وَهَذَا
And thisالْقِسْمُ
sectionمِنَ
ofالسُّوَرِ
the surahsAnd this section of the surahs
يُشْبِهُ
resemblesاسْتِهْلَالَهَا
their beginning,resembles their beginning,
اسْتِهْلَالَ
the beginning ofالْوَثَائِقِ
documentsوَالْمُعَاهَدَاتِ
and treatiesthe beginning of documents and treaties
حَيْثُ
whereيَقُولُونَ:
they say:where they say:
"هَذَا"This is
مَاwhat
صَالَحَmade peace upon
عَلَيْهِconcerning it
فُلَانٌso-and-so
وَفُلَانٌ"Kand so-and-so"
"This is what so-and-so and so-and-so made peace upon"
"هَذَا"This is
مَاwhat
أَوْصَىenjoined
بِهِby it
فُلَانٌ".so-and-so".
"This is what so-and-so enjoined."
وَقَدْ
And indeedكَتَبَ
wroteالنَّبِيُّ
the Prophet- صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -
- peace be upon him -فِي
inصُلْحِ
the treaty ofالْحُدَيْبِيَةِ
Al-HudaybiyahAnd the Prophet - peace be upon him - wrote in the treaty of Al-Hudaybiyah
"هَذَا"This is
مَاwhat
قَاضَىdecreed
عَلَيْهِupon it
مُحَمَّدٌ"Muhammad"
- صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -.- peace be upon him -.
"This is what Muhammad decreed" - peace be upon him -.
وَاسْتَهَلَّ
And beganبَعْضُهَا
some of themبِذِكْرِ
by mentioningالْمُرْسِلِ
the senderوَالْمُرْسَلِ
and the receiverإِلَيْهِ،
to him,And some of them began by mentioning the sender and the receiver,
كَمَا
asقَالَ
said- تَعَالَى -:
- the Most High -:as the Most High - said -:
- {تَنْزِيلُ- {The revelation of
الْكِتَابِthe Book
مِنَis from
اللَّهِAllah,
الْعَزِيزِthe Almighty,
الْحَكِيمِ}the Wise}
- {The revelation of the Book is from Allah, the Almighty, the Wise}
- {كِتَابٌ- {A Book
أُحْكِمَتْwhose verses are perfected
آيَاتُهُits verses
ثُمَّthen
فُصِّلَتْdetailed
مِنْfrom
لَدُنْOne
حَكِيمٍWise,
خَبِيرٍ}Acquainted}
- {A Book whose verses are perfected then detailed from One Wise, Acquainted}
وَهَذَا
And thisالْقِسْمُ
sectionيُشْبِهُ
resemblesالْفَرَامِينَ
the decreesالَّتِي
thatيُكْتَبُ
is writtenفِيهَا
in itAnd this section resembles the decrees in which is written
"هَذَا"This is
مَاwhat
صَدَرَwas issued
مِنَfrom
الْبَابِthe Sublime
الْعَالِي"Porte"
"This is what was issued from the Sublime Porte"
أَوْor
"إِعْلَامٌ"a notice
صَادِرٌissued
مِنْfrom
حَضْرَةِthe presence of
الْخِلَافَةِthe Caliphate
إِلَىto
سُكَّانِthe residents of
الْبَلَدِthe city
الْفُلَانِيِّ".such-and-such".
or "a notice issued from the presence of the Caliphate to the residents of such-and-such city."
وَكَتَبَ
And wroteالنَّبِيُّ
the Prophet- صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -:
- peace be upon him -:And the Prophet - peace be upon him - wrote:
"مِنْ"From
مُحَمَّدٍMuhammad
رَسُولِthe Messenger of
اللَّهِAllah
إِلَىto
هِرَقْلَHeraclius
عَظِيمِthe great of
الرُّومِ".the Romans".
"From Muhammad the Messenger of Allah to Heraclius the great of the Romans."
وَابْتَدَأَ
And beganبَعْضُ
someالسُّوَرِ
of the surahsعَلَى
inطَرِيقَةِ
the manner ofالرَّسَائِلِ
lettersوَالْخِطَابَاتِ
and concise addressesالْمُخْتَصَرَةِ
briefمِنْ
withoutدُونِ
withoutعُنْوَانٍ
titleوَمَهِّدٍ،
and introduction,And some surahs began in the manner of brief letters and addresses without a title and introduction,
كَقَوْلِهِ
like His saying- تَعَالَى -:
- the Most High -:like His saying - the Most High -:
- {إِذَا- {When
جَاءَكَcomes to you
الْمُنَافِقُونَthe hypocrites
قَالُواthey say
نَشْهَدُ"We testify
إِنَّكَthat indeed you
لَرَسُولُare surely the Messenger of
اللَّهِ}Allah"}
- {When the hypocrites come to you, they say, "We testify that indeed you are the Messenger of Allah"}