عجيبة وعجيبة

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‫َﻋ ِﺠﻴ َﺒ ُﺔ َو َﻋ ِﺠﻴ َﺒ ُﺔ‬



‫َﻋ ِﺠﻴ َﺒ ُﺔ َو َﻋ ِﺠﻴ َﺒ ُﺔ‬

‫ﺗﺄﻟﻴﻒ‬ ‫ﻛﺎﻣﻞ ﻛﻴﻼﻧﻲ‬


‫ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ وَﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ‬ ‫ﻛﺎﻣﻞ ﻛﻴﻼﻧﻲ‬

‫رﻗﻢ إﻳﺪاع ‪١٩٤٦٢ / ٢٠١٢‬‬ ‫ﺗﺪﻣﻚ‪٩٧٨ ٩٧٧ ٧١٩ ١٢٥ ٨ :‬‬ ‫ﻣﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﻫﻨﺪاوي ﻟﻠﺘﻌﻠﻴﻢ واﻟﺜﻘﺎﻓﺔ‬ ‫ﺟﻤﻴﻊ اﻟﺤﻘﻮق ﻣﺤﻔﻮﻇﺔ ﻟﻠﻨﺎﴍ ﻣﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﻫﻨﺪاوي ﻟﻠﺘﻌﻠﻴﻢ واﻟﺜﻘﺎﻓﺔ‬ ‫املﺸﻬﺮة ﺑﺮﻗﻢ ‪ ٨٨٦٢‬ﺑﺘﺎرﻳﺦ ‪٢٠١٢ / ٨ / ٢٦‬‬ ‫إن ﻣﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﻫﻨﺪاوي ﻟﻠﺘﻌﻠﻴﻢ واﻟﺜﻘﺎﻓﺔ ﻏري ﻣﺴﺌﻮﻟﺔ ﻋﻦ آراء املﺆﻟﻒ وأﻓﻜﺎره‬ ‫وإﻧﻤﺎ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻳﻌﱪ اﻟﻜﺘﺎب ﻋﻦ آراء ﻣﺆﻟﻔﻪ‬ ‫‪ ٥٤‬ﻋﻤﺎرات اﻟﻔﺘﺢ‪ ،‬ﺣﻲ اﻟﺴﻔﺎرات‪ ،‬ﻣﺪﻳﻨﺔ ﻧﴫ ‪ ،١١٤٧١‬اﻟﻘﺎﻫﺮة‬ ‫ﺟﻤﻬﻮرﻳﺔ ﻣﴫ اﻟﻌﺮﺑﻴﺔ‬ ‫ﻓﺎﻛﺲ‪+ ٢٠٢ ٣٥٣٦٥٨٥٣ :‬‬ ‫ﺗﻠﻴﻔﻮن‪+ ٢٠٢ ٢٢٧٠٦٣٥٢ :‬‬ ‫اﻟﱪﻳﺪ اﻹﻟﻜﱰوﻧﻲ‪hindawi@hindawi.org :‬‬ ‫املﻮﻗﻊ اﻹﻟﻜﱰوﻧﻲ‪http://www.hindawi.org :‬‬ ‫رﺳﻢ اﻟﻐﻼف‪ :‬ورود اﻟﺼﺎوي‪.‬‬ ‫ﺟﻤﻴﻊ اﻟﺤﻘﻮق اﻟﺨﺎﺻﺔ ﺑﺼﻮرة وﺗﺼﻤﻴﻢ اﻟﻐﻼف ﻣﺤﻔﻮﻇﺔ ملﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﻫﻨﺪاوي‬ ‫ﻟﻠﺘﻌﻠﻴﻢ واﻟﺜﻘﺎﻓﺔ‪ .‬ﺟﻤﻴﻊ اﻟﺤﻘﻮق اﻷﺧﺮى ذات اﻟﺼﻠﺔ ﺑﻬﺬا اﻟﻌﻤﻞ ﺧﺎﺿﻌﺔ ﻟﻠﻤﻠﻜﻴﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﻌﺎﻣﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫‪Cover Artwork and Design Copyright © 2011 Hindawi‬‬ ‫‪Foundation for Education and Culture.‬‬ ‫‪All other rights related to this work are in the public domain.‬‬


‫اﳌﺤﺘﻮﻳﺎت‬

‫ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﻞ ْاﻷ َ ﱠو ُل‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﻞ اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻧِﻲ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﻞ اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻟ ُ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْ‬ ‫ِﺚ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﻞ اﻟ ﱠﺮا ِﺑ ُﻊ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﻞ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎﻣ ُﺲ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎدِ ُس‬

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‫ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﺼ ُﻞ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻷ ﱠو ُل‬

‫)‪ (1‬ﺗَﻤْ ِﻬﻴ ُﺪ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺔ‬ ‫َاﻟﺴﺒَﺎﺣَ ِﺔ )ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ ِم(‪ ،‬ﻣَ ْﺸ ُﻐ ً‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ َ‬ ‫ﻮن اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻮﻓﺎ ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺼﻴْ ِﺪ و ﱢ‬ ‫َﺎﺿ ِﺔ و ﱢ‬ ‫َاﻟﺴﻴَﺎﺣَ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫»ﻏﺎﻟِﺐٌ « ﻣُﻮ َﻟﻌً ﺎ ِﺑ ُﻔﻨ ُ ِ‬ ‫ﻣ ُْﻐ َﺮﻣً ﺎ ِﺑ ْﺎﻗ ِﺘﻨَﺎءِ َﻛ َﺮا ِﺋ ِﻢ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻴَﺎدِ )ا ْﻟ َﺨﻴ ِْﻞ(‪ ،‬ﻣ ُْﻘ ِﺒ ًﻼ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺟَ ﻤْ ِﻊ اﻟﺬﱠ َﺧﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺮ وَا ْﻟﻌَ ﺘَﺎدِ )ﻣَ ﺎ أُﻋِ ﱠﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َدوَابﱠ‬ ‫و َِﺳ َﻼ ٍح‪ ،‬وَأ َ َدو ِ‬ ‫ﺎح(‪.‬‬ ‫َات ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﺮ ِب وَا ْﻟﻜ َِﻔ ِ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﻈ ﱠﻦ َﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻤَ ﺎ َرأَى و َ​َﺳ ِﻤﻊَ(‪َ ،‬ﻛ ِﺮﻳ َﻢ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻔ ِﺲ أَﺣْ َﻮ ِذﻳٍّﺎ )ﻳ َُﺴ ُ‬ ‫ﻈ ﱡﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ي أ َ ْﻟﻤَ ﻌِ ﻴٍّﺎ )ﻳَ ُ‬ ‫َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻮق‬ ‫ﺎن ﺛَﺎﻗِ ﺐَ اﻟ ﱠﺮأ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﻣﺜَﺎ َل ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎق‪ ،‬و َ​َﻻ ﻳَﻌْ ﻴَﺎ ِﺑﺤَ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻘ َﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺸﺎﻛ ِ​ِﻞ وَا ْﻟﻤُﻌْ ِﻀ َﻼ ِت(‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ ﺎﻋَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ْاﻷُﻣُﻮ َر أﺣْ َﺴ َﻦ ﻣَ َﺴ ٍ‬ ‫َان َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫وف‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَﻮ َ‬ ‫ﴫ ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ ِﰲ إ ِ ْﺳﺪَاءِ ﻣَ ﻌْ ُﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ﻈ ًﺔ ﻋَ ْﻦ‬ ‫اﻹ ْﻗﺪَا ِم وَا ْﻟﻌَ ْﺰ ِم‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َُﻘ ﱢ ْ‬ ‫وَا ْﻟﺤَ ْﺰ ِم‪َ ،‬وﻧَﻤُﻮذَجَ ْ ِ‬ ‫إ ِ َﻏﺎﺛ َ ِﺔ ﻣَ ْﻠﻬُ ٍ‬ ‫ﻮف‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َت ﺧِ َﻼﻟُﻪُ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺠَ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ُﻓﺘُ ﱠﻮ ُة ﱠ‬ ‫َﺎب‪ ،‬وَﺟَ ﻤَ َﻊ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﻟُﻪُ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺠُ ﺪ ْ‬ ‫َﴍ َُﻓ ْﺖ ﺧِ َ‬ ‫َني‬ ‫َﺎب‪ ،‬وَأﻧ َ َﺎﻗ ُﺔ اﻟﺜﱢﻴ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﺎل ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻬَ ﺎ َر ِة ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺨ َ ِﱪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺟَ ﻤَ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﴪﻋَ ِﺔ و ﱠ‬ ‫َاﻟﺼ ْ ِﱪ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﻮري ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻴَﺎدِ ‪ِ ،‬ﺑ ﱡ ْ‬ ‫ري ِه ِﻣ َﻦ ﻣَ ْﺸﻬُ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺟَ ﻮَا ُد ُه »ا ْﻟ َﱪ ُْق« ﻳَﻤْ ﺘَﺎ ُز ﻋَ َﲆ َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮف(‪َ .‬ﻓ ْ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﺮ ِب وَا ْﻟ ِﺠ َﻼدِ )ا ْﻟﻤ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ َﺸ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺴﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺧﺘَ ﱠ‬ ‫ُﻀﺎ َرﺑَ ِﺔ ِﺑ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﻪ ِﺑﻤَ ِﺰﻳ ٍﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ﺎق ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻬَ ﺎدِ ‪ِ ،‬ﰲ ﻣَ ﻴَﺎدِ ِ‬ ‫ﴎﺟَ ُﻪ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻌَ ْﺴﺠَ ِﺪ )اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِﺐ(‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﱠﻼ ُه ِﺑﻨ َ َﻔﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺲ‬ ‫َاﻹﻋْ َﺰ ِاز وَاﻟﺘﱠﻌْ ِﻈﻴ ِﻢ‪َ ،‬و َزﻳ َﱠﻦ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱢﺮﻋَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ وَاﻟﺘﱠ ْﻜ ِﺮﻳ ِﻢ‪ ،‬و ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن وَاﻟ ﱡﺰ ُﻣ ﱡﺮدِ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻘِ ﱠﻞ ﻋِ ﻨَﺎﻳَﺘُ ُﻪ ِﺑ َﺴﻴْﻔ ِ​ِﻪ »ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﻊ« ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻋِ ﻨَﺎﻳَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ِﺑﺠَ ﻮَادِ ِه »ا ْﻟ َﱪ ِْق«؛ َﻓﺘَﺄَﻧ ﱠ َﻖ ِﰲ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻤَ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫)ﺟ َﺮا ِﺑ ِﻪ(‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﱠﻼ ُه ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤِ ﺠَ ﺎ َر ِة ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺮﻳﻤَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وَاﻟ ﱡﺪ َر ِر ا ْﻟﻴَﺘِﻴﻤَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻘ ِﻞ ﻓِ ِﺮﻧ ْ ِﺪ ِه )ﺟَ ﻮ َْﻫ ِﺮهِ(‪َ ،‬وﺗَ ْﺰ ِﻳ ِ‬ ‫ني ﻏِ ﻤْ ِﺪ ِه ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﺤْ ﻠُﻮ َﻟ ُﻪ أ ْن ﻳ َْﺨ ُﺮجَ — وَﺣْ َﺪ ُه — ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ني ﻣُﻤْ ﺘَ ِﻄﻴًﺎ ) َرا ِﻛﺒًﺎ( َﻓ َﺮ َﺳﻪُ‪» :‬ا ْﻟ َﱪ َْق«‪،‬‬ ‫ني وَﺣِ ٍ‬ ‫َني ﺣِ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﻊَ«؛ ِﻟﻴَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﺮ َ‬ ‫ُﻣﺘَ َﻘ ﱢﻠﺪًا َﺳﻴ َْﻔﻪُ‪» :‬ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫ف أَﺣْ ﻮَا َل ا ْﻟﻌِ ﺒَﺎدِ ‪َ ،‬وﻳَ ْﺮﺗَﺎ َد ﻣَ ﺎ َﺷﺎءَ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ِﺒ َﻼدِ ‪.‬‬


‫ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ وَﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ‬

‫و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َﺧ َﺮجَ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ َ‬ ‫»ﻏﺎﻟِﺐٌ « — ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ﱠﺮ ِة — ﻳَﺤْ ﺪُو ُه ُﺷﻌُ ﻮ ٌر َﺧﻔِ ﱞﻲ َﻻ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ف َﻟ ُﻪ ﻣَ ْ‬ ‫ﺼ َﺪ ًرا‪،‬‬ ‫ﺾ َﻻ ﻳَﺪ ِْري َﻟ ُﻪ َﺳﺒَﺒًﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺤْ ﻔِ ُﺰ ُه َر ْﻏﺒ ٌَﺔ ﺟَ ِﺎﻣﺤَ ٌﺔ َﻻ ﻳ ُِﻄ ُ‬ ‫ﺎس َﻏ ِﺎﻣ ٌ‬ ‫َوﻳُ ْﻠ ِﻬﺒُ ُﻪ إِﺣْ َﺴ ٌ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ د َْﻓﻌً ﺎ؛ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ ِ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اع ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎق‬ ‫َاﻹ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺘﱠﻌْ ِﺠ ِ‬ ‫وج و ْ ِ‬ ‫ري‪َ ،‬ﻛﺄﻧﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَﺪ َْﻓﻌُ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻘ َﺪ ُر إ ِ َﱃ َﻏﺎﻳَ ٍﺔ ﻣَ ﺠْ ﻬُ ﻮ َﻟ ٍﺔ؛ ﻳُﺤِ ﱡﺲ ِﰲ أﻋْ ﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﴎ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﺨ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ أ َ ﱠن َو َراء َ​َﻫﺎ ﻣ َُﻔﺎﺟَ ﺄ َ ًة َﻏ ِﺮﻳﺒ ًَﺔ َﻻ ﻋَ ﻬْ َﺪ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﺑﻤِ ﺜْﻠِﻬَ ﺎ؛ َﻓ َﻼ ﻳ َْﻔﺘَﺄ ُ ﻳَﺤْ ﺘَ ﱡﺚ ﺟَ ﻮَا َد ُه »ا ْﻟ َﱪ َْق« ِﻟﺒُﻠُﻮﻏِﻬَ ﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َف َ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻟﻴ َُﺨﻴﱠ ُﻞ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻣَ ُﺴ ٌ‬ ‫ُﴩ ٍ‬ ‫ﻮق إ ِ َﱃ إ ِ ْد َراكِ َﻫﺪ ٍ‬ ‫ف ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ ﻣ ْ ِ‬ ‫)ﻏﺎﻳَ ٍﺔ(‪ ،‬أ ْو ﻣَ ﺪ ُْﻓﻮ ٌع ِﻟﻨَﺠْ َﺪ ِة َﻏ ِﺮ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﺘﱠ َﻠ ِﻒ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (2‬ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة اﻟﺘﱠﺎﻋِ َﺴ ُﺔ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ َزا َل ﻳَ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ ِﰲ ِﺑ َﻼدِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻮي ا ْﻟ َﻔﻴ َِﺎﰲ َ َوﻳَﺠْ ﺘَﺎ ُز ْاﻷَو َْﻫﺎ َد و َْاﻵ َﻛﺎمَ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻏﺎ َد َر ﺣُ ﺪُو َد ِﺑ َﻼدِ ِه وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺟَ ِﺎر ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ » ِﺑ ْﺴ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ٍم«‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن اﻟﺘﱠﻌَ ﺐُ َﻗ ْﺪ ﺣَ ﱠﻞ ِﺑ ِﻪ؛ َﻓ َﱰَﺟﱠ َﻞ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﺟَ ﻮَادِ هِ‪ ،‬وَﺟَ َﻠ َﺲ ﻳ َْﺴ َ ِﱰﻳﺢُ ِﰲ‬ ‫ِﻇ َﻼ ِل َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ٍة َﻛ ِﺒريَ ٍة و َِار َﻓ ٍﺔ )ﻣُﻤْ ﺘَ ﱠﺪ ِة اﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻼ ِل(‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ​َﻗ ُﻪ ُﺷﻌُ ﻮ ُر ُه َوﺗَﺤَ ﱠﻘ َﻘ ْﺖ ُ‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻨُﻮﻧُﻪُ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﻜ ْﺪ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﻘِ ﱡﺮ ِﺑ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻠُ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻮس ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َرأَى‬ ‫وُ ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﻓﺘَﺎ ًة ِﰲ ﻣ ُْﻘﺘَﺒ َِﻞ َﺷﺒَﺎ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ — ﻋَ َﲆ ﻗِ ﻴ ِﺪ )ﻣَ َﺴ َﺎﻓ ِﺔ( ُﺧ ُ‬ ‫ﻄﻮ ٍ‬ ‫ﻳﺮ َﻫﺎ أﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫َات ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ — ﻳَﺒْﺪُو ﻋَ َﲆ أ َﺳ ِﺎر ِ‬ ‫ﴩ َة ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋُ ﻤ ُِﺮ َﻫﺎ؛ و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﺟَ َﻠ َﺴ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ِﺟﺬْ ِع ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮ ِة اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ِﺔ‪ِ ،‬ﰲ أ َ ْﺳﻤَ ﺎﻟِﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺗَﺘَﺠَ ﺎو َِز اﻟﺜ ﱠ ِﺎﻣﻨ َ َﺔ ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﱠﺎﻫﺎ )وَﺟْ ِﻬﻬَ ﺎ( د َ​َﻻ ِﺋ ُﻞ ْاﻷ َ َﻟ ِﻢ و ﱢ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺤْ ُﺰوﻧ َ ًﺔ ﻳَﺎﺋ َِﺴ ًﺔ‪ُ ،‬ﻣﺘَﺠَ ﻬﱢ ﻤَ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻮَﺟْ ِﻪ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺑ َﺴ ًﺔ‪ ،‬ﺗَﻠُﻮحُ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣُﺤَ ﻴ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ‪،‬‬ ‫َاﻟﻀ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ دَﻋَ ﻤَ ْﺖ َرأ ْ َﺳﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑ َﺮاﺣَ ﺘِﻬَ ﺎ ) َﻛ ﱢﻔﻬَ ﺎ(؛ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﺴﻠِﻤَ ًﺔ ﻟِﻬُ ﻤُﻮﻣِﻬَ ﺎ وَأَﺣْ َﺰاﻧِﻬَ ﺎ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ‬ ‫وَاﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜ ِ‬ ‫ري ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫َال و َُﺧ ُ‬ ‫ﻳ َُﺸ ﱠﻚ ﻣَ ْﻦ َر َ‬ ‫آﻫﺎ ِﰲ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺗُ َﻜﺎ ِﺑ ُﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓﺎدِ ﺣَ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﻮ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬ﻣَ ﺎ أَﻳْﺄ َ َﺳﻬَ ﺎ و َ​َﻏ َﻠﺒَﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ أَﻣْ ِﺮ َﻫﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎت ْاﻷ َ ْﻫﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻦ ﻟ ُِﻘﺪُو ِم ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ َ‬ ‫ﻂ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ(؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﻔ ُ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُﺤِ ﻴ ُ‬ ‫وَأَذْ َﻫ َﻠﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﻜﺘَﻨ ُِﻔﻬَ ﺎ )أَﻧ ْ َﺴ َ‬ ‫»ﻏﺎﻟ ٍِﺐ« ا ﱠﻟﺬِي أَد َْﻫ َﺸ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﺎل‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺎ َرآ ُه ُﻣ ْﺮﺗَ ِﺴﻤً ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ وَﺟْ ِﻬﻬَ ﺎ‪ِ ،‬ﻣ ْﻦ ُﻫﻤُﻮﻣِﻬَ ﺎ و َ​َآﻻ ِﻣﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬وَﺣَ َﺰﻧ َ ُﻪ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﺮﺗَﺪِﻳ ِﻪ )ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﻠﺒ َُﺴﻪُ( ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْﺳﻤَ ٍ‬ ‫ﻣ َ‬ ‫َﺎب ﻳَﺎﻧ ٍِﻊ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﺨ ﱠﺮ َﻗ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻫ َﻼﻫِ ﻴ َﻞ ﻣُﻤَ ﱠﺰ َﻗ ٍﺔ؛ ِﺑ َﺮ ْﻏ ِﻢ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺒْﺪُو ﻋَ َﲆ َﻗ ِﺴﻤَ ﺎﺗِﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ﻤَ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎل َراﺋ ٍِﻊ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺷﺒ ٍ‬ ‫ﻄ ًﻔﺎ؛ َﻓ َﻜﺄَﻧﱠﻤَ ﺎ أَﻳ َْﻘ َ‬ ‫ﱠﺎﻫﺎ ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﱢ‬ ‫َاﻫﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗُ ِﺠﺐْ ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ْﺎﻗ َﱰَبَ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ ُﻣﺘَ َﻠ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄ ًﻔﺎ‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﻴ َ‬ ‫َوﻧَﺎد َ‬ ‫ﻈﻬَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗُ ُﻪ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﺮﻓ ُ‬ ‫ِﻴﻖ‪ِ ،‬ﻣ ْﻦ ُﺳﺒ ٍ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺎت )ﻧ َ ْﻮ ٍم( ﻋَ ِﻤ ٍ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ َﻛﺎد َِت ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ﺗَﻨْﺘَ ِﺒ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ْﻮﻣِﻬَ ﺎ َوﺗُﻔِ ُ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ ْﺖ َﻓ َﺮد ْ‬ ‫ﱠت ﺗَﺤِ ﻴ َﱠﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎدِ ِم ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺮﻳ ِﻢ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻴﻖ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ُﻫ َﻮ أ َ ْﻫﻠُ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ َﻔﺎ َو ٍة َوﺗَ ْﻜ ِﺮﻳ ٍﻢ‪َ ،‬وإِﺟْ َﻼ ٍل َوﺗَﻌْ ِﻈﻴ ٍﻢ‪.‬‬

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‫ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﻞ ْاﻷ َ ﱠو ُل‬

‫)‪ (3‬ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺠْ ﻨُﻮﻧ َ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎﻗِ َﻠ ُﺔ‬ ‫َﺳﺄ َ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ‪» :‬ﻣَ ْﻦ ﺗَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة؟« َﻓﺎ ْﻟﺘَ َﻔﺘَ ْﺖ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ َﺷ ِﺎر َد َة اﻟ ﱡﻠﺐﱢ ذَاﻫِ َﻠ ًﺔ‪ ،‬وَأَﺟَ ﺎﺑَﺘْ ُﻪ َﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‪» :‬ﺗَ ْﺴﺄَﻟُﻨِﻲ‬ ‫ﺼﺎ ِﺳﻮَايَ ! و َ​َﺳﻮَاءٌ أ َ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤْ ُﺖ َﺷ ْﺨ ً‬ ‫ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي ﻣَ ْﻦ أَﻧَﺎ؟ أَﻧَﺎ أَﻧَﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛ ﱠﻼ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ أَﻧَﺎ َﻟ ْﺴ ُﺖ إِﻳﱠﺎيَ ! أَﻧَﺎ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬أ َ ْم َﻛ َ‬ ‫َاب ُﺳ َﺆا ِﻟ َﻚ! ﺗَﺤْ َﺴﺒُﻨِﻲ َﻫﺎذِ ﻳ ًَﺔ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻫﻨَﺎ ِﻟ َﻚ أَﻣْ ٌﺮ َﻏ ْريُ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﻧَﺎ أَﺟْ ﻬَ ُﻞ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﺎس ِﺑﺠَ ﻮ ِ‬ ‫ري ﺗَ َﺮدﱡدٍ و َ​َﻻ إِﺣْ ﺠَ ﺎ ٍم‪ .‬أَﻣﱠ ﺎ‬ ‫أ َ ْو َﻫ ِﺎز َﻟ ًﺔ‪ ،‬أ َ ْو ﻣَ ْﺴﻠُﻮﺑ َ​َﺔ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻘ ِﻞ ذَاﻫِ َﻠ ًﺔ! َﻟ ْﻮ َﺳﺄ َ ْﻟﺘَﻨِﻲ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم َﻷَﺟَ ﺒْﺘُ َﻚ ِﰲ َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫ْاﻵ َن‪َ ،‬ﻓﻤَ ﺎ أَد ِْري ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َُﻘﺎ ُل‪ ،‬و َ​َﻻ أَﻋْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ف َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ أ ُ ِﺟﻴﺐُ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻫ َﺬا ﱡ‬ ‫ال‪ .‬أَﻧَﺎ ﻣَ ِﻠ َﻜ ٌﺔ ِﺑﻨ ْ ُﺖ ﻣَ ﻠِﻚٍ ‪ .‬أَﻧَﺎ ﻣَ ِﻠ َﻜ ٌﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﺆ ِ‬ ‫َزوْجُ ﻣَ ﻠِﻚٍ ‪ُ .‬ﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ﻣَ ِﻠ َﻜ ًﺔ َزوْجَ ﻣَ ﻠِﻚٍ ‪ .‬أَﻧَﺎ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ«‪ُ .‬ﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َ​َﺔ«‪ُ .‬ﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻜ َﺔ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َ​َﺔ«‪ .‬أ َ َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﺗَ ْﺴﻤَ ْﻊ ِﺑﻲ؟ أَﻧَﺎ ِﺑﻨ ْ ُﺖ »ﻧَﺎدِ ٍر«‪ :‬ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ »ﻧَﺎدِ ٍر«‪ .‬أ َ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺴﻤَ ْﻊ ِﺑﺄ َ ِﺑﻲ؟ أَﻧَﺎ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ«‪ُ .‬ﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َ​َﺔ«‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ٍم«‪ُ .‬ﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ َزوْﺟَ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ » ِﺑ ْﺴ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ٍم«‪ :‬ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ » ِﺑ ْﺴ َ‬ ‫ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻜ َﺔ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َ​َﺔ«‪َ :‬زوْﺟَ َﺔ » ِﺑ ْﺴ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ٍم«‪ .‬أ َ َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﺗَ ْﺴﻤَ ْﻊ ِﺑ َﺰو ِْﺟﻲ؟‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﺣَ َﻘﺎﺋ َِﻖ َﻻ ﻳَ ْﺮ َﻗﻰ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ َم ِﰲ ﻋِ ﺪَادِ ْاﻷَﺑ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ﱡﻚ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ‬ ‫َﺎﻃ ِ‬ ‫و َْاﻷَو َْﻫﺎ ِم‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎت‪َ ،‬ﻓﺎ ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ َم ﻳَ َﺮ ْوﻧَﻬَ ﺎ ﻣ ُْﻔ َﱰَﻳ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎس ﻳَ َﺮ ْوﻧَﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ َﻘﺎﺋ َِﻖ ﺛَﺎ ِﺑﺘَ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎن اﻟﻨ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫َﺎت و َُﺧ َﺰﻋْ ﺒ َ​َﻼ ٍت )أ َ َﻛﺎذِ ﻳﺐَ‬ ‫ﻳﻒ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪ َِر‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ﺗُ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺎر َ‬ ‫ﺎت وَأ َ ْﺧﺒَﺎ ًرا ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ُﻀﺤِ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ﺗَﺎﻓِ ﻬَ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎت(‪ .‬أ َ َﻻ ﻣَ ﺎ أَﻋْ ﺠَ ﺐَ ﺗَ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻟِﻌُ ﻨَﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ُم ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫َت ﺗُ َﺸ ﱢﻜ ُﻜﻨِﻲ ِﰲ ﺣَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻋِ َ‬ ‫ﺎت َوﻋ َِﱪَ! َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎد ْ‬ ‫ﻈ ٍ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ِﺔ أَﻣْ ِﺮي‪َ ،‬وﺗُ ْﻘﻨِﻌُ ﻨِﻲ أ َ ﱠن »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َ​َﺔ« َﺷ ْﺨ ٌ‬ ‫ريي!«‬ ‫ﺺ َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫)‪ (4‬ﺣِ ﻮَا ٌر و ْ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘ ِْﻔ َﺴﺎ ٌر‬ ‫َﻓﺪَﻫِ َﺶ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ َ‬ ‫»ﻏﺎﻟِﺐٌ « ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َﺳ ِﻤﻊَ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﻔﻬَ ْﻢ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَﻌْ ﻨِﻴ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ِﺴﺒَﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺠْ ﻨُﻮﻧ َ ًﺔ ﺗَﻬْ ﺬِي )ﺗَﺘَ َﻜ ﱠﻠ ُﻢ‬ ‫َاﻹﻋْ ﻴَﺎءُ‪،‬‬ ‫ري ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ُﻘ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑ َﻐ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻮل(‪َ .‬و َرأَى أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ُﻪ َﻓﺘَﺎ ًة ﺗَﺎﻋِ َﺴ ًﺔ‪ُ ،‬ﻣﺘَ َﱪﱢﻣَ ًﺔ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎ ِة ﻳَﺎﺋ َِﺴ ًﺔ‪ ،‬ﺟَ ﻬَ ﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ اﻟﺘﱠﻌَ ﺐُ و ْ ِ‬ ‫َو َرﻧﱠﺤَ ﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺒُ ْﺆ ُس و ﱠ‬ ‫َاﻟﺸ َﻘﺎءُ‪َ ،‬ﺷ ِﺎر َد َة اﻟ ﱡﻠﺐﱢ ذَاﻫِ َﻠ ًﺔ‪ ،‬ﺗَ ْﺮﺗَ ِﺠ ُﺰ َﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‪:‬‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﺴ ﺎﺣِ َﺮ ُة اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ﺎ ُء‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ ْت ﻓِ ﻲ َﺷ ْﻜ ِﻞ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒَﻪْ«‬

‫»اﻟ ﺪﱠاﻫِ ﻴَ ُﺔ اﻟ ﺪ ْﱠﻫ ﻮَاءُ‪:‬‬ ‫ﻓِ ﻲ ﺑَ ﻴْ ِﺘ ﻲ‪ ،‬و َْﻫ َﻲ َﻏ ِﺮﻳ ﺒَ ﻪْ‪،‬‬

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‫ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ وَﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ‬

‫وَأَﻧ َ ﺎ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻ ﺒَ ﺤْ ُﺖ ِﺳ ﻮَاﻳَ ﻪْ‪«.‬‬

‫َﻏ ﻴْ ِﺮي أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻ ﺒَ ﺢَ إِﻳﱠ ﺎﻳَ ْﻪ‬

‫ﴩجَ ‪ ،‬وَأ َ َﻟﺢﱠ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ﱡ‬ ‫و َُﻫﻨَﺎ ا ْرﺗَﻌَ َﺶ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْﻘ ُﻢ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗُﻬَ ﺎ َوﺗَﻬَ ﺪﱠجَ ‪ ،‬وَاﺣْ ﺘَﺒ َ​َﺲ ا ْﻟ َﻜ َﻼ ُم ِﰲ ﺣَ ْﻠﻘِ ﻬَ ﺎ وَﺣَ ْ َ‬ ‫َاﻟﻀﻨَﻰ ْ‬ ‫َت ﻧ َ ْﻔ ُﺴﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَﺘَ َﺴ َﺎﻗ ُ‬ ‫)اﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺮ ُ‬ ‫و ﱠ‬ ‫ض(‪ ،‬و َ​َﻓ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺿ ْﺖ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻮْﻋَ ُﺔ و َْاﻷ َ َﳻ )ا ْﻟﺤُ ْﺰ ُن(؛ َﻓ َﻜﺎد ْ‬ ‫ﻂ‬ ‫أَﻧ ْ ُﻔ ًﺴﺎ ) َﻛﺎد ْ‬ ‫َت ُروﺣُ ﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﺨ ُﺮجُ ﻧ َ َﻔ ًﺴﺎ ِﰲ إِﺛ ْ ِﺮ ﻧ َ َﻔ ٍﺲ(‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ﻳُﻬَ ﱢﺪئ ُ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُروﻋِﻬَ ﺎ )ﻳُ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻤْ ِ ُ‬ ‫ﱧ َﻗ ْﻠﺒَﻬَ ﺎ( َوﻳُ َﺆاﻧ ُِﺴﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﻳُﻬَ ﱢﻮ ُن ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ َوﻳ َُﻼ ِﻃ ُﻔﻬَ ﺎ؛‬ ‫ﱪهُ( ِﺑ ِﺸ َﻜﺎﻳَﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ﴤ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ )ﺗُ ْﺨ ِ َ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إ ِ َذا َﻫﺪَأ َ ْت ﺛَﺎ ِﺋ َﺮﺗُﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َر َﻗﺄ َ ْت ُدﻣُﻮﻋُ ﻬَ ﺎ )ﺟَ ﱠﻔ ْﺖ(‪َ ،‬ﺳﺄ َ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ْن ﺗُ ْﻔ ِ َ‬ ‫ﺎﴏﺗِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَﺪﱠﺧِ َﺮ ﺟُ ﻬْ ﺪًا ِﰲ ﻣُﻌَ ﺎ َوﻧَﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬و ْ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَ َﺸ ﱠﻔ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﴫ ِﰲ ُﻣﻨ َ َ َ‬ ‫َووَﻋَ ﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳ َُﻘ ﱢ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪ِ ،‬ﺻﺪ َْق ُﻣ ُﺮوءَﺗ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪َ :‬‬ ‫َﻟﻬْ ﺠَ ﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَاﻧْﺪ َِﻓﺎﻋِ ِﻪ ِﰲ ﺣَ ﻤَ َ‬ ‫»ﺷ ﱠﺪ ﻣَ ﺎ أَﻋْ ﺠَ َﺰﻧِﻲ ُﺷ ْﻜ ُﺮ َك‪َ ،‬وإ ِ ْن َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﻧَ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮاﺗُ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﺴ َ ِﱰﻳﺒ َُﺔ )ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَ َﺸ ﱢﻜ َﻜ ُﺔ( ﺗُ ْﺸﻌِ ُﺮﻧِﻲ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻳ ُْﻀ ِﻤ ُﺮ ُه َﻗ ْﻠﺒُ َﻚ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺷ ﱟﻚ و َِرﻳﺒَ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﴫحْ َﺷ َﻔﺘَﺎهُ‪َ .‬ﻓﻬَ ْﻞ ﻳَﺄْذَ ُن ِﱄ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﺴ ُﺖ أَﻟُﻮ ُم َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَﻨ ْ ِﻄ ُﻖ ِﺑ ِﻪ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﺎهُ‪َ ،‬وإ ِ ْن َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗُ َ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ أَوْﺟَ ْﺰ ُت؟«‬ ‫ري ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْﻟ َﻐ ْﺰ ُت‪َ ،‬وﺗَ ْﻔ ِﺼ ِ‬ ‫َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي ِﰲ ﺗَ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْﺷﻮ َ​َﻗﻨِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ذَﻟِﻚِ !«‬

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‫ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﺼ ُﻞ اﻟﺜ ِﱠﺎﲏ‬

‫َﴆ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻜ ِﺔ‬ ‫)‪ (1‬و ِ ﱡ‬ ‫»أَﻧَﺎ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ«‪َ .‬ﻫ َﺬا ُﻫ َﻮ ْ‬ ‫اﺳ ِﻤﻲ‪ .‬أَﻧَﺎ وَﺣِ ﻴ َﺪ ُة ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ »ﻧَﺎدِ ٍر« و َُﻫ َﻮ أ َ ِﺑﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُﻨ ْ ِﺠﺐْ ِﺳﻮَايَ ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ‬ ‫ﴎا ُة اﻟ ﱠﺪ ْو َﻟ ِﺔ )أَﻋْ ﻴَﺎﻧُﻬَ ﺎ( َوﻣُﻤَ ﺜﱢﻠُﻮ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻌْ ِﺐ‪َ ،‬وﻧَﺎ َدوْا ِﺑﻲ ﻣَ ِﻠ َﻜ ًﺔ‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫ﻣَ َ‬ ‫َاﺧﺘَﺎ ُروا ِﱄ و َِﺻﻴٍّﺎ‬ ‫ﺎت اﺟْ ﺘَﻤَ َﻊ َ َ‬ ‫ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُم ِﺑﺄَﻋْ ﺒَﺎءِ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﻠﻚِ َرﻳْﺜَﻤَ ﺎ أَﺑْﻠُ ُﻎ ِﺳ ﱠﻦ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ْﺷﺪِ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َﻟﻬُ ْﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﺑُ ﱞﺪ )ﻣَ َﻔ ﱞﺮ(‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أ َ ُﻛ ْﻦ —‬ ‫ﺣِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺌ ٍﺬ — أَﻋْ ﺪُو )أُﺟَ ِﺎو ُز( اﻟ ﱠﺮا ِﺑﻌَ َﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋُ ﻤْ ِﺮي‪.‬‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫اﺧﺘَﺎ ُروا »ﻋَ ِﻠﻴٍّﺎ« و َِزﻳ َﺮ أ َ ِﺑﻲ ِﻟ ْﻠ ِﻮ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻤْ ِﺾ َزﻣَ ٌﻦ َﻗﻠِﻴ ٌﻞ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَ َﺰوﱠجَ ُﻣ ْﺮ ِﺿﻌَ ﺘِﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫ْﺻ ً‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﻌْ ُﺮ ً‬ ‫وﻓﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱡﺪ ْرﺑَ ِﺔ وَا ْﻟﻜ َِﻔﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وَﺣُ ْﺴ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻬْ ِﻢ وَاﻟ ﱢﺪ َراﻳَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﻮﻓﺎ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤَ ْﺰ ِم َوﺑُﻌْ ِﺪ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻤﱠ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وَا ْﻟﻌَ ْﺰ ِم َو َ‬ ‫اﻹ ْﴍ ِ‬ ‫َاف‬ ‫ﻃﻬَ ﺎ َر ِة اﻟﺬﱢﻣﱠ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َُﻘ ﱢ ْ‬ ‫ﴫ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌِ ﻨَﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ِﺑﺄَﻣْ ِﺮي‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺪﱠﺧِ ْﺮ و ُْﺳﻌً ﺎ ِﰲ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻮن ا ْﻟﻌِ ْﻠ ِﻢ وَا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ِﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ — ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻳُ َﺆ ﱢﻫﻠُﻨِﻲ‬ ‫ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَ ْﺮ ِﺑﻴَﺘِﻲ َوﺗَﺜْﻘِ ﻴﻔِﻲ َوﺗَ ْﺰ ِوﻳﺪِي — ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻓﻨ ُ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺢ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﻤْ ﺤَ ُ‬ ‫ﻟ ِ​ِﻼ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺎدِ َق اﻟﻨ ﱡ ْ‬ ‫ﺿ ِﻄ َﻼ ِع — ِﰲ َﻗﺎ ِﺑ ِﻞ أَﻳ ِﱠﺎﻣﻲ — ِﺑﺄَﻋْ ﺒَﺎءِ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﻠﻚِ ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ َزا َل ﻳُﻮﻟِﻴﻨِﻲ َ‬ ‫ﻀﻨِﻲ‬ ‫ِﺺ ا ْﻟ ُﻮدﱢ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَ َﻠ ْﻐ ُﺖ ِﺳ ﱠﻦ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ْﺷﺪِ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫َﺧﺎﻟ َ‬ ‫ﻮض‬ ‫ﻮن اﻟ ﱠﺪ ْو َﻟ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وَاﻟﻨﱡﻬُ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤْ ُﺖ َﻗﺎدِ َر ًة ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﻴَﺎ ِم ِﺑ ُﺸﺌُ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑﺄَﻋْ ﺒَﺎءِ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﻠﻚِ ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺒ َْﻖ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْرﺗ َِﻘﺎﺋِﻲ ﻋَ ْﺮ ِش أ َ ِﺑﻲ َﻏ ْريُ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم ﻣَ ﻌْ ﺪُود ٍ‬ ‫َات‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (2‬ﻧ ُ ُﺸﻮبُ اﻟﺜ ﱠ ْﻮ َر ِة‬ ‫ِﻴﻖ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺧﺬَ َﻟﻨ َِﻲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱡ‬ ‫و َُﻫﻨَﺎ ﺗَﻨ َ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ِﱄ َ اﻟﺪ ْﱠﻫ ُﺮ‪ ،‬وَﺟَ ﺎﻧَﺒَﻨِﻲ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻮﻓ ُ‬ ‫ﻆ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺎﻧ ْ َﻘ َﻠﺐَ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌْ ُﺪ ﻧَﺤْ ًﺴﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺤَ ﱠﻮ َل‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻬَ ﻨَﺎءُ َﺷ َﻘﺎءً‪.‬‬


‫ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ وَﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ‬

‫ﺎن ِﱄ ﻋَ ﱞﻢ ﻳُﺪْﻋَ ﻰ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ » ُﻣﻮ ﱠَﻓ ًﻘﺎ«‪ُ ،‬ﻗ ِﺘ َﻞ ِﰲ إِﺣْ ﺪَى ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌَ ِﺎركِ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﺮ ِﺑﻴﱠ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻛ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﺘَﻮ ﱠَﱃ‬ ‫ﻗِ ﻴَﺎ َدﺗَﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَﺐْ ) َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َُﺸ ﱠﻚ( أَﺣَ ٌﺪ ِﰲ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻓﺎ َر َق ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎ َة‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ُوﻟِﺪ ُ‬ ‫ني‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﱠﺮ ْت ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ْت ِﺑﻌَ ﺎﻣَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ْﻒ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ — وَﻣَ ﺎ أَد ِْري َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم‪َ .‬‬ ‫ﻮن و َْاﻷَﻋْ ﻮَامُ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ُ َ‬ ‫و َ​َﻓﺎﺗ ِ​ِﻪ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ —‬ ‫ﱪ وَاﻧ ْ َﺪﺛ َ َﺮ!‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ُﻗ ِ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻔِ ﻴَﺎ ُؤ ُه ﻳَ َﺮ ْوﻧ َ ُﻪ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋﺪًا إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﻤْ َﻠ َﻜﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن َﻗ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎ ُؤ ُه وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ َﻛﺎ َد أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻌُ ﻮا ْاﻷَﻣَ َﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻋَ ْﻮ َدﺗ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ اﻧْﺤَ ﺎ ُزوا إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ َوﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎﴏُوهُ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻫﺘَ ُﻔﻮا ِﺑ ِﻪ ﻣَ ِﻠ ًﻜﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻋَ ْﺮ ِش أ َ ِﺑﻲ‪.‬‬

‫و َ​َﻫ َﻜﺬَا ﻧ َ َﺸﺒ َِﺖ اﻟﺜ ﱠ ْﻮ َر ُة )ﺛَﺎ َر ْت و ْ‬ ‫َاﺷﺘَﺒَ َﻜ ْﺖ( ﺑ َْﻐﺘَ ًﺔ ِﺑ َﻼ ﻣ َُﻘﺪﱢﻣَ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎت‪.‬‬ ‫َﴆ اﻟﺬﱠﻛ ﱡِﻲ‪ ،‬ا ْﻟﺒ َِﺎر ُع ا ْﻟﻮ َِﰲ ﱡ‪ ،‬أ َ ْن ﻳُﻬَ ﱢﺪئ َ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺛَﺎ ِﺋ َﺮ ِة‬ ‫وَﻋَ ﺒَﺜًﺎ ﺣَ ﺎ َو َل ا ْﻟﻮ َِزﻳ ُﺮ »ﻋَ ِﲇﱞ«‪ :‬ا ْﻟﻮ ِ ﱡ‬ ‫ني‪ .‬وَﺟَ ﺎﻧَﺒَ ُﻪ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻮﻓ ُ‬ ‫ِﻴﻖ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﻠُ ْﻚ َﺳ ِﺒ ً‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻌَ ﻬﱠ َﺪﺗْﻬَ ﺎ د َ​َﺳﺎﺋ ُِﺲ ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﻐ ِﺮ ِﺿ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﻔ ِﺴﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻼ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ اﻧ ْ َﺨ َﺪ َع ﺟُ ﻤْ ﻬُ ﻮ ُر ﱠ‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ري » ُﻣﻮ ﱠَﻓ ٍﻖ«‪:‬‬ ‫ِ ِﻹ ْﺧﻤَ ﺎدِ َﻫﺎ إ ِ ﱠﻻ أ َ ْﻟﻬَ ﺒَﻬَ ﺎ َو َزا َد أُوَا َر َﻫﺎ‪ .‬و ُ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻌْ ِﺐ ِﺑﻮُﻋُ ﻮ ِد ْاﻷ َ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﴏُوهُ؛ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺂ َز ُروهُ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺬَﻟُﻮا َﻟ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌُ ﻮﻧ َ َﺔ َوﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻔِ َﺮ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﻠﻚِ و ْ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَﺘَﺐﱠ َﻟ ُﻪ ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺒ َْﻖ أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﺺ ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ ِﻟﻴ ْ‬ ‫إ ِ ﱠﻻ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺘَ َﺨ ﱠﻠ َ‬ ‫ﻮب ﺛ َ ْﻮ َر ٍة ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪةٍ‪،‬‬ ‫َﺼ ُﻔ َﻮ َﻟ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻮﱡ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻼ ﻳ َْﺸ َﻐ َﻞ ﺑَﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﺑﻨ ُ ُﺸ ِ‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟﻤ ْ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺎريَ ا ْﻟ َﻘﻠِﻴﻠ ِ َ‬ ‫ُﺨﻠ ِ​ِﺼ َ‬ ‫ﻳ ُْﺸﻌِ ُﻞ ﻧَﺎ َر َﻫﺎ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﺑَﻘ َِﻲ ِﱄ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻮَا ِﻟ َ‬ ‫ني‪ِ ،‬ﻣ ْﻦ أَﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫ني‪.‬‬

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‫ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﻞ اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻧِﻲ‬

‫)‪ُ (3‬‬ ‫ﺧ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﻬَ َﺮ ِب‬

‫َو َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ا ْﻟﻮ َِزﻳ َﺮ »ﻋَ ِﻠﻴٍّﺎ« َو َزوْﺟَ ﺘَ ُﻪ — وَﻫِ َﻲ ُﻣ ْﺮ ِﺿﻌَ ﺘِﻲ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ أ َ ْﺳ َﻠ ْﻔ ُﺖ َﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْﻮ َل — َﻓ ِﻄﻨَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ْﻜ ِﺮهِ‪،‬‬ ‫ﴍهِ‪َ .‬ﻓﺤَ َﺰﻣَ ﺎ أَﻣْ َﺮ ُﻫﻤَ ﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻋَ َﻘﺪَا ﻋَ ْﺰﻣَ ﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َُﻀﻴﱢﻌَ ﺎ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻮن َ ﱢ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َُﻔﺘْﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ َدﺑﱠ َﺮ ُه ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻓﻨ ُ ِ‬ ‫و َْﻗﺘ ِ​ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻛﺘَﺐَ ﷲ ُ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻮﻓ َ‬ ‫َﺎب‬ ‫ِﻴﻖ َﻟﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺒ ِْﻄ َﺶ ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﻐﺘَ ِﺼﺐُ ِﺑ ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓﺘَ َﺴ ﱠﻠ َﻼ ِﺑﻲ َﻟﻴ ًْﻼ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑ ٍ‬ ‫ﴫ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ َﺸﻴ ُْﺖ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ري‬ ‫َﺧﻔِ ﱟﻲ ِﰲ ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ َ َ‬ ‫ﻳﺐ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ َﺮاﺋ َِﻖ ُﻣﺘَﺸﻌﱢ ﺒَ ٍﺔ ُﻣ ْﻠﺘَ ِﻮﻳَ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ َﺴﺎ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴎادِ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺎﴐ َة ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ » ِﺑ ْﺴ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ٍم«‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَ َﻘ ﱠﺮ ِﺑﻨَﺎ ِﰲ‬ ‫وﻗ ٍﺔ َﻻ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُﻓﻬَ ﺎ أَﺣَ ٌﺪ َﻏ ْري ُ​ُﻫﻤَ ﺎ؛ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَ َﻠ ْﻐﻨَﺎ ﺣَ ِ َ‬ ‫أ َ ْر ِﺿﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻘﺎمُ‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫َﺎب ﻣ َ‬ ‫ُﺼﻮ ٍﱢر؛ ِﻟﻴُﻮﻫِ َﻢ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳَ َﺮا ُه أَﻧﱠﻪ َﻗ ِﺪ َم إ ِ َﱃ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻮ َِزﻳ ُﺮ »ﻋَ ِﲇﱞ« ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﺨﻔِ ﻴًﺎ ِﰲ ِﺛﻴ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ ِﻟﻴَﻌِ َ‬ ‫ﴎﺗ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻴﺶ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓﻨ ﱢ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﻣَ َﻊ َزوْﺟَ ﺘ ِ​ِﻪ وَاﺑْﻨَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َُﻫﻤَ ﺎ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ أ ُ ْ َ‬ ‫)‪ (4‬ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ ٌة وَادِ ﻋَ ٌﺔ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻮ َِزﻳ ُﺮ »ﻋَ ِﲇﱞ« ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ُ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ُﻔﻮ َﻟﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ﺑ َِﺎرﻋً ﺎ ِﰲ اﻟﺘﱠ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼ ِﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﺮ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻠﺒ َْﺚ أ ْن ذَا َع ِﺻﻴﺘُ ُﻪ ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ آﺛ َ ْﺮﻧَﺎ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ َة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻤَ ِﻞ‪ِ ،‬ﺑ َﺮ ْﻏ ِﻢ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﰲ ﺣَ ْﻮ َزﺗِﻨَﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ َﻔﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺲ ْاﻷَﺣْ ﺠَ ِﺎر ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺮﻳﻤَ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ‬ ‫ﺗَ ْﻀﻤَ ُﻦ َﻟﻨَﺎ — َﻟ ْﻮ ِﺷﺌْﻨَﺎ — أ َ ْر َﻏ َﺪ ﻋَ ﻴ ٍْﺶ وَأَﻧْﻌَ َﻢ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎةٍ‪.‬‬ ‫‪13‬‬


‫ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ وَﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ‬

‫وَﻣَ ﱠﺮ ْت ِﺑﻨَﺎ ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ُم ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﺎﻗِ ﺒ ًَﺔ ُﻣﺘَﺘَﺎ ِﺑﻌَ ًﺔ‪ِ ،‬ﰲ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ ٍة َﻫﺎ ِﻧﺌَ ٍﺔ وَادِ ﻋَ ٍﺔ؛ ﻧُﻨْﻔِ ُﻖ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻧ َ ْﻜ ِﺴﺒُ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﻣ ْﺮ َﻗ ِﻢ‬ ‫ﻳﺮ »ﻋَ ِﲇﱟ« )وَا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺮ َﻗﻢُ‪ِ :‬ر َ‬ ‫ﻳﺸ ُﺔ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ﱠﺳﺎ ِم(‪.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻮ َِز ِ‬ ‫َو َ‬ ‫ﻇ ِﻠ ْﻠﻨَﺎ ِآﻣ ِﻨ َ‬ ‫ﺂت اﻟﺪ ْﱠﻫ ِﺮ وَﺣَ ﻮَادِ ﺛ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﻘ ﱡﻠﺒ ِ‬ ‫ني ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣ َُﻔﺎﺟَ ِ‬ ‫َﺎت اﻟ ﱠﺰﻣَ ِﻦ َو َﻛﻮ َِارﺛ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻻ ﻳ َْﺸ َﻐ ُﻞ ﺑَﺎ َﻟﻨَﺎ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﺎن — إ ِ ﱠﻻ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻬْ ﺘَﺪِيَ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻨَﺎ ﻣَ ْﻦ أ َ ْر َ‬ ‫َان‪ِ ،‬ﰲ‬ ‫ُﻮن وَأﻋْ ﻮ ٍ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َُﻫ ْﻢ » ُﻣﻮ ﱠَﻓ ٌﻖ« ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋُ ﻴ ٍ‬ ‫— ِﰲ ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ ْاﻷَﺣْ ﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ﻈﻤَ َﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﻠﻚِ و َ​َﺳ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﺖ ِﰲ ﺧِ َﻼﻟ ِ​ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ ﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﺎن؛ ﻧ َ ِﺴ ُ‬ ‫وَﻣَ َﴣ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷَﺣْ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻮ َة ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺎهِ‪،‬‬ ‫َاث ﻋَ ﺎﻣَ ِ‬ ‫ْت ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ ﻳُﺤِ ﻴ ُ‬ ‫ﻂ ِﺑ ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷُﺑﱠﻬَ ِﺔ وَﻣَ َﻔﺎﺗ ِ​ِﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎةِ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫َو َزﻫِ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﻟﻨ َ َ‬ ‫ﻳﺮ »ﻋَ ِﲇﱟ« وَآ َراﺋ ِ​ِﻪ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺢ ا ْﻟﻮ َِز ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻜِﻴﻤَ ِﺔ أَﺣْ ﻤَ ُﺪ ْاﻷَﺛ َ ِﺮ ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ َﻏﻤَ َﺮ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺳﻜِﻴﻨ َ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻏﻤَ َﺮ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻤَ ﺄْﻧِﻴﻨ َ ٍﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓﺎﻣْ ﺘَ َﻸ َ ْت ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ‬ ‫َﻗﻨَﺎﻋَ ًﺔ َو َز َﻫﺎ َد ًة‪ ،‬ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪﺗُ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫﻨَﺎءَ ٍة َو َر َﻏﺎ َدةٍ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ِﺿ ْﻖ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ اﻧْﺤَ َﺪ ْرﻧَﺎ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذِ ْر َو ِة ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﻠﻚِ‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻮد ُ‬ ‫ُﻮل وَاﻟﺘﱠﻌَ َ‬ ‫وَاﻟ ﱢﺮﻳ َ‬ ‫ْت ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻴ َْﺶ ِﰲ ِﻇ َﻼ ِل ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺎﻗ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫َﺎﺳ ِﺔ‪ ،‬إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ِﻀ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ِﺔ‪ .‬و ُ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﺾ ا ْﻟ ُﺨﻤ ِ‬ ‫َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَﻌِ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﺶ أَيﱡ َﻓﺘَﺎ ٍة ِﻣ ْﻦ أَو َْﺳ ِ‬ ‫ﺎس‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎط اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫و َ​َﻫ َﻜﺬَا ا ْ‬ ‫ﻃﻤَ ﺄَﻧ ﱠ ْﺖ ِﺑ َﻲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺎ ُل‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أَﻋُ ْﺪ أَذْ ُﻛ ُﺮ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺴﻠُﻮبَ ‪ ،‬وَا ْﻟﻌَ ْﺮ َش ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨْﻬُ ﻮبَ ‪ .‬وَا ْزدَاد ْ‬ ‫َت‬ ‫ْت ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻤَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫أ ُ ْﻟ َﻔﺘِﻲ ﻟِﻬَ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎةِ‪َ ،‬وﻧ َ َﻔ ْﻀ ُﺖ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ أَو َْﻫﺎ َم ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺎهِ؛ َﻓ ِﴫ ُ‬ ‫ﺿ ْﺖ ِﱄ ذِ ْﻛ َﺮاهُ‪َ ،‬ﺷﻌَ ْﺮ ُت‬ ‫َال‪ .‬وَأَﺣْ َﺴ ْﺴ ُﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌَ ﺎ َد َة‬ ‫ﺎل‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺠُ ﱡﺮ ُه ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﺘَﺎﻋِ ﺐَ وَأ َ ْﻫﻮ ٍ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﺮاﺣَ ِﺔ ِﻟﺘَ َﺨ ﱡﻠ ِﴢ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻋْ ﺒَﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻪ اﻟﺜ ﱢ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ ِْري‪ ،‬وَأَﻧ ْ َﻘ َﺾ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﺮ ِح ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻌِ ﺐْ ءِ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َ‬ ‫ﺗَﻤْ َﻸ ُ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒﻲ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن و ﱠَﻓ َﻘﻨِﻲ ﷲ ُ ِﻟ َ‬ ‫ﺿﻴ َﱠﻖ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮي‪.‬‬ ‫َوﺗَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻴ ُْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ِ‬ ‫ﺎل‪،‬‬ ‫ﷲ أ َ ْن ﻳُﺤَ ﱢﻘ َﻖ َر ْﻏﺒَﺘِﻲ‪َ ،‬وﻳُﺒَ ﱢﻠ َﻐﻨِﻲ أُﻣْ ِﻨﻴﱠﺘِﻲ؛ َﻓﺄ َ ْﻗ ِ َ‬ ‫ﴤ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻲ ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ‬ ‫َﺎل‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ إ ِ َرا َد َة ِ‬ ‫َر ِ‬ ‫َﺎن‪َ ،‬ﻻ َﺳ ِﺒﻴ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ َردﱢﻫِ ﻤَ ﺎ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻻ ﺣِ ﻴ َﻠ َﺔ‬ ‫اﺿﻴ َ​َﺔ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻔ ِﺲ َﻫﺎ ِﻧﺌَ َﺔ ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﷲ وَﺣُ ْﻜﻤَ ُﻪ َﻏﺎ ِﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫ِﻷَﺣَ ٍﺪ ِﰲ د َْﻓﻌِ ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪.‬‬

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‫ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﺼ ُﻞ اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻟِ ُ‬ ‫ﺚ‬ ‫)‪ِ (1‬ﴏَا ُع ْاﻷ َ َ‬ ‫ﺳ ِﺪ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ َ‬ ‫»ﻏﺎﻟِﺐٌ « ﻳُﺘَﺎ ِﺑ ُﻊ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎع ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َﻛﻠِﻤَ ٍﺔ ﺗَ ُﻔﻮ ُه‬ ‫ِﻳﺚ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻜ ِﺔ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َ​َﺔ« ُﻣ ْﺮﻫِ ًﻔﺎ أذُﻧَﻴْ ِﻪ ﻟ َِﺴﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﴎ ْت ِﰲ ِﺟ ْﺴ ِﻤ ِﻪ ِرﻋْ َﺸ ٌﺔ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻨَﺎ َزﻋَ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﺤُ ْﺰ ُن وَاﻟﺪ ْﱠﻫ َﺸ ُﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫)ﺗَﻨ ْ ِﻄ ُﻖ( ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ٌ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻐ ْﺖ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ« ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪَى ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺟَ ْﻠﺠَ َﻞ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﻀﺎءِ َ‬ ‫ْت ﻳُ َﺪوﱢي‬ ‫َﻛﻬَ ِﺰﻳ ِﻢ اﻟ ﱠﺮﻋْ ﺪِ‪ ،‬ذُﻋِ َﺮ ْت َ‬ ‫ﴎابُ ا ْﻟﻮَﺣْ ِﺶ و َُﻗ ْ‬ ‫ﺎب َو ِﻏ ْﺰ َﻻﻧُﻪُ‪ ،‬ﻳَﺤْ ﻔِ ُﺰ َﻫﺎ‬ ‫)ﺧ َﺎﻓ ْﺖ( ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎﻧُﻪُ‪ ،‬وَآ َرا ُم ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِ‬ ‫ﺣُ ﺐﱡ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎةِ‪ ،‬إ ِ َﱃ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ ِﺐ اﻟﻨﱠﺠَ ﺎةِ؛ َﻓﺘَﺠْ ِﺮي َﻫ ِﺎرﺑ ًَﺔ‪ُ ،‬ﻣﺘَﺪَاﻓِ ﻌَ ًﺔ ُﻣﺘَﻮَا ِﺛﺒ ًَﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫وَأ َ ْد َر َك ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻮب؛ َﻓﻤَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ ُﻪ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ﺎن أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ ﺎ ُع أ َ ﱠن َزﺋِريَ ْاﻷ َ َﺳ ِﺪ َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ َﺷﺎ َع اﻟ ﱡﺮﻋْ ﺐَ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﻠُ ِ‬ ‫ﻣ َُﻼ َﻗﺎﺗ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ .‬و َرآ ُه ﻳَﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﻠﺘًﺎ َﻛ ﱠ‬ ‫ري ِه ُﻣﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺴﻬْ ِﻢ ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ِة اﻟﺘﱠﺎﻋِ َﺴ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺄ َ ﱠن َﻟ ُﻪ ﺛَﺄ ْ ًرا ﻋِ ﻨْﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻄﻠ ُِﻖ ِﰲ َﺳ ْ ِ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َﻛﺎ َد ﻳ َْﻔ َ ِﱰ ُﺳﻬَ ﺎ َﻟﻮ َْﻻ ﻣَ ﺎ أُوﺗِﻴَ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ َ‬ ‫»ﻏﺎﻟِﺐٌ « ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣُ ُ‬ ‫ﻮر ﺑَﺪِﻳﻬَ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬وَﺧِ ﱠﻔ ِﺔ ﺣَ َﺮ َﻛ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺷﺠَ ﺎﻋَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﻀ ِ‬ ‫ﻮن ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴْ ِﺪ وَا ْﻟﺤَ ْﺮ ِب‪ .‬و َ​َﻻ ﺗَ َﺴ ْﻞ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻋَ ﺠَ ِﺐ ْاﻷ َ َﺳ ِﺪ َود َْﻫ َﺸﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻏﻴ ِْﻈ ِﻪ و َ​َﻏ ْﻀﺒَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‬ ‫َﻗ ْﻠ ٍﺐ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻤَ ﱡﺮ ٍس ِﺑ ُﻔﻨ ُ ِ‬ ‫ني َرأَى َرﺟُ ًﻼ ﻳَﻘ ُ‬ ‫ِﻒ ِﰲ َﺳ ِﺒﻴﻠ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﻌْ َ ِﱰ ُ‬ ‫— و َُﻫ َﻮ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺎ ِﺗ ُﻚ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ِﺪ ﱡل ِﺑ ُﻘ ﱠﻮﺗ ِ​ِﻪ — ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ﺿ ُﻪ د َ‬ ‫ُون َﻏﺎﻳَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ َزا َﻟ ِﺖ اﻟﺪ ْﱠﻫ َﺸ ُﺔ وَاﻧ ْ َﻘ َﴣ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠَ ﺐُ ‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﱠﻞ اﻟ ﱡﺮﻋْ ﺐُ ﻣَ ﺤَ ﱠﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻐﻴ ِْﻆ وَا ْﻟ َﻐ َﻀ ِﺐ‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ُ ْ‬ ‫َﻓﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﺎ َد ﻳ َ‬ ‫ُﺼ ِﺎوﻟُ ُﻪ َوﻳُﻮَا ِﺛﺒُﻪُ‪َ ،‬وﻳُﺒَﺎﻋِ ُﺪ ُه َوﻳ َُﻘ ِﺎرﺑُﻪُ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻫﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ ﻣَ ﺎ َرأَى ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَﺄ ْ ِﺳ ِﻪ و َُﻗ ﱠﻮﺗ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ ،‬وﺛَﺒَﺎﺗ ِ​ِﻪ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻮ َﻟﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻨ ْ َﻘ ِﺾ َﻟﺤَ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ٌ‬ ‫و َِﺻﺪ ِْق ﻋَ ْﺰﻣَ ﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َر َﺷ َﺎﻗﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ِﰲ َوﺛْﺒَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَﺟُ ْﺮأَﺗ ِ​ِﻪ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﺎت َﻗ َﻼ ِﺋ ُﻞ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬ ‫َﻛ َﺮﺑَ ُﻪ وَأَﺗْﻌَ ﺒَﻪُ‪ ،‬وَﺟَ ﻬَ َﺪ ُه َو َرﻋﱠ ﺒَﻪُ‪َ .‬و َرأَى ْاﻷ َ َﺳ ُﺪ أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ُﻪ ُﺷﺠَ ﺎﻋً ﺎ َﻻ َﻛ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺎن‪ ،‬و َ​َﻓ ِﺎر ًﺳﺎ َﻻ ﻧ َ ِﻈريَ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺸﺠْ ﻌَ ِ‬ ‫َﻟ ُﻪ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺻ َﻠﺐُ‬ ‫ﺻﺎدِ َق ا ْﻟﺠَ ْﻮ َﻟ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﻣَ ْﺮ ُﻫﻮبَ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ْﻮ َﻟ ِﺔ‪ِ ،‬ﻣ ْﻦ ِﻃ َﺮ ٍاز ﺟَ ﺪِﻳﺪٍ‪ ،‬ﻋَ ْﺰ ُﻣ ُﻪ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ :‬ﻓ ِﺎر ًﺳﺎ َ‬ ‫َني ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﺮ َﺳ ِ‬ ‫ﺻ ﱢﻢ ا ْﻟﺠَ َﻼ ِﻣﻴﺪِ‪َ .‬ﻓﺘَﺒَ ﱠﺪد ْ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪِﻳﺪِ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺄ ْ ُﺳ ُﻪ أ َ ْﻗﻮَى ِﻣ ْﻦ ُ‬ ‫َت آﻣَ ﺎﻟُﻪُ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﺨﺎذَ َﻟ ْﺖ أَو َ‬ ‫ْﺻﺎﻟُﻪُ‪َ ،‬و َزاﻳَ َﻠ ُﻪ‬


‫ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ وَﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ‬

‫اﻟﱰ ﱡد ُد وَا ْﻟﻴَﺄ ْ ُس‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫اﻟﻀﻴ ُْﻖ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺧﺎﻧ َ ُﻪ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻮﻓ ُ‬ ‫َاﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ ِﺑ ِﻪ ﱢ‬ ‫ِﻴﻖ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻹ ْﻗﺪَا ُم وَا ْﻟﺒَﺄ ْ ُس )ا ْﻟ ُﻘ ﱠﻮ ُة(‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧَﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ِْ‬ ‫ﺻ ِﻄﺒَﺎ ُر‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮ َﻛ َﻦ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻔِ َﺮ ِار‪َ .‬و َرأَى ﻋَ ُﺪ ﱠو ُه ﻳ َُﻼﺣِ ُﻘ ُﻪ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫وَﻋَ ﱠﺰ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ِاﻻ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ ِﺐ‪َ ،‬وﻳ َُﺴ ﱡﺪ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﻣَ َﺴﺎ ِﻟ َﻚ‬ ‫ﴬﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَﻤَ ﱢﻜ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻮَاﺛ ِ​ِﻖ‪ ،‬وَﻋَ ﺎﺟَ َﻠ ُﻪ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻬَ َﺮ ِب؛ َﻓﻌَ ﺎ َد إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ُﻣﻨْﺪَﻓِ ﻌً ﺎ ِﰲ ﺛ َ ْﻮ َر ِة ا ْﻟﻴَﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺎﻧ ِ​ِﻖ؛ َﻓﺘَ َﻠ ﱠﻘﺎ ُه ِﺑ َ ْ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬و َ​َﺷ َ‬ ‫ِﺑ َﺴﻴْﻔ ِ​ِﻪ »ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮ ِﺟ ْﺴﻤَ ُﻪ ﻧ ْ‬ ‫ني‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﻊ«‪َ ،‬ﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫ِﺼ َﻔ ْ ِ‬ ‫ري َراﻫِ ٍﺐ و َ​َﻻ ﺟَ ِﺎز ٍع؛ َﻓ َﻘ َﺴ َﻢ ْاﻷ َ َﺳ َﺪ ﻗِ ْﺴﻤَ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﺳ ِﺘﺌْﻨ َ ُ‬ ‫ﺎف ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫)‪ْ (2‬‬ ‫ِﻳﺚ‬ ‫ري َﻟﺤَ َ‬ ‫ﺎت‪َ ،‬وإ ِ ْن َﺧﻴﱠ َﻠ ْﺖ أ َ ْﻫﻮَاﻟُﻬَ ﺎ ﻟِﻤَ ْﻦ ﻳَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﻐ َﺮ َﻗ ْﺖ َﺳﺎﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫ﻈ ٍ‬ ‫اﻫﺎ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﺎت‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ْﻐ ِﺮ ِق ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ُﺔ َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫َوﻧَﻬَ َﻀ ْﺖ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ« ُﻣ َﺮوﱠﻋَ ًﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﺗُﻔِ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُر ْؤﻳَﺎ ﻣ َُﻔ ﱢﺰﻋَ ٍﺔ؛ َﻓ َﺮأَﺗْ ُﻪ َرا ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﻂ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺄ ْ ِش )ﺛَﺎ ِﺑ َﺖ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْﻠ ِﺐ(؛ َﻛﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُﺤَ ِﺎربْ أَﺣَ ﺪًا‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﻘﺘُ ْﻞ أ َ َﺳﺪًا!‬ ‫ﴫ ِه ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ِﻢ‪،‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠ ِﻬﺠَ ْﺖ ِﺑ ُﺸ ْﻜ ِﺮهِ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﻘﺒَ ْﻞ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ ُﺷ ْﻜ ًﺮا و َ​َﻻ ﺛَﻨَﺎءً‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ﺑَﻌْ ﺪ ﻧ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َ‬ ‫ﻳُﺤَ ﻴﱢﻴﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﻮَﺟْ ٍﻪ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ْﻠ ٍﻖ َوﺛ َ ْﻐ ٍﺮ ﺑ ِ‬ ‫َﺎﺳ ٍﻢ؛ َﻓ َﻀﺎﻋَ َﻔ ْﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ اﻟﺜﱠﻨَﺎءَ؛ َﻓ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺒ َ​َﻎ وَﺟْ ﻬُ ُﻪ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﺨﺠَ ِﻞ وَا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎءِ‪،‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗﺎ َل َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ﺗَﻮ ُ‬ ‫َاﺿ ٍﻊ و ْ‬ ‫ِﻲ ِﻣﻦ‬ ‫ﺎع ﻣَ ﺎ ﺑَﻘ َ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘِﺤْ ﻴَﺎءٍ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎ أ ْﺷﻮ َ​َﻗﻨِﻲ ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢ َﺪﺗِﻲ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ«‪ ،‬إ ِ َﱃ َﺳﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼﺘِﻚِ ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِﺮﻳﺒَ ِﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫)‪ِ (3‬زﻳَﺎ َر ُة ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ » ِﺑ ْﺴ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ٍم«‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة‪َ :‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻮ َِزﻳ ُﺮ »ﻋَ ِﲇﱞ« — َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟ َﻚ — ﺑ َِﺎرﻋً ﺎ ِﰲ اﻟﺘﱠ ْ‬ ‫ﻳﺮ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻠﺒ َْﺚ أ َ ِن‬ ‫ﺼ ِﻮ ِ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﺎب ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳُﺒْﺪِﻋُ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺎوﻳ َﺮ‬ ‫اﺷﺘَﻬَ َﺮ َﻓﻨ ﱡ ُﻪ َوذَا َع ِﺻﻴﺘُﻪُ‪ .‬وَاﺟْ ﺘَﻤَ َﻊ َرأْيُ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﻋْ ﺠَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎس ﻋَ َﲆ ْ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َار ِج ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻬْ َﺮ ِة ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ ِﺑ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ » ِﺑ ْﺴ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎمٌ«؛‬ ‫َاح َﻓﻨﱢﻴﱠ ٍﺔ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ َزا َل ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَﻘِ ﻲ ِﰲ ﻣَ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫َزﻳْﺘِﻴﱠ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬وَأ ْﻟﻮ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎق إ ِ َﱃ ِزﻳَﺎ َر ِة ُﻣﺘْﺤَ ﻔِ ِﻪ‪ .‬و ْ‬ ‫َﻓ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﺷﺘَ َ‬ ‫َﺻﻮ َِرهِ‪ ،‬ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ُﺼﻮ ِﱢر و ُ‬ ‫َاﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ إِﻋْ ﺠَ ﺎﺑُ ُﻪ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤ َ‬ ‫ني َرأَى َروَا ِﺋ َﻊ اﺑْﺘِ َﻜ ِﺎرهِ‪،‬‬ ‫ﴍﺣِ ِﻪ وَأ َ ْﺧﺒ َِﺎرهِ‪َ .‬ود َ​َﻓﻌَ ﻨ َِﻲ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ُ‬ ‫َوﺑَﺪَا ِﺋ َﻊ ﺗُﺤَ ﻔِ ِﻪ وَآﺛ َ ِﺎرهِ‪ ،‬وَأ َ َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َل إ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﻀﻮ ُل إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ﺻ َﻐﺎءَ ُه إ ِ َﱃ د َ​َﻗﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻖ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮ ْﻗ ُﺖ ﺑَﺎبَ ا ْﻟﺤُ ﺠْ َﺮ ِة ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﺄْذِ ﻧ َ ًﺔ ِﰲ اﻟﺪ ُ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ؛ َﻓ َ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﱡﺧ ِ‬ ‫ُر ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠﺰاﺋ ِ​ِﺮ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﻮل‪َ .‬ﻓﺄذِ ﻧَﺎ ِﱄ و َُﻫﻤَ ﺎ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﻐ ِﺮ َﻗ ِ‬ ‫ﻇ َﻔ َﺮ ِﻣ ِﻦ اﻧ ْ ِﺘﺒَﺎ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ ِﺑﺄ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ِﰲ ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜ ِ​ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪ ،‬وَأَﻧَﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺛ َِﻘ ٍﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻟ ْﻦ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻔ ُﺮ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﺑﻨ ْ ُﺖ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻨﱢﻲ؛ َﻓﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﺎ َد ﻳَﻨ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﺎس(‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﺷ ﱠﺪ ﻣَ ﺎ َﺧﺪَﻋَ ﻨِﻲ َ‬ ‫ري ِﻣ َﻦ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻣ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﺮ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮﻗ ِﺔ )ﻋَ ﺎﻣﱠ ِﺔ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ُﺼﻮ ٍﱢر َﻓﻘِ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎف ﻣَ ﺎ َﻗ ﱠﺪ ْر ُت؛ ﺣَ ﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ﻧ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻇﻔِ ْﺮ ُت ِﻣ ِﻦ اﻧ ْ ِﺘﺒَﺎﻫِ ِﻪ ِﺑﺄ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ٌة ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺑ َﺮ ٌة أ َ ْﻟ َﻘ َ‬ ‫ﺿﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ُﺧ ْﻠ َﺴ ًﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫َو َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻧ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ًة َﻓﺎﺣِ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ًﺔ ﻧ َ ﱠﻔﺎذَ ًة َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُﺜَﻨﱢﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻏﺎ َد ْر ُت ا ْﻟﺤُ ﺠْ َﺮ َة ﻋَ َﲆ أَﺛ َ ِﺮ َﻫﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫‪16‬‬


‫ﺼ ُﻞ اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻟ ُ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْ‬ ‫ِﺚ‬

‫ﺎﻫ َﺮ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ ِﺑﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﻔ ُ‬ ‫َوﺗَ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻦ ﻟِﻤَ ْﻘﺪ َِﻣﻲ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺸﻌُ ْﺮ ِﺑﺎﻧ ْ ِﴫ َِاﰲ؛ َﻓﻮ َ‬ ‫َاﺻ َﻞ ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜ َ ُﻪ ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ َرآ ُه‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ َِر‪ ،‬ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ِﻳﻊ ﱡ‬ ‫ُﺨﻔِ ﻴًﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ َﺮ ْﻛﺘُ ُﻪ ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ِﻤﻴ ِﺪ ْاﻷَﺛ َ ِﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻋَ ﺎ َد إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻨَﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ‪َ .‬وﺗَﻮَا َﻟ ْﺖ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ِزﻳَﺎ َراﺗُﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﴫ » ِﺑ ْﺴ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ٍم«‬ ‫)‪ِ (4‬ﰲ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺿﻴ ً‬ ‫ﻄﺎمٌ« )أَﻧ ْ َﺰ َﻟﻨَﺎ ُ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َﻀ َﺎﻓﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ » ِﺑ ْﺴ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻨ ْ َﻘ ِﺾ ِﺑ ْﻀﻌَ ُﺔ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم؛ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ْ‬ ‫ُﻮﻓﺎ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪهُ(‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻓ َﺮ َد‬ ‫َاﻫﻤَ ﺎ ِﻟ ُﻤﺘْﺤَ ﻔِ ﻨَﺎ‪ ،‬و َْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ﻟِﻤَ ْﺴ َﻜ ِﻨﻨَﺎ‪ .‬وَأَﺟْ َﺮى ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ و َِﻇ َ‬ ‫ﴫهِ‪ :‬إِﺣْ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﻔ ًﺔ‬ ‫ني ِﰲ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫ني َﻛ ِﺒريَﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻟﻨَﺎ ِﺷ ﱠﻘﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َﺷﻬْ ٍﺮ )ﻣَ ﻨَﺤَ ﻨَﺎ ُﻣ َﺮﺗﱠﺒًﺎ َﺷﻬْ ِﺮﻳٍّﺎ َﻛ ِﺒريًا(؛ ُﻣﺘَ َ‬ ‫َﻛ ِﺒريَ ًة ﻧَﺘَ َﻘ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺿ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻊ »ﻋَ ِﲇﱟ«‪،‬‬ ‫ﻈﺎﻫِ ًﺮا ِﺑ َﺮ ْﻏﺒَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ِﰲ ﺗَ ْﺸ ِﺠ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَ ْﻘﺪِﻳ ًﺮا ﻟ َِﻔﻨ ﱢ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺒ َْﻘ ِﺮيﱢ ‪.‬‬ ‫ﳾءٌ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻳ ُْﻀ ِﻤ ُﺮ ُه ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ‪ُ ،‬ﻣﻨْﺬُ أ َ ْﺳﻌَ َﺪﻧَﺎ ِﺑ ِﺰﻳَﺎ َرﺗ ِ​ِﻪ ْاﻷ ُ َ‬ ‫وﱃ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻳﺮ »ﻋَ ِﲇﱟ« َ ْ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻐِ ﺐْ ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻮ َِز ِ‬ ‫ﻇﻨُﻮﻧُﻪُ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺄ َ ﱠﻛ َﺪ َﻟ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﺪ ُْﺳ ُﻪ َوﺗَ ْﺨ ِﻤﻴﻨُﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺤﱠ ْﺖ ُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎﺷ َﻔﻨِﻲ ِﺑ َﺮأ ْ ِﻳ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َل‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ — ﻳَﺎ ﻣَ ﻠِﻴ َﻜﺘ َِﻲ‬ ‫ﻄﺎمٌ« ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَ ِﺠ ﱠﻠ ٍﺔ وَاﺣْ ِﱰَا ٍم‪َ .‬وﺗَﺠَ ﱠﲆ َﻟﻚِ َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰ َة — ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ ُْﻀ ِﻤ ُﺮ ُه َﻟﻚِ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ » ِﺑ ْﺴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻠ َﻜ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻮر َﻓ ْﻀ ٍﻞ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﻴﱠ َﺰكِ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َرﺟَ ﺎﺣَ ِﺔ ﻋَ ْﻘ ٍﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ْﻓ َﺮ َد َﻟﻨَﺎ ِﰲ‬ ‫اﻹﻋْ ﺠَ ﺎبُ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺒَﺎكِ ﷲ ُ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﻮ ُْﻓ ِ‬ ‫ِْ‬ ‫ﴫ ِه ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻠُﻮﻛ ﱢ َ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَ ْﻠﺒ َ​َﺚ أ َ ْن ﻳُ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫َاج(‪ .‬و َ​َﻻ‬ ‫َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺷ َﻔﻚِ ِﺑ َﺮ ْﻏﺒَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ِﰲ ﻋَ ْﻘ ِﺪ ا ْﻟﻘِ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ِﻲ أ ْرﺣَ ﺐَ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ان )اﻟ ﱠﺰو ِ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﺰ ِم أ َ ْن ﻧ ُ َﻀﻴﱢ َﻊ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺻ َﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓﻬُ َﻮ ﻣَ ِﻠ ٌﻚ ﻋَ ِﻈﻴ ُﻢ‬ ‫َرﻳْﺐَ أ َ ﱠن ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ إِﻳﺬَا ٌن ِﺑ ِﺈ ْﻗﺒ ِ‬ ‫َﺎل اﻟ ﱠﺰﻣَ ِ‬ ‫ﴍ ُ‬ ‫ﻳﻒ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺤْ ِﺘ ِﺪ ) َﻛ ِﺮﻳ ُﻢ ْاﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫ﴎ ٍة َو َﻛ َﺮ َم ﻣَ ْﻮﻟِﺪٍ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺻ ِﻞ(‪َ ،‬ﻻ ﻳَ ِﻘ ﱡﻞ ﻋَ ﻨْﻚِ ﺟَ َﻼ َل أ ُ ْ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪ ِْر‪ِ َ ،‬‬ ‫َﻓﻮَﻋَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ َر ْﻏﺒَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ْت ا ْﻟﻮ َِزﻳ َﺮ ِﺑﺘَ ْﻠ ِﺒﻴَ ِﺔ ِﻃ ْﻠﺒَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺤْ ﻘِ ِ‬ ‫ني‬ ‫)‪َ (5‬زوَاجُ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻜ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺎمٌ«‪ ،‬أ َ ْن َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﴎ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ ﻋَ ْﺰﻣَ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ْ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻠﺒ َِﺚ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ » ِﺑ ْﺴ َ‬ ‫اﺧ ِﺘﻴ َِﺎري‬ ‫ﺎﺷ َﻔﻨِﻲ ِﺑ َﺮ ْﻏﺒَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم‪ ،‬وَأ َ َ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴍﻳ َﻜ ًﺔ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎةِ‪َ ،‬وﻓِﻴﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَﻤْ ِﻠ ُﻚ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﺳ ْﻠ َ‬ ‫ﺎن وَﺟَ ﺎهٍ‪.‬‬ ‫َ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺸ َﻜ ْﺮ ُت َﻟ ُﻪ ﻣَ ﺎ أَو َْﻻﻧِﻴ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْﻏﺪ َ​َﻗ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺳﺎ ِﺑ ِﻎ ﻧِﻌَ ِﻤ ِﻪ وَأَﻳَﺎدِ ﻳ ِﻪ‪ .‬و َ​َﺳﻨَﺤَ ْﺖ ِﱄ َ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ُﺔ‬ ‫ﺎت؛ َﻓﻌَ ُ‬ ‫ﺎت‪َ ،‬و َﻛﻮ َِار َ‬ ‫ث َﻓﺎدِ ﺣَ ٍ‬ ‫َاﺟ َﻊ َو ُﻣﻠِﻤﱠ ٍ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻢ ِﻟﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻫﻤﱡ ﻪُ‪،‬‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ ْﻓ َﻀﻴ ُْﺖ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ و َ​َﻗ َﻊ ِﱄ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓﻮ ِ‬ ‫و ْ‬ ‫َاﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ أ َ َﻟ ُﻤ ُﻪ و َ​َﻏﻤﱡ ﻪُ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ﻳُ َﺆ ﱢﺳﻴﻨِﻲ )ﻳ َ‬ ‫ُﴪي ﻋَ ﻨﱢﻲ َوﻳُﻌَ ﱢﺰﻳﻨِﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﺼ ﱢﱪُﻧِﻲ َوﻳ َُﺴ ﱢﻠﻴﻨِﻲ(‪َ ،‬وﻳ َ ﱢ‬

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‫ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ وَﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ‬

‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺧﺘَ َﻢ ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜ َ ُﻪ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﻻ َرﻳْﺐَ أ َ ﱠن ﷲ َ — ُﺳﺒْﺤَ ﺎﻧ َ ُﻪ — َﻛﺘَﺐَ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ أ َ ْن أَﻧْﺘَﻘِ َﻢ َﻟﻚِ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ ِﺐ ُﻣ ْﻠﻜِﻚِ ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ﱠن ْاﻷ َ ْﻗﺪَا َر ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أ َ ْﺳﻌَ َﺪﺗْﻨَﺎ ِﺑﺤُ ُ‬ ‫َﻏ ِ‬ ‫ﺻ ًﺔ ِﻟ ْﻠﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻮركِ َﻗ ْﺪ َﻫﻴﱠﺄ َ ْت َﻟﻚِ ُﻓ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺎص ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﻀ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺟ َﻠ ًﺔ‪ ،‬وَأَﺗَﺎﺣَ ْﺖ َﻟﻚِ َﻫﻨَﺎءَ ًة َﺷ ِﺎﻣ َﻠ ًﺔ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﻌَ ﺎ َد ًة َﻛ ِﺎﻣ َﻠ ًﺔ‪ .‬و َ​َﺳﺄُو ِﻓ ُﺪ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﻣ ُﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻﺐَ ِﺑ َﺮ ﱢد‬ ‫ﻋَ ُﺪوﱢكِ ﻋَ ِ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَ ْﻜ َﱪَ‪ ،‬أَﺛ َ ْﺮﺗُﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﺣَ ْﺮﺑًﺎ َﻻ ﺗُﺒْﻘِﻲ و َ​َﻻ ﺗَﺬَ ُر‪ ،‬وَأَﺗَﻴ ُْﺖ ِﺑ ِﻪ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻚِ‬ ‫ﺼﺒَ ُﻪ ِﻣﻨْﻚِ ؛ َﻓ ِﺈذَا أَﺑَﻰ و ْ‬ ‫اﻏﺘَ َ‬ ‫َاﻟﴬاﻋَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﻳَ ْﻠﺘَ ِﻤ ُﺲ ِﻣﻨْﻚِ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻔ َﻮ و ﱠ‬ ‫َاﻟﺸ َﻔﺎﻋَ َﺔ‪َ «.‬ﻓ َﻀﺎﻋَ ْﻔ ُﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ اﻟﺜﱠﻨَﺎءَ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻧَﺎدِ ﻣً ﺎ َﺳﺎدِ ﻣً ﺎ‪ ،‬ﺑَﺎدِيَ اﻟﺬﱡ ﱢل و ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ َﻖ ﻟ َِﺴﺎﻧِﻲ ِﺑ ﱡ‬ ‫وَاﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺎل‪.‬‬ ‫َاﺟﻨَﺎ أَﻳﱠﻤَ ﺎ اﺣْ ﺘ َِﻔ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺸ ْﻜ ِﺮ َﻟ ُﻪ وَاﻟﺪﱡﻋَ ﺎءِ‪ .‬وَاﺣْ ﺘَ َﻔ َﻠ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ُﺔ ِﺑ َﺰو ِ‬ ‫وَﻋَ ﺎ َو َدﺗْﻨِﻲ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺎس أَﺟْ ﻤَ ﻌِ َ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫َﺎل‪ ،‬و َ​َﻏﻤَ َﺮﻧ َِﻲ ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺮحُ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻏﻤَ َﺮ اﻟﻨ ﱠ َ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَ ْﻮ َﻟ ِﺖ‬ ‫ﻄﻤَ ﺄْﻧِﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ و َُﻫﺪُوءُ ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﻮ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺒَﻬْ ﺠَ ُﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫ني‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻌْ ِﺐ ا ْﻟﻮ َِﰲ ﱢ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﺳﻔِ ريُ » ِﺑ ْﺴ َ‬ ‫)‪َ (6‬‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ٍم«‬

‫ﺿﻌِ ً‬ ‫ﺎن » ُﻣﻮ ﱠَﻓ ٌﻖ« َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺟَ ﺎءَ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺪُ‪ ،‬أَو َْﻓ َﺪ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ أَﺣَ َﺪ ُﺳ َﻔ َﺮاﺋ ِ​ِﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫َﺎس‬ ‫ﻴﻔﺎ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻘِ ﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮ ﻓِ ٍ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ٍم« َو َﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﺑﻤ َُﻘﺎوَﻣَ ﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ُﻗ ْﺪ َر ٌة‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﺗَ َ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ » ِﺑ ْﺴ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ َﺮ أَﻣَ ﺎ َم ﱠ‬ ‫ري ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺒَﺄ ْ ِس وَا ْﻟ ُﻘ ﱠﻮةِ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ِ‬

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‫ﺼ ُﻞ اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻟ ُ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْ‬ ‫ِﺚ‬

‫اﺳ ِﺘﻨ ْ َﻜﺎ َرهُ‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫وَأَﻋْ َﻠ َﻦ َﻟ ُﻪ ْ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘِﻬَ ﺎﻧَﺘَ ُﻪ ِﺑﻤَ ْﻦ أَو َْﻓ َﺪ ُه وَاﺣْ ﺘ َِﻘﺎ َرهُ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻬَ ﱡﻜﻤَ ُﻪ ِﺑ َﻮﻋِﻴ ِﺪهِ‪ ،‬وَا ْز ِد َراءَ ُه ِ ِﻹﻧْﺬَ ِار ِه‬ ‫َوﺗَﻬْ ﺪِﻳ ِﺪهِ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (7‬ﻣَ ﻮ ُ‬ ‫ْت ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ ِﺐ‬ ‫وَﻋَ ﺎ َد ﱠ‬ ‫َﱰدﱠدِ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ ِﰲ ﺣَ ْﺸ ِﺪ ﺟَ ﻴ ٍْﺶ َﻟ ِﺠ ٍﺐ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ريُ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﻠِﻴﻜ ِ​ِﻪ ﻳُﺒْﻠ ُِﻐ ُﻪ َر ْﻓ َﺾ ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﻐﺘَ ِﺼ ِﺐ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َ َ‬ ‫)ﻋَ ِﻈﻴ ٍﻢ(‪ .‬و ْ‬ ‫َاﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ ُﺳ ْﺨ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ؛ َﻓﺄَﻣَ َﺮ ِﺑ ِﺈﺣْ َﻀ ِﺎر ِه َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﻏِ ًﺮا إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَأَو َْﴅ َﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﺪ ﺟَ ﻴ ِْﺸ ِﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺄْﺗ َِﻲ‬ ‫ِﺑ ِﻪ ﻣ َُﻘﻴﱠﺪًا‪ُ ،‬ﻣ َﻜﺒ ًﱠﻼ ِﺑ ْﺎﻷ َ ْﻏ َﻼ ِل ﻣ َ‬ ‫ُﺼ ﱠﻔﺪًا‪.‬‬ ‫ﻴﻞ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ ْﻗﺒَﻞ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ُﺳ ُﻞ ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤﻠُ َ‬ ‫ﻮن إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻨَﺎ ﻧَﺒَﺄ َ و َ​َﻓﺎ ِة‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ َﻛﺎ َد ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻴ ُْﺶ ﻳَﺘَﺄ َ ﱠﻫﺐُ ﻟِﻠ ﱠﺮﺣِ ِ‬ ‫ﻮن إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻨَﺎ ِﺻﺪ َْق َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﻐﺘَ ِﺼ ِﺐ‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﲆ أَﺛ َ ِﺮ ﻣَ َﺮ ٍض َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻬ ْﻠ ُﻪ إ ِ ﱠﻻ أَﻳﱠﺎﻣً ﺎ َﻗ َﻼ ِﺋ َﻞ‪َ ،‬وﻳُﻌْ ِﻠﻨ ُ َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎﻋَ ﺘ ِ​ِﻬ ْﻢ‬ ‫و َُﺧﻨُﻮﻋ ِ​ِﻬﻢْ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﻔﺎ ِﻧﻴَﻬُ ْﻢ ِﰲ ُﺧ ُ‬ ‫ﻳﺮي‬ ‫ﻀﻮﻋ ِ​ِﻬﻢْ‪َ .‬ﻓﺄَﻣَ َﺮ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ ِﺑﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﺢ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻴ ِْﺶ‪َ ،‬و َرأَى أ َ ْن ﻳُﻨِﻴﺐَ و َِز ِ‬ ‫ﴪ ِ‬ ‫ون ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻤْ َﻠ َﻜ ِﺔ ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ِﻤﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻋَ ﻨﱢﻲ‪ِ ،‬ﰲ إِدَا َر ِة ُﺷ ُﺆ ِ‬

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‫اﻟﺮاﺑ ُِﻊ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﺼ ُﻞ ﱠ‬

‫)‪ (1‬ﻣ َُﻔﺎﺟَ ﺄ َ ٌة ُﻣﺬْﻫِ َﻠ ٌﺔ‬ ‫وَأَﻋَ ﱠﺪ ا ْﻟﻮ َِزﻳ ُﺮ »ﻋَ ِﲇﱞ« ﻋُ ﱠﺪ َة ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ ﻟ َِريْﺣَ َﻞ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫َﺎح ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﻣ َُﻔﺎﺟَ ﺄ َ ًة ُﻣﺬْﻫِ َﻠ ًﺔ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺻﺒ ِ‬ ‫أَﺣَ ٌﺪ ﻳَﺘَﻮ ﱠَﻗﻌُ ﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ د َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺧِ ٍﺐ ﻋَ ﻨ ٍ‬ ‫ُون َﺳ َﻔ ِﺮهِ‪ :‬ﻣ َُﻔﺎﺟَ ﺄ َ ًة أ َ ْﺷﺒَ َﻪ ِﺑﺤُ ﻠُ ٍﻢ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻒ ﻣَ ﺎ أَﺣْ َﺴﺒُﻨِﻲ أ َ َﻓ ْﻘ ُﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫َﻫ ْﻮﻟِ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ﺟَ ﺎﻟ َِﺴ ًﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ إِﺣْ ﺪَى ْاﻷ َ َراﺋِﻚِ ِﰲ ﺣُ ﺠْ َﺮﺗِﻲ‪ ،‬ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﻐ ِﺮ َﻗ ًﺔ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻘِ َﺮاءَ ِة ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺄْﻟُ ِ‬ ‫ﻮف ﻋَ ﺎ َدﺗِﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِذَا َرﻧ ﱠ َﻖ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻮ ُم ِﰲ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨِﻲ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻬَ ﺎ(‪ ،‬ذَ َﻫﺒ ُْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ْﺨﺪ َِع ﻧ َ ْﻮﻣِﻲ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﺮأَﻳ ُْﺖ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ َﺧ َﺎﻓﻨِﻲ‪ ،‬وَأ َ َ‬ ‫)ﺧﺎ َﻟ َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َر‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻮ َ​َﺳ َﻦ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨِﻲ َو َرﻋَ ﺒَﻨِﻲ‪َ .‬رأَﻳ ُْﺖ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﺎ َﻟﻬَ ﻮ ِْل ﻣَ ﺎ َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ‪َ ،‬ﺷﺒَﺤً ﺎ ﻳَﻤْ ﺜ ُ ُﻞ أَﻣَ ِﺎﻣﻲ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ْﺨﻔِ ﻲ‬ ‫َﴫ‪.‬‬ ‫و َْﺷ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻤْ ِﺢ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺒ َ ِ‬ ‫ري ُة ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ‬ ‫)‪ (2‬ﺣَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﱠت ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ َﴏ َ‬ ‫ﴎ ِت اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫َﻓﻨَﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻤَ ﺄْﻧِﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ‬ ‫ْﺧ ٌﺔ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴ ٌَﺔ َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َﺳﺄ َ َﻟﻨِﻲ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﺳﺒ َِﺐ ُ َ‬ ‫ﴏاﺧِ ﻲ‪َ َ ،‬‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗَﻪُ‪ ،‬وَأَﻧ ِْﺴ ُﺖ ِﺑ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪ .‬و َُﺧﻴﱢ َﻞ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ أ َ ﱠن ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺒَﺢَ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ َﻛ َ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒﻲ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن َﺳ ِﻤﻌْ ُﺖ َ‬ ‫ﺎن و َْﻫﻤً ﺎ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ َﺔ َﻟﻪُ‪ .‬وَأ َ ﱠن ذِ ْﻫﻨ َِﻲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻜﺪُو َد ا ﱠﻟﺬِي أَﺗْﻌَ ﺒَﺘْ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻘِ َﺮاءَ ُة َﻗ ْﺪ ﻣَ ﺜ ﱠ َﻞ ِﱄ َﻫﺬَا ﱠ‬ ‫َﻻ ﺣَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺒَﺢَ ‪َ .‬ﻓﺄ َ ْﻓ َﻀﻴ ُْﺖ‬ ‫ُﺼﻐِ ﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜِﻲ ِﰲ ْ‬ ‫ِﺑﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ ‪َ ،‬و َرأْﻳُﺘُﻪ ﻳ ْ‬ ‫ريةٍ‪َ .‬و ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أَﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗ ُﻊ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ أ َ ْن‬ ‫اﻫﺘِﻤَ ﺎ ٍم و َ​َﻗ َﻠ ٍﻖ وَﺣَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻳ ُِﺰﻳ َﻞ َﻓ َﺰﻋِﻲ‪َ ،‬وﻳُﻬَ ﱢﺪئ َ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺛَﺎ ِﺋ َﺮﺗِﻲ و َ​َﻫ َﻠﻌِ ﻲ؛ َو َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﺷ ﱠﺪ ﻣَ ﺎ َﺷ َﻐ َﻞ ﺑ َِﺎﱄ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺧﻴﱠﺐَ آﻣَ ِﺎﱄ؛ ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ني َرأَﻳْﺘُ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﺿﻌَ ُ‬ ‫ري ِة أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎف ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗُ َﻜﺎ ِﺑﺪ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﺴ ُﺖ أَد ِْري‬ ‫ﺎج َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪» :‬إ ِ ﱠن ﻣَ ﺎ أ ُ َﻛﺎ ِﺑ ُﺪ ُه ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻳَﺒْﺘَ ِﺪ ُرﻧِﻲ ِﰲ اﻧ ْ ِﺰﻋَ ٍ‬


‫ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ وَﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ‬

‫ﻟِﻬَ ﺬَا اﻟ ﱡﻠ ْﻐ ِﺰ ﺗَ ْﻔ ِﺴريًا‪َ .‬ﺧ ﱢ ِﱪﻳﻨِﻲ — َﻗﺒْ َﻞ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َﳾءٍ — ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻳ َْﻦ أَﺗَﻴ ِْﺖ؟ َو َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ َﻗﺪِﻣْ ِﺖ ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ﺣُ ﺠْ َﺮﺗِﻲ؟«‬ ‫)‪» (3‬ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ« ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ُة‬ ‫َﻓ َﺰا َد ﺣَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫َﺿﺎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ريﺗِﻲ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﻒ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓ َﺰﻋِﻲ َود َْﻫ َﺸﺘِﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ُﻘ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ ﻣَ ﺬْﻋُ ﻮ َر ًة‪،‬‬ ‫ِﻳﺚ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ ِﰲ ا ْرﺗِﺒَﺎﻛِﻲ وَﺣَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﺎس ﻣَ ﺒْﻬُ ﻮ َر ًة‪» :‬أَو ِْﺿﺢْ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَﻌْ ﻨِﻴ ِﻪ ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي؛ َﻓﻤَ ﺎ أ َ َراﻧِﻲ أ َ ْﻓﻬَ ُﻢ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُل َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫ُﺨﺘَﻨ َِﻘ َﺔ ْاﻷَﻧ ْ َﻔ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﱄ ْ َﻓﺎﻧ ْ ُ‬ ‫»ﻻ ﺣَ ﺎﺟَ َﺔ إ ِ َﱃ إ ِ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ‪َ :‬‬ ‫اح‪ .‬ﺗَﻌَ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺮي‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎح؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺟَ ﱠﻞ ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺒ َِﺚ وَا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻀ ٍ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﴪي إ ِ ِن ْ‬ ‫ﴪي‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻄﻌْ ِﺖ أ َ ْن ﺗُ َﻔ ﱢ ِ‬ ‫و َ​َﻓ ﱢ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﺮي؛ َﻓ َﺮأَﻳ ُْﺖ — َوﻳَﺎ َﻟﻬَ ﻮ ِْل ﻣَ ﺎ َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ — َﻓﺘَﺎ ًة َﻏ ِﺮﻳﺒ ًَﺔ َﻻ‬ ‫وَﺣَ ﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﻣﻨ ﱢ َﻲ ا ْﻟﺘ َِﻔﺎﺗَ ٌﺔ إ ِ َﱃ َ ِ‬ ‫ﴎ ِ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‪ُ :‬‬ ‫ﻃ ً‬ ‫ﻮﻻ‬ ‫ﻳﺮي؛ و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ ْﺷﺒَﻬَ ﺘْﻨِﻲ أَﺗَ ﱠﻢ َﺷﺒَ ٍﻪ‪ ،‬أ َ ْﺷﺒَﻬَ ﺘْﻨِﻲ ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﻬْ َﺪ ِﱄ ِﺑ ُﺮ ْؤﻳَﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬ﺗَﻨَﺎ ُم ِﰲ َ ِ‬ ‫ﴎ ِ‬ ‫وَﻋَ ْﺮ ً‬ ‫ﺿﺎ و َ​َﻫﻴْﺌَ ًﺔ َو َﻟ ْﻮﻧًﺎ‪ ،‬و َِﺟﻴﺪًا ) َر َﻗﺒ ًَﺔ( وَﻋَ ﻴْﻨًﺎ‪َ .‬ﻻ َﻓ ْﺮ َق ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ري‪،‬‬ ‫َني إِﺣْ ﺪَاﻧَﺎ و َْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ِﰲ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ و َ​َﻻ َﻛ ِﺜ ٍ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎل و َ​َﻻ ﺗَ ْﻔ ِﺼ ٍ‬ ‫و َ​َﻻ إِﺟْ ﻤَ ٍ‬ ‫)‪ (4‬ﺣِ ﻮَا ُر »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َ​َﺔ« وَ»ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َ​َﺔ«‬ ‫َﻓ ُﺨﻴﱢ َﻞ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ أ َ َرى َﺧﻴ َِﺎﱄ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺮآةِ؛ َﻟ ْﻮ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗُﺒَﺎدِ ْرﻧِﻲ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻜ َﻼ ِم‪َ .‬وﻧَﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﻴْﺤَ ُﺔ َﺧﻮ ٍ‬ ‫ﱠت ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ َ‬ ‫ْف‬ ‫و َ​َﻫ َﻠ ٍﻊ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎ َد ﻳ َْﺨﻨ ُ ُﻘﻬَ ﺎ اﻟ ﱡﺮﻋْ ﺐُ وَا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺰ ُع‪ ،‬و َ​َﻏﻤْ َﻐﻤْ ُﺖ ﻣ َُﺴﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‪ُ » :‬رﺣْ ﻤَ ﺎ َك ﻳَﺎ َرﺑﱠﺎهُ! أَيﱡ ﺣُ ْﻠ ٍﻢ َﻫﺎﺋ ٍِﻞ‬ ‫أ َ َراهُ؟«‬

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‫ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﻞ اﻟ ﱠﺮا ِﺑ ُﻊ‬

‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗِﻲ ِﰲ ﺟَ ْﺮ ِﺳ ِﻪ َو َرﻧِﻴﻨ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت ﻳُﺤَ ﺎﻛِﻲ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ ﺘْﻨ َِﻲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮأ َ ُة ِﺑ َ‬ ‫َﺻ َﺨ ِﺒ ِﻪ َوﻟِﻴﻨ ِ​ِﻪ‪ .‬و َ​َﺳ ِﻤﻌْ ﺘُﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُل ِﱄ ِﰲ ﺟُ ْﺮأ َ ِة ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ َﻔ َﻘﺎءِ‪» :‬ﻳَﺎ َﻟﻚِ ِﻣ ْﻦ دَﻋِ ﻴﱠ ٍﺔ َﺧ ْﺮ َﻗﺎءَ‪ .‬ﺗُ َﺮى أَيﱡ دَاﻫِ ﻴَ ٍﺔ َﻗﺬَ َﻓ ْﺖ ِﺑﻚِ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻨَﺎ‪ ،‬وَأَيﱡ‬ ‫ﻄﻚِ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ؟ َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﺳ ﱠﻠ َ‬ ‫َﺷﻴْ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺗَﺘَﻤَ ﺜ ﱠ ِﻠ َ‬ ‫ني ِﰲ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َرﺗِﻲ؛ ِﻟﺘُﻨ َ ﱢﻐ ِﴢ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ َﺳﻌَ ﺎ َدﺗِﻲ‪َ ،‬وﺗُ َﻜﺪ ِﱢري َ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻔ َﻮ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍ‬ ‫َﻫﻨَﺎءَﺗِﻲ؟ أَيﱡ ُﺧ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍﺔ َﻏﺎدِ َرةٍ‪ ،‬ﺗُ ِﺮﻳﺪِﻳﻨَﻨِﻲ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ أَﻳﱠﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ َﺮ ُة؟ َﺷ ﱠﺪ ﻣَ ﺎ َﺧﺎبَ َﻓﺄْﻟُﻚِ ‪ ،‬ﻳَﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ ِﻛ َﺮ ُة‪.‬‬ ‫أَﺗَﺤْ َﺴ ِﺒ َ‬ ‫ني أ َ ﱠن َزو ِْﺟ َﻲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﻈﻴ َﻢ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺠُ ﻮ َز ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﺣِ ﻴ َﻠﺘُﻚِ ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ ُﺮوجَ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ ُه ُﺧﺪْﻋَ ﺘُﻚِ ؟ إ ِ ﱠن‬ ‫أ َ ْﻟﻤَ ﻌِ ﻴ َﱠﺔ َزو ِْﺟﻲ َﻟﺘَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﺸ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻳﺮكِ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑُﻬْ ﺘَ ٍﺔ ﻣ ُِﺮﻳﺒَ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺘَﻤَ ﺜ ﱠ ُﻞ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ريكِ‬ ‫ﺿ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَ ِﺴ ُﻢ ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ َﺳ ِﺎر ِ‬ ‫َاع و َِرﻳﺒَ ٍﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺧِ ﺪ ٍ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ا ْﻟﺘَ َﻔﺘَ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُل‪ُ » :‬رﺣْ ﻤَ ﺎ َك‪ ،‬ﻳَﺎ َزو ِْﺟ َﻲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰ‪ .‬ﻋَ ﺠﱢ ْﻞ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﺮ ِد َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ َﺮةِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻋَ ﺠﱢ ْﻞ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺒْﻘِﻬَ ﺎ‪ِ ،‬ﻟﺘُﻌَ ﺬﱢﺑَﻬَ ﺎ َوﺗُﻨ ْ ﱢﻜ َﻞ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬أ َ ْﻟﻘِ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ َﻏﻴَﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﺮ ِد َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎ ِﻛ َﺮةِ‪َ .‬ﻛ ﱠﻼ‪ ،‬ﺑ َِﻞ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺠْ ِﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ َﺮ ُة ﺟَ ِﺮﻳﺌَ ًﺔ ِﰲ ﺑُﻬْ ﺘَﺎﻧِﻬَ ﺎ و ْ‬ ‫َﺎح ا ْﻟ َﻐﺪِ!« و َ​َﻫ َﻜﺬَا اﻧْﺪ َ​َﻓﻌَ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻮدِ؛ ِﻟﻨُﺤَ ﱢﺮ َﻗﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫َاﻓ ِﱰَاﺋِﻬَ ﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺻﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَ ِﺼ ُﻔﻨِﻲ ِﺑﺄَو َ‬ ‫ْﺻﺎﻓِ ﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ ْﺮﻣِﻴﻨِﻲ ِﺑﺪَاﺋِﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬

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‫ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ وَﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ‬

‫)‪ (5‬ﺟُ ْﺮأ َ ُة ا ْﻟ َﻜﺎذِ ﺑ َِﺔ‬ ‫ﻄﺎمٌ« ﻳُﻨ ْ ِﺼ ُﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﻳُ ْﺮﻫِ ُ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ » ِﺑ ْﺴ َ‬ ‫َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎع أ َ َﻛﺎذِ ﻳ ِﺒﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ ْﺷﻜ َﻞ‬ ‫ﻒ أذُﻧَﻴْ ِﻪ ﻟ َِﺴﻤَ ِ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَﺒْﻬَ ﻢَ؛ َﻓ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ و ْ‬ ‫ْﴪ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺼﻤَ َﺖ َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَ َﻜ ﱠﻠﻢْ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﺣَ ْ َ‬ ‫ريﺗِﻲ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ و َ​َﺳ ِﻤﻌْ ُﺖ‪ِ ،‬ﺑﺄَﻳ َ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ َﺮ ِة و َ​َﺳ َﻼ َ‬ ‫ري ِة ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َرأَى و َ​َﺳ ِﻤﻊَ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺪ ُل ا ْرﺗِﺒَﺎ َﻛﻨَﺎ ِﰲ أَﻣْ ِﺮﻧَﺎ‪ ،‬إ ِ ﱠﻻ ﺟُ ْﺮأ َ ُة ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃ ُﺔ‬ ‫ﺣَ ْ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﴪ ًة‪َ » :‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ﺗُﺤَ ﱢﺪﺛُﻨِﻲ‬ ‫ﻟ َِﺴﺎﻧِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻤَ ﺎدِ ﻳﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ﺑُﻬْ ﺘَﺎﻧِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ أﺗَﻤَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻚ أ ْن أ ُﻗﻮ َل ِﻟ َﺰو ِْﺟﻲ ُﻣﺘَﺤَ ﱢ َ‬ ‫— ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻏﻤَ ْﺮﺗَﻨِﻲ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ْ‬ ‫ري‬ ‫ﻄ ٍﻒ وَﻣَ َﻮ ﱠد ٍة — أ َ ﱠن اﻟﻨﱠﺤْ َﺲ َﻗ ْﺪ َﻓﺎ َر َﻗﻨِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒﻲ ﻳَﻔ ُ‬ ‫ﺎﴐي‪ ،‬وَا ْ‬ ‫ﻋَ ْﻮ َدةٍ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ِني أ َ ﱠن ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ َة‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻤﺌْﻨَﺎﻧًﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﻘﺒ َِﲇ‪ُ .‬ﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻳَﻘ ٍ‬ ‫ِﻴﺾ ﺛ َِﻘ ًﺔ ِﺑﺤَ ِ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌَ ﺎ َد ِة َﻗ ْﺪ ﺑَﺪَأ َ ْت‪ ،‬وَأ َ ﱠن ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ َة ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ َﻘﺎءِ َﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫اﺧﺘُﺘِﻤَ ْﺖ‪ُ .‬ﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ﻣَ ْﺨﺪُوﻋَ ًﺔ ِﰲ َﺧﻴ َِﺎﱄ وَاﻫِ ﻤَ ًﺔ‪َ .‬ﺳﺎ ِﺑﺤَ ًﺔ‬ ‫ِﰲ َ‬ ‫َارﻧَﺎ اﻟﺪﱠاﻫِ ﻴ َُﺔ اﻟﺪ ْﱠﻫﻮَاءُ‪ ،‬و ﱠ‬ ‫َاﻟﺴﺎﺣِ َﺮ ُة‬ ‫ﺿ َﻼ ِﱄ َﻫﺎﺋِﻤَ ًﺔ‪ ،‬ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﻐ ِﺮ َﻗ ًﺔ ِﰲ آﻣَ ِﺎﱄ ﺣَ ﺎﻟِﻤَ ًﺔ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺣَ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ ِﺑﺪ ِ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎءُ؛ َﻓﺘَﻤَ ﺜ ﱠ َﻠ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫﻴْﺌَﺘِﻲ؛ ِﻟﺘُ َﺨﻴﱢ َﻞ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ َﻚ ِﺑ ِﺴﺤْ ِﺮ َﻫﺎ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ أَﻧَﺎ؛ َﻓﺘُ َﻜ ﱢﺪ َر َ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻔ َﻮ ﻋَ ﻴ ِْﺸﻨَﺎ‪ُ .‬رﺣْ ﻤَ ﺎ َك‬ ‫ﺎﺷﺎ َك أ َ ْن ﺗُ ْﺨ َﺪ َع ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ َ‬ ‫ﻳَﺎ َزو ِْﺟ َﻲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰ ُرﺣْ ﻤَ ﺎ َك‪ ،‬وَﺣَ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺷﺎ َك‪ .‬إ ِ ﱠن ﻣَ ﺎ أَﻋْ ِﺮ ُﻓ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ و َ​َﻓﺎ ِﺋ َﻚ ِﱄ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮن إ ِ َﱃ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺤِ ﻴﺢَ ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﻬْ ﺪِيَ َﻗ ْﻠﺒَ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻨ ُ َ‬ ‫وَﺣَ َﺪ ِﺑ َﻚ ﻋَ َﲇﱠ‪َ ،‬و ِﺑ ﱢﺮ َك ِﺑﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻔِ ﻴ ٌﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳُ ْﻠ ِﻬﻤَ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠﺮأْيَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫اﺟ ِﺢ‪َ ،‬وﻳَ ْﻜ ِﺸ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱢﻖ ا ْﻟﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ ِﻟﺒ َِﺼريَﺗِ َﻚ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ﱠﻔﺎذَ ِة ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَ ِﺴ ُﻢ‬ ‫َاﺿ ِﺢ‪َ ،‬وﻳُﻨِريَ َﺳ ِﺒﻴ َﻞ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ْﺷ ِﺪ ﻟِﻌَ ْﻘ ِﻠ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﱪﻧِﻲ ِﺑ َﺮﺑﱢ َﻚ‪ :‬أَﻳ َُﺴ ِﺎو ُر َك ﱠ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ وَﺟْ ِﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ﱡﻚ ِﰲ أ َ ﱠن‬ ‫ﺎن و َ​َﻏﺪ ٍْر‪ ،‬و َ​َﺧﺪِﻳﻌَ ٍﺔ وَﻣَ ْﻜ ٍﺮ‪َ .‬ﺧ ﱢ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ َﺮ ِة ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑُﻬْ ﺘَ ٍ‬ ‫َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮأ َ َة دَﻋِ ﻴ ٌﱠﺔ َﻏ ِﺮﻳﺒ ٌَﺔ‪ ،‬وَأَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ أَﻧَﺎ َزوْﺟَ ﺘُ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِﺒﻴﺒ َُﺔ؟ أ ُ ْﻗ ِﺴ ُﻢ َﻟ َﻚ إِﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َزوْﺟَ ﺘُ َﻚ و َ‬ ‫َﺻﻔِ ﻴﱠﺘُ َﻚ‪،‬‬ ‫َوإ ِ ﱠن َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ َﺮ َة ﻋَ ُﺪ ﱠوﺗِﻲ وَﻋَ ُﺪ ﱠوﺗُ َﻚ!«‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ْت إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮأ َ ُة ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺑ َﺴ ًﺔ ُﻣﺘَﺠَ ﻬﱢ ﻤَ ًﺔ‪َ ،‬ﺳﺎﺧِ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻨ َ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ًﺔ ُﻣﺘَ َﱪﱢﻣَ ًﺔ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ِﱄ وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَﺤْ ُﺮ ُق ْاﻷ ُ ﱠر َم‬ ‫)ﺗَﺤُ ﱡﻚ أَﻧْﻴَﺎﺑَﻬَ ﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﻀﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺑَﻌْ ٍﺾ(‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺘَ َﻠﻮﱠى ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻐﻴ ِْﻆ َوﺗَﺘَﺄ َ ﱠﻟﻢُ‪» :‬أَيﱡ ُﺳ ْﺨ ٍﻒ وَﺣَ ﻤَ َﺎﻗ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻤَ ﺎدٍ‬ ‫ﺻ َﻮﺗِﻲ و َ​َﻫﻴْﺌَﺘِﻲ؟ َوﺗَﻨْﺘَﺤِ ِﻠ َ‬ ‫ﴩﻛِﻴﻨَﻨِﻲ ِﰲ ُ‬ ‫ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫ني‬ ‫اﻟﺼ َﻔ َﺎﻗ ِﺔ؟ ﺣَ ْﺴﺒُﻚِ ﺑُﻬْ ﺘَﺎﻧًﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َﻔﺎكِ َﻫﺬَﻳَﺎﻧًﺎ‪ .‬أَﺗَ ْ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َرﺗِﻲ؟ َوﺗَﺒْﻬَ ﺘِﻴﻨَﻨِﻲ ِﰲ وَﺟْ ِﻬﻲ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗُﺸ ﱢﻜ ِﻜ َ‬ ‫اﺳ ِﻤﻲ َوﺗُﺤَ ﺎ ِﻛ َ‬ ‫ني ُ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ني َزو ِْﺟﻲ ِﰲ أﻣْ ِﺮي‪ ،‬ﻋَ ِﺎﻣ َﺪ ًة‬ ‫َﴐي؟ أَﺗَ ْﺰﻋُ ِﻤ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺢﱠ‬ ‫ني أَﻧﱠﻚِ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ« ِﺑﻨ ْ ُﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ »ﻧَﺎدِ ٍر«؟ َﻓﻤَ ْﻦ أ َ ُﻛﻮ ُن أَﻧَﺎ إِذَا َ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ أَذِ ﻳﱠﺘِﻲ و ُ ﱢ‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟﻤَ ْ َ‬ ‫ني ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴﻚِ ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻚِ ؛ إِذْ ﺗُﺘْ ِﺒﻌِ َ‬ ‫َﺻﺪ َ​َق َزﻋْ ﻤُﻚِ ؟ َﻫﺎ أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ ذِي ﺗَ ْﻔ َﻀﺤِ َ‬ ‫و َْﻫﻤُﻚِ ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ني )ا ْﻟ َﻜﺬِبَ (‬ ‫وَا ْﻟﺒُﻬْ ﺘَ َ‬ ‫ِﻒ َوﻣُﺤْ ِﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن‪ِ ،‬ﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤَ ﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺮﻳﺌَ ِ‬ ‫َﺎت‪ ،‬ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺎ ِﻧﺜ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ ،‬ﺷﺄ ْ َن ا ْﻟ َﻜﺎذِ ﺑ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت‪ ،‬ﻳُﻌَ ﱢﺰ ْز َن‬ ‫ﺎت ْاﻷَﻳْﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻘ َﺴ ِﻢ أ َ َﻛﺎذِ ﻳﺒَﻬُ ﱠﻦ‪َ ،‬وﻳ َْﺴﺘَﺠْ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ اﻟ ﱡﺪﻣُﻮ َع ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﺂﻗِ ِﻴﻬ ﱠﻦ )أَﻋْ ﻴُﻨ ِ​ِﻬ ﱠﻦ(‪ .‬وَاﻟﺪﱠﻣْ ُﻊ ِﺳ َﻼحٌ َﻓﺎ ِﺗ ٌﻚ َﻗﻬﱠ ﺎ ٌر‪،‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻃﻬَ ِﺎر! َﻟ ْﻮ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َﻟﻤَ ﺎ َﺧ َﺪ َع ْاﻷَﺑْ َﺮا َر‪ ،‬و َ​َﻏ ﱠﺮ َر ِﺑ ْﺎﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ ْﺮ ِت ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺮآةِ‪َ ،‬و َرأَﻳ ِْﺖ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ َراهُ؛ َﻟﺘَ َﻔ ﱠﺰﻋْ ِﺖ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ‬ ‫‪24‬‬


‫ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﻞ اﻟ ﱠﺮا ِﺑ ُﻊ‬

‫َ‬ ‫ﻮن ﱡ‬ ‫ُور‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﻌْ ﻠُ َ‬ ‫ﱪةٍ‪ ،‬ﺗَ ْﺮ َﻫ ُﻘﻬَ ﺎ َﻗ َﱰَ ٌة‬ ‫ﻮﻫﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻏ َ َ‬ ‫اﻟﴩ ِ‬ ‫َان اﻟ ﱡﺰ ِ‬ ‫ور‪ ،‬و َُﻓﻨ ُ ِ‬ ‫ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَ ِﺴ ُﻢ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳﺤْ ﻨَﺘِﻚِ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ ْﻟﻮ ِ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫)ﻏﺒَﺎ ٌر(! َﻫﻠُﻤﱢ ﻲ َﻓﺎﻧ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺮي‪ ،‬إ ِ ْن ُﻛﻨ ْ ِﺖ ﺗَﺠْ ُﺮﺋِ َ‬ ‫ني؟«‬ ‫ري ٌة وَا ْر ِﺗﺒَﺎ ٌك‬ ‫)‪ (6‬ﺣَ ْ َ‬ ‫و َُﻫﻨَﺎ ْ‬ ‫اﺷﺘَﺪ ْ‬ ‫ري ُة ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ ؛ َﻓ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎحَ ِﺑﻨَﺎ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪ُ » :‬ﻛ ﱠﻔﺎ ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻼﺣَ ﺎ ِة وَا ْﻟﻤُﻬَ ﺎﺗَ َﺮةِ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻗﻠِﻌَ ﺎ ﻋَ ِﻦ‬ ‫ﱠت ﺣَ ْ َ‬ ‫ريﺗُﻤَ ﺎﻧِﻲ ِﰲ أَﻣْ ِﺮي‪َ .‬ﻓﻤَ ﺎ أَد ِْري‪َ :‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ أ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﺻ ِﺪ ُر‬ ‫ﺎج( وَا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﻜﺎﺑَ َﺮةِ‪َ .‬ﺷ ﱠﺪ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﱠ ْ‬ ‫اع وَاﻟ ﱠﻠﺠَ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤُﻤَ ﺎ َرا ِة )اﻟﻨ ﱢ َﺰ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ُﻜﻤَ ﺎ ﺣُ ْﻜ ِﻤﻲ‪ .‬أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ«‪ ،‬و َ​َﻫ ِﺬ ِه »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ«‪َ .‬ﻓﺄَﻳﱠﺘُ ُﻜﻤَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻤ ْ‬ ‫ِﺼ ُﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ُﺨﻠ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺎدِ َﻗ ُﺔ‪ ،‬وَأَﻳﱠﺘُ ُﻜﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎدِ ﻋَ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﻤُﻤَ ﺎذِ َﻗ ُﺔ؟ أَﻳﱠﺘُ ُﻜﻤَ ﺎ ْاﻷ َ ِﺻﻴ َﻠ ُﺔ وَأَﻳﱠﺘُ ُﻜﻤَ ﺎ اﻟﺪﱠﺧِ ﻴ َﻠ ُﺔ؟ أَﻳﱠﺘُ ُﻜﻤَ ﺎ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ« وَأَﻳﱠﺘُ ُﻜﻤَ ﺎ ْاﻷَﺟْ ﻨ َ ِﺒﻴ ُﱠﺔ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِﺮﻳﺒ َُﺔ؟ ِﻛ ْﻠﺘَﺎ ُﻛﻤَ ﺎ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َر ٌة ﻟ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ و َ​َﻻ‬ ‫ﺎل‪ِ ،‬ﰲ ﺗَ ْﻔ ِﺼ ٍ‬ ‫ِﺼﺎﺣِ ﺒَﺘِﻬَ ﺎ َو ِﻣﺜَﺎ ٌل‪َ .‬ﻻ َﻓ ْﺮ َق ﺑَﻴْﻨ َ ُﻜﻤَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ أَيﱢ ﺣَ ٍ‬ ‫َﺻﺪَاهُ‪ ،‬و ُ‬ ‫َﺻﻮ َرﺗَﺎ ُﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻛ ْﺎﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗَﺎ ُﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﺎ ْﻟﺠَ ْﺮ ِس و َ‬ ‫ﺎل‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﺻ ِﻞ و َ​َﺧﻴَﺎﻟ ِ​ِﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺮآةِ‪.‬‬ ‫إِﺟْ ﻤَ ٍ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﻻ ﺟَ َﺮ َم َ‬ ‫)ﻻ َﺷ ﱠﻚ( أ ﱠن إِﺣْ ﺪَا ُﻛﻤَ ﺎ َزوْﺟَ ﺘِﻲ‪ ،‬و َْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ﻋَ ُﺪ ﱠوﺗِﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫إِﺣْ ﺪَا ُﻛﻤَ ﺎ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ«‪ ،‬و َْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى َﻏ ِﺮﻳﺒ ٌَﺔ‪ ،‬ﻣ َ‬ ‫َان‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن‪ .‬أﻧْﺘُﻤَ ﺎ ِﺻﻨْﻮ ِ‬ ‫ُﻀ ﱢﻠ َﻠ ٌﺔ ﻣ ُِﺮﻳﺒ ٌَﺔ! أﻧْﺘُﻤَ ﺎ ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒَﺘَ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ ،‬ﻻ ﺗَ ْﺨﺘَﻠ ُ‬ ‫ِﻒ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َرﺗَﺎ ُﻛﻤَ ﺎ و َ​َﻻ ﺗَ ْﻔ َ ِﱰ َﻗ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن‪ .‬أﻧْﺘُﻤَ ﺎ ﻟِﻴﻤَ ِ‬ ‫أﻧْﺘُﻤَ ﺎ َﺷ ِﺒﻴﻬَ ِ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ا ْﻟﺘَ َﻔ َﺖ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ ُﻣﺘَﺤَ ﱢريًا و َ​َﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ ﻟِﻴﻤُﻬَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫)ﺷ ِﺒﻴﻬَ ﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ َﻗﺪ َﱢﻫﺎ و َ​َﺷ ْﻜﻠِﻬَ ﺎ و َ​َﺧ ْﻠﻘِ ﻬَ ﺎ(؛ َﻓ َﻜﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ‬ ‫أ ُ َﻓ ﱢﺮ ُق ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻚِ َوﺑَﻴْﻨَﻬَ ﺎ؟ إ ِ ﱠن أ َ ْﺧ َﴙ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْﺧ َﺸﺎهُ‪ ،‬وَأُﺣَ ﺎذِ ُر ُه وَأَﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗﺎهُ‪ ،‬أ َ ْن أ ُ ْﺧ ِﻄﺊَ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤُ ْﻜ ِﻢ؛ َﻓ ْ‬ ‫ِﻲ‬ ‫ﺄﺳﺘَﺒْﻘ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎدِ ﻋَ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻤ ُِﺴﻴﺌَ َﺔ‪ ،‬وَأُﻋَ ﺎﻗِ ﺐَ ا ْﻟﻤُﺤْ ِﺴﻨ َ َﺔ ا ْﻟ َ ِﱪﻳﺌَ َﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻳﻖ ﺑَﻴْﻨِﻲ َوﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َني ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ َﺮةِ‪َ .‬ﻓﻨَﺎدَى َﻛ ِﺒريَ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺪ ِم‪ ،‬وَأَﻣَ َﺮ ُه أ َ ْن‬ ‫و َ​َﻫ َﻜﺬَا ﻋَ ﺠَ َﺰ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ني إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ؛ ِﻟﻴَﻨ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﺒْ ِﻘﻴَﻨِﻲ َوإِﻳ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ِﰲ ﺣَ ﺎﻟِﻬَ ﺎ وَﺣَ ِﺎﱄ‪.‬‬ ‫ني ُﻣﻨ ْ َﻔ ِﺼ َﻠﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﱠﺎﻫﺎ ِﰲ ﺣُ ﺠْ َﺮﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ُول‬ ‫)‪ (7‬ﺣُ ْﻜ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻊ ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒْﺢُ ‪ ،‬أَﻣَ َﺮ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫ﻳﺮ »ﻋَ ِﲇﱟ« َو َزوْﺟَ ﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َروَى َﻟﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﻔ ِﺼﻴ َﻞ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ِﺘﺪْﻋَ ﺎءِ ا ْﻟﻮ َِز ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫ريةِ؛ َﻓﺎ ْﻟﺘَﻤَ َﺴﺎ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺄْذَ َن َﻟﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ِﺑ ُﺮ ْؤﻳَﺘِﻨَﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤُﺤَ ﱢ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳ َُﺨ ِﺎﻣ ُﺮﻧِﻲ َﺷ ﱞﻚ ِﰲ ُﻗ ْﺪ َرﺗ ِ​ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ِاﻻ ْﻫ ِﺘﺪَاءِ إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺰ ﺑَﻴﻨِﻲ َوﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َني‬ ‫ﻴﻘﺘِﻲ‪ ،‬وَاﻟﺘﱠﻤْ ِﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ َﺧﺎبَ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻨﱢﻲ ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ني َرأَﻳْﺘُﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﺮﻳ ِْﻦ ﻣَ ْﺸﺪ َ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن أَﻋْ ﺠَ َﺰ ُﻫﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻋَ ُﺪ ﱠوﺗِﻲ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ُ ْ‬ ‫ُوﻫ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﺑ ُ​ُﻖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺗَ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺒَ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ أَﻋْ ﺠَ َﺰ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻚ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْﻠ ِ​ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫‪25‬‬


‫ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ وَﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ‬

‫وَأ َ َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﺮ ِﺿﻌَ ُﺔ ﺗَ ْﻔ ِﻜري َ​َﻫﺎ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪» :‬إ ِ ﱠن ﻟِـ»ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َ​َﺔ« — ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ُوﻟِﺪ ْ‬ ‫ني‬ ‫َت — ﻋَ َﻼﻣَ ﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺗُ ْﻔ ِﺮدَاﻧِﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ أَﺗْ َﺮا ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ َوﺗُﻤَ ﻴﱢ َﺰاﻧِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓﻌَ َﲆ َﺧﺪ َﱢﻫﺎ َﺧﺎ ٌل )ﻋَ َﻼﻣَ ٌﺔ َﺳ ْﻮدَاءُ ﺑ َِﺎر َز ٌة(‪ ،‬وَﻋَ َﲆ ُر ْﻛﺒَﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ٌة ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳ ْ‬ ‫َﺷﺎﻣَ ٌﺔ )وَﻫِ َﻲ ﻧ ُ ْﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ٌﺔ َﺳ ْﻮدَاءُ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺢ ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ْﻠﺪِ(‪«.‬‬ ‫و َ​َﻻ ﺗَ َﺴ ْﻞ ﻋَ ْﻦ د َْﻫ َﺸ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﺮ ِﺿﻌَ ِﺔ ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ني َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﻋَ ِﻬ َﺪﺗْﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ِﰲ ِﺟ ْﺴ ِﻢ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ وَاﺣِ َﺪ ٍة‬ ‫ني َرأ َ ِت ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻼﻣَ ﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣﻨﱠﺎ‪ِ :‬ﻣ ْﻦ َﺧ ﱠﺪﻳْﻨَﺎ َو ُر ْﻛﺒَﺘَﻴْﻨَﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَﺪِبﱠ ا ْﻟﻴَﺄ ْ ُس إ ِ َﱃ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒﻬَ ﺎ و َ​َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺐ َزو ِْﺟﻬَ ﺎ؛ َﻓﺎﻧ ْ َﻔ َﺮدَا ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ وَاﺣِ َﺪ ٍة ِﻣﻨﱠﺎ‬ ‫اﻹﺟَ ﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻳ َْﺴﺄ َ َﻻ ِن‬ ‫ﻳ َْﺴﺄ َ َﻻﻧِﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ د َ​َﻗﺎﺋ َِﻖ َﻻ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُﻓﻬَ ﺎ أَﺣَ ٌﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮﺑَﺎءِ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗَﻌْ ِﺠ ْﺰ إِﺣْ ﺪَاﻧَﺎ ﻋَ ِﻦ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﺎن‪َ .‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ َرأَﻳَﺎ إِﺣْ َﻜﺎ َم ﱠ‬ ‫ري ُة ِﰲ أَﻣْ ِﺮي‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺒَ ِﻪ ﺑَﻴْﻨِﻲ َوﺑَﻴْﻨَﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻠ َﻜﺘْﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْ َ‬ ‫ِﰲ َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫ري ﺗَ َﺮدﱡدٍ و َ​َﻻ ﻧ ِْﺴﻴ ٍ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻋَ ْﺖ وَﺣْ ﺪَﻫﺎ أ َ ْن ﺗُ َﺮﺟﱢ ﺢَ — ِﻣ ْﻦ دِ ﱠﻗ ِﺔ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻓ ﱠ‬ ‫وَأَﻣْ ِﺮ َﻫﺎ‪ .‬ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ﱠن ُﻣ َﺮﺑﱢﻴَﺘِﻲ َﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﺼ ْﻠﺘُ ُﻪ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ —‬ ‫أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ«‪ ،‬وَأ َ ﱠن ْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى دَﻋِ ﻴ ٌﱠﺔ َﻏ ِﺮﻳﺒ ٌَﺔ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻚ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻜﺘَ ِﻒ ِﺑ َﺮأ ْ ِﻳﻬَ ﺎ؛ َﻓ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﺘَﺪْﻋَ ﻰ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻊ‬ ‫ُﱪئ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺻﺘ ِ​ِﻪ وَﺣَ ِ‬ ‫َﺧ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺿ ِﻤريَهُ‪َ .‬ﻓﺎﺟْ ﺘَﻤَ َﻊ َرأْﻳُﻬُ ْﻢ ﻟ ُِﺴﻮءِ ﺑ َْﺨﺘِﻲ‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻜ ِﺲ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻗ ﱠﺮ َرﺗْ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﺎﺷﻴَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ِﻟﻴ َ ﱢ‬ ‫ُﻣ ْﺮ ِﺿﻌَ ﺘِﻲ‪ .‬وَاﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ ﺣُ ْﻜﻤُﻬُ ْﻢ إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ﱠن ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﺮ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻠﻚِ ﻫِ َﻲ وَﺣْ ﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ َة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َراﻗِ َﺪ ًة ِﰲ َ ِ‬ ‫ﴎ ِ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺎدِ َﻗ ُﺔ‪ ،‬و َْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى َﺧﺎدِ ﻋَ ٌﺔ ﻣُﻤَ ﺎذِ َﻗ ٌﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗ ﱠﺮ َﻗ َﺮا ُر ُﻫ ْﻢ ﻋَ َﲆ أ ْن ﻳَ ْﻠﺘَ ِﻤ ُﺴﻮا ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ أ ْن ﻳَﺄ ُﻣ َﺮ ِﺑ ِﺈﺣْ َﺮاﻗِ ﻲ؛ ِﻷ ُﻛ َ‬ ‫ﱪ ًة ِﻟ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻋِ ْ َ‬ ‫َاع ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪.‬‬ ‫ﺗُ َﺴ ﱢﻮ ُل َﻟ ُﻪ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ُﺴ ُﻪ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﺨِ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫)‪َ (8‬‬ ‫ﻃ ْﺮ ُد »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َ​َﺔ«‬ ‫َو َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ َﻗ ْﻠﺐَ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺣِ ﻴ ِﻢ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُ َ‬ ‫ﴚ أ َ ْن ﻳ ُْﺨ ِﻄﺊَ ِﰲ ﺣُ ْﻜ ِﻤ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَ ُﺴﻮءَ ا ْﻟﻌُ ْﻘﺒَﻰ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺎوﻋْ ﻪُ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﺧ ِ َ‬ ‫َاﺳ ِﺘﺒ َْﻘﺎءِ ﱠ‬ ‫اق َزوْﺟَ ﺘ ِ​ِﻪ و ْ‬ ‫ﴫ ا ْﻟﻌِ َﻘﺎبَ ﻋَ َﲆ إِﺑْﻌَ ﺎدِي ﻋَ ْﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ َﺮ ِة ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪهُ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ َ َ‬ ‫َوﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﻬ َﻲ َﻗ َﻀﺎ ُؤ ُه ِﺑ ِﺈﺣْ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﴫهِ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﺎﻧْﺘَ َﺰ َع َﻛ ِﺒريُ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺪ ِم ِﺛﻴَﺎ ِﺑﻲ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎ ِﻟﻴ َ​َﺔ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻟﺒ َ​َﺴﻨِﻲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷ َ ْﺳﻤَ ﺎ َل ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِﻟﻴ َ​َﺔ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺬَ َ‬ ‫ف ِﺑﻲ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ري ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَ َﻠ ْﻐ ُﺖ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ َ‬ ‫َاﺻ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ان‪َ ،‬ﻓﻮ َ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ .‬و َﻟﻮ َْﻻ َك — ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي — َﻟ َﻔﺘَ َﻚ ِﺑ َﻲ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ َ‬ ‫َﺧ ِﺎر ِج ا ْﻟﻌُ ﻤْ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ َﺳﺪُ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺧﺘَ َﻢ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷَﺑَﺪِ!«‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ْﺖ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ« ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴐاﻋَ ٍﺔ‬ ‫ﺼﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬ا ْﻟﺘَ َﻔﺘَ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻣﻨْﻘِ ِﺬ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﰲ َ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﺔ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َ​َﺔ« اﻟﺘﱠﺎﻋِ َﺴ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ا ْﻟﻤَ ْ‬ ‫ُﻮع‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﻮع‪ ،‬وَﻋَ ﻴْﻨ َ َ‬ ‫»ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ ﺗَ ُﻐ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺮو َد ِة ا ْﻟﺒَﺎﺋ َِﺴ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱡﺪﻣ ِ‬ ‫و َُﺧ ُﺸ ٍ‬ ‫اﺿ ِﻄ َﺮاﺑُﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ َﻛ َﻼ ِﻣﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﺨﺒﱡ ُ‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أَو َْﻫﻤَ َﻚ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ أ َ ْﻗﻮَاﻟِﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ْﺬ ُﻫﻮ َﻟ ٌﺔ‪ ،‬أ َ ْو ﻣَ ْﺴﻠُﻮﺑ َُﺔ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻘ ِﻞ‬ ‫‪26‬‬


‫ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﻞ اﻟ ﱠﺮا ِﺑ ُﻊ‬

‫ﻣَ ْﺨﺒُﻮ َﻟ ٌﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓﻬَ ْﻞ ﻋَ ﺬَ ْرﺗَﻨِﻲ ْاﻵ َن‪ ،‬وَﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓ َﺖ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻋَ ﻨَﻴ ُْﺖ‪ ،‬ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ني ُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟ َﻚ‪ :‬إِﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ﻣَ ِﻠ َﻜ ٌﺔ َو َﻟ ْﺴ ُﺖ ﻣَ ِﻠ َﻜ ًﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫َوإِﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َزوْﺟَ ُﺔ ﻣَ ﻠِﻚٍ َو َﻟ ْﺴ ُﺖ َزوْﺟَ َﺔ ﻣَ ﻠِﻚٍ ؟«‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ َ‬ ‫»ﻏﺎﻟِﺐٌ « ﻳُﻨ ْ ِﺼ ُﺖ إ ِ َﱃ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َ​َﺔ« ِﰲ د َْﻫ َﺸ ٍﺔ ﺑَﺎﻟ َِﻐ ٍﺔ وَﺣُ ْﺰ ٍن َﺷﺪِﻳﺪٍ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَﺒ ﱠ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫َني‬ ‫ﻳﺞ ُﻛ ْﺮﺑَﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬وَأ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ﻳ َ‬ ‫ُﺼ ﱢﱪ َُﻫﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ِﺻﺪ َْﻗﻬَ ﺎ و َ​َﺳ َﻼﻣَ َﺔ ﻋَ ْﻘﻠِﻬَ ﺎ؛ َﻓﻌَ َﻘ َﺪ ﻋَ ْﺰﻣَ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ُﻣﻨ َ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎﴏﺗِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ ْﻔ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫َﴬبُ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ْاﻷَﻣْ ﺜَﺎ َل ِﻟﻴُﻬَ ﻮ َﱢن ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ َﺧ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺒَﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺧﺘَ َﻢ ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜ َ ُﻪ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺗَ َﻼﺣَ َﻘ ْﺖ ﻣَ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎ ِﺋﺒُﻚِ ‪،‬‬ ‫َوﻳ ْ ِ‬ ‫وَﻋَ ُ‬ ‫ُﴪا‪ ،‬وَأ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﺒُ ْﺆ َس إِذَا ﺗَﻨ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﻰ‪َ ،‬وﺑَ َﻠ َﻐ ِﺖ‬ ‫ﴪﻳْ ً‬ ‫ﻈﻤَ ْﺖ ﻣَ ﺘَﺎﻋِ ﺒُﻚِ ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ ْﻗﻨَﻌَ ﺘْﻨَﺎ اﻟﺘﱠﺠَ ِﺎربُ أ َ ﱠن ﻣَ َﻊ ا ْﻟﻌُ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ؛ َﻛ َ‬ ‫َال ا ْﻟﺤَ َﺮ ِج‪ .‬و َ​َﻻ ﺛَﺒ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ﱠﺪ ُة ُﻣﻨْﺘَﻬَ َ‬ ‫ﺎل‪َ ،‬و ُﻛ ﱡﻞ أَﻣْ ٍﺮ ﻣَ ﺂﻟُ ُﻪ‬ ‫َﺎت ﻋَ َﲆ ﺣَ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎن ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ إِﻳﺬَاﻧًﺎ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻔ َﺮ ِج‪َ ،‬و َزو ِ‬ ‫َال ِﺳﻴﱠﺎن ِﰲ ذَﻟِﻚِ ﺑُ ْﺆ ٌس َوﻧَﻌِ ﻴﻢٌ‪َ ،‬و َراﺣَ ٌﺔ وَﻋَ ﺬَابٌ أَﻟِﻴﻢٌ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗﺪِﻳﻤً ﺎ َﻗﺎﻟُﻮا‪ :‬إ ِ ﱠن ا ْﻟﺒَ ْﺪ َر إِذَا ﺗَ ﱠﻢ ﺑَﺪَأ َ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ َزو ٍ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﻪ ﺑَﺪَأ َ ُرﺟْ ﺤَ ﺎﻧُﻪُ؛ وَاﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻮﻫﺎ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻈ ْﻠﻤَ ُﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎﺗِﻤَ ُﺔ ﻳَﻤْ ﺤُ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﻧُﻪُ‪َ ،‬وإ ِ َذا ﺗَ ﱠﻢ ﻧ َ ْﻘ ُ‬ ‫ﻧ ُ ْﻘ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻀﻴَﺎءُ‪ ،‬وَا ْﻟﻴَﺄ ْ ُس ﻳَﺘْﺒَﻌُ ُﻪ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟَ ﺎءُ‪ ،‬و ﱢ‬ ‫َاﻟﺸ ﱠﺪ ُة ﻳَﻌْ ُﻘﺒُﻬَ ﺎ اﻟ ﱠﺮ َﺧﺎءُ‪ُ :‬ﺳﻨ ﱠ ُﺔ ِ‬ ‫ﺎس‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﷲ ِﰲ َﺧ ْﻠﻘِ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻫ َﻜﺬَا َرﺗﱠﺒ َِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ْﻗﺪَا ُر ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ َة اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﺎس‪ .‬و َ​َﻻ َرﻳْﺐَ ِﰲ أ َ ﱠن ِﺷ ْﻘ َﻮﺗَﻚِ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻐ ْﺖ ﻣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫اﺧﺘ َِﻼ ِ‬ ‫َاﻫﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ آذَﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻔ َﺮ ِج …«‬ ‫ﺎن و َْاﻷَﺟْ ﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫ف ْاﻷ َ ْزﻣَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎربُ وَاﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻟِﺐُ‬ ‫)‪ (9‬ا ْﻟﻬَ ِ‬ ‫ِﺼ ُ‬ ‫ِﺼ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻋَ ٍﺎر‪ ،‬أ َ ْو ﻧ ْ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ْن أَﺗَ ﱠﻢ َﻗ ْﻮ َﻟﺘَ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َرأَى َﻓ ِﺎر ًﺳﺎ ﻣ ُْﻘ ِﺒ ًﻼ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬﻤَ ﺎ و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻧ ْ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻣَ ْﻜ ُﺴﻮﱟ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ‬ ‫أَ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻖ ﻟِﺠَ ﻮَادِ ِه ا ْﻟﻌِ ﻨ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ دَاﻧ َ ُ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﻤَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣَ ْﺖ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ« ﻟ َِﻔ ْﺮ ِط د َْﻫ َﺸﺘِﻬَ ﺎ َﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‪َ » :‬رﺑﱠﺎهُ! إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ‬ ‫ف َ‬ ‫ف‪ ،‬و َ​َﻻ ﻳُﻮ ِﻣﺊ ُ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎمٌ!« َو َ‬ ‫َزو ِْﺟﻲ‪ .‬إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ ِﺑ ْﺴ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ ﺗُﻨَﺎدِ ﻳ ِﻪ َﻓ َﻼ ﻳ ُِﺠﻴﺒُﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺤَ ْﺮ ٍ‬ ‫)ﻻ‬ ‫ني(‪ .‬و َ​َﺷ َﻐ َﻠ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻮ ُ‬ ‫ْف‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮاحَ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﺤِ ﱡﺚ ﺟَ ﻮَا َد ُه ُﻣ ْﻠﺘَﻔِ ﺘًﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻮ َراءِ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﻳُ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺎر ُد ُه‬ ‫ﻳ ُِﺸريُ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﻌَ ْ ٍ‬ ‫ﻮﺟﺌَ ْﺖ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ« و َ‬ ‫َ»ﻏﺎﻟِﺐٌ « ِﺑ ُﺮ ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ َﻓ ِﺎر ٍس َ‬ ‫ﻋَ ُﺪوﱞ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ َﻛﺎ َد ﻳَﺒْﻠُ ُﻎ ﻣَ ْﺮﻣَ ﻰ ْاﻷَﺑ َ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ‬ ‫ْﺼ ِﺎر‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ُﻓ ِ‬ ‫ﺑَﺎدِيَ ا ْﻟ ُﻔﺘُ ﱠﻮةِ‪ُ ،‬ﻣ ْﻠﺘَ ِﻬ ِﺐ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻤَ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ِﺔ َﺷﺪِﻳ ِﺪ ا ْﻟ ُﻘ ﱠﻮةِ‪ ،‬ﻳَﺤْ ﺘَ ﱡﺚ ﺟَ ﻮَا َد ُه — ِﰲ ﻋُ ﻨ ْ ٍﻒ و َ​َﻗ ْﺴ َﻮ ٍة — ِﻟﻴُﺪ ِْر َك‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟ َﻔ ِﺎر ُس اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻧِﻲ ِﰲ ﺣُ ﱠﻠ ٍﺔ َﻓ ْﺨﻤَ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬و َِﰲ ﻳَ ِﺪ ِه َﺳﻴ ٌ‬ ‫ﻋَ ُﺪ ﱠوهُ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ُﺼ َﻠ ٌﺖ )ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺮ ٌد ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻏِ ﻤْ ِﺪهِ(‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ني‪ :‬ا ْﻟﻬَ ِﺎر ِب وَاﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳ َْﻘ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺮ دَﻣً ﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻟ ِ​ِﺐ‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﲆ َﺷﺒَ ٍﻪ ﺗَﺎ ﱟم‬ ‫ﺎن ِﻣ ْﻦ أﻋْ ﺠَ ِﺐ ﻣَ ﺎ َرأﻳَﺎهُ‪ ،‬أ ﱠن ﻛ َِﻼ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ِﺎر َﺳ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﺧ ْﺖ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ« ﻣَ ﺪ ُْﻫ َ‬ ‫َﺎب‪َ .‬ﻓ َﴫ َ‬ ‫ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﻮﺷ ًﺔ‪:‬‬ ‫ﺼﺎﺣِ ِﺒ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻻ ﻳ َْﻔ َ ِﱰ ُق أَﺣَ ﺪ ُ​ُﻫﻤَ ﺎ ﻋَ ِﻦ ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ ِﰲ َ ْ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫ري اﻟﺜﱢﻴ ِ‬ ‫» ُرﺣْ ﻤَ ﺎ َك ﻳَﺎ َرﺑﱢﻲ‪ :‬ﻣَ ﺎذَا أ َ َرى؟ َﻻ َرﻳْﺐَ أ َ ﱠن َﻫﺬَا َزو ِْﺟﻲ‪«.‬‬

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‫ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ وَﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ‬

‫س اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻟ ُ‬ ‫ﺎر ُ‬ ‫ِﺚ‬ ‫)‪ (10‬ا ْﻟ َﻔ ِ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﱠﺮ » ِﺑ ْﺴ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎمٌ« ِﰲ ِﻣﺜ ْ ِﻞ اﻧ ْ ِﻄ َﻼ ِق ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻬْ ِﻢ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َﺷ َﻐ َﻠﺘْ ُﻪ ُﻣﺘَﺎﺑَﻌَ ُﺔ َﻏ ِﺮﻳﻤِ ِﻪ ﻋَ ْﻦ ُر ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ أَﺣَ ﺪٍ‪ .‬و ْ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَﻮ َْﱃ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠَ ﺐُ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ َ‬ ‫»ﻏﺎﻟ ٍِﺐ« ﻟ َِﻐ َﺮاﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻔﺎﺟَ ﺄَةِ؛ َﻓﺎ ْﻟﺘَ َﻔ َﺖ إ ِ َﱃ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َ​َﺔ« ﻣ َُﺴﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪» :‬أ َ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻧ َ َﺮا ُه‬ ‫ﺼ ْ‬ ‫ْاﻵ َن أَﻋْ ﺠَ ﺐَ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻗ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ وَأ َ ْﻏ َﺮبَ ؟« َﻓﺄَﺟَ ﺎﺑَﺘْ ُﻪ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ«‪» :‬ﻳَﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻟُ ْﻐ ٍﺰ َﻏ ِﺎﻣ ٍﺾ! َﻟﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻚ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ان ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ِﺑ ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﰲ د َْﻫ َﺸﺘ ِ​ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪ ،‬ﻣَ ﺄ ُﺧﻮذَ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَﺒَﻴﱠﻨ ْ َﺖ ِﺻﺪ َْق ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﱠﺪﺛْﺘُ َﻚ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪َ «.‬وﺑَﻴْﻨَﺎ ُﻫﻤَ ﺎ َﻏ ِﺎر َﻗ ِ‬ ‫ﻳَ ْﻮﻣ ِ​ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪ ،‬إِذْ ﺑَﺪَا ِﻷَﻋْ ﻴُﻨ ِ​ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ َﻓ ِﺎر ٌس ﺛَﺎﻟ ٌ‬ ‫ُﴪﻋً ﺎ؛ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِذَا َﻗﺎ َرﺑَﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ‬ ‫ِﺚ ﻳَﺤْ ﺘَ ﱡﺚ ﺟَ ﻮَا َد ُه ﻣ ْ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺘ َِﻔﺎﺗَ ٌﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺜَﻨَﻰ ﻋِ ﻨ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻓ َﺮ ِﺳ ِﻪ إ ِ َﻟﻴ ِْﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﺮﺟﱠ َﻞ َﻓﺤَ ﻴ ُ‬ ‫ﱠﺎﻫﻤَ ﺎ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﻌْ ﺠَ ﺐُ ِﻟ ْﻠﻤ َ‬ ‫ُﺼﺎد َ​َﻓ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺟَ ﻤَ ﻌَ ﺘْ ُﻪ‬ ‫ِﺑ ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﴎ َع إ ِ َﱃ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َ​َﺔ« ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُل‪» :‬ﺣَ ﻤْ ﺪًا ِهلل ِ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺣَ ﻔِ َ‬ ‫ﻆ َﻟﻨَﺎ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗَﻚِ اﻟﺜ ﱠ ِﻤﻴﻨ َ َﺔ‪َ ،‬وﻧَﺠﱠ ﺎكِ — ﻳَﺎ‬ ‫وَأ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﴫ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱠﻖ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫َﺎﻃ ِﻞ َﻓﻴُﺒَ ﱢﺪ َد ُه َﻛﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻮ َْﻻﺗِﻲ — ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛﻴْ ِﺪ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎدِ َر ِة اﻟ ﱠﻠﻌِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﺷﺎءَ ﷲ ُ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻨ ْ ُ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻣَ ﻠِﻴ ِﻜﻨَﺎ ﻳ َْﻘ ُ‬ ‫ﺎت‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ َزا َل َﺳﻴ ُ‬ ‫ﻳُﺒَ ﱢﺪ ُد اﻟﻨﱡﻮ ُر اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ َﺮ ُة ُﻣﻨْﺬُ َﻟﺤَ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ٍ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻼمَ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻫ َﻠ َﻜ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺮ ِﺑﺪِﻣَ ﺎﺋِﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﴍﻳ َﻜﻬَ ﺎ ا ﱠﻟﺬَي ﺗَﻤَ ﺜ ﱠ َﻞ ِﰲ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َرﺗ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَﻤَ ﺜ ﱠ َﻠ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣِ ﺒَﺘُ ُﻪ ِﰲ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﺪﻧ َِﺴ ِﺔ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَ ْﻠﺒ َ​َﺚ أ َ ْن ﻳُ ْﻠﺤِ َﻖ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َرﺗِﻚِ ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻮ َْﻻ ِﺿ ُ‬ ‫ﺼ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟﻚِ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ َﻟ َﻔ ﱠ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ﴫكِ إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻵ َن‪ .‬أ َ َﻻ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْﺳﻌَ َﺪ‬ ‫َث ُﻣﻨْﺬُ َﻓﺎ َر ْﻗ ِﺖ َﻗ ْ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻚ ِﺑﻠُ ْﻘﻴَﺎكِ ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ أ ْﺷﻮ َ​َﻗ ُﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ُر ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ ﻣُﺤَ ﻴﱠﺎكِ ! َﻫﻠُﻤﱢ ﻲ ﻳَﺎ ﻣَ ﻮ َْﻻﺗِﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺎ ْر َﻛ ِﺒﻲ ﺟَ ﻮَادِي ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻠﺤَ َﻖ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ َ‬ ‫»ﻏﺎﻟِﺐٌ «‪َ » :‬ﻛ ﱠﻼ ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي‪ .‬ﺑَ ْﻞ ﺗَﺒ َْﻘﻰ أَﻧ ْ َﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ِﺟﻮ َِار ﻣَ ﻠِﻴ َﻜﺘِﻚِ ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻟﺤَ ُﻖ أَﻧَﺎ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ » ِﺑ ْﺴ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ٍم«‪ ،‬وَأَﻋُ ﻮ ُد ِﺑ ِﻪ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ُﻜﻤَ ﺎ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ َﻗ َﻔ َﺰ َ‬ ‫»ﻏﺎﻟِﺐٌ « إ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ﻮَادِ ِه »ا ْﻟ َﱪ ِْق« َﻓﺎﻋْ ﺘَ َﻼهُ‪ ،‬وَاﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﺎق ِﺑﺄَﺛ َ ِﺮ‬ ‫وُ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ َﻖ ﻳ َِﺠ ﱡﺪ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱢﻠﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ » ِﺑ ْﺴ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ٍم«‪ ،‬د َ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﻳ ْ‬ ‫ُﺼﻐِ َﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ُﺷ ْﻜ ِﺮ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َ​َﺔ«‪.‬‬ ‫ِﺼﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﱪﺗْ ُﻪ ِﺑﻘ ﱠ‬ ‫ْﻒ‬ ‫ﴫﺗِﻬَ ﺎ؛ َﻓﺄ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬ ‫و َ​َﺳﺄ َ َل ا ْﻟﻮ َِزﻳ ُﺮ ﻣَ ﻠِﻴ َﻜﺘَ ُﻪ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﻰ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَﺤَ ﻤﱢ ِﺲ ِﻟﻨ ُ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻧَﺠﱠ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ َﺳﺪِ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (11‬ﺣَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﻳﺮ‬ ‫ِﻳﺚ ا ْﻟﻮ َِز ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ َﻞ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻮ َِزﻳ َﺮ أ َ ْن ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ َﺮ ِة ﻣَ ﺎ أَﺟْ ﻤَ َﻠﻪُ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َل‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ِﺪ اﺟْ ﺘَﻤَ ﻌَ ِﺖ ْاﻵ َراءُ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ َﺮةِ‪ ،‬وَا ْ‬ ‫ِﻳﻖ ﱠ‬ ‫— َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﻋَ ﻠِﻤْ ِﺖ — ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ﻃﻤَ ﺄ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ إ ِ َﱃ َﻗ َﺮ ِارﻫِ ﻢْ‪َ .‬و ُﻣﻨْﺬُ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم َﻗ َﻼ ِﺋ َﻞ اﻧْﺘَ َﻘ َﻞ‬ ‫ﺼﺪ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴْﺪِ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ِﻛ ْﺪﻧَﺎ ﻧَﺒْﺘَﻌِ ُﺪ َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫ِﻲ‪ .‬و َ​َﺧ َﺮﺟْ ﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ َم إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أَﻣَ َﺮﻧِﻲ‬ ‫ﴫ ِه اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳﻔ ﱢ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫‪28‬‬


‫ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﻞ اﻟ ﱠﺮا ِﺑ ُﻊ‬

‫ﴫ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﴘ ِﰲ ﻣَ ْﺨﺪ َِع ﻧ َ ْﻮﻣ ِ​ِﻪ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪ .‬و َ‬ ‫َﺻﻌِ َﺪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ إ ِ َﱃ ﺣُ ﺠْ َﺮ ِة‬ ‫ﺎن َﻗ ْﺪ ﻧ َ ِ َ‬ ‫ﻮع ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱡﺮﺟُ ِ‬ ‫ﻮﺟﺌْ ُﺖ ِﺑ َﺮﺟُ ٍﻞ ﻳ ُْﺸ ِﺒﻬُ ُﻪ أَﺗَ ﱠﻢ ﱠ‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﴫ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻜ ِﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﺳ ﱠﻠ ٍﻢ َﺧﻔِ ﱟﻲ‪ .‬و ُ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺒَ ِﻪ ﻳ َْﺨ ُﺮجُ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ ُﻓ ِ‬ ‫ِﺼ ُ‬ ‫ُﴪﻋً ﺎ ِﺑ َﻼ ﻋِ ﻤَ ﺎﻣَ ٍﺔ‪ِ ،‬ﺟ ْﺴ ُﻤ ُﻪ ﻧ ْ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻋَ ٍﺎر‪َ ،‬ﻻ ﻳ َْﺴ ُﱰُ ُه إ ِ ﱠﻻ ِﻟﺒ َْﺴ ُﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَ َﻔ ﱢﻀ ِﻞ )ﺛَﻮْبٌ وَاﺣِ ﺪٌ(‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﺼﺤْ ُﺖ‬ ‫ﻣْ ِ‬ ‫ﴎ َع إ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ﻮَادِ ِه‬ ‫ِﺑ ِﻪ أُﻧَﺎدِ ﻳ ِﻪ وَأَﻧَﺎ أَﺣْ َﺴﺒُ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻚ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَﺤْ َﻔ ْﻞ ِﺑﻨِﺪَاﺋِﻲ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻠﺘَﻔِ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ؛ ﺑَ ْﻞ أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺖ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫َﺧﺎﺋ ًِﻔﺎ ُﻣﻨ ْ َﺰﻋِﺠً ﺎ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﺤِ ﺜ ﱡ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻔِ َﺮ ِار‪ .‬و َ​َﺳﺎ َو َرﻧِﻲ ا ْﻟ َﻘ َﻠ ُﻖ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﻠِﻴﻜِﻲ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺧ ِﺸ ُ‬ ‫ﻮن َﻗ ْﺪ‬ ‫ْت أ َ ْﺳﺘَﻘِ ﱡﺮ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ﴎﻋْ ُﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ﻧَﺠْ َﺪﺗ ِ​ِﻪ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ِﻛﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮ ﺟَ ﻮَادِي ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﺳ ِﻤﻌْ ُﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻚ‬ ‫أ َ َﻟ ﱠﻢ ِﺑ ِﻪ ﻣَ ْﻜ ُﺮوهٌ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻳُﻨَﺎدِ ﻳﻨِﻲ‪» :‬ﻗِ ْ‬ ‫ﴫ و َ​َﺳﻴ ُْﻔ ُﻪ ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ُﺼ َﻠ ٌﺖ ِﰲ ﻳَ ِﺪهِ‪ ،‬وَﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﺎ ُه‬ ‫ﻒ‪ ،‬ﻳَﺎ ﻋَ ِﲇﱡ!« َوﺗَ َﻠ ﱠﻔ ﱡﺖ َﻓ َﺮأَﻳْﺘُ ُﻪ َﺧ ِﺎرﺟً ﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﴩ ِر‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُل‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﺷ ﱠﺪ ﻣَ ﺎ َﺧﺬَ َﻟﻨَﺎ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻮﻓ ُ‬ ‫ِﻴﻖ! َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﺮ ْدﻧَﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻜ َﺔ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َ​َﺔ«‪،‬‬ ‫َﺎن ِﺑ ﱠ َ‬ ‫َان ﺗَ ْﺮ ِﻣﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَ َﻜﺎد ِ‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ ِت ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ َﺮ َة ا ْﻟﻤ ُِﺮﻳﺒ َ​َﺔ‪ .‬وَا أ َ َﺳ َﻔﺎهُ! َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ُﺔ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻓﻮ ِ‬ ‫وَأَﺑ َْﻘﻴْﻨَﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫َان‪ْ .‬اﻵ َن َﻗﺘَ ْﻠ ُﺖ‬ ‫َات ْاﻷَو ِ‬ ‫ﴍﻳﻜِﻬَ ﺎ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺗَﻤَ ﺜ ﱠ َﻞ ِﰲ ُ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َرﺗِﻲ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ َﺮ َة‪ ،‬و َ​َﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺘْ ِﻞ َ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ َﺧ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻒ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ إ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ﻮَادِي وَاﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ َﻖ ِﰲ أﺛ َ ِﺮ َﻏ ِﺮﻳﻤِ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫وُ ْ‬ ‫)‪ (12‬ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎﺗَ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺴﺤُ ﻮ ُر‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻜ ُﺔ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ« ﺗُ ْﺮﻫِ ُ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ » ِﺑ ْﺴ َ‬ ‫ﺎع ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﺮ ِوﻳ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻮ َِزﻳ ُﺮ ﺣِ ﻴﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎمٌ«‬ ‫ﻒ أذُﻧَﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ﻟ َِﺴﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎق ِﺑﻌَ ُﺪ ﱢوهِ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ْن أ َ ْد َر َﻛ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ اﻧْﺪ َ​َﻓ َﻊ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﻟﻴ َْﻘﺘُ َﻠﻪُ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘﺬَ َ‬ ‫ف ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒَﺎ ُن ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‬ ‫ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﺤِ ﱡﺚ ﺟَ ﻮَا َد ُه ِﻟ ﱢﻠﺤَ ِ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض َﺧﻮ ًْﻓﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻬَ َﻼكِ ‪َ .‬وﺗَ َﺮﺟﱠ َﻞ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ ِﻟﻴُ ْﺰﻫِ َﻖ ُروﺣَ ﻪُ؛ َﻓ َﻠﻤَ ﺢَ ِﰲ إ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﻌِ ِﻪ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ َﺧﺎﺗَ ِﻢ‬ ‫اﻟﱰ ﱡددُ‪َ .‬و َرأَى أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﻮ ِْﺿﺢَ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻘِ ﱢﻲ ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼﺘَﻪُ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻘِ ﻴﱠ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﺧ َﻀﺐَ َﺳﻴ َْﻔ ُﻪ ِﺑﺪ َِﻣﻬَ ﺎ؛ َﻓﺒَﺪَا ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﱠ َ‬ ‫َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻌْ ﻠُ َﻮ ُه ِﺑ َﺴﻴْﻔ ِ​ِﻪ‪ .‬وَأ َ ْد َر َك ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺮ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ ِﻣ ْﻦ َر ْﻏﺒَ ٍﺔ ِﰲ ِاﻻ ْﺳ ِﺘ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻘِ ﱡﻲ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺠُ ﻮ ُل ِﺑ َﺨ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻼ ِع؛‬ ‫ِﻲ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗَﻪُ‪ِ ،‬ﻟﻴ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻤ َﻊ إ ِ َﱃ ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﻌْ َﻠ َﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻏ ِﺎﻣ ِﻀﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫َﻓﺎ ْرﺗَﻤَ ﻰ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻗﺪ َِﻣﻴْ ِﻪ ُﻣﺘَﻮ ﱢَﺳ ًﻼ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﺒْﻘ َ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَﺒْﻬَ ﻢَ‪َ .‬ﻓ ْ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَﻌْ َﻠﻢُ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ َﺷﻮ ُْق ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ‬ ‫ف ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺣْ ﺪَاﺛِﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ د ﱠَق ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻓﻬْ ِﻤ ِﻪ و ْ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َل ﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َْﻗﺘَﻨ َِﻲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ﺗَﻌَ ﱡﺮ ِ‬ ‫ف ﺟَ ِﻠﻴ َﱠﺔ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻠﺸﻘِ ﱢﻲ‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﻦ أُﻋْ ﻔِ ﻴَ َﻚ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ ِْت إ ِ ﱠﻻ إِذَا َ‬ ‫ِﻳﺚ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎﺟ ﱠﻲ وَا ْﻟﻤُﻌَ ﻤﱠ ﻴ ِ‬ ‫َﺎت‪.‬‬ ‫و َ​َﻓ ﱠ ْ‬ ‫ﴪ َت ِﱄ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷَﺣَ ِ‬ ‫و َ​َﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ا ْﻟﻬَ َﻼ ُك ﻧ َ ِﺼﻴﺒَ َﻚ إِذَا َﻛﺬَﺑ َْﺖ‪ ،‬أ َ ْو َﻏ ﱠري َْت ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ َﺔ َوﺑَ ﱠﺪ ْﻟ َﺖ‪«.‬‬

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‫اﳋ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﺼ ُﻞ ْ‬ ‫َﺎﻣ ُﺲ‬

‫)‪ (1‬ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﺔ »ﻣ ُْﻘ ِﺒ ٍﻞ«‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل ﱠ‬ ‫»ﻫﻴْﻬَ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻘِ ﱡﻲ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﺎت أ َ ْن أ ُ ْﺧﻔِ َﻲ ﻋَ ﻨ ْ َﻚ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ﻳَﺎ ﻣَ ﻮ َْﻻيَ ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤَ ْﺖ ُروﺣِ ﻲ ِﰲ َﻗﺒ َْﻀ ِﺘ َﻚ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎل ِﻣ ْﻦ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َرﺗِﻲ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺒﻴﺤَ ِﺔ‪ «.‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ‬ ‫أَﻣﱠ ﺎ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎﺗَ ُﻢ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺗَ َﺮى َﻓﻬُ َﻮ وَﺣْ َﺪ ُه ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻣَ ﱠﻜﻨَﻨِﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ ِاﻻﻧْﺘ َِﻘ ِ‬ ‫وﱃ‪ِ :‬ﻣ ْﺴ ًﺨﺎ ﻣ َُﺸ ﱠﻮ َه ا ْﻟ ﱠﺴﺤْ ﻨ َ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َرﺗ ِ​ِﻪ ْاﻷ ُ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﻌِ ِﻪ؛ َﻓﻌَ ﺎ َد إ ِ َﱃ ُ‬ ‫ﻃﺎﻋِ ﻨًﺎ ِﰲ ﱢ‬ ‫َﺧ َﻠ َﻊ ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎﺗَ َﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ إ ِ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ﱢﻦ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃ َﺮ َق ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓﺎﻣْ ﺘَ َﺰﺟَ ْﺖ د َْﻫ َﺸ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ ِﺑﺘَ َﻘ ﱡﺰ ِز ِه و ْ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺄْﻧ َ َ‬ ‫َاﺷ ِﻤﺌْ َﺰ ِازهِ‪ .‬وَأ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻘِ ﱡﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ْ‬ ‫ﻒ ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜ َ ُﻪ‬ ‫»ﻫﺎ أَﻧ ْ َﺖ ذَا ﻳَﺎ ﻣَ ﻮ َْﻻي ﺗَ َﺮاﻧِﻲ ِﰲ َﺷ ْﻜ ِﲇ َ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﻌِ ﱢﻲ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﺧ َﻠ َﻘﻨ َِﻲ ﷲُ‪ .‬أَﻣﱠ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫اﺳ ِﻤﻲ َﻓﻬُ َﻮ‬ ‫ﺎن أ َ ِﺑﻲ ﻧ َ ﱠﺴﺎﺟً ﺎ ﻣَ ﻮ ُْﻓﻮ َر اﻟﺜ ﱠ ْﺮ َوةِ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫»ﻣ ُْﻘ ِﺒ ٌﻞ«‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن — ﻋَ َﲆ َﻓ ْﺮ ِط ﻏِ ﻨَﺎ ُه — ﻣ َُﻘ ﱢﱰًا ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ وَﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﻒ ِﱄ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻣَ ْﻮﺗ ِ​ِﻪ ﺛ َ ْﺮ َو ًة َ‬ ‫ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱢﺮ ْز ِق‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َﺧ ﱠﻠ َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ َﻟ ْﻢ أَﺗْﻌَ ﺐْ ِﰲ ْاﻗ ِﺘﻨَﺎﺋِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ْﻛﺪَحْ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﻤْ ﻌِ ﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫اف‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَﺒَ ﱠﺪد ْ‬ ‫ﴎ ٍ‬ ‫َﻓﻤَ ﺎ إ ِ ْن و َ‬ ‫َت ِﰲ َزﻣَ ٍﻦ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻠ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ﻳَﺪِي ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ُرﺣْ ُﺖ أﻧْﻔِ ُﻖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎ َل ِﰲ َﺳ َﻔ ٍﻪ َوإ ِ ْ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ‪ .‬و ْ‬ ‫َاﺿ ُ‬ ‫ﻮت‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ ا ْﻟ ُﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ْر ُت أَﻧَﺎ َو َزوْﺟَ ﺘِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫َاﺷﺘَﺪ ِﱠت ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺎﻗ ُﺔ ِﺑﻲ َﻓﻌَ ﺠَ ْﺰ ُت ﻋَ ْﻦ ﺗَﺤْ ِﺼ ِ‬ ‫َﻗﻠ ٍ‬ ‫)اﻻ ْﺳﺘِﺠْ ﺪَاءِ( ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻻ ﻧَﻬْ ِﻠ َﻚ ﺟُ ﻮﻋً ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺘﱠ َﻜ ﱡﻔ ِﻒ ِ‬


‫ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ وَﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ‬

‫ان‬ ‫)‪ (2‬ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎﺗَﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺴﺤُ ﻮ َر ِ‬

‫اﻟﺴﻨ ُ َ‬ ‫ﻮن َو َﻛﺎ َد ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﻘ ُﺮ وَا ْﻟﻬَ ﱡﻢ ﻳ ُْﺴﻠِﻤَ ﺎ ِﻧﻨَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِﱪ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻮ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺘَﺪَا َر ْﻛﻨَﺎ ﻋِ ﻨَﺎﻳ َُﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫َوﺗَﻌَ َﺎﻗﺒ َِﺖ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ َﺮ ِة‬ ‫»ﺑَ ْﺪ َر َة«‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْﺴ ُﻜ ُﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ْﻘ ُﺮﺑَ ٍﺔ ِﻣﻨﱠﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺒْﺪُو ﻟِﻤَ ْﻦ ﻳَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫اﻫﺎ َﻓﺘَﺎ ًة ِﰲ ﻣ ُْﻘﺘَﺒ َِﻞ َﺷﺒَﺎ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬وإ ِ ْن‬ ‫ﺟَ ﺎ َو َز ِت ا ْﻟ ِﻤﺎﺋَ َﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷَﻋْ ﻮَا ِم‪َ .‬ﻓﺬَ َﻫﺒْﻨَﺎ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ﻧ َ ْﻠﺘَ ِﻤ ُﺲ ﻣَ ﻌُ ﻮﻧَﺘَﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮﺣﱠ ﺒ َْﺖ ِﺑﻨَﺎ وَآ َوﺗْﻨَﺎ ِﰲ ﺑَﻴْﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َو َ‬ ‫ﴬ‬ ‫َال‪ ،‬ﻧَﺎ َدﺗْﻨِﻲ َو َزوْﺟَ ﺘِﻲ — وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗُﺤْ ﺘَ َ ُ‬ ‫ﻇ ِﻠ ْﻠﻨَﺎ ِﰲ ﺧِ ﺪْﻣَ ﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِذَا أ ْ َﴍ َ​َﻓ ْﺖ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗُﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠﺰو ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َني‪:‬‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ﻓِ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ان؟« َﻓ ُﻘ ْﻠﻨَﺎ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﺠﱢ ﺒ ْ ِ‬ ‫ان ِﺳﻨﱢﻲ أﻳﱡﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰ ِ‬ ‫اش ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ ِْت — و َ​َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪َ » :‬ﻛ ْﻢ ﺗُ َﻘ ﱢﺪ َر ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ﺗَﺘَﺠَ ﺎو َِز َ‬ ‫اﻫﺎ ْاﻵ َن‪َ ،‬ﻻ ﺗَ َﻜﺎدِ َ‬ ‫» َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ُوﻟِ ْﺪﻧَﺎ — ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ِﺳﺘﱢ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َرﺗَﻚِ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﻧ َ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ني ﻋَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ — َو َرأَﻳْﻨَﺎ ُ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‬ ‫ني!« َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِﻨ َ‬ ‫ﴩ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺎﺑ ُﱠﺔ‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺒ َْﻖ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗ َِﻲ إ ِ ﱠﻻ د َ​َﻗﺎﺋ ُِﻖ ﻣَ ﻌْ ﺪُود ٌ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱢ‬ ‫َات؛‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌِ ْ ِ‬ ‫ْت( ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ ِﻤﺎﺋَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬وإ ِ ْن َﻛ َ‬ ‫)زد ُ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻼ ﺗُ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﻌَ ﺎﻧِﻲ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻻ ﺗُ ْﻔﻠ َِﺖ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻜﻤَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﺻ ُﺔ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ذَ ﱠر ْﻓ ُﺖ ِ‬ ‫ﻣَ ْ‬ ‫ﴩ َ‬ ‫َاﻟﴪ ِﰲ َﺷﺒَﺎ ِﺑ َﻲ اﻟﺪﱠا ِﺋ ِﻢ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋ ٌﺪ إ ِ َﱃ َﻫﺬَا‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪ .‬و ﱢ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻈﻬَ ِﺮي ﻳُﻮﻫِ ُﻢ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳَ َﺮاﻧِﻲ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ أَﺗَﺠَ ﺎو َِز ا ْﻟﻌِ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻨْﺪ ً‬ ‫ﴬ ُت ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ُ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎﺗَ ِﻢ‪ «.‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ و َ‬ ‫ُوﻗﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريًا ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ َﺧﺎﺗَ ٌﻢ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻔ ْﺖ ِﱄ ُد ْرﺟً ﺎ َﺧﻔِ ﻴٍّﺎ ِﰲ ِﺻﻮَاﻧِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﺣْ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎظ ُﻣﺘَ َﻘ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ َﺮ ُة َﺧﺎﺗَﻤَ ﻬَ ﺎ َﻓﻮ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﻌِ ﻲ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟﻨَﺎ ِﰲ أ َ ْﻟ َﻔ ٍ‬ ‫ِﻣﺜْﻠُﻪُ‪ .‬و َ​َﺧ َﻠﻌَ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺿﻌَ ﺘْ ُﻪ ِﰲ إ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ٍﺔ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺴﺤُ ﻮ َرﻳ ِْﻦ‪َ :‬ﺧﺎﺗَ ِﻤﻲ و َ​َﺧﺎﺗَ ِﻢ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮﺣُ ﻮ ِم َزو ِْﺟﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﻧْﺘُﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﺑﻬَ ﺬَﻳ ِْﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎﺗَﻤَ ْ ِ‬ ‫دُﻣْ ﺘُﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَﺘَ َﺨﺘﱠﻤَ ِ‬ ‫َان‪َ .‬و َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ُﻜﻤَ ﺎ إ ِ ﱠﻻ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺘَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻴَﺎ ِاﻻﻧْﺘ َِﻘﺎ َل إ ِ َﱃ أَيﱢ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َر ٍة‬ ‫ان ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟﺘﱠ َﺸﺒﱡ ِﻪ ِﺑ َﺸ ْﻜ ِﻞ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﺗُ ِﺮﻳﺪ ِ‬ ‫َﻗﺎدِ َر ِ‬ ‫‪32‬‬


‫ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﻞ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎﻣ ُﺲ‬

‫َﺎن‪ «.‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻟ َﻔ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ْﺖ — ﻣَ َﻊ َﻛﻠِﻤَ ﺎﺗِﻬَ ﺎ — آﺧِ َﺮ أَﻧ ْ َﻔ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫َان؛ َﻓﻴَﺘِ ﱡﻢ َﻟ ُﻜﻤَ ﺎ ِﻟ ْﻠﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎل ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَﺘَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَ َﺸﺎء ِ‬ ‫ني‪َ .‬ﻓﺘَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻴْﻨَﺎ أ َ ْن ﻧَﻨْﺘَﻘِ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َرﺗَ ْﻲ َﺷ ْﺨ َ‬ ‫ني ﻧَﻌْ ِﺮ ُﻓﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ؛ َﻓ ِﺈذَا‬ ‫ﺼْ ِ‬ ‫أ َ ﱠو ُل َﻫﻤﱢ ﻨَﺎ أ َ ْن ﻧُﺠَ ﱢﺮبَ ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎﺗَﻤَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ِﺑ ُﻘﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ أَﺗَ ﱠﻢ ُﻣ َ‬ ‫ِﺑﻨَﺎ ﻧ ُ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﺑ َ​َﻘ ٍﺔ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ َﺸﺄ ْ َزوْﺟَ ﺘِﻲ أ َ ْن ﺗُ ِﻀﻴ َﻊ و َْﻗﺘَﻬَ ﺎ ُﺳﺪًى َﻓﺘَﻤَ ﻨ ﱠ ْﺖ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﰲ‬ ‫َﺎت )ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِﻨﻴ ِ‬ ‫َﺷ ْﻜ ِﻞ إِﺣْ ﺪَى ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺜ ْ ِﺮﻳ ِ‬ ‫ﱠﺎت( ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳ َﻔ ٍﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺎﻧْﺘَﻬَ َﺰ ْت َزوْﺟَ ﺘِﻲ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺻ َﺔ‬ ‫َﴎ َﻗ ِﺔ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْودَﻋَ ﺘْ ُﻪ دَا َر َﻫﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ َﻔﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺴﻬَ ﺎ وَﺣُ ِﻠﻴﱢﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬و ْ‬ ‫ﺎل إ ِ َﱃ ُ‬ ‫َاﻗﺘَ َﺪﻳ ُْﺖ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ َﻓﻌَ َﻠ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﻟ ِ​ِﻼﻧْﺘ َِﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َرﺗِﻬَ ﺎ و َ ِ‬ ‫َزوْﺟَ ﺘِﻲ‪َ .‬ﻓ ُﺮﺣْ ُﺖ أَﺗَ َﺰﻳﱠﺎ ِﺑ ِﺰيﱢ ﻣَ ْﻦ أَﻋْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ف ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﻏ ِﻨﻴَﺎءِ‪ُ .‬ﻣﻨْﺘَ ِﻬ ًﺰا ُﻓ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫وﺟ ِﻬ ْﻢ أ َ ْو َﺳ َﻔ ِﺮﻫِ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﺻ َﺔ ُﺧ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫ِﴪ َﻗ ِﺔ ﻧ َ َﻔﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺴ ِﻬ ْﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑُﻴُﻮﺗ ِ​ِﻬ ْﻢ د َ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَﺎبَ أَﺣَ ٌﺪ ِﰲ أَﻣْ ِﺮي‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ِز ْﻟﻨَﺎ ﻧَﻨْﺘَﻘِ ُﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَ َﻠ ٍﺪ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ﻟَ ِ‬ ‫ﻮر‪ ،‬وَﻋَ ﻠِﻤْ ﻨَﺎ ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﺮ »ﻋَ ِﲇﱟ«‬ ‫ﺑَ َﻠ ٍﺪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَ َﻠ ْﻐﻨَﺎ ﺣَ ِ َ‬ ‫ﺼ َﺔ ﻣَ ِﻠ َﻜﺘِﻬَ ﺎ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َ​َﺔ«‪َ ،‬وو َِﺻﻴﱢﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻮ َِز ِ‬ ‫ﺎﴐ َة ِﺑ َﻼدِ اﻟﻨ ﱡ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ِﻤﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬وَﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓﻨَﺎ أ َ ﱠن ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ َﱪَاءِ ﻳَﺤْ ُﺴﺪُوﻧ َ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﻬ ُﺰ َ‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳَﺤْ ُﻜ ُﻢ ا ْﻟ ِﺒ َﻼ َد ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫ون‬ ‫ُون ﻋَ َﲆ إِﻋْ َﻼ ِن ُﺳ ْﺨ ِﻄ ِﻬﻢْ‪ ،‬ﻟ ُِﻘ ﱠﻮﺗ ِ​ِﻪ و َ‬ ‫ﺎض ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬُ ْﻢ َﻻ ﻳَﺠْ ُﺮء َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫َﺿﻌْ ﻔِ ِﻬﻢْ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻ َﺔ ﻟ ِ​ِﻼﻧْﺘ َِﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ُزﻋَ ﻤَ ﺎ ُؤ ُﻫ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَﻬَ ﺎﻣَ ُﺴ َ‬ ‫َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ِﻲ َﺳﺎﻟِﻤً ﺎ ِﻟﻴ َُﺨ ﱢﻠ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﻬُ ْﻢ‬ ‫ري » ُﻣﻮ ﱠَﻓ ٍﻖ« َوﻳَﺘَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻮ َْن َﻟ ْﻮ ﺑَﻘ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ِﻢ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﴎا و َُﻫ ْﻢ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻳَﺄ ْ ٍس ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَﺤْ ﻘِ ﻴﻘِﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬ﻟِﻌ ْﻠ ِﻤ ِﻬ ْﻢ أ َ ﱠن ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ‬ ‫ﻳﺮ »ﻋَ ِﲇﱟ«‪ :‬أَﻣَ ﺎﻧ ﱞِﻲ ﻳُ َﺮ ﱢددُوﻧَﻬَ ﺎ ِ ٍّ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣُ ْﻜ ِﻢ ا ْﻟﻮ َِز ِ‬ ‫» ُﻣﻮ ﱠَﻓ ًﻘﺎ« ُﻗ ِﺘ َﻞ ِﰲ آﺧِ ِﺮ ﻣَ ﻌَ ِﺎرﻛ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَاﻧ ْ َﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ْﺖ أ َ ْﺧﺒَﺎ ُر ُه ﻋَ ْﻦ أَﺧِ ﻴ ِﻪ َو َر ِﻋﻴﱠﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ ْر َﻫ َﻔ ْﺖ َزوْﺟَ ﺘِﻲ‬ ‫ﺼﺐُ ِﻟ َﺮ ْﺳ ِﻢ ُﺧ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺳﻤْ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ ﻟِﻬَ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺔ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﺒَﺢَ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ َﺧﻴَﺎﻟُﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺨِ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍﺔ ﺟَ ِﺮﻳﺌَ ٍﺔ ِﻟﺒَﻌْ ِﺚ » ُﻣﻮ ﱠَﻓ ٍﻖ« ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫َﻗ ْ ِﱪهِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻ ٍﺔ َﻓ ِﺮﻳ َﺪ ٍة ﺗُﺘِﻴﺢُ َﻟﻨَﺎ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ِﱄ ُﻣﺘَﺤَ ﻤﱢ َﺴ ًﺔ‪» :‬ﻳَﺎ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻓ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺎج ﻣَ ﻤْ َﻠ َﻜ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬وﺗُﻬَ ﻴﱢﺊ ُ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻔ َﺮ ِﺑﺘَ ِ‬ ‫َﻟﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟ ُﻮﺛُﻮبَ إ ِ َﱃ ﻋَ ْﺮ ِﺷﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑ َﻼ ﻋَ ﻨَﺎءٍ!« َﻓ َﺴﺄ َ ْﻟﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﺠﱢ ﺒًﺎ‪» :‬أَيﱡ ﺣُ ْﻠ ٍﻢ أ َ ْﻏ َﺮاكِ ِﺑﻬَ ﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﻜ َﻼ ِم؟« َﻓﺄَﺟَ ﺎﺑ َْﺖ‬ ‫ْﴪ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺘَﻤَ ﺜ ﱠ َﻞ ِﰲ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َر ِة » ُﻣﻮ ﱠَﻓ ٍﻖ«‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْﻫﻮ َ​َن ا ْﻟﺒَﺎﻗِ ﻲ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ‬ ‫ِﰲ َﻟﻬْ ﺠَ ٍﺔ وَاﺛ َِﻘ ٍﺔ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎ أَﻳ َ َ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ!« َﻓﺄُﻋْ ِﺠﺒ ُْﺖ ِﺑ َﺮأ ْ ِﻳﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ري‬ ‫َﺻﺤﱠ ْﺖ ﻋَ ِﺰﻳﻤَ ﺘِﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَﻨْﻔِ ﻴ ِﺬ ْاﻗ ِ َ‬ ‫ﱰاﺣِ ﻬَ ﺎ؛ َﻓ َﺪ َر ْﺳ ُﺖ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ َة ْاﻷ َ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ أَﺣْ َﻜﻤْ ُﺖ ُﺧ ﱠ‬ ‫وَأَﻧْﺒَﺎءَ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ُﻗ ِﺘ َﻞ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﺳﻤَ ﺎءَ ُﻗﻮﱠادِ َﻫﺎ و َ​َﻏ ْري َُﻫ ْﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﺧ َﻠ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺘِﻲ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َرﺗ ِ​ِﻪ َﻓﺘَ ﱠﻢ ِﱄ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ُﺨ ْ‬ ‫ﺗَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻴ ُْﺖ أ َ ْن أَﻧْﺘَﻘِ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻮ ُة اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﻟﻴ َُﺔ أ َ ْن أَﺗﱠ ِﺼ َﻞ ِﺑﺄ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﻔِ ﻴَﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻪ‬ ‫ﻮﺻ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ َﻛ ْﺪ أ ُ َﻛ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻜﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻓ ْﺮﺣَ ﺘُﻬُ ْﻢ ِﺑﻠ َِﻘﺎﺋِﻲ َﻻ ﺗُ َ‬ ‫و َُﺧ َﻠ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺷ ُﻔﻬُ ْﻢ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ اﻋْ ﺘَ َﺰﻣْ ﺘُ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫اب ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎﻣﱠ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﺗَﺤَ ﻤﱠ ُﺴﻮا ِﻟ ُﻤﻨ َ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎﴏﺗِﻲ‪ .‬و ُ ْ‬ ‫ﺎب ﻧ َ ِﺎر اﻟﺜ ﱠ ْﻮ َر ِة وَاﺟْ ِﺘﺬَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ ﻧَﺠَ ﺤَ ْﺖ دَﻋْ َﻮﺗُﻬُ ْﻢ ِﰲ إ ِ ْﻟﻬَ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﺮ »ﻋَ ِﲇﱟ« و َ​َﺷﺎ ِﻧﺌُﻮ ُه ) ُﻣﺒْﻐِ ُ‬ ‫وَا ْﻟ َﺨ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻀﻮهُ(‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎﺻ ِﺔ ِﻟﻤ َُﺸﺎﻳَﻌَ ﺘِﻲ و َ​َﺷ ﱢﺪ أ َ ْز ِري‪ .‬وَاﻧ ْ َﻀ ﱠﻢ إ ِ َﻟﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ ﺣُ ﱠﺴﺎ ُد ا ْﻟﻮ َِز ِ‬ ‫َﺧ ْﻠ ُﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ َﺔ د ُ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻤْ ِﺾ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٌم َﻗ َﻼ ِﺋ ُﻞ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ د َ‬ ‫ُﺧﻮ َل اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈﺎﻓِ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬وﻧُﻮدِيَ ِﺑﻲ ﻣَ ِﻠ ًﻜﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫‪33‬‬


‫ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ وَﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ‬

‫أ َ ﱠو ُل َﻫﻤﱢ َﻲ أ َ ْن أ ُ ْﻫ ِﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻜ َﺔ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َ​َﺔ«؛ ِﻷ َ ْﺧﻠُ َ‬ ‫ﺺ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻣﻨ َ َﺎﻓ َﺴﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﻳ َْﺴﺘَﺘِﺐﱠ ِﱄ َ ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻣَ ْﻮﺗِﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﱠت ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﻐ َﺮ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ا ْﻟﻮ َِزﻳ َﺮ »ﻋَ ِﻠﻴٍّﺎ« َﻓﻮ َ‬ ‫ض‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َ‬ ‫ﺻ َﻔﺎ ِﱄ َ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻮﱡ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَﻌُ ْﺪ ِﱄ ُﻣﻨَﺎﻓِ ٌﺲ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﻠﻚِ ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَ ْ‬ ‫َو َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻖ ِﺑﺄ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻔ ُﺮ ِﺑ ِﻪ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريُ » ُﻣﻮ ﱠَﻓ ٌﻖ« َﻟ ْﻮ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻋَ ﺎ َد إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎةِ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﻇﻔِ ْﺮ ُت ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻮﻓ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺎري؛ َﻓﻌَ ِﻬﺪ ُ‬ ‫ْت إ ِ َﻟﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ ِﺑﺄ َ ْﻛ َ ِﱪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ ِﰲ ُﻣ َﻜ َﺎﻓﺄ َ ِة أَﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ ِﺐ‪َ .‬وﻋ ِْﺸ ُﺖ ِآﻣﻨًﺎ ﻣَ َﻊ َزوْﺟَ ﺘِﻲ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ‬ ‫أ ُ َﻗ ﱢ ْ‬ ‫ﴬ ِة ﱠ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫اﺧﺘَﺎ َر ْت ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻬَ ﺎ ُ‬ ‫ني ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ و َ​َﻓ َﺪ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ َﺳﻔِ ريُ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َر َة ﺣَ ْﺴﻨَﺎءَ ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْ َ‬ ‫َﺎب‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ِز ْﻟﻨَﺎ وَادِ ﻋَ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺒ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ان أَﺣْ َﻼ ُﻫﻤَ ﺎ ُﻣ ﱞﺮ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻮ َْﻻيَ ﻳ َُﺨ ﱢريُﻧِﻲ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻧَﺒَﺄ ً َﻫﺎﺋ ًِﻼ اﻧ ْ َﺨ َﻠ َﻊ‬ ‫َني ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﺮ ِب َوﺗَ ْﺮكِ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﻠﻚِ ؛ و َُﻫﻤَ ﺎ أﻣْ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ْﺻ ِﺎﱄ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ َﻛﺘَﻤْ ُﺖ َﺧﻮ ِْﰲ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫َﻟ ُﻪ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒﻲ وَا ْرﺗَﻌَ ﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ ْﺮ ُت ﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َت أَو َ‬ ‫ري ﻗِ ﱠﻠ َﺔ ا ْﻛ ِﱰَاﺛِﻲ‪َ .‬و ُرﺣْ ُﺖ‬ ‫ِﻠﺴﻔِ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍﺔ ﻟِﻠﻨﱠﺠَ ﺎ ِة ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫ َﺬا ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺄ ْ ِز ِق‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ُﻛﻨﱠﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫أ ُ َﻓ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ﻣَ َﻊ َزوْﺟَ ﺘِﻲ ِﰲ َر ْﺳ ِﻢ ُﺧ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﻀﻌْ ِﻒ و َِاﻻ ْﺳﺘ ِْﺨ َﺬاءِ‬ ‫ﻮن ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﺮ ِب ِﺑﺤَ ﻴ ُْﺚ َﻻ ﻧ َ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ أ َ ْن ﻧَﺜْﺒ َُﺖ َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ًﺔ أَﻣَ ﺎ َم ﺟَ ﻴ ِْﺸ َﻚ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺪ ﱠر ِب ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﻮيﱢ ‪.‬‬ ‫وَا ْﻟﺠَ ﻬْ ِﻞ ِﺑ ُﻔﻨ ُ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ْﻮﻧ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻻ َ‬ ‫ﺎج ﻣَ ﻤْ َﻠ َﻜ ٍﺔ َﻻ ﻗِ ﺒَ َﻞ َﻟﻨَﺎ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﺎع ﻋَ ﻨْﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃ َﺎﻗ َﺔ َﻟﻨَﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟﺪ َﱢﻓ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻧ َ ِﺠ ْﺪ ﻣَ ﻨْﺪُوﺣَ ًﺔ ﻟِﻠﺘﱠ َﺨ ﱢﲇ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﺗَ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻴْﺘَﻨَﺎ ا ْﻛﺘَ َﻔﻴْﻨَﺎ ِﺑﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ أَﺑَﻰ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ ُﺳﻮءُ ﺣَ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻈﻨَﺎ إ ِ ﱠﻻ أ َ ْن ﻧ ُ َﻔ ﱢﻜ َﺮ ِﰲ ِاﻻﻧْﺘ َِﻘﺎ ِم ِﻣﻨ ْ َﻚ َوﻣ َِﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻜ ِﺔ‬ ‫»ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َ​َﺔ«‪َ .‬ﻫ َﻜﺬَا و َْﺳﻮ َ​َس َﻟﻨَﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُن‪َ ،‬ﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻤَ ﺎ أ َ ْﺳ َﻠ ْﻔﺘُﻤَ ﺎ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻨَﺎ ذَﻧْﺒًﺎ أ َ ِو ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴْ َ‬ ‫اﻏﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺒْﺘُﻤَ ﺎ ِﻣﻨﱠﺎ ﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﻳﺾ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻧ َ ْﻠﺒ َْﺚ أ َ ْن أَﻋْ َﺪ ْدﻧَﺎ ﻟ ِ​ِﻼﻧْﺘ َِﻘﺎ ِم ُﺧ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﻬ َﺮﻧِﻲ ِﺑﻤَ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺘَﻨَﺎ؛ َﻓ َﻠﺠَ ﺄ ْ ُت إ ِ َﱃ َﺧﺎﺗَ ِﻤﻲ ِﻟﻴُ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺎﺣِ ِﺐ‬ ‫ﻈﻬَ ِﺮ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ُﴩ ِ‬ ‫ف ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟﺘﱠ َﻠ ِﻒ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻨ ْ َﻘ ِﺾ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٌم َﻗﻠِﻴ َﻠ ٌﺔ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻧ َ َﻘ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ إ ِ َﱃ َﻫﻴْﺌَ ِﺔ ﻣَ ﻴ ٍﱢﺖ َﻓﺎ َر َﻗﺘْ ُﻪ اﻟ ﱡﺮوحُ ‪.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﱰ َك ﱠ‬ ‫و ْ‬ ‫َت وَﻋُ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﻊ ﺟُ ﺜْﻤَ ﺎﻧِﻲ‪ .‬وَﺟَ ﺎءَﺗْﻨِﻲ َزوْﺟَ ﺘِﻲ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﻋَ ﺎد ْ‬ ‫ْت إ ِ َﱃ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َرﺗِﻨَﺎ‬ ‫َاﺷ َ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻌْ ﺐُ ِﰲ ﺗَ ْﺸ ِﻴ ِ‬ ‫ْاﻷ ُ َ‬ ‫وﱃ‪.‬‬ ‫ﴫ » ِﺑ ْﺴ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ٍم«‬ ‫)‪ِ (3‬ﰲ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺨ َﺮﺟْ ﻨَﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ِز ْﻟﻨَﺎ ﻧُﻮ ِ‬ ‫َاﺻ ُﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﴐ َة ُﻣ ْﻠ ِﻜ َﻚ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﺮأَﻳْﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟﻮ ُ​ُﻓﻮ َد‬ ‫ري ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَ َﻠ ْﻐﻨَﺎ ﺣَ ِ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ َ‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أ َ ْر َﺳ َﻠﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻌْ ﺐُ ِﻟﻴُﺒْ ﱢﻠ ُﻐﻮا ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻜ َﺔ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َ​َﺔ« ﻧَﺒَﺄ َ و َ​َﻓﺎ ِة ﻋَ ﻤﱢ ﻬَ ﺎ وَاﻋْ ِﱰ َ​َاﻓﻬَ ْﻢ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ِﻠ َﻜ ًﺔ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬﻢْ‪.‬‬ ‫ﴪﻳﺢَ ﺟَ ﻴ ِْﺸ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠﻠ ِﺠ ِﺐ )ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﻈﻴ ِﻢ( ا ﱠﻟﺬِي أَﻋْ َﺪ ْدﺗَ ُﻪ ﻟ َِﻐ ْﺰ ِوﻧَﺎ‪ .‬و َ​َﺳﻨَﺤَ ْﺖ َﻟﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ُﺔ ِﰲ‬ ‫و َ​َﺷ ِﻬ ْﺪﻧَﺎ ﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫إِﺣْ ﺪَى اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ َِﺎﱄ؛ َﻓﺪ َ‬ ‫َﺻﺎﺋ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ َك‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَﻤَ ﺜ ﱠ َﻠ ِﺖ اﻣْ َﺮأَﺗِﻲ ِﰲ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َر ِة إِﺣْ ﺪَى و َ‬ ‫ِﻒ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻜ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻤَ ﺜ ﱠ ْﻠ ُﺖ‬ ‫َﺧ ْﻠﻨَﺎ َﻗ ْ َ‬ ‫أَﻧَﺎ ِﰲ ُ‬ ‫ري ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺪ ِم‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﺗَ َﺨ ﱠﻠ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﻨَﺎ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َر ِة َﻛ ِﺒ ِ‬

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‫َﺧ ْﻠﻨَﺎ ﺣُ ﺠْ َﺮﺗَ َﻚ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ د ُ‬ ‫َود َ‬ ‫ُﺧﻮﻟُﻨَﺎ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ ِﺴريًا‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َدﺑﱠ ْﺮﻧَﺎ ُﺧ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺘَﻨَﺎ وَأَﻧ ْ َﺖ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﻐ ِﺮ ٌق ِﰲ‬ ‫ﻧ َ ْﻮ ِﻣ َﻚ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻜ ُﺔ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ« ﺗَ ْﻘ َﺮأ ُ ِﰲ ﺣُ ﺠْ َﺮ ٍة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪َ ،‬ﻓﺎﺗﱠ َﺨﺬَ ْت َزوْﺟَ ﺘِﻲ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻬَ ﺎ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َرﺗَﻬَ ﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫َو َر َﻗﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﻳﺮ َك‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳﺮ َﻫﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ِﺟﻮ َِار َ ِ‬ ‫َت ِﰲ َ ِ‬ ‫ﴎ ِ‬ ‫ﴎ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺔ َﻓﻤَ ﻮ َْﻻيَ أَﻋْ َﺮ ُ‬ ‫أَﻣﱠ ﺎ ﺑَ ِﻘﻴ ُﱠﺔ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫ف ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ وَأ َ ْﺧ َﱪُ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻟﻴْﺘَﻨَﺎ و َ​َﻗ ْﻔﻨَﺎ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪﱢ؛ َو َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴْ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫ﴫ‬ ‫وﺟ َﻚ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن و َْﺳﻮ َ​َس ِﻟ َﺰوْﺟَ ﺘِﻲ ﺑَﻌْ ﺪ ُﺧ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َرﺗِ َﻚ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ِﻛﺪ ُ‬ ‫ري ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺪ ِم إ ِ َﱃ ُ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺰﻳﱠﻨ َ ْﺖ ِﱄ أ َ ْن أَﻧْﺘَﻘِ َﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُ‬ ‫ْت أَﻧ ْ ِﺰ ُع ِﺛﻴَﺎ ِﺑﻲ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َر ِة َﻛ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﺎﺟَ ﺄْﺗَﻨِﻲ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤُ ﺠْ َﺮةِ‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ُﺨ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺺ َﻟﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﻠ ُﻚ د َ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَﺎبَ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺔ أ َ ْن ﻧَﺤْ ﺘَﺎ َل ِﻻ ْﻏ ِﺘﻴَﺎ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﻟﻴ َْﺨﻠُ َ‬ ‫ِﰲ أَﻣْ ِﺮﻧَﺎ أَﺣَ ﺪٌ‪َ .‬ﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻗ ﱠﺪ ْرﻧَﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ إ ِ َرا َد َة ِ‬ ‫ﷲ َﻏﺎ ِﻟﺒ ٌَﺔ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ أَﺑ َْﺖ ﻋَ ﺪَا َﻟﺘُ ُﻪ إ ِ ﱠﻻ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﻘﺘَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺺ ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ‬ ‫َوﺗُﻌَ ﺎﻗِ ﺒَﻨِﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْﺳ َﻠ ْﻔ ُﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ إ ِ َﺳﺎء ٍ‬ ‫َات‪.‬‬ ‫إ ِ ﱠن ذَﻧ ْ ِﺒﻲ ﻋَ ِﻈﻴﻢٌ؛ َو َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﻋَ ْﻔ َﻮ ﻣَ ﻮ َْﻻيَ أَﻋْ َ‬ ‫ﻈﻢُ‪«.‬‬

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‫اﻟﺴ ِﺎد ُس‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﺼ ُﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫)‪ (1‬ﻋِ َﻘﺎبُ ْاﻷَﺛِﻴ ِﻢ‬ ‫ﻄﺎمٌ« ﻳَ َﻜﺎ ُد ﻳَﺘَﻤَ ﻴﱠ ُﺰ )ﻳَﺘَ َﻘ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ » ِﺑ ْﺴ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎع ﻣَ ﺎ ا ْرﺗَ َﻜﺒَ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻄﻊُ( ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻐﻴ ِْﻆ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳُﻨ ْ ِﺼ ُﺖ ﻟ َِﺴﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼﺘ ِ​ِﻪ َﻗﺎ َل َﻟﻪُ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎ أَﺟْ َﺪ َر َك أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﻠﺤَ َﻖ ِﺑ َﺰوْﺟَ ِﺘ َﻚ ِﻟﺘَ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻘِ ﱡﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﺷﻨ َ ٍﻊ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﻬُ َﺮ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْر ُ‬ ‫ض ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ َﺮاﺋ ِ​ِﺮ َك وَآﺛ َ ِﺎﻣ َﻚ‪َ ،‬وﻳ َْﺨﻠُ َ‬ ‫ﴍ َك َوإِﺟْ َﺮ ِاﻣ َﻚ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻮ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴ ِﺒ ْﻖ ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ وَﻋْ ٌﺪ‬ ‫ﺺ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ َﻟ ُﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎﻹﺑ َْﻘﺎءِ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ ِﺗ َﻚ َﻟﻤَ ﺜ ﱠ ْﻠ ُﺖ ِﺑ َﻚ و َ​َﻗ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﻌْ ُﺖ ِﺟ ْﺴﻤَ َﻚ إ ِ ْرﺑًﺎ إ ِ ْرﺑًﺎ‪ .‬ﻋَ َﲆ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻟ ْﻦ أُﻋْ ﻔِ ﻴَ َﻚ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫َﻟ َﻚ ِﺑ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎل‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﺄ َ ْﻛﺘَﻔِ ﻲ ِﺑ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻊ ﻟ َِﺴﺎ ِﻧ َﻚ ِﻷ ُ ِرﻳﺢَ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ َﻟ َﻢ ِﻣﻨ ْ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻤَ ﺎ أَﺟْ َﺪ َر ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻠ َﻚ ِﺑﺄ َ ْن‬ ‫ﺎب ﻋَ َﲆ أَيﱢ ﺣَ ٍ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌِ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﴤ َﺷﻴ ُْﺨ َ‬ ‫اب و َ​َﺷ َﻘﺎءٍ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻳ َْﻘ ِ َ‬ ‫ﻮﺧﺘَ ُﻪ ِﰲ َﻫ ﱟﻢ َوﺑ َ​َﻼءٍ‪ ،‬وَﻋَ ﺬَ ٍ‬ ‫ﻮر‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَ َﺮك ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻘِ ﱠﻲ — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن َﻗ َ‬ ‫و ْ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻊ ﻟ َِﺴﺎﻧ َ ُﻪ —‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَﻮ َْﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺧﺎﺗَﻤَ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺴﺤُ ِ‬ ‫ﴪ ُة وَاﻟﻨ ﱠ َﺪمُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳَﺘَ َﻠﻮﱠى ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ َﻟ ِﻢ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﻜﺎ ُد ﺗَ ْﻘﺘُﻠُ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْ َ‬ ‫و َُﻫﻨَﺎ أ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ َ‬ ‫»ﻏﺎﻟِﺐٌ « ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤ ُﻞ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ أَﻧْﺒَﺎءَ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻜ ِﺔ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َ​َﺔ«‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَﻤَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻚ أ َ ْن‬ ‫ﻳ َِﺼﻴﺢَ — ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓ ْﺮ ِط اﻟﺪ ْﱠﻫ َﺸ ِﺔ — َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪» :‬أَوَاﺛ ٌِﻖ أَﻧ ْ َﺖ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُل؟ أَﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻜ ُﺔ‬ ‫ﻈﺎ ِﺋ َﻊ َو َﻛﻮ َِار َ‬ ‫»ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ« ﺑَﺎﻗِ ﻴ ًَﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻗﻴْ ِﺪ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎةِ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﱠﻞ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓ َ‬ ‫ث؟« ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ا ْﻟﺘَ َﻔ َﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‪ :‬ﻣَ ْﻦ ﺗَ ُﻜﻮ ُن أَﻧ ْ َﺖ ﻳَﺎ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤ ُﻞ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ أ َ ْﺳﻌَ َﺪ ْاﻷَﻧْﺒَﺎءِ‬ ‫ﱪﻧِﻲ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫»ﻏﺎﻟ ٍِﺐ« و َ​َﻗﺎ َل‪ِ » :‬ﺑ َﺮﺑﱢ َﻚ َﺧ ﱢ ْ‬ ‫َﺎت؟ وَأَيﱠ ُﻣ َﻜ َﺎﻓﺄ َ ٍة ﺗَﺘَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻰ ِﻷُﺣَ ﱢﻘ َﻘﻬَ ﺎ َﻟ َﻚ؟« َﻓﺄَﺟَ ﺎﺑَ ُﻪ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﺴ ُﺖ إ ِ ﱠﻻ َ‬ ‫ُﴩﻳ ِ‬ ‫ﺿﻴ ًْﻔﺎ ﺣَ ﱠﻞ‬ ‫وَأَﺑْﻬَ ﺞَ ا ْﻟﺒ ْ َ‬ ‫ِﺑ ِﺒ َﻼدِ َك‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﺳﻌَ َﺪ ُه ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱡ‬ ‫ُﺼﺎد َ​َﻓ ُ‬ ‫ﻆ ِﺑﻠ َِﻘﺎ ِﺋ َﻚ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳ َﺎﻗﺘْ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻤ َ‬ ‫ﺎت إ ِ َﱃ ﻟ َِﻘﺎءِ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻜ ِﺔ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َ​َﺔ«؛ َﻓﺄ َ ْﻓ َﻀ ْﺖ‬ ‫إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﺑﻘ ﱠ‬ ‫ﱪ ُه و َِزﻳ ُﺮ َك ِﺑﺒَ ِﻘﻴﱠﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫ِﺼﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ ُِﻄ ِﻖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ » ِﺑ ْﺴ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎمٌ« َ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﱪًا ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺒ َ​َﻘﺎءِ‪.‬‬


‫ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ وَﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ‬

‫)‪َ (2‬ﻓ ْﺮﺣَ ُﺔ اﻟ ﱢﻠ َﻘﺎءِ‬ ‫ني ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱢﻠ َﻘﺎءِ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﺣَ ﺎ ْ َو َل » ِﺑ ْﺴ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎمٌ« أ َ ْن ﻳَﻌْ ﺘَ ِﺬ َر ﻟِـ»ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َ​َﺔ« ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ أ َ ْﺳ َﻠ َﻔ ُﻪ‬ ‫و َ​َﻻ ﺗَ َﺴ ْﻞ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻓ ْﺮﺣَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻜ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ ﺘْ ُﻪ َﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ري ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﻤﱠ َﺪةٍ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َ‬ ‫»ﻻ ﺣَ ﺎﺟَ َﺔ ِﺑﻨَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ذِ ْﻛ ِﺮ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﴈ؛ َﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺤْ َﺮ‬ ‫إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ إ ِ َﺳﺎءَ ٍة َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﺋِﺐَ َوﻣِﺤَ ٍﻦ‪َ «.‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َل » ِﺑ ْﺴ َ‬ ‫»ﻫﻴْﻬَ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎمٌ«‪َ :‬‬ ‫ُﻫ َﻮ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺴﺌُﻮ ُل وَﺣْ َﺪ ُه ﻋَ ْﻦ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ َﻟ ﱠﻢ ِﺑﻨَﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ َ‬ ‫ﺎت أ َ ْن‬ ‫ﴪ ٍع و َ​َﻏ ْﻔ َﻠ ٍﺔ‪ .‬ﻣَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن أَﺟْ َﺪ َرﻧِﻲ أ َ ْن أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ْﻠ ِﻬ َﻢ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒﻲ ِﻟﺘَﻌَ ﱡﺮ ِ‬ ‫ف‬ ‫ﴘ ﻣَ ﺎ و َ​َﻗﻌْ ُﺖ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَ َ ﱡ‬ ‫أ َ ْﻏﻔِ َﺮ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِ َ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﺴ َﻠﻤْ ُﺖ ﻟِﻤَ ﺎ ﺣَ َﻜﻤَ ْﺖ ِﺑ ِﻪ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﺎيَ ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ْ‬ ‫ﻂ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﺧﺘَ َﻠ َ‬ ‫ﴪﺗَﺎهُ! َﻟ َﻘ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﻈﻬَ ُﺮ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻮ‬ ‫ﻴﻘﺘِﻚِ ‪ .‬وَا ﺣَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﱠﻜﻤْ ُﺖ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒﻲ َﻟ َﻜ َ‬ ‫ﺎن أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ​َق ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤُ ْﻜ ِﻢ وَأ َ ْﺧ َﱪَ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ﱠﻠﻤَ ﺎ ﻳ ُْﺨ ِﻄﺊ ُ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْﻠﺐُ ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ أ َ ْن ﺗُ ْﺨ ِﻄﺊ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌَ ﺎ َد ُة ِﺑﻠ َِﻘﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َُﻘ ﱢﴫَا ِﰲ ﱡ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ «.‬و َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ْﻜ ِﺮ ِهلل ِ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َل ﺣِ ﻮَا ُر ُﻫﻤَ ﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن َﻏﻤَ َﺮﺗْﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻴْﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻓِ ِﻪ وَﻋَ ِﻈﻴ ِﻢ َآﻻﺋ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﺎ ِﺑ ِﻎ أ َ ْﻓ َﻀﺎﻟ ِ​ِﻪ َوﻧَﻌْ ﻤَ ﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻪ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻠ ْﺖ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ« ﻋَ َﲆ » ِﺑ ْﺴ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ َﺧﻔِ ﱢﻲ أ َ ْﻟ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ٍم«‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓ َﺖ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴْ َ‬ ‫ﺗَ ْﺴﺄَﻟُﻪُ‪َ » :‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻧ َ َﺔ؟« َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل‪َ » :‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻌِ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﺎق أ َ ْن َ‬ ‫ْت إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻏ َﺮاﺋ ِ​ِﺐ ِاﻻﺗﱢ َﻔ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﺳ ﱠﻠ ٍﻢ َﺧﻔِ ﱟﻲ ﻳ ِ‬ ‫ﻮﺟﺌْ ُﺖ ِﺑ ُﺮ ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ َرﺟُ ٍﻞ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮﺻ ُﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ﺣُ ﺠْ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻜ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻓﺘَﺤْ ُﺖ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎبَ ُﻓ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻧ َ ُﺔ — أَﺗَ ﱠﻢ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳ ُْﺸ ِﺒﻬُ ﻨِﻲ — َﻛﻤَ ﺎ أ َ ْﺷﺒَﻬَ ﺘْﻚِ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺒَ ِﻪ‪َ .‬رأَﻳْﺘُ ُﻪ ﻳَﻬُ ﱡﻢ ِﺑﺎ ْرﺗِﺪَاءِ ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْرﺗَﺪِﻳ ِﻪ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣُ َﻠ ٍﻞ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳ ِﻤﻌْ ُﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴْ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻧ َ َﺔ ﺗُ َﺸﺠﱢ ﻌُ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ذَﻟِﻚِ ؛ َﻓﺘَﻤَ ﱠﻠ َﻜﻨ َِﻲ ا ْﻟ َﻐ َﻀﺐُ وَﻋَ َﺰﻣْ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻗﺘْﻠ ِ​ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ْن َرآﻧ َِﻲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴎ َع إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻬَ َﺮ ِب‪َ ،‬وﻧَﺠَ ﺎ ِﺑﺄُﻋْ ﺠُ ﻮﺑَ ٍﺔ‪َ .‬وﺑ َ​َﺴ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺒﻴﺜ َ ُﺔ ذِ َراﻋَ ﻴْﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻘِ ﱡﻲ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴ ُ‬ ‫ﺗَ ْﻠﺘَ ِﻤ ُﺲ ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻔ َﻮ وَاﻟ ﱠﺮﺣْ ﻤَ َﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻳَﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎﺗَ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺴﺤُ ﻮ ُر‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻫﻮ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻊ ﱠ‬ ‫َت‬ ‫ﱠت ﻋَ َﲆ ﺣَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﺨ َﻔﻰ وَﺟْ ﻬُ ﻬَ ﺎ اﻟ ﱠﺰاﺋ ُ‬ ‫ِﻒ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺒَﺪ ْ‬ ‫َﻛ ﱡﻔﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض ْ‬ ‫ﻴﻘﺘِﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ ﺠُ ﻮ ًزا ﺣَ ﻴْ َﺰﺑُﻮﻧًﺎ َﻗ ِﺒﻴﺤَ َﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺤْ ﻨ َ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓ ْ‬ ‫ﴪ ًة‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﺎﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ ﻋَ ﺠَ ِﺒﻲ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ِﱄ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻮَﺟْ ِﻪ د َِﻣﻴﻤَ َﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫»ﻻ ﺗَﻌْ ﺠَ ﺐْ‬ ‫ﺿ ِﺎرﻋَ ًﺔ ُﻣﺘَﺤَ ﱢ َ‬ ‫ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺗَ َﺮى‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻌْ َﺖ ﻳَﺪِي َوﻓِﻴﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎﺗَ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺴﺤُ ﻮ ُر ا ﱠﻟﺬِي أ َ ْﻛ َﺴﺒَﻨِﻲ ا ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺪ َر َة ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟﺘﱠﺤَ ﻮ ِﱡل إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ني َزو ِْﺟﻲ ا ْﻟﻬَ ِﺎر ِب َﺧﺎﺗَﻤً ﺎ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻠﻪُ‪ ،‬أَﺗَﺎحَ َﻟ ُﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺘَﻤَ ﺜ ﱠ َﻞ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َر ِة ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻜ ِﺔ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َ​َﺔ«‪ .‬و َ​َﺳ َﱰَى ِﰲ ﻳَﻤِ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َرﺗِ َﻚ‪ «.‬وَا ْرﺗَﻤَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎدِ ﻋَ ُﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻗﺪَﻣَ ﱠﻲ َ‬ ‫ِﰲ ُ‬ ‫ِﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﺿ ِﺎرﻋَ ًﺔ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﻐﻔِ َﺮ ًة‪ ،‬ﺗَﺘَﻮ ﱠَﺳ ُﻞ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ أ َ ْن أُﺑْﻘ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ً‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎل‪ ،‬ﻓﻘ ْﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬ﻓﻘ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺎﻧِﻘﺎ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﺿﺎﻗ ْﺖ ﺟَ ِﺮﻳﻤَ ﺘُﻚِ‬ ‫ﺎل‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎذِ ِب ْاﻵﻣَ ِ‬ ‫»ﻻ ﺗُﻌَ ﱢﻠ ِﲇ ﻧَﻔ َﺴﻚِ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤُﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫َت إ ِ َﺳﺎءَﺗُﻚِ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ وَﺣْ ﺪِي َﻟﻬَ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ َﻜ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻨْﻌَ ﺎءُ ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻔ ِﻮ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ِﻮ ْاﻗﺘَ َﴫ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻟِﻠ ﱠﺮﺣْ ﻤَ ِﺔ ﻣَ ﺠَ ﺎ ٌل‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻚِ دَﻣﱠ ْﺮ ِت ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ َة َﺳﻴﱢ َﺪ ٍة ﺑ َِﺮﻳﺌَ ٍﺔ ِآﻣﻨ َ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺒَ ﱠﺪ ْﻟ ِﺖ ﻧَﻌِ ﻴﻤَ ﻬَ ﺎ ﺟَ ﺤِ ﻴﻤً ﺎ‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﱠﻮ ْﻟ ِﺖ َﺳﻌَ ﺎ َدﺗَﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ ﺬَاﺑًﺎ‬ ‫أَﻟِﻴﻤً ﺎ‪ ،‬وَاﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ َﻛﻴْﺪُكِ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﺎت أ َ ْن أ َ َر َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﺮد َِﻫﺎ ذَﻟِﻴ َﻠ ًﺔ ﻣَ ِﻬﻴﻨ َ ًﺔ‪ .‬و َ​َﻫﻴْﻬَ َ‬ ‫اﻫﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ذَﻟِﻚِ ‪َ «.‬و َﻟ ْﻢ أ ُ ِﺿ ِﻊ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ َﺖ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻮز‪ ،‬وَاﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ ْﻘ ُﺖ ِﰲ أَﺛ َ ِﺮ َزو ِْﺟﻬَ ﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ ْﻫ َﻮﻳ ُْﺖ ِﺑ َﺴﻴْﻔِﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻋُ ﻨ ُ ِﻖ ﱢ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﴩﻳ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬ ‫‪38‬‬


‫ﺼ ُﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎدِ ُس‬

‫ﺎب‪.‬‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ ْﻓ َﴣ إ ِ َﱃ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َ​َﺔ« ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ »ﻣ ُْﻘ ِﺒ ٍﻞ« وَﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْﻟﺤَ َﻘ ُﻪ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋِ َﻘ ٍ‬ ‫)‪َ (3‬‬ ‫ﺧﺎﺗِﻤَ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺔ‬ ‫ِﻳﺚ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ » ِﺑ ْﺴ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ ﻳُﻨ ْ ِﺼﺘُ َ‬ ‫َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻮن إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ٍم« و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﻋَ َﻘﺪ َِت اﻟﺪ ْﱠﻫ َﺸ ُﺔ أ َ ْﻟ ِﺴﻨَﺘَﻬُ ﻢْ‪َ ،‬وﺑَ َﻠ َﻎ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠَ ﺐُ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ْﻢ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺒْ َﻠ ٍﻎ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛ َﻼ ِﻣ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﺘَ َﻔ َﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ َ‬ ‫»ﻏﺎﻟ ٍِﺐ« و َ​َﻗﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ ﺑ ِ‬ ‫َﺎﺳﻤً ﺎ‪:‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺒﻴ ُﻞ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫»و َْاﻵ َن ﺟَ ﺎءَ َد ْو ُر َك أَﻳﱡﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ‪،‬‬ ‫َآن ِﱄ أ َ ْن أ ُ َﻛﺎﻓِ ﺌَ َﻚ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْﺳ َﺪﻳ َْﺖ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ِﻤ ٍ‬ ‫ُﴩﻳ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﺘَﻤَ ﱠﻦ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ﻣَ ﺎ ِﺷﺌْ َﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ أُﻣْ ِﻨﻴ ٍ‬ ‫َﺎت‪«.‬‬ ‫ﱠﺎت‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ُﻛﻨ ْ َﺖ أ َ ﱠو َل ﻣَ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﻤَ َﻞ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ أ َ ْﺳﻌَ َﺪ ا ْﻟﺒ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ ْﺖ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ« إ ِ َﱃ َزو ِْﺟﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺤَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﴎ َع ِﺑ ِﺎﻻﻋْ ِﺘﺬَ ِار إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‬ ‫وُ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ِﺔ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳُﺤَ ﱢﺪﺛُﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ْ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ري ِه ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﻴَﺎ ِم ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ُﻫ َﻮ أ ْﻫﻠُ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ َﻔﺎ َو ٍة َوإِﻋْ َ‬ ‫ﻈﺎ ٍم‪ .‬وَاﺑْﺘَﻬَ ﺞَ‬ ‫ُﻣ ْﻠﺘَ ِﻤ ًﺴﺎ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ْﻔﺢَ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻠﻜ ﱢِﻲ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ﻧ َ َﺰ َل ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ َ‬ ‫»ﻏﺎﻟِﺐٌ « َ‬ ‫ﺿﻴ ًْﻔﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣِ ِﺒ ِﻪ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ ،‬وذَ َﻫﺐَ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫» ِﺑ ْﺴ َ‬ ‫َاﴏ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻮ ﱠد ِة ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ني‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤَ ﺎ —‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ٍم«‪ ،‬ﻋِ ﱠﺪ َة أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم ِﰲ إِﺟْ َﻼ ٍل َوإ ِ ْﻛ َﺮا ٍم‪َ .‬وﺗَ َﻮﺛ ﱠ َﻘ ْﺖ أَو ِ ُ‬ ‫َني ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻜ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َ​َق ﺟَ ﺎ َرﻳ ِْﻦ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻛ َﺮ َم أ َ َﺧ َﻮﻳ ِْﻦ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم — أ َ ْ‬ ‫ني‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻ َﻔﻰ َﺧﻠِﻴ َﻠ ْ ِ‬

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