应尽的义务交付给他人,就让他为他人喜爱自己所喜爱的东西。"伊本·阿萨基尔传述了这段圣训。
He said: Whoever wants to give people what is due from him, let him love for them what he loves for himself. Ibn cAsakir narrated it.
他说:有七件事来自恶魔(shaytan):强烈的愤怒、剧烈的喷嚏、剧烈的哈欠、呕吐、流鼻血、窃窃私语,以及在念诵赞主(dhikr,即记念真主)时打瞌睡。
He said: Seven things are from the shaytan: strong anger, strong sneezing, strong yawning, vomiting, nosebleeds, secret discourse, and falling asleep during dhikr (remembrance of Allah).
他说:“连同果肉一起吃石榴吧,因为它是胃的保护膜(字面意为:胃的鞣剂)。” 赛义德·本·曼苏尔(Sacid ibn Mansur)传述了这段圣训。
He said: Eat the pomegranate with its pulp for it is the stomachic (literally: the tan of the stomach). Sacid ibn Mansur narrated it.
他说:会有这样一个时代降临到人们身上,那时信士所受的屈辱将比女奴更甚。赛义德·本·曼苏尔如此传述。
He said: A time will come to people in which the believer will be more humiliated than a female slave. Sacid ibn Mansur narrated it.
阿布·阿斯沃德·杜厄利赞颂阿里时说:"哦,你这双眼睛啊!快来帮助我们吧!你难道不为众信士的领袖哭泣吗?"
Abu’l-Aswad ad-Du’ali said, eulogising cAli, ‘Eye, woe to you! Come to our aid; Do you not weep for the Amir al-Mu’minin?
乌姆·库勒苏姆(阿里与法蒂玛之女,欧麦尔之妻)为他哭泣,她的泪水流淌,她亲眼见过死亡。
Umm Kulthum (the daughter of cAli and Fatimah, and the wife of cUmar) weeps over him With her tears, and she has seen death.
对哈瓦利吉派,无论他们身在何处,愿嫉妒者的眼睛不得安宁——你们说:“难道是在斋月里,你们使我们痛苦,借着最优秀的人吗?”
Say to the Khawarij wherever they are - and may the eyes of the envious not find rest - “Is it in the month of fasting that you have distressed us, Through the best of men altogether?
你们杀害了那些骑乘骏马、驯服它们的最优秀之人,杀害了那些乘船出海的人,杀害了那些穿着凉鞋、将其裁剪合脚的人,也杀害了那些诵读《麦萨尼》(即《法提哈章》)和《明白的经典》的人。
You have killed the best of those who mounted steeds And tamed them, and of those who mounted ships, Of those who wore sandals and cut them to measure, And who recited the Mathani (the Fatihah) and the Clear (Book).
诸般善德皆在他身上, 还有对众世界的主的使者的爱。 古莱氏人无论身在何处,都知道, 你(阿里)在地位与宗教上,是他们中最优秀的人。
All the qualities of good were in him, And the love of the Messenger of the Lord of the Worlds.” Quraysh knew, wherever they were, That you (cAli) were the best of them in standing and in deen.
当我望向阿布·侯赛因的脸庞时,我看见了围观人群上方的满月。
When I looked towards the face of Abu Hussein I saw the full moon over the onlookers.
在他被杀之前,我们过得很好;我们常常看到安拉使者的麻威拉在我们中间。
Before his killing we were in good; We would see the mawla of the Messenger of Allah among us.
他确立真理,对此毫无疑虑;他对敌人和近亲都秉持公正。
He was establishing the truth without doubting concerning it, And he was just to enemies and close relatives.
他从不隐瞒他所掌握的任何知识,他也没有傲慢者的品性。
He would not conceal any knowledge that he had, And he did not have the character of the haughty ones.
仿佛人们失去了阿里之后,就像迷失在荒原中多年的鸵鸟一样。
It is as if when people lost cAli, They were ostriches bewildered in a land for years.
不要因我们的苦难而幸灾乐祸,穆阿维叶·本·赛赫尔。 因为其余的哈里发都出自我们之中。
Do not rejoice at our affliction Mucawiyah ibn Sakhr, For the rest of the khulafa are from us.