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إِعْجَازُMiraculousnessالْإِخْبَارِof informingعَنِaboutالْأَحْدَاثِthe eventsالْآتِيَةِ:to come:

The miraculous nature of foretelling future events:

وَمِنْهَاAnd among themإِخْبَارٌis an informationعَنِaboutالْأَوْضَاعِthe conditionsوَالْأَحْدَاثِand the eventsالْآتِيَةِ،to come,

And among them is the foretelling of future conditions and events,

الَّتِيwhichكُلَّمَاwheneverظَهَرَappearsمِنْهَاof itشَيْءٌsomethingوَفْقَaccording toمَاwhatجَاءَcameالْقُرْآنُthe Quranكَانَit wasدَلِيلًاa proofجَدِيداًnewعَلَىuponإِعْجَازِهِ.its miraculousness.

whenever something of it appears in accordance with what the Quran brought, it serves as a new proof of its miraculousness.

[إِعْجَازُ[The miraculousness ofالْبَلَاغَةِthe eloquenceالْعَالِيَةِ:]high:]

[The miraculousness of high eloquence:]

وَمِنْAnd fromهَذِهِtheseالْوُجُوهِaspectsتِلْكَis thatالذِّرْوَةُpeakالسَّامِقَةُtoweringمِنَofالْبَلَاغَةِthe eloquenceالْقُرْآنِيَّةِQuranic

And among these aspects is that towering peak of Quranic eloquence

الَّتِيwhichتَعْلُوrisesعَلَىaboveقُدْرَةِthe abilityالْبَشَرِof humansوَتَخْرُجُand goes outعَنْofطَوْقِهِ،their capacity,

which rises above human ability and goes beyond their capacity.

وَنَحْنُAnd weإِذْwhenنَشَأْنَاwe grew upبَعْدَafterالْعَرَبِthe Arabsالْأَوَّلِينَthe earliestلَاnotنَسْتَطِيعُwe are ableأَنْtoنَصِلَreachإِلَىtoكُنْهِthe essenceهَذِهِof thisالْبَلَاغَةِeloquenceوَحَقِيقَتِهَا،and its reality,

And as we grew up after the earliest Arabs, we are not able to reach the essence and reality of this eloquence,

إِلَّاexceptأَنَّthatالْقَدْرَthe amountالَّذِيthatنَعْلَمُهُwe know itهُوَisأَنَّthatاسْتِعْمَالَthe useالْكَلِمَاتِof wordsوَالتَّرَاكِيبِand structuresالْعَذْبَةِsweetالْجَزْلَةِand robustالَّتِيwhichوَرَدَتْcameفِيinالْقُرْآنِthe QuranالْكَرِيمِNoble

except that the amount we know is that the use of sweet and robust words and structures that came in the Noble Quran,

بِمَاwith whatتَمْتَازُit is distinguishedبِهِby itمِنْofلُطْفٍgentlenessوَجَمَالٍand beautyوَعَدَمِand lack ofكُلْفَةٍaffectationوَصَنْعَةٍand artificeلَاnotنَجِدُwe findشَيْئاًanythingمِنْهَاof itفِيinأَيِّanyقَصِيدَةٍpoemمِنْfromقَصَائِدِthe poemsالْمُتَقَدِّمِينَof the ancientsوَالْمُتَأَخِّرِينَ،and the moderns,

with what it is distinguished by of gentleness, beauty, lack of affectation and artifice, we do not find anything of it in any poem of the poems of the ancients and the moderns,

وَهَذَاAnd thisأَمْرٌis a matterذَوْقِيٌّof tasteلَاnotيُدْرِكُهُperceives itكَمَاasيَنْبَغِيit should beإِلَّاexceptالْمَهَرَةُthe skilledالْمُفْلَقُونَand eloquentمِنَofالشُّعَرَاءِ،the poets,

and this is a matter of taste that is not perceived as it should be except by the skilled and eloquent poets,

وَلَيْسَand it is notفِيinوُسْعِthe capabilityالْعَامَّةِof the general publicأَنْtoيَتَذَوَقُوهُ.taste it.

and it is not within the capability of the general public to taste it.

وَمِنَAnd fromالْعُلُومِthe sciencesكَذَلِكَas wellأَنَّthatالْقُرْآنَthe QuranالْكَرِيمَNoble

And from the sciences as well is that the Noble Quran

فِيinمَوْضِعِthe topicالتَّذْكِيرِof remindingبِآلَاءِof the bountiesاللَّهِof Godوَأَيَّامِهِ،and His days,

in the topic of reminding of God's bounties and His days,

وَالْجَدَلِ،and argumentation,

and argumentation,

يَكْسُوclothesالْمَعَانِيَthe meaningsالْمُتَقَارِبَةَclose to each otherفِيinكُلِّeveryمَوْضِعٍplaceلِبَاساًa garmentجَدِيداًnew

it clothes the close meanings in every place with a new garment

حَسَبَaccording toأُسْلُوبِthe styleالسُّورَةِof the Surahالَّتِيwhichعُرِضَwas presentedفِيهَاin it

according to the style of the Surah in which it was presented

فِيinجَمَالٍbeautyوَطَرَافَةٍand freshnessلَاnotتَسْتَطِيعُis ableأَنْtoتَتَطَاوَلَreachإِلَيْهَاto itأَعْنَاقُthe necksالْبَشَرِ.of humans.

in a beauty and freshness that the necks of humans cannot reach.

[تَنَوُّعُ[The diversity ofالْأَسَالِيبِthe stylesالْبَيَانِيَّةِ:]of expression:]

[The diversity of styles of expression:]

وَإِذَاAnd ifتَعَسَّرَit becomes difficultعَلَىforأَحَدٍsomeoneإِدْرَاكُrealizationذَلِكَ،of that,

And if it is difficult for someone to realize that,

فَعَلَيْهِthen upon himأَنْis toيَتَأَمَّلَcontemplateفِيin

then he should contemplate in