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‫اﻟﺪﻳﻦِ‬ ‫َﻋ َﻼءُ ﱢ‬

‫اﻟﺪﻳﻦِ‬ ‫َﻋ َﻼءُ ﱢ‬

‫ﺗﺄﻟﻴﻒ‬ ‫ﻛﺎﻣﻞ ﻛﻴﻼﻧﻲ‬

‫ﱢﻳﻦ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻛﺎﻣﻞ ﻛﻴﻼﻧﻲ‬

‫رﻗﻢ إﻳﺪاع ‪١٩٤٦٦ / ٢٠١٢‬‬ ‫ﺗﺪﻣﻚ‪٩٧٨ ٩٧٧ ٧١٩ ١٢٩ ٦ :‬‬ ‫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 :‬ﺣﻨﺎن ﺑﻐﺪادي‪.‬‬ ‫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.‬‬

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‫ﺗَﻤْ ِﻬﻴ ٌﺪ‬ ‫‪ -١‬ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻲ‬ ‫اﻹ ْﻓ ِﺮﻳﻘ ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺒَﺎحُ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺠﻴﺐُ‬ ‫‪ -٢‬ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْ‬ ‫ُور‬ ‫‪ -٣‬ﺑَ ْﺪ ُر ا ْﻟﺒُﺪ ِ‬ ‫ري ِة‬ ‫‪َ -٤‬زوَاجُ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣ َ‬ ‫‪ -٥‬ﻋَ ْﻮ َد ُة ﱠ‬ ‫اﻹ ْﻓ ِﺮﻳﻘ ﱢِﻲ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ِﺮ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ‬ ‫‪ -٦‬اﻧْﺘ َِﻘﺎ ُم ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫‪َ -٧‬ﺷﻘِ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻲ‬ ‫اﻹ ْﻓ ِﺮﻳﻘ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ِﺮ ْ ِ‬

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‫ﻴﺪ‬ ‫ﲤﻬِ ٌ‬ ‫َْ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﲔِ‬ ‫ِﰲ ﺑ َِﻼ ِد ﱢ‬

‫ﻄ َﻔﻰ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻴﱠﺎ ُ‬ ‫ُﺼ َ‬ ‫)‪ (1‬ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ط‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬أَﻳﱡﻬَ ﺎ ْاﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫أَﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ ُﻓ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﺑ َﻼ َد ﱢ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻔﺎ ُل ْاﻷَﻋِ ﱠﺰاءُ؟‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ِﻤﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ُ‬ ‫َﻟﻌَ ﱠﻠ ُﻜ ْﻢ َﺳ ِﻤﻌْ ﺘُ ْﻢ ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫ﻇﻨ ﱡ ُﻜ ْﻢ َﻗ ْﺪ َﺳ َﺎﻓ ْﺮﺗُ ْﻢ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة وَاﺣِ َﺪ ًة ِﰲ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ ِﺗ ُﻜﻢْ؛ َﻓ ِﻬ َﻲ ِﺑ َﻼ ٌد‬ ‫ﺺ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ُﻜ ْﻢ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪ ٌة ِﺟﺪٍّا‪ .‬وَأَﻧَﺎ أُﺣِ ﺐﱡ أ َ ْن أ َ ُﻗ ﱠ‬ ‫َث ِﰲ ِﺗ ْﻠ ُﻜ ُﻢ ا ْﻟ ِﺒ َﻼدِ ا ْﻟﺒَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪةِ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻋَ َ‬ ‫ُﺼ َ‬ ‫ط ﻧ َ ِﺸﻴ ٌ‬ ‫ني اﻟﻨﱠﺎ ِﺋﻴَ ِﺔ )ا ْﻟﺒَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪةِ( َﺧﻴﱠﺎ ٌ‬ ‫اﺳ ُﻤ ُﻪ »ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﻂ ْ‬ ‫ﺎش ِﰲ أَﺣَ ِﺪ ِﺑ َﻼدِ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻔﻰ«‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِ‬ ‫اﺳ َﻢ ا ْﻟﺒَ َﻠ ِﺪ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﺎش ﻓِ ﻴ َﻪ ذَ ِﻟ ُﻜ ُﻢ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻴﱠﺎ ُ‬ ‫ﻧ َ ِﺴ ُ‬ ‫ط؛ ِﻷ َ ﱠن ِﺑ َﻼ َد ﱢ‬ ‫ﻴﺖ ْ‬ ‫ني َﻛ ِﺜريَ ٌة ِﺟﺪٍّا‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﻤَ ﺎ ِﻟ َﻜﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِ‬ ‫َاﺳﻌَ ٌﺔ َﻓ ِﺴﻴﺤَ ُﺔ ْاﻷ َ ْرﺟَ ﺎءِ )اﻟﻨﱠﻮَاﺣِ ﻲ(‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻔﻰ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻴﱠﺎ ُ‬ ‫ُﺼ َ‬ ‫ط« ِﰲ ﺑَ َﻠ ِﺪ ِه َﻓﻘِ ريًا‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫و ِ‬ ‫ﺎش »ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﻳَﻌْ ﻤَ ُﻞ ُ‬ ‫ﺼ َﻞ ﻋَ َﲆ ُﻗﻮﺗ ِ​ِﻪ و َُﻗ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َل ﻳَ ْﻮﻣ ِ​ِﻪ ِﰲ ُد ﱠﻛﺎﻧ ِ​ِﻪ‪ِ ،‬ﻟﻴَﺤْ ُ‬ ‫ﻮت َزو ِْﺟ ِﻪ َو َو َﻟ ِﺪهِ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ — ﻟ َِﻔ ْﻘ ِﺮ ِه‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎل‪ِ ،‬ﻟﻴَﻨ ْ َﻔ َﻊ ِﺑ ِﻪ َزوْﺟَ ُﻪ َو َو َﻟ َﺪ ُه ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻣَ ْﻮﺗ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺪِﻳ ِﺪ — أ َ ْن ﻳَﺪﱠﺧِ َﺮ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‬ ‫)‪» (2‬ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻔﻰ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻴﱠﺎ ُ‬ ‫ُﺼ َ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«؛ َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُ ْﺮ َز ْق »ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳُﺤِ ﺒﱡ ُﻪ‬ ‫ط« ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷَو َْﻻدِ َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫ري َو َﻟ ٍﺪ وَاﺣِ ٍﺪ َﺳﻤﱠ ﺎ ُه »ﻋَ َﻼءَ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻔﻰ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻴﱠﺎ َ‬ ‫ُﺼ َ‬ ‫ط« َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺣُ ﺒٍّﺎ َﺷﺪِﻳﺪًا‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ »ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن — َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟ ُﻜ ْﻢ — َﻓﻘِ ريًا‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ أ َ ْن‬ ‫ﻳُﻌَ ﱢﻠ َﻢ َو َﻟ َﺪهُ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ َْﱰُ ُﻛ ُﻪ ﻳ َْﻘ ِﴤ ﻳَﻮْﻣَ ُﻪ ُﻛ ﱠﻠ ُﻪ ِﰲ َﺧ ِﺎر ِج ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺖ‪َ ،‬وﻳَ ْﻠﻌَ ﺐُ ﻣَ َﻊ أ َ ْﺷﺒَﺎﻫِ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷَو َْﻻدِ‬

‫ﱢﻳﻦ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬

‫ِﻴﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺰﻣَ ِﻦ — أ َ ْﺳﻮَأ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ أَﻟ ُِﻔﻮا ا ْﻟﺒَ َ‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﺬ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ َﻟ َﺔ وَاﻟ ﱠﻠﻌِ ﺐَ ؛ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﺳﺎءَ ُﺧﻠُ ُﻘﻪُ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫َﺻﺎ َر — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎل ﻟ ِْﻸ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎل‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« — ﻋَ َﲆ ذَ َﻛﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻪ — َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪ ا ْﻟﻌِ ﻨَﺎدِ ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺢَ َﻟ ُﻪ أَﺑُﻮ ُه أ َ ْن‬ ‫ﻃ َﻔ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣﺜ َ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎن »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ُﺼﺎﺣَ ﺒَﺘَﻬُ ﻢْ(‪َ ،‬وﻳَﺒْﺘَﻌِ َﺪ ﻋَ ْﻦ ُر َﻓ َﻘﺎءِ ﱡ‬ ‫َار )ﻳ َْﱰُ َك ﻣ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻮءِ‪ .‬وَﺣَ ﺎ َو َل — ﺟُ ﻬْ َﺪ ُه‬ ‫ﻳ ُْﻘ ِﻠ َﻊ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻣُﻌَ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎﴍ ِة ْاﻷ َ ْﴍ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺤً ﺎ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫— أ َ ْن ﻳُﻌَ ﱢﻠﻤَ ُﻪ ِﺻﻨَﺎﻋَ ًﺔ ﺗَﻨ ْ َﻔﻌُ ُﻪ إِذَا َﻛ ِﱪَ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﻘﺒَ ْﻞ َﻟ ُﻪ ﻧ ُ ْ‬ ‫َﺿﺎﻋَ ْﺖ ﺟُ ﻬُ ﻮ ُد أ َ ِﺑﻴ ِﻪ ِﺑ َﻼ َﻓﺎ ِﺋ َﺪةٍ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ﱠﺮ أَﺑُﻮ ُه إ ِ َﱃ ﻣُﻌَ َﺎﻗﺒَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ َو َزﺟْ ِﺮ ِه )ﻣَ ﻨْﻌِ ِﻪ َوﻧَﻬْ ِﻴ ِﻪ(‪ ،‬وَاﺗﱠ َﺨﺬَ ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ و َ​َﺳﺎ ِﺋ َﻞ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﻨ ْ ِﻒ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎﺿ ُ‬ ‫َﻓ ْ‬ ‫)اﻟﺸ ﱠﺪةِ( ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ‬ ‫أ َ ْن أ َ ْﺧ َﻔ َﻘ ْﺖ — ِﰲ إ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﺎب أ َ ِﺑﻴ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺻ َﻼﺣِ ِﻪ — و َ​َﺳﺎ ِﺋ ُﻞ اﻟ ﱢﻠ ِ‬ ‫َﺎل ِﺑﻌِ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫ني‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ »ﻋَ َﻼءَ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻳُ َﺆﺛ ﱢ ْﺮ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ َزﺟْ ُﺮ ُه و َِﺷ ﱠﺪﺗُﻪُ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ َزا َل َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ ُﻜ ْﻢ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳَﺌ َِﺲ أَﺑُﻮ ُه ِﻣ ْﻦ إ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﺻ َﻼﺣِ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن أ َ ِﺑ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻪ‬ ‫)‪» (3‬ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ِﰲ ُد ﱠﻛ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻟﺠَ ﺄ َ أَﺑُﻮ ُه إ ِ َﱃ آﺧِ ِﺮ و َِﺳﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪهُ؛ َﻓﺄ َ َﺧﺬَ ُه ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ُد ﱠﻛﺎﻧ ِ​ِﻪ ِﻟﻴُﻌَ ﱢﻠﻤَ ُﻪ ﺣِ ْﺮ َﻓﺘَﻪُ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﺒْﺬُ ُل و ُْﺳﻌَ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻴﺐ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻤَ ِﻞ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ْن ﻳ َْﱰُﻛ ُﻪ ِﰲ ُد ﱠﻛﺎﻧ ِ​ِﻪ — َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺰﻣَ ِﻦ — ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳَﻬْ ُﺮبَ ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪،‬‬ ‫ِﰲ ﺗَﺤْ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﴤ ﺑَ ِﻘﻴ َﱠﺔ ﻳَ ْﻮﻣ ِ​ِﻪ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻬْ ِﻮ وَاﻟ ﱠﻠﻌِ ِﺐ ﻣَ َﻊ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺤَ ﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫َوﻳ َْﻘ ِ َ‬ ‫ُﺼﻠِﺤَ ُﻪ َوﻳُ َﺮﺑﱢﻴَ ُﻪ إ ِ ﱠﻻ اﻟ ﱠﺰﻣَ ُﻦ وَﺣْ َﺪهُ‪ ،‬وَأَﻳ َْﻘ َﻦ أ َ ﱠن ُد ُر َ‬ ‫َﻓﻌَ ِﻠ َﻢ أَﺑُﻮ ُه أ َ ﱠن َو َﻟ َﺪ ُه َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳ ْ‬ ‫وس ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎ ِة‬ ‫ﺎﺳﻴَ ِﺔ َﻛﻔِ ﻴ َﻠ ٌﺔ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫)ﺿ ِﺎﻣﻨ َ ٌﺔ( ِﺑﺘَ ْﻘ ِﻮﻳﻤِ ِﻪ َوﺗَﻬْ ﺬِﻳ ِﺒ ِﻪ‪:‬‬ ‫أ َ ﱠدﺑَ ُﻪ اﻟ ﱠﻠ ﻴْ ُﻞ وَاﻟ ﻨ ﱠﻬَ ﺎ ُر‬

‫ﻣَ ْﻦ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُ َﺆ ﱢدﺑْ ُﻪ وَا ِﻟﺪَا ُه‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻣَ ﻮ ِْت أ َ ِﺑ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻪ‬ ‫)‪» (4‬ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬

‫ض أَﺑُﻮ ُه ﻣَ َﺮ ً‬ ‫ﱰ ٍة ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺰﻣَ ِﻦ‪ ،‬ﻣَ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺿﺎ َﺷﺪِﻳﺪًا‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻣَ َ‬ ‫ﺎت و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﺎﺋ ٌِﺲ ِﻣ ْﻦ إ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﺻ َﻼ ِح َو َﻟ ِﺪ ِه‬ ‫َوﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻓ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَ ْﺮﺟُ ﻮ َﻟ ُﻪ اﻟﻨﱠﺠَ ﺎحَ وَاﻟﺘﱠ ْﻮﻓ َ‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻛ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻖ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ َﻔﻰ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻴﱠﺎ ُ‬ ‫ُﺼ َ‬ ‫ط« — ِﻟ َﺰو ِْﺟ ِﻪ َو َو َﻟ ِﺪ ِه — إ ِ ﱠﻻ ُد ﱠﻛﺎﻧ َ ُﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﱰُ ْك »ﻣ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ‪َ .‬و َرأ َ ْت ِﺗ ْﻠ ُﻜ ُﻢ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳ َْﺨﻠُ َ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْرﻣَ َﻠ ُﺔ )ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮأ َ ُة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻣَ َ‬ ‫ﻒ أَﺑَﺎ ُه ِﰲ ِﺻﻨَﺎﻋَ ﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎت َزوْﺟُ ﻬَ ﺎ( أ َ ﱠن َو َﻟﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ »ﻋَ َﻼءَ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت ِﺑﺜَﻤَ ﻨ ِ​ِﻪ ُﻣ ﱠﺪ ًة َ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﻟِﻤَ ﻴْﻠ ِ​ِﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ ِﺒ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ َﻟ ِﺔ وَاﻟ ﱠﻠﻌِ ِﺐ؛ َﻓﺒَﺎﻋَ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱡﺪ ﱠﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْﻘﺘَ ُ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ ًﺔ؛ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أَﻧ ْ َﻔ َﻘ ْﺖ‬ ‫ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱡ ُﻘﻮدِ‪.‬‬

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‫ﺗَﻤْ ِﻬﻴ ٌﺪ‬

‫ﺎﺿ ُ‬ ‫َﻓ ْ‬ ‫ُﻮت — ﻫِ َﻲ َو َو َﻟﺪ َُﻫﺎ — ﺟُ ﻮﻋً ﺎ؛ َﻓ َﻜﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْﻐ ِﺰ ُل ا ْﻟ ُﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ﱠﺮ ْت إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻤَ ِﻞ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻻ ﺗَﻤ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻦ‬ ‫— ُ‬ ‫َاق‪َ ،‬وﺗَ ْﻘﺘَ ُ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« —‬ ‫ﺎت — ﻫِ َﻲ وَاﺑْﻨُﻬَ ﺎ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َل اﻟﻨﱠﻬَ ِﺎر — ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَ ِﺒﻴ ُﻊ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻏ َﺰ َﻟﺘْ ُﻪ ِﰲ ْاﻷ َ ْﺳﻮ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑﺜَﻤَ ﻨ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻣَ ﻮ ِْت أ َ ِﺑﻴ ِﻪ — َﻓﺄ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻖ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻌِ ﻨ َ َ‬ ‫و َ​َﺧ َﻼ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱡﻮ ﻟ َ‬ ‫ﺎن )ﻣَ َﴣ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫ِﺼﺎﺣِ ِﺒﻨَﺎ »ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﴩ َة‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳ ُِﺮﻳﺪُ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﺮ َك ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﺤُ ﱢﺮﻳ َﱠﺔ( ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻬْ ِﻮ وَاﻟ ﱠﻠﻌِ ِﺐ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻐ ْﺖ ِﺳﻨ ﱡ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎﻣ َﺴ َﺔ ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ أُﻣﱡ ُﻪ َﻗﺎدِ َر ًة ﻋَ َﲆ إ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﺐ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻤَ ِﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﻋَ ﺠَ َﺰ أَﺑُﻮ ُه ﻋَ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺻ َﻼﺣِ ِﻪ َوﺗَﺤْ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ذَ ِﻟ ُﻜ ْﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ؛ َﻓﺄ َ ْﺳ َﻠﻤَ ْﺖ أَﻣْ َﺮ َﻫﺎ ِهلل ِ‪ ،‬وَا ْﻛﺘَ َﻔ ْﺖ ِﺑﺎﻟﺪﱡﻋَ ﺎءِ ِﻟ َﻮ َﻟﺪ َِﻫﺎ — ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﺻ َﻠﻮَاﺗِﻬَ ﺎ — ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ِﻬﺪَاﻳَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ِﻴﻖ‪.‬‬ ‫وَاﻟﺘﱠ ْﻮﻓ ِ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻷول‬

‫اﻹ ْﻓ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺣ ُﺮ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ﱡﻲ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫)‪ْ (1‬‬ ‫اﻫ ِﺘﺪَاءُ ﱠ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ِﺮ إ ِ َﱃ »ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫و َِﰲ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ﻳَ ْﻠﻌَ ﺐُ ﻣَ َﻊ ِر َﻓﺎﻗِ ِﻪ — ﻋَ َﲆ ﻋَ ﺎ َدﺗ ِ​ِﻪ — َﻓﻤَ ﱠﺮ ِﺑ ِﻪ َرﺟُ ٌﻞ‬ ‫ﺎن »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﻏ ِﺮﻳﺐٌ ‪ ،‬ﺗَ ُﺪ ﱡل ﻣَ َﻼ ِﻣﺤُ ُﻪ و َِزﻳﱡ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﱢ‬ ‫ني‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِ‬ ‫)ﺷ ْﻜﻠُ ُﻪ و َ​َﻫﻴْﺌَ ُﺔ ﻣَ َﻼ ِﺑ ِﺴ ِﻪ( ﻋَ َﲆ أﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﺳ ﱠﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻳَﺘَﺄَﻣﱠ ُﻞ ِﰲ َﻫﻴْﺌَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﺘَ َﻔ ﱠﺮ ُس ِﰲ ﻣَ َﻼ ِﻣﺤِ ِﻪ )ﻳُﺪ ﱢَﻗ ُﻖ اﻟﻨ ﱠ َ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ْن َرآ ُه ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِﺮﻳﺐُ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ و َ​َﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎن َﻫﺬَا اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ُﻞ َﺳﺎﺣِ ًﺮا ﻣَ ْﺸﻬُ ﻮ ًرا‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﻧ َ َﺸﺄ َ‬ ‫َوﻳَﺘَﺄَﻣﱠ ُﻞ ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْ‬ ‫ﻈﻬَ ُﺮ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ َﺸﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ وَﺟْ ِﻬ ِﻪ(‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻹ ْﻓ ِﺮﻳ ِﻘﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻢ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺤْ َﺮ — ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ﻧ َ ْﺸﺄَﺗ ِ​ِﻪ — َوﺑَ َﺮ َع ِﰲ ُﻓﻨُﻮﻧ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا‬ ‫ِﰲ أَﺣَ ِﺪ ِﺑ َﻼدِ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎ ﱠر ِة ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻳُ َﻠ ﱢﻘﺒُﻮﻧ َ ُﻪ ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻹ ْﻓ ِﺮﻳﻘ ﱢِﻲ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ و َ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‪،‬‬ ‫ني ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ﻳَﻮْﻣَ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِ‬ ‫ني‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َرأَى »ﻋَ َﻼءَ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ِﺮ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﺮ وَﺟْ ِﻬ ِﻪ ُ‬ ‫)ﺧ ُ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َرﺗ ِ​ِﻪ؛ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺳﺄ َ َل أَﺣَ َﺪ ْاﻷَو َْﻻدِ‬ ‫ﻮط ﺟَ ِﺒﻴﻨ ِ​ِﻪ(‪َ ،‬وﻳَﺘَﺄَﻣﱠ ُﻞ ِﰲ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻳَﺘَ َﻔ ﱠﺮ ُس ِﰲ أ َ َﺳ ِﺎر ِ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« َﻓ ِﺮحَ و ْ‬ ‫ﱪ ُه أ َ ﱠن ْ‬ ‫ﻋَ ِﻦ ْ‬ ‫ْﴩ‪ ،‬وَأَﻳ َْﻘ َﻦ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ ُْﺨ ِﻄﺊْ ِﰲ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَﺒ َ َ‬ ‫اﺳ ِﻤ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ أ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬ ‫اﺳﻤَ ُﻪ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ِاﻻ ْﻫ ِﺘﺪَاءِ إ ِ َﱃ ِﻃ ْﻠﺒَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ )ﺣَ ﺎﺟَ ﺘ ِ​ِﻪ و َ​َﻗ ْ‬ ‫ﺎح‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺪهِ(‪ ،‬وَأ ﱠن َﺳﻌْ ﻴَ ُﻪ َﻗ ْﺪ ُﻛ ﱢﻠ َﻞ )ﺗُﻮﱢجَ ( ِﺑﺎﻟﻨﱠﺠَ ِ‬ ‫)‪َ (2‬ﻏ َﺮ ُ‬ ‫ض ﱠ‬ ‫اﻹ ْﻓ ِﺮﻳﻘِ ﱢﻲ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ِﺮ ْ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻫﺬَا ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺤْ ِﺮ‪ :‬أ َ ﱠن ِﰲ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻹ ْﻓ ِﺮﻳﻘ ﱡِﻲ ﻳ َْﻘ َﺮأ ُ ِﰲ ُﻛﺘُ ِﺐ ﱢ‬ ‫ني َﻛﻨ ْ ًﺰا َﻻ ﻣَ ﺜِﻴ َﻞ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ ْ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺼﺒَﺎﺣً ﺎ ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒًﺎ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ُﻘ ً‬ ‫ﻮﺷﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻼ ِﺳ ُﻢ ) ِﻛﺘَﺎﺑ ٌ‬ ‫ﻮز ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض‪ ،‬وَأ ﱠن ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ ُﻜ ُﻢ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِﻣ ْ‬ ‫َﺎت َﺧﻔِ ﻴ ٌﱠﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ُﻛﻨ ُ ِ‬ ‫و َُﺧ ُ‬ ‫ﻄﻮ ٌ‬ ‫ط َﻏ ِﺎﻣ َﻀ ٌﺔ( ِﻣ َﻦ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻹﻧ ْ َﺴﺎ ُن ِﺑﻴَ ِﺪ ِه ﺟَ ﺎءَ ُه َﺧﺎدِ ُم ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْ‬ ‫َﺎح ُﻣ َﻠﺒﱢﻴًﺎ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺤْ ِﺮ‪ ،‬إِذَا َﻓ َﺮ َﻛﻬَ ﺎ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻳَ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻠُﺒُ ُﻪ ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫َﺎح ُﻫ َﻮ أ َ ْﻛ َﱪُ ُﻣﻠُﻮكِ ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ﱢﻦ وَأ َ ْﻗﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن ﱠ‬ ‫اﻹ ْﻓ ِﺮﻳﻘ ﱡِﻲ ﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ أ َ ﱠن َﺧﺎدِ َم ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْ‬ ‫َاﻫﻢْ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺎس أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﻔﺘَﺢَ ذَ ِﻟ ُﻜ ُﻢ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻨ ْ َﺰ أ َ ْو ﻳَﺪ ُ‬ ‫اﺳ ِﺘ َ‬ ‫وَأ َ ْﻛﺜ َ ُﺮ ُﻫ ْﻢ ﺟُ ﻨُﻮدًا؛ َو َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﰲ ْ‬ ‫ْﺧ َﻠ ُﻪ إ ِ ﱠﻻ َﻓﺘًﻰ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻋَ ِﺔ أَﺣَ ٍﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬

‫ﱢﻳﻦ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬

‫ﻄ َﻔﻰ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻴﱠﺎ ُ‬ ‫ُﺼ َ‬ ‫ط«‪َ .‬ﻓ َﺴ َﺎﻓ َﺮ ﱠ‬ ‫َاﺳ ُﻢ أ َ ِﺑﻴ ِﻪ »ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« و ْ‬ ‫ني‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ِﰲ أَﺣَ ِﺪ ِﺑ َﻼدِ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِ‬ ‫اﺳ ُﻤ ُﻪ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َرﺗَ ُﻪ ُﻣ َ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَ ْﻠﻌَ ﺐُ ﻣَ َﻊ ْاﻷَو َْﻻدِ ‪َ ،‬رأَى ُ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ِﺑ َﻼدِ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ِﺑ َﻘ ًﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِ‬ ‫ني‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ َرأَى »ﻋَ َﻼءَ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ِﻠﺼ َﻔ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺤْ ِﺮ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ ْ‬ ‫ﺎت ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻗ َﺮأ َ َﻫﺎ ﻋَ ﻨ ْ ُﻪ ِﰲ ُﻛﺘُ ِﺐ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫اﺳﻤَ ُﻪ أَﻳ َْﻘ َﻦ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ِﻃ ْﻠﺒَﺘُ ُﻪ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻳَﺒْﺤَ ُﺚ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (3‬ﺣِ ﻴ َﻠ ُﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻹ ْﻓ ِﺮﻳﻘِ ﱢﻲ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ِﺮ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺴﺄ َ َﻟ ُﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ‪» :‬أ َ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ْ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ؟«‬ ‫اﺳ ُﻤ َﻚ ﻋَ َﻼءَ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ُﺼ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻪُ‪» :‬ﻧَﻌَ ﻢْ‪َ ،‬ﻫ َﻜﺬَا َﺳﻤﱠ ﺎﻧِﻲ أَﺑَﻮَايَ !« َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ‪» :‬أ َ َﻟ ْﺴ َﺖ اﺑ َْﻦ ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻔﻰ‬ ‫ﱠﺎط؟« َﻓﺄَﺟَ ﺎﺑَﻪُ‪» :‬ﻧَﻌَ ﻢْ‪ ،‬ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﻣَ َ‬ ‫ﺎت ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ﻋِ ﱠﺪ ِة َﺳﻨَﻮ ٍ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﺨﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺎحَ ﱠ‬ ‫َات!« َﻓ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ ﺑَﺎ ِﻛﻴًﺎ‪:‬‬ ‫ﻄ َﻔﻰ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻴﱠﺎ ُ‬ ‫ُﺼ َ‬ ‫ﴪﺗَﺎهُ! أَﻳَﻤ ُ‬ ‫»ﻳَﺎ هلل‪َ ،‬ﻫ ْﻞ ﻣَ َ‬ ‫ﺎت »ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ُﻮت و َ​َﻻ أ َ َراهُ؟«‬ ‫ط«؟ وَا ﺣَ ْ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﱰ ﱠددُ(‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺄ ﱠو َه َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻋَ ﺎﻧ َ َﻘ ُﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫)ﺷ َﻜﺎ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ وَﻗﺒﱠ َﻠ ُﻪ وَاﻟ ﱡﺪﻣُﻮ ُع ِﰲ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْ ِﻪ ﺗَ َﱰَﻗ َﺮ ُق‪) ،‬ﺗَﺪُو ُر َوﺗَ َ َ‬ ‫َوﺗَﻮَﺟﱠ ﻊَ(‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ﻋَ ْ‬ ‫ﻒ أ َ ِﺑﻴ ِﻪ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِﻪ؛ َﻓﺒَ َﻜﺎ ُه ﻣَ َﻊ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ِﺮ ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻟﻤً ﺎ ﻣَ ﺤْ ُﺰوﻧًﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫وَﺣِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺌ ٍﺬ ذَ َﻛ َﺮ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬

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‫ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻲ‬ ‫اﻹ ْﻓ ِﺮﻳﻘ ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ ْ ِ‬

‫)‪ (4‬ا ْﻟﻌَ ﱡﻢ ا ْﻟ َﻜﺎذِ بُ‬ ‫ﻳﺐ ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ِﺑﻴ ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ُﻪ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﺳﺒَ ِﺒ ِﻪ؛ َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ ﺑَﺎ ِﻛﻴًﺎ‪:‬‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑُ َﻜﺎءِ ذَ ِﻟ ُﻜ ُﻢ ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﻋَ ِﺠﺐَ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﺰ‪َ .‬و َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ — ُ‬ ‫ُﺼ َ‬ ‫»إ ِ ﱠن أَﺑَﺎ َك »ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َل ﻋُ ﻤ ُِﺮي —‬ ‫ﻄ َﻔﻰ« ُﻫ َﻮ َﺷﻘِ ﻴﻘِﻲ‪ ،‬وَأَﻧ ْ َﺖ اﺑْ ُﻦ أَﺧِ ﻲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﻊ وَأ َ ُ‬ ‫ﻮف( ْاﻷ َ ْﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻣُﻮ َﻟﻌً ﺎ )ﻣُﺤِ ﺒٍّﺎ ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﱢﻠ ًﻘﺎ( ِﺑ ْﺎﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﺎر‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ِز ْﻟ ُﺖ أَﺟُ ﻮبُ )أ َ ْﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ َر‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْر َﻛﺐُ ا ْﻟ ِﺒﺤَ ﺎ َر‪،‬‬ ‫ﻃﻨِﻲ‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺣَ ﻨَﻨ ْ ُﺖ إ ِ َﱃ َو َ‬ ‫َاﺷﺘَ ْﻘ ُﺖ إ ِ َﱃ أَﺧِ ﻲ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﷲ َ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َ​َﺸﺄ ْ أ َ ْن أ َ َرا ُه و َُﻫ َﻮ ﺣَ ﱞﻲ! آهٍ‪َ ،‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ‬ ‫ﺎن — ﻳَ ْﺮﺣَ ُﻤ ُﻪ ﷲ ُ — َﺷ ِﺒﻴﻬَ َﻚ ِﰲ ﻣَ َﻼ ِﻣﺤِ ِﻪ‪ .‬و َِﰲ َﻫﺬَا ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺒَ ِﻪ ﺑَﻌْ ُ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫)اﻟﺼ ْ ِﱪ( و ﱠ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫َاﻟﺴ ْﻠ َﻮ ِة‬ ‫ﺾ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﺰاءِ‬ ‫َﺎن ا ْﻟﺤُ ْﺰ ِن(‪«.‬‬ ‫)ﻧ ِْﺴﻴ ِ‬ ‫َﺻﺪ َﱠﻗ ُﻪ ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ َﻗﺎ َل‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺒﱠ َﻞ ﻳَ َﺪ ُه َﺷﺎ ِﻛ ًﺮا َﻟ ُﻪ ﻋَ ْ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ِﺑ َﻜ َﻼ ِﻣ ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻔ ُﻪ وَﺣَ ﻨَﺎﻧَﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓﺎﻧ ْ َﺨ َﺪ َع »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ُﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ‪» :‬أَﻳ َْﻦ ﺗَ ْﺴ ُﻜ ُﻦ ﻳَﺎ َو َﻟﺪِي؟«‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻬَ َﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻳ َْﻘ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﻦ )ﻳُﻘِﻴﻢُ( ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬وَا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﺖ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳ َْﺴ ُﻜﻨُﻪُ‪ُ ،‬ﻫ َﻮ وَأُﻣﱡ ﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓﺬَ َﻛ َﺮ َﻟ ُﻪ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﺄَﻋْ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُه ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ دِ ﻳﻨَﺎ َرﻳ ِْﻦ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺎ َل َﻟﻪُ‪» :‬ا ْر ِﺟ ْﻊ إ ِ َﱃ أُﻣﱢ َﻚ َﻓﺄ َ ْﺧ ِﱪ َْﻫﺎ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﺳﺄ َ ُزو ُر ُﻛﻤَ ﺎ — إِذَا‬ ‫ُﺼ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻌْ ُﺖ — ِﰲ ﻣَ َﺴﺎءِ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺪِ‪ِ ،‬ﻷ َ َرى ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ َْﺖ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﺷﻘِ ﻴﻘِﻲ »ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻔﻰ« ﻳ َْﺴ ُﻜﻨ ُ ُﻪ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن‬ ‫ﻳَﻤ َ‬ ‫ُﻮت‪«.‬‬

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‫ﱢﻳﻦ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬

‫)‪ (5‬ا ْﻟﻌَ ﱡﻢ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎﺋِﺐُ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« إ ِ َﱃ أُﻣﱢ ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﺄ َ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺪ ُْﻫ ً‬ ‫ﻮﺷﺎ‪َ :‬‬ ‫َﻓﺎﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫»ﺧ ﱢ ِﱪﻳﻨِﻲ — ﻳَﺎ أُﻣﱢ ﻲ — أَﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ ِﻓ َ‬ ‫ني‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ َﻖ )ﻣَ َﴙ( »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫أ َ ﱠن ِﱄ ﻋَ ﻤٍّ ﺎ؟«‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﺠﱢ ﺒ ًَﺔ‪َ » :‬ﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻟ َﻚ — ﻳَﺎ َو َﻟﺪِي — ﻋَ ﱞﻢ و َ​َﻻ َﺧﺎ ٌل!«‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ‪ ،‬وَأَﻋْ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫ﺺ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻗﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ اﻟﺪﱢﻳﻨَﺎ َرﻳ ِْﻦ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓﻌَ ِﺠﺒ َْﺖ أُﻣﱡ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ ُﻜﻢْ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن أَﺑُﻮ َك — َرﺣِ ﻤَ ُﻪ ﷲ ُ — ﻳُﺤَ ﱢﺪﺛُﻨِﻲ أ َ ﱠن َﻟ ُﻪ‬ ‫َﺷﻘِ ً‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَ ُ‬ ‫ﻳﻞ؛ َﻓ َﻠﻌَ ﱠﻞ َﻫﺬَا ُﻫ َﻮ َﺷﻘِ ُ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﻳَ َﺮاهُ‪ُ ،‬ﻣﻨْﺬُ َزﻣَ ٍﻦ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ أ َ ِﺑﻴ َﻚ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎت‪ ،‬د َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘﺎ ﻣَ َ‬ ‫ﻈﻨ ﱡ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ٍ‬ ‫َﻗ ْﺪ ﻣَ َ‬ ‫ﺎت‪«.‬‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‬ ‫)‪ِ (6‬ﰲ ﺑَﻴ ِْﺖ »ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُه دِ ﻳﻨَﺎ َرﻳ ِْﻦ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ — و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَ ْﻠﻌَ ﺐُ ﻣَ َﻊ ُر َﻓ َﻘﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻪ — َﻓﺄَﻋْ َ‬ ‫و َِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ َرآ ُه ﱠ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮﻳ ِْﻦ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺎ َل‬ ‫َﻟﻪُ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫»ﺧ ﱢ ْ‬ ‫ﱪ أُﻣﱠ َﻚ — ﻳَﺎ اﺑ َْﻦ أَﺧِ ﻲ — أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﺳﺄَﺗَﻌَ ﱠﴙ ِﰲ ﺑَﻴْﺘِ ُﻜﻤَ ﺎ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ َﺔ‪َ «.‬ﻓﺄ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﴎ َع »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫أُﻣﱢ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَأَﻋْ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ اﻟﺪﱢﻳﻨَﺎ َرﻳ ِْﻦ‪َ ،‬وذَ َﻛ َﺮ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻗﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ‪َ .‬ﻓ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﺘَﻌَ ﺎ َر ْت أُﻣﱡ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ﺎ َراﺗِﻬَ ﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ‬ ‫ْاﻷَوَاﻧِﻲ اﻟﺜ ﱠ ِﻤﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وَأَﻋَ ﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﱠت َﻟ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﺸﺎءً َﻓﺎﺧِ ًﺮا‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﴬ ﱠ‬ ‫َان ا ْﻟ َﻔﺎﻛِﻬَ ِﺔ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺟَ ﺎءَ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ ُﻞ‪ ،‬ﺣَ َ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ َﺳ ﱠﻠ ٌﺔ َﻛ ِﺒريَ ُة ﻣَ ﻤْ ﻠُﻮءَ ٌة ِﺑ َﺸﺘﱠﻰ أ ْﻟﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﻈﺎﻫِ ًﺮا ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤُ ْﺰ ِن ﻋَ َﲆ َزو ِْﺟﻬَ ﺎ — و َ​َﺳﺄ َ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَ َﻜﻰ — ُﻣﺘَ َ‬ ‫»ﺧ ﱢ ِﱪﻳﻨِﻲ‪،‬‬ ‫إ ِ ْن َرأَى أ ُ ﱠم »ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﺠْ ﻠ ُِﺲ أَﺧِ ﻲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮﺣُ ﻮمُ؟«‬ ‫ﻳَﺎ َزوْجَ أﺧِ ﻲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰ َة‪ِ :‬ﰲ أيﱢ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َل ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻘِ َﺪمُ‪َ .‬ﻓ ْ‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ َﺷﺎ َر ْت إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ِرﻳ َﻜ ٍﺔ )ﻣَ ْﻘﻌَ ﺪٍ( ِﰲ َز ِاوﻳَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﺤُ ﺠْ َﺮةِ‪ ،‬وَﻫِ ﻲ أ َ ِرﻳ َﻜ ٌﺔ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫)ﺷ ﱠﺪ ُة ﺣُ ْﺰﻧ ِ​ِﻪ(؛ َﻓ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ِﺮ وَﺟَ َﺰﻋُ ُﻪ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠﺒ َْﺖ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺑُ َﻜﺎءُ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن أَﺧِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َل‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة أ ْن ﻳَﺠْ ﻠ َِﺲ ِﰲ ﻣَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻟﻤً ﺎ‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﻻ أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ أ َ ْن أَﺟْ ﻠ َِﺲ ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧَﻪُ؛ َﻓ ِﺈﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻷَﺗَ َﺨﻴﱠﻠُ ُﻪ ْاﻵ َن ﺟَ ﺎﻟ ًِﺴﺎ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻨَﺎ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ ْﴍ َ‬ ‫َف‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ ُروﺣُ ُﻪ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﷲ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻫِ ُﺮ‪َ .‬رﺣْ ﻤَ ُﺔ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳُﺤِ ﺒﱡﻨِﻲ — َﻛﻤَ ﺎ أُﺣِ ﺒﱡ ُﻪ — أ َ َﺷ ﱠﺪ ا ْﻟﺤُ ﺐﱢ ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ‬ ‫ﷲ َ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َ​َﺸﺄ ْ أ َ ْن أ َ ْﻟ َﻘﺎ ُه وَأَﻧْﻌَ َﻢ ِﺑﺤَ ﺪِﻳﺜ ِ​ِﻪ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻤ َ‬ ‫ﺺ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬﻤَ ﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ُﻮت‪ «.‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ‪ :‬أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﺗَ َﺮ َك‬ ‫ﺎﻓ َﺮ إ ِ َﱃ ِﺑ َﻼدِ »ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻨْﺪِ« و َ‬ ‫ني ﻋَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ — وَأَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﺳ َ‬ ‫َﺷﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ُﻪ — ُﻣﻨْﺬُ أ َ ْرﺑَﻌِ َ‬ ‫َ»ﻓ ِﺎر َس« وَ»ﺑ َْﻐﺪَادَ«‪ ،‬وَأَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﺎبَ َ‬ ‫)ﻗ َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫اﻹ ْﻓ ِﺮﻳ ِﻘﻴﱠ ِﺔ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ َﴣ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ﻋُ ﻤ ُِﺮ ِه ِﰲ ﱢ‬ ‫ري ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﺒ َﻼدِ (‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴَﺎﺣَ ِﺔ‬ ‫)اﻟﺴ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﻊَ( أَﻧْﺤَ ﺎءَ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎ ﱠر ِة ْ ِ‬ ‫وَاﻟ ﱢﺮﺣَ ِﻞ ْ‬ ‫)اﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﺎر وَاﻟﺘﱠﻨ َ ﱡﻘ َﻼ ِت(‪.‬‬ ‫‪14‬‬

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‫)‪ْ (7‬اﻷَﻣَ ﺎﻧ ﱡِﻲ ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎدِ ﻋَ ُﺔ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ ُﻣﺘَ َﻠ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ا ْﻟﺘَ َﻔ َﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ًﻔﺎ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎ ِﺻﻨَﺎﻋَ ﺘُ َﻚ‪ ،‬ﻳَﺎ اﺑ َْﻦ أَﺧِ ﻲ‬ ‫اﻹ ْﻓ ِﺮﻳﻘ ﱡ‬ ‫ِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ »ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ ْ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰ؟«‬ ‫َاب ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺷ ﱠﺪ ِة ا ْﻟ َﺨﺠَ ِﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« وَﻋَ ﺠَ َﺰ ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻮ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺨ ِﺠ َﻞ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫َار — ُ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ أُﻣﱡ ﻪُ‪َ » :‬ﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﺻﻨَﺎﻋَ ٌﺔ إ ِ ﱠﻻ ا ْﻟﺒَ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َل اﻟﻨﱠﻬَ ِﺎر‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄﺎ َﻟ ُﺔ وَاﻟ ﱠﻠﻌِ ﺐُ — ﻣَ َﻊ ْاﻷ َ ْﴍ ِ‬ ‫ﱪ — َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳُﻮ ﱠَﻓ ْﻖ ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ أ َ َرادَ‪ .‬وَﺣَ ﺎ َو ْﻟ ُﺖ ﺟُ ﻬْ ﺪِي‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ َرا َد أَﺑُﻮ ُه أ َ ْن ﻳُﻌَ ﱢﻠﻤَ ُﻪ ِﺻﻨَﺎﻋَ ًﺔ ﺗَﻨ ْ َﻔﻌُ ُﻪ — إِذَا َﻛ ِ َ‬ ‫أ َ ْن أُﺣَ ﺒﱢﺐَ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻤَ َﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻌَ ﺠَ ْﺰ ُت ﻋَ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﻋَ ﺠَ َﺰ أَﺑُﻮ ُه ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪َ «.‬ﻓﺄَﺑْﺪَى ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ د َْﻫ َﺸﺘَ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻄ ًﻔﺎ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﺼﺢُ َﻟ ُﻪ ُﻣﺘَ َﻠ ﱢ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻨَﺎﻋَ ِ‬ ‫ض ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ َﺷﺘﱠﻰ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻳَﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫ري‬ ‫ﺎت؛ ِﻟﻴَﺘَ َﺨ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺧﻴْﺒَ ِﺔ »ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« َﺳ َﻜ َﺖ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ‪» :‬إِذَا ُﻛﻨ ْ َﺖ َﻻ ﺗَ ِﻤﻴ ُﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻨَﺎﻋَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ وَاﺣِ َﺪ ًة‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ »ﻋَ َﻼءَ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﻤَ ﺎ أ َ ُ‬ ‫ﻇﻨ ﱡ َﻚ ﺗَ ْﻜ َﺮ ُه اﻟﺘﱢﺠَ ﺎ َر َة؟ َﻓ ِﺈذَا ِﺷﺌْ َﺖ — ﻳَﺎ اﺑ َْﻦ أَﺧِ ﻲ — أ َ ْن ﺗَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺟ ًﺮا‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈﻧﱢﻲ ﻣ ُْﺸ َ ٍﱰ َﻟ َﻚ —‬ ‫ﻮن ﺗَ ِ‬ ‫َاب وَأَﺟْ َﻮد َ​َﻫﺎ )أَﺣْ َﺴﻨَﻬَ ﺎ(‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻮق اﻟﺘﱡﺠﱠ ِﺎر‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﺄُﺣْ ِ ُ‬ ‫ﴬ َﻟ َﻚ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ أ َ ْﻓ َﺨ َﺮ ْاﻷَﺛْﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻏ ٍﺪ — ُد ﱠﻛﺎﻧًﺎ ِﰲ ُﺳ ِ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« و َ​َﺷ َﻜ َﺮ َﻟ ُﻪ ﻋِ ﻨَﺎﻳَﺘَ ُﻪ ِﺑﺄَﻣْ ِﺮهِ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺷﻌَ َﺮ ِﺑﻤَ ﻴ ٍْﻞ ) َر ْﻏﺒَ ٍﺔ وَﺣُ ﺐﱟ ( َﺷﺪِﻳ ٍﺪ ﻟِﻠﺘﱠ َﺨ ﱡﻠ ِﺺ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻔ ِﺮحَ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ ِة ا ْﻟﺒَ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ َﻟ ِﺔ وَاﻟ ﱠﻠﻌِ ِﺐ‪َ ،‬وﺑَ ْﺪءِ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ ِة اﻟ ﱡﺮﺟُ ﻮ َﻟ ِﺔ وَا ْﻟ ِﺠﺪﱢ‪.‬‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ﺗَ ْﺮﺗَﺎبُ )ﺗَ ُﺸ ﱡﻚ( ِﰲ أ َ ﱠن َﻫﺬَا اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ َﻞ َﺷﻘِ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ َزو ِْﺟﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎ آﻣَ ﻨ َ ِﺖ‬ ‫َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ أ ُ ﱡم »ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫— ْاﻵ َن — ِﺑ ِﺼﺤﱠ ِﺔ دَﻋْ ﻮَاهُ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن َرأ َ ِت ْ‬ ‫اﻫﺘِﻤَ ﺎﻣَ ُﻪ ِﺑ َﻮ َﻟﺪ َِﻫﺎ‪ ،‬وَﺣِ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﻘﺒَﻠ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺟَ ﺎءَ و َْﻗ ُﺖ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﺸﺎءِ َﻓﺄ َ َﻛﻠُﻮا ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ‪َ .‬و َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ ﻳُﻤَ ﻨ ﱢ ِﻴﻬﻤَ ﺎ ْاﻷَﻣَ ﺎﻧ ﱠِﻲ ا ْﻟ َﻜﺎذِ ﺑ َ​َﺔ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ‪ ،‬ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﺄْذِ ﻧًﺎ ِﰲ ِاﻻﻧ ْ ِﴫ ِ‬ ‫ﻣَ َﴣ َﻫ ِﺰﻳ ٌﻊ )ﻗِ ْﺴ ٌﻢ َﻛ ِﺒريٌ( ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻮدﱠﻋَ ﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫َاف‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (8‬ﻣَ ﺄ ْ ُدﺑ َُﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ِﺮ‬ ‫ﻮق‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« إ ِ َﱃ ﱡ‬ ‫و َِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ‪ ،‬ذَ َﻫﺐَ ﱠ‬ ‫َاﺷ َﱰَى َﻟ ُﻪ أ َ ْﻓ َﺨ َﺮ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻼ ِﺑ ِﺲ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ ﻣَ َﻊ »ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ دَﻋَ ﺎ أَﻋْ ﻴ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻧ َ َﺰ َل ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ(‪ .‬وَأَدﱠبَ َﻟﻬُ ُﻢ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ ﻣَ ﺄ ْ ُدﺑ ًَﺔ َﻓﺎﺧِ َﺮ ًة‬ ‫َﺎن اﻟﺘﱡﺠﱠ ِﺎر إ ِ َﱃ ُﻓﻨْﺪُﻗِ ِﻪ )ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِ‬ ‫)أَﻋَ ﱠﺪ َﻟﻬُ ْﻢ ﻣَ ﺂ ِﻛ َﻞ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻴﱢﺒ ًَﺔ‪َ ،‬ودَﻋَ ُ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ ْﻢ ِﻟﺘَﻨَﺎ ُوﻟِﻬَ ﺎ(‪ ،‬وَﻋَ ﱠﺮ َﻓﻬُ ْﻢ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻋَ ﺎ َد ِﺑ ِﻪ —‬ ‫ﺼﺎﺣِ ِﺒﻨَﺎ »ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« َو َﻟﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ — ِﰲ ِﺛﻴَﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ اﻧْﺘِﻬَ ﺎءِ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺄ ْ ُدﺑَ ِﺔ — إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺖ ﻣَ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﴪو ًرا‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ْن َرأ َ ْت أ ُ ﱡم »ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ِﻠﺴﺎﺣِ ِﺮ — أَﺟْ َﺰ َل ﱡ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ِة ا ْﻟ َﻔﺎﺧِ َﺮ ِة — ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ اﻣْ ﺘَ َﻸ َ ْت ﻧ َ ْﻔ ُﺴﻬَ ﺎ َﻓ َﺮﺣً ﺎ َو ِﻏﺒْ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ًﺔ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺷ َﻜ َﺮ ْت ﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ْﻜ ِﺮ‬ ‫— َ‬ ‫ﺻﻨِﻴﻌَ ُﻪ )ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠﻪُ(‪ ،‬وَأَﻳ َْﻘﻨ َ ْﺖ أ َ ﱠن ﷲ َ — ُﺳﺒْﺤَ ﺎﻧ َ ُﻪ — َﻗ ْﺪ أَﺟَ ﺎبَ دُﻋَ ﺎء َ​َﻫﺎ ِﻟ َﻮ َﻟﺪ َِﻫﺎ؛ َﻓﺄ َ ْر َﺳ َﻞ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‬ ‫‪15‬‬

‫ﱢﻳﻦ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬

‫َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻠ َﻚ )اﻟ ﱡﺮوحَ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤَ ِﺎويﱠ ( ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺮﻳﻢَ‪ِ ،‬ﻟﻴُﺒَ ﱢﺪ َل َﺷ َﻘﺎ َوﺗَ ُﻪ َﺳﻌَ ﺎ َد ًة‪ ،‬و َ​َﻓ ْﻘ َﺮ ُه ﻏِ ﻨًﻰ‪ .‬وَأَو َ‬ ‫ْﺻ ْﺖ َو َﻟﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ‬ ‫ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﻟ َﻮ َﻟﺪِكِ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻋَ ﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﻣ ُﺮ ُه ِﺑ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ﻣُﻌْ ﺘَ ِﺰﻣً ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ِﴍَاءِ اﻟ ﱡﺪ ﱠﻛ ِ‬ ‫َﻏﺪًا‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ اﻟﺘﱡﺠﱠ ﺎ َر َﻻ ﻳَﻌْ ﻤَ ﻠُ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﰲ ﻳَ ْﻮ ِم ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻤُﻌَ ِﺔ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ أ َ ْن أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺤَ ﺒَ ُﻪ — ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ —‬ ‫ِﻟﻴَﺘَﻨ َ ﱠﺰ َه ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﺿﻮَاﺣِ ﻲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ ْﺷ َ ِﱰي َﻟ ُﻪ اﻟ ﱡﺪ ﱠﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻏ ٍﺪ — إ ِ ْن َﺷﺎءَ ﷲُ‪«.‬‬ ‫)‪ِ (9‬ﰲ َ‬ ‫ﺿﻮَاﺣِ ﻲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺟَ ﺎءَ ﱠ‬ ‫وج‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَ َﻜﺎ ُد‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ — ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ — َﻓ َﺮأى ا ْﻟ َﻮ َﻟ َﺪ ُﻣﺘَﺄ ﱢﻫﺒًﺎ )ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻌِ ﺪٍّا( ِﻟ ْﻠ ُﺨ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻳ ُِﺮﻳ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪَاﺋ َِﻖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ َﺔ وَا ْﻟ ُﻘ ُ‬ ‫ﻳ َِﻄريُ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺷ ﱠﺪ ِة ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺮ ِح‪َ .‬ﻓﻤَ َﴙ ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ َر ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﺨﻤَ َﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫َوﻳُﻤَ ﻨﱢﻴ ِﻪ ْاﻷَﻣَ ﺎﻧ ﱠِﻲ وَا ْﻟﻮُﻋُ ﻮ َد ا ْﻟ َﺨ ﱠﻼﺑ َ​َﺔ )ا ْﻟ َﺨﺪﱠاﻋَ َﺔ(‪ِ ،‬ﻟﻴُﻨ ْ ِﺴﻴَ ُﻪ ﻋَ ﻨَﺎءَ ﱠ‬ ‫ري‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَﻌِ ﺒَﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓﺠَ َﻠ َﺴﺎ ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﻛ َﻼ ِن‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ ﺎ ٍم َﻓﺎﺧِ ٍﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺄْﻧ َ َﻔﺎ )أَﻋَ ﺎدَا( ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ َﻗ ْﺪ أَﻋَ ﱠﺪ ُه ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْريَ‪ِ ،‬ﰲ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﻼءِ )ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﻀﺎءِ‬ ‫ﺿﻮَاﺣِ َﻲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ )ﻧَﻮَاﺣِ ﻴَﻬَ ﺎ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ان(‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ِن اﺟْ ﺘَﺎ َزا )ﺗَ َﺮ َﻛﺎ( َ‬ ‫ﻈﺎﻫِ َﺮ َة ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ(‪.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎﱄ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﻤْ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْريَ‪َ .‬ﻓ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠﺐَ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ِﻊ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ِﺮ أ َ ْن‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ َز َاﻻ َﺳﺎ ِﺋ َﺮﻳ ِْﻦ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَﻌِ ﺐَ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻳَﻌُ ﻮ َد ِﺑ ِﻪ‪.‬‬

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‫ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻲ‬ ‫اﻹ ْﻓ ِﺮﻳﻘ ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ ْ ِ‬

‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ ُﻣﺘَ َﻠ ﱢ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ًﻔﺎ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ — ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ َﺮ ُه ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﺎ َك‪َ «.‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ‬ ‫»ﺳﺄ ُ ِرﻳ َﻚ — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« أ َ ْن ﻳ َُﺨﺎﻟ َِﻔﻪُ‪َ .‬و َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫ان — أ َ ْﻏ َﺮبَ ا ْﻟﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺺ؛‬ ‫»ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ ﻳَ ْﺮ ِوي َﻟ ُﻪ — و َُﻫﻤَ ﺎ َﺳﺎ ِﺋ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ِﻟﻴُﻬَ ﻮ َﱢن ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (10‬ا ْﻟﻮ ُ‬ ‫ُﺻﻮ ُل إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻨ ْ ِﺰ‬ ‫ﺎع‪ ،‬ﻳ َْﻔ ِﺼﻠُﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ وَادٍ َ‬ ‫ني َﻗﻠ َ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ َز َاﻻ َﺳﺎ ِﺋ َﺮﻳ ِْﻦ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ و َ‬ ‫ﺿﻴ ٌﱢﻖ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻼ إ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ﺒَ َﻠ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﲇ ْ ِاﻻ ْرﺗ َِﻔ ِ‬ ‫»ﺳ َﱰَى ْاﻵ َن ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺨ ُ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ‪َ :‬‬ ‫َﺎل‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ْﺮ َﻟ َﻚ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺑ ٍ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫ﺎب‪ ،‬وَأوْﻗ َﺪ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ اﻟﻨﱠﺎ َر‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ ْﻟﻘﻰ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷﻋْ ﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺟَ ﻤَ َﻊ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﻘِ ِﻪ(‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻤْ ﺘَ َﻢ أ َ ْﻟ َﻔﺎ ً‬ ‫وف ِﰲ ﻧ ُ ْ‬ ‫َني ا ْﻟﺤُ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻮر‪ .‬وَﺟَ ﻤْ ﺠَ َﻢ )ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫ﻇﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺤْ ِﺮ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻄ َﻖ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُﺒ ﱢ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒ َُﺨ ِ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓ ُﺰ ْﻟ ِﺰ َﻟ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ْر ُ‬ ‫)اﻫﺘَ ﱠﺰ ْت وَا ْرﺗَﺠﱠ ْﺖ(‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ اﻧ ْ َﺸ ﱠﻘ ْﺖ‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ض ْ‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﻔﻬَ ْﻢ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫— أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ — ﺣَ ﺠَ ٌﺮ ُﻣ َﺮﺑﱠ ٌﻊ ِﰲ و َ​َﺳ ِﻄ ِﻪ ﺣَ ْﻠ َﻘ ٌﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪِﻳﺪِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َرأَى‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻠ َﻜ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻮ ُ‬ ‫ْف‪ ،‬و َ​َﻫ ﱠﻢ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻔِ َﺮ ِار ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓ ْﺮ ِط اﻟﺬﱡﻋْ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫)ﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻔ ِﺰ َع »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫)ﴐﺑَ ُﻪ ِﺑﻴَ ِﺪ ِه ﻣَ ﺒ ُْﺴﻮ َ‬ ‫ِﺷ ﱠﺪ ِة ا ْﻟ َﺨﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ َﻔﻌَ ُﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃ ًﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ وَﺟْ ِﻬ ِﻪ( َ‬ ‫ْف(؛ َﻓ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻔﻌَ ًﺔ َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪ ًة‪ ،‬و َ​َﻫ ﱠﺪ َد ُه‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ َ َ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ ِْت‪ ،‬إِذَا ﺣَ ﺎ َو َل ا ْﻟﻬَ َﺮبَ ‪َ .‬ﻓﺎ ْرﺗَﺠَ َ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‪ ،‬وَﻋَ ِﺠﺐَ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗ ْﺴ َﻮﺗ ِ​ِﻪ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺄ ْ َﻟ ْﻔﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻒ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ُﻪ ﺑَﺎ ِﻛﻴًﺎ‪» :‬أَيﱡ ذَﻧ ْ ٍﺐ ﺟَ ﻨَﻴ ُْﺖ — ﻳَﺎ ﻋَ ﻤﱢ ﻲ — ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗُﻌَ ﺎﻗِ ﺒَﻨِﻲ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻌِ َﻘﺎبَ ؟«‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺗُ َﺨﺎﻟ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ‪» :‬أ َ َﻟ ْﺴ ُﺖ ﻋَ ﻤﱠ َﻚ؟ َﻓ َﻜﻴ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻒ أَﻣْ ِﺮي؟«‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻻ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻔ ُﻪ وَأ َ َﻻ َن َﻟ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْﻮ َل‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﻨﱠﺎ ُه ا ْﻟﻮُﻋُ ﻮ َد ا ْﻟ َﻜﺎذِ ﺑ َ​َﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﺒَﻌِ ﻴ ِﺪ ِﻷ ُ ْر ِﺷ َﺪ َك إ ِ َﱃ َﻛﻨ ْ ٍﺰ ﻳ ُْﻐﻨِﻴ َﻚ ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َل ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ ِﺗ َﻚ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎ َل َﻟﻪُ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ِﺟﺌْ ُﺖ ِﺑ َﻚ إ ِ َﱃ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱡﺪﻧْﻴَﺎ ُﻛ ﱢﻠﻬَ ﺎ أَﺣَ ٌﺪ َﻏ ْريُ َك ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺪ ُ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺗَ ْﺮ ُﻓ ُ‬ ‫ْﺧ َﻞ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﻜﻨ ْ َﺰ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻜﻴ َ‬ ‫ﺾ َﺳﻌَ ﺎ َد ًة َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﻟﺘَﺤْ ﻠُ َﻢ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َل ﻋُ ﻤْ ِﺮ َك؟«‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ ِﺘﺪَاﺋ ِ​ِﻪ إ ِ َﱃ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﻜﻨ ْ ِﺰ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺒﱠ َﻞ ﻳَ َﺪ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬ﺷﺎ ِﻛ ًﺮا َﻟ ُﻪ ذَ ِﻟ ُﻜ ُﻢ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻔ ِﺮحَ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻨِﻴﻊَ‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻧﻲ‬

‫ﻴﺐ‬ ‫ا ْﳌ ِ ْﺼ َﺒ ُ‬ ‫ﺎح ا ْﻟ َﻌ ِﺠ ُ‬ ‫)‪ (1‬و ِ‬ ‫َﺻﻴ ُﱠﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ِﺮ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ِﻤ َﻚ و ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ‪» :‬ا ْر َﻓ ْﻊ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺠَ َﺮ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻨ ْ ِﻄ َﻖ ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫َاﺳ ِﻢ أ َ ِﺑﻴ َﻚ وَﺟَ ﱢﺪ َك؛ َﻟﻴ َْﺴﻬُ َﻞ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ َر ْﻓﻌُ ﻪُ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ِﺮ ِﺑ َﻼ ﺗَ َﺮدﱡدٍ ؛ َﻓ َﺮأَى ُﺳ ﱠﻠﻤً ﺎ ﻳ َِﺼ ُﻞ إ ِ َﱃ دَاﺧِ ِﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻨ ْ ِﺰ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َع أَﻣْ َﺮ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ‪:‬‬ ‫»اﻧْﺘَ ِﺒ ْﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ُﻗﻮﻟُ ُﻪ َﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬وإ ِ ﱠﻻ ﻋَ ﱠﺮ ْ‬ ‫ﺿ َﺖ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ َﻚ ِﻟ ْﻠﻬَ َﻼكِ ‪َ :‬ﺳ َﱰَى ِﰲ آﺧِ ِﺮ َﻫﺬَا ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ﱠﻠ ِﻢ‬ ‫ﺑَﺎﺑًﺎ ﻣَ ْﻔﺘُﻮﺣً ﺎ َﻓﺎد ُ‬ ‫ف َﻛ ِﺒريَ ٍة ِﰲ َ‬ ‫)ﻫﻨَﺎ َك( ﺗَ َﺮى ﺛ َ َﻼ َ‬ ‫ْﺧ ْﻠﻪُ‪َ .‬وﺛ َ ﱠﻢ ُ‬ ‫ث ُﻏ َﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳ ِﻘ َﻚ‪ .‬وَﻋَ َﲆ ﺟَ ﺎ ِﻧﺒ َْﻲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ‬ ‫ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓ ٍﺔ ﺣَ َﻘﺎﺋِﺐُ )ﺟَ ﻤْ ُﻊ ﺣَ ﻘِ ﻴﺒَ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬وَﻫِ َﻲ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻳ َ​َﻀ ُﻊ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﺴﺎﻓِ ُﺮ أ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءَهُ(‪ ،‬و َِﺟ َﺮا ٌر )أ َ ْو ِﻋﻴ ٌَﺔ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ﱠﺨ ِﺎر(‪ .‬و َ​َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺤَ َﻘﺎﺋِﺐُ وَا ْﻟ ِﺠ َﺮا ُر ﻣَ ﻤْ ﻠُﻮءَ ٌة ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﺬ َﻫ ِﺐ و َْاﻷَﺣْ ﺠَ ِﺎر ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺮﻳﻤَ ِﺔ — َﻛﺎﻟ ﱡﻠ ْﺆﻟُ ِﺆ‬ ‫وَا ْﻟﻴ َُﺎﻗ ِ‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﺬَ ِار )اﺣْ ﺬَ ْر( أ َ ْن ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﺴﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﻴَ ِﺪ َك‪ ،‬أ َ ْو‬ ‫ﻮت وَاﻟ ﱡﺰ ُﻣ ﱡﺮ ِد — َﻓﺎﺟْ ﺘَ ْﺰ َﻫﺎ ) ُﻣ ﱠﺮ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ( ِﺑ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ َﺮ ُ‬ ‫ﻳَ ْﻠﻤ َُﺴﻬَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ف ﺛ َ ْﻮ ِﺑ َﻚ‪َ ،‬وإ ِ ﱠﻻ َﻫ َﻠ ْﻜ ُﺖ ﻟ َِﺴﺎﻋَ ِﺘ َﻚ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓ ِﺈذَا اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻴ َْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬رأَﻳ َْﺖ أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ َﻚ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ًﺔ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ًﺔ‪ ،‬أ َ ْﺷﺠَ ﺎ ُر َﻫﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِﺐ‪َ ،‬وﺛِﻤَ ﺎ ُر َﻫﺎ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﻶﻟ ِ​ِﺊ اﻟﻨﱠﺎدِ َرةِ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺎﺟْ ﺘَ ْﺰ َﻫﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَ ِﺼ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ُﴍ َْﻓ ٍﺔ َﻛ ِﺒريَ ٍة ) ِﺑﻨَﺎءٍ ﺑ َِﺎر ٍز ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻂ( — ِﰲ‬ ‫ﺼﺒَﺎحٌ ﻣ ُِﴤءٌ؛ َﻓﺎﺣْ ِﻤ ْﻠ ُﻪ ِﺑﻴَ ِﺪ َك‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ٌة ِﺟﺪٍّا— ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْ‬ ‫و َ​َﺳ ِﻄﻬَ ﺎ ﻧَﺎﻓِ ﺬَ ٌة َ‬ ‫ﻃﻔِ ﺌْﻪُ‪ ،‬وَاﻧ ْ ِﺰ ْع‬ ‫ﴍﻳ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻪُ‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫ﴬ ُه إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ‪.‬‬ ‫َاﺳ ُﻜﺐْ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺰﻳ ِْﺖ‪ ،‬وَأَﺣْ ِ ْ‬ ‫َ ِ‬ ‫ﳾءٌ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺛِﻤَ ِﺎر ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ِﺔ َﻓ ْﺎﻗ ِﻄ ْ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ َﺸﺎءُ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠﻴ َْﺴ ْﺖ ﻣُﺤَ ﱠﺮﻣَ ًﺔ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ‪«.‬‬ ‫َوإِذَا أَﻋْ ﺠَ ﺒَ َﻚ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﻌِ ِﻪ — َﺧﺎﺗَﻤً ﺎ‪َ ،‬وو َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻧ َ َﺰ َع ﱠ‬ ‫َﺿﻌَ ُﻪ ِﰲ إ ِ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ — ِﻣ ْﻦ إ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«؛ ِﻟﻴَﺤْ ُﺮ َﺳ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﺻﺒ َِﻊ »ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ُﺳﻮءٍ‪.‬‬

‫ﱢﻳﻦ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬

‫)‪ِ (2‬ﰲ دَاﺧِ ِﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻨ ْ ِﺰ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَ ِﻘ ً‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ِﰲ دَاﺧِ ِﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻨ ْ ِﺰ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻈﺎ ِﰲ ﺗَﻨْﻔِ ﻴ ِﺬ و َِﺻﻴﱠ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ِﺮ — ِﺑﺪ ﱠِﻗ ٍﺔ وَاﻧ ْ ِﺘﺒَﺎ ٍه‬ ‫و َ​َﺳﺎ َر »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﴍﻳ َ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْ‬ ‫— ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ و َ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﻪ ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻟ َﻘﻰ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺰﻳ ِْﺖ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ‬ ‫َﺎح؛ َﻓﺄ َ َﺧﺬَ ُه َوﻧ َ َﺰ َع َ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﺎ َد إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻒ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺛِﻤَ ِﺎر َﻫﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ َﺷﺎءَ‪ ،‬وَاﻧْﺘَ َﻘﻰ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻮن‬ ‫)اﺧﺘَﺎ َر( ﻣَ ﺎ أﻋْ ﺠَ ﺒَ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َﻟ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎن‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺳﺎ َر ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﺎس وَاﻟ ﱡﺰ ُﻣ ﱡﺮ ِد وَا ْﻟﻴ َُﺎﻗ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘ ِ​ِﻪ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋﺪًا إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ِﺮ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ َﻻ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻮت وَا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ات اﻟﻨﱠﺎدِ َر ِة ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺮﻳﻤَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وَاﻟﻨ ﱠ َﻔﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺲ ْ‬ ‫ري ِﻟ َﻜﺜ ْ َﺮ ِة ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤ ُﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺜﱠﻤَ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻳَ َﻜﺎ ُد ﻳ َْﻘﻮَى ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬ ‫)اﻷ َ ْﺷﻴَﺎءِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ َﺮ‪ُ :‬‬ ‫»ﺧﺬْ ِﺑﻴَﺪِي — ﻳَﺎ ﻋَ ﻤﱢ ﻲ — وَأَﻋِ ﻨﱢﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ ﱡ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ِﺔ(‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻧَﺎدَى ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻌُ ﻮدِ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ُﺻﻮ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﺑ َﻔ ِﺎر ِغ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ َ​َﱰ ﱠَﻗﺐُ و ُ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ْ ِﱪ‪» :‬أَﻋْ ِﻄﻨِﻲ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﺒَﺎحَ أَو ًﱠﻻ — ﻳَﺎ‬ ‫اﺑ َْﻦ أَﺧِ ﻲ — ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻻ ﻳ َُﻀﺎ ِﻳ َﻘ َﻚ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‪َ » :‬ﻛ ﱠﻼ — ﻳَﺎ ﻋَ ﻤﱢ ﻲ — َﻓﻬُ َﻮ َﺧﻔِ ٌ‬ ‫ﻴﻒ ِﺟﺪٍّا‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬

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‫ﺼﺒَﺎحُ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺠﻴﺐُ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْ‬

‫ﱢﻳﻦ« — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن َﻓ َ‬ ‫ﴏ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْﺧ ِﺬ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻦ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫َﺎح أَو ًﱠﻻ‪ ،‬وَأ َ َ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ َ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴏ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫وج ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻨ ْ ِﺰ‪َ ،‬ﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳُﻌْ ِﻄﻴَ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﺒَﺎحَ ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﺳﻮءِ ِﻧﻴﱠﺘ ِ​ِﻪ — ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ ُﺨ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫)‪ (3‬اﻧْﺘ َِﻘﺎ ُم ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ِﺮ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻐ ِﻀﺐَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮر ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺎر‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ )أَﺑ َْﻐ َﻀ ُﻪ وَأَﺣَ ﺐﱠ ِاﻻﻧْﺘ َِﻘﺎ َم ِﻣﻨْﻪُ(‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻟ َﻘﻰ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒ َُﺨ ِ‬ ‫وَﺟَ ﻤْ ﺠَ َﻢ أ َ ْﻗﻮ ًَاﻻ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺤْ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻌَ ﺎ َد ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺠَ ُﺮ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧ ِ​ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓﻮ ِْرهِ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫و َ​َﺳﺎ َر ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘ ِ​ِﻪ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋﺪًا إ ِ َﱃ ﺑَ َﻠ ِﺪ ِه ا ْﻟﺒَﻌِ ﻴﺪِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗ ِ​ِﻪ ﻋِ ﱠﺪ َة ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ﺼﺎحَ ِﺑﺄَﻋْ َﲆ َ‬ ‫َار ِه َو ِﻋﻨَﺎدِ هِ؛ َﻓ َ‬ ‫ات‪» :‬أ َ ْﺧ ِﺮﺟْ ﻨِﻲ —‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ﻋَ َﲆ إ ِ ْﴏ ِ‬ ‫َوﻧ َ ِﺪ َم »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻳَﺎ ﻋَ ﻤﱢ ﻲ — و َُﺧ ِﺬ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﺒَﺎحَ ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« أ َ ْن ﻳَﺒ َْﻘﻰ ِﰲ ُ‬ ‫ﻇ ْﻠﻤَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻨ ْ ِﺰ؛ َﻓﺤَ ﺎ َو َل ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ َد َة‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﺮ ﱠد ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ أَﺣَ ﺪٌ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ ُِﻄ ْﻖ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأَى ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨَﺎﻓِ ﺬَ ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ْﺴﺪُو َد ًة؛ َﻓﺄَﻳ َْﻘ َﻦ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﺳﻴَﻬْ ِﻠ ُﻚ‪ ،‬وَﻋَ ِﻠ َﻢ أ َ ﱠن َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﻜﻨ ْ َﺰ َﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا ﱢ‬ ‫ﱪهُ‪َ .‬ﻓﺄ َ ْﺳ َﻠ َﻢ أَﻣْ َﺮ ُه ِهلل ِ‪َ .‬و َ‬ ‫ني‪.‬‬ ‫َﻗ ْ َ‬ ‫ني َﻛ ِﺎﻣ َﻠ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ ﻳَﻮْﻣَ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﻀ ِ‬

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‫ﱢﻳﻦ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬

‫ﺎن ﻳَﺬْ ُﻛ ُﺮ — ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ٍﺔ — ﻣَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَﺠْ ﻠُﺒُ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ِﺑﻴ ِﻪ وَأُﻣﱢ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻜﺪ َِر‪ِ ،‬ﻟ َﻜﺜ ْ َﺮ ِة‬ ‫ﻋِ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﻴَﺎﻧ ِ​ِﻪ َو ِﻋﻨَﺎدِ هِ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻴَﻨ ْ َﺪ ُم ﻋَ َﲆ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ أ َ َﺷ ﱠﺪ اﻟﻨ ﱠ َﺪ ِم‪َ ،‬وﻳَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ أ َ ﱠن ﷲ َ — ُﺳﺒْﺤَ ﺎﻧ َ ُﻪ — َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُﻮﻗِﻌْ ُﻪ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫)اﻟﻀﻴ ِﱢﻖ( إ ِ ﱠﻻ ﻣُﻌَ َﺎﻗﺒ ًَﺔ َﻟ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ُﺳﻮءِ ﻋَ ﻤَ ﻠ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺄ ْ ِز ِق ا ْﻟﺤَ ِﺮ ِج‬ ‫)‪ (4‬ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺮجُ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ‬ ‫اﻟﻀ ِ‬ ‫ِﺚ ْ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺟَ ﺎءَ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ُم اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻟ ُ‬ ‫اﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ ِﺑ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻮ ُع وَا ْﻟﻌَ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺶ‪َ ،‬و َزا َد ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﺤُ ْﺰ ُن و َْاﻷ َ َﻟﻢُ؛ َﻓﺒَ َﻜﻰ —‬ ‫ﻧَﺎدِ ﻣً ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ذُﻧُﻮ ِﺑ ِﻪ — َو َر َﻓ َﻊ ﻳَ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﻐﻔِ ًﺮا ﺗَﺎ ِﺋﺒًﺎ‪َ ،‬ودَﻋَ ﺎ ﷲ َ أ َ ْن ﻳ َُﺨ ﱢﻠ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﻪ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ُﻫ َﻮ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ( َﻓﺄَﺟَ ﺎبَ ﷲ ُ دُﻋَ ﺎءَ ُه و َ​َﻗ ِﺒ َﻞ ﺗَ ْﻮﺑَﺘَﻪُ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻤَ َﺴ ْﺖ إِﺣْ ﺪَى ﻳَ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎﺗَ َﻢ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي و َ‬ ‫ﱢ‬ ‫َﺿﻌَ ُﻪ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤَ َﺮ ِج‬ ‫)اﻟﻀ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﻌِ ِﻪ؛ َﻓ َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ ِﰲ إ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﻈﻬَ َﺮ أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ُﻪ ِﺟﻨ ﱢ ﱞﻲ َﻛ ِﺒريٌ َﻫﺎ ِﺋ ُﻞ ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ْﺴ ِﻢ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺎ َل َﻟﻪُ‪َ » :‬ﻟﺒﱠﻴْ َﻚ‪ ،‬ﻳَﺎ ﻣَ ﻮ َْﻻيَ ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻣ ْﺮﻧِﻲ أ ُ ِﻃﻌْ َﻚ! َﻓﺄَﻧَﺎ َﺧﺎدِ ُﻣ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻤ ْ‬ ‫ِﺺ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣ ُ‬ ‫ُﺨﻠ ُ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬وَأَﻧَﺎ ﻋَ ﺒْ ُﺪ َك وَﻋَ ﺒْ ُﺪ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳَﻤْ ِﻠ ُﻚ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎﺗَ َﻢ‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ِﰲ إ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﻌِ َﻚ‪«.‬‬

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‫ﺼﺒَﺎحُ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺠﻴﺐُ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْ‬

‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َﺳ ِﻤﻊَ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ ﻳَﺎﺋ ًِﺴﺎ‪» :‬أَﺗَﻮ ﱠَﺳ ُﻞ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ َﻚ أ َ ْن ﺗُ ْﺨ ِﺮﺟَ ﻨِﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫﺬَا‬ ‫َﻓﻌَ ِﺠﺐَ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﻌْ َﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﺳ ِﺒ ً‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﺎن‪ ،‬إِذَا ْ‬ ‫ﻴﻼ‪«.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺮ َﻓﻌَ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ إ ِ َﱃ َ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ِﺑﻨَﺠَ ﺎﺗ ِ​ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ ِْت‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫َﺻ ﱠﲆ‬ ‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض؛ َﻓ َﻔ ِﺮحَ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺻ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱢ‬ ‫َﺷﺎ ِﻛ ًﺮا ِهلل ِ َﺧ َﻼ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳ َﻼﻣَ ﺘَ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻬَ َﻼكِ ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﻀ ِ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ِﰲ ﺑَﻴ ِْﺖ أُﻣﱢ ِﻪ‬ ‫)‪» (5‬ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫)ﺿﻌِ ً‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﻨْﻬُ ﻮ َك ا ْﻟ ُﻘﻮَى َ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘ ِ​ِﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ﺑَﻴ ِْﺖ أُﻣﱢ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻔﺎ( — ﻟ ِ​ِﺸ ﱠﺪ ِة ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫و َ​َﺳﺎ َر »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻮع وَا ْﻟﻌَ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺶ و ﱠ‬ ‫أَ َ‬ ‫َاﻟﺴﻬَ ِﺮ — َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َِﺼ ْﻞ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ إ ِ ﱠﻻ ِﺑﺠُ ﻬْ ٍﺪ َﺷﺪِﻳﺪٍ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺑَ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠُ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ أُﻣﱡ ُﻪ َﻻ ﺗَﻨَﺎ ُم ﻟ ِ​ِﺸ ﱠﺪ ِة ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟﺤِ َﻘﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠَ َﺰ ِع وَا ْﻟ َﻘ َﻠ ِﻖ ﻋَ َﲆ َو َﻟﺪ َِﻫﺎ ِﰲ أَﺛْﻨَﺎءِ ﻏِ ﻴَﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ‬ ‫ﺻ َﻠﻮَاﺗِﻬَ ﺎ — أ َ ْن ﻳَﺤْ َﻔ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ ﺗَﺪْﻋُ ﻮ ﷲ َ — ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ أَذًى و َُﺳﻮءٍ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ْن َرأَﺗْ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬ ‫اﻣْ ﺘَ َﻸ َ َﻗ ْﻠﺒُﻬَ ﺎ َﻓ َﺮﺣً ﺎ ِﺑﻌَ ْﻮ َدﺗ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ َﻓ َﺮﺣَ ﻬَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ْﻐ ِﺸﻴٍّﺎ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻞ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ِﺪ ا ْرﺗَﻤَ ﻰ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫)ﻣ ُْﻐﻤً ﻰ( ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ — ﻟ ِ​ِﺸ ﱠﺪ ِة ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﱠﻞ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱠﻌَ ِﺐ — َﻓﺒَﺬَ َﻟ ْﺖ أُﻣﱡ ُﻪ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ِﰲ و ُْﺳﻌِ ﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ َﻓ َ‬ ‫ﺎق‬ ‫ﴬي ِﱄ َ‬ ‫)ﺻﺤَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ إ ِ ْﻏﻤَ ﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻪ(‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ أ َ َﻓ َ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻏ ْﺸﻴَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ —‬ ‫ﺎق ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻗﺎ َل ِﻷُﻣﱢ ِﻪ ُﻣﺘَ َﻠﻬﱢ ًﻔﺎ‪» :‬أَﺣْ ِ ِ‬ ‫ِﴪ ًة ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﺨﺒ ِْﺰ — ﻫِ َﻲ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ِﰲ ﺑَﻴْﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻳَﺎ أُﻣﱢ ﻲ — َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎ َد ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻮ ُع ﻳُﻬْ ِﻠ ُﻜﻨِﻲ‪َ «.‬ﻓ َﻘﺪﱠﻣَ ْﺖ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ﻛ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ ﺎ ٍم — َﻓﺄ َ َﻛ َﻠﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑ َﺸ ِﻬﻴﱠ ٍﺔ ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒَ ٍﺔ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ َﺳﺄ َ َﻟﺘْ ُﻪ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﺳﺒ َِﺐ ﻏِ ﻴَﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻗ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺺ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻮ ِ‬ ‫ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫َث َﻟﻪُ‪َ .‬ﻓﺪَﻫِ َﺸ ْﺖ‪ ،‬وَﻋَ ِﺠﺒ َْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻏﺪ ِْر ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﺚ‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ِﻤﺪ َِت ﷲ َ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻧَﺠَ ﺎ ِة‬ ‫َو َﻟﺪ َِﻫﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻬَ َﻼكِ ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﻋْ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫ﴬ ُه ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ َﺧﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻨ ْ ِﺰ )ﻧ َ َﻔﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺴ ِﻪ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ أَﺣْ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺎج ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﻠﻮ ِﱠن‪َ ،‬وو َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺨﺒُﻮءَةِ(‪َ .‬ﻓﺤَ ِﺴﺒَﺘْ ُﻪ — ﻟِﺠَ ﻬْ ﻠِﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ — ﻗِ َ‬ ‫َﺿﻌَ ﺘْ ُﻪ ِﰲ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻨْﺪُوﻗِﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄﻌً ﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱡﺰﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َل َﻟﻴْ َﻠﺘ ِ​ِﻪ — ﻧَﻮْﻣً ﺎ ﻋَ ِﻤ ً‬ ‫ﻆ — ِﰲ ُ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« — ُ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَﻴ َْﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘﺎ‪ .‬و ْ‬ ‫ﺿﺤَ ﻰ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻧَﺎ َم »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ — و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﻋَ ﺎ َد إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ﻧ َ َﺸﺎ ُ‬ ‫ﻃ ُﻪ ْاﻷ َ ﱠو ُل‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼﺒَﺎحُ ﱢ‬ ‫)‪ (6‬ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺤْ ِﺮيﱡ‬ ‫و ْ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎمَ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗَ ِﺠ ْﺪ أُﻣﱡ ُﻪ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ﺗُ َﻘ ﱢﺪ ُﻣ ُﻪ َﻟﻪُ‪ .‬وَأ َ َراد ْ‬ ‫َت أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺨ ُﺮجَ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫َاﺷﺘَﻬَ ﻰ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻦ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ ْﺸ َ ِﱰي ِﺑﺜَﻤَ ﻨ ِ​ِﻪ َ‬ ‫ﻮق ِﻟﺘَ ِﺒﻴ َﻊ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻏ َﺰ َﻟﺘْ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﱡ‬ ‫ﴬي‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ ِﻟ َﻮ َﻟﺪ َِﻫﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪» :‬أَﺣْ ِ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺒَﺎحَ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي أَﺗَﻴ ُْﺖ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِﻷ َ ِﺑﻴﻌَ ُﻪ ِﰲ ﱡ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْ‬ ‫ﻮق‪ ،‬وَادﱠﺧِ ِﺮي َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﻐ ْﺰ َل ِﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺎﺟَ ِﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِ‬ ‫‪23‬‬

‫ﱢﻳﻦ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬

‫ﺼﺒَﺎح‪ ،‬أ َ َراد ْ َ‬ ‫ﴬ ْت َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ‬ ‫ﺎخ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﺣْ َ َ‬ ‫َت أ ْن ﺗُ ِﺰﻳ َﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟ ِﺼ َﻖ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷَو َْﺳ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺟَ ﺎء َْت ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ِﻤ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺒَﺎحَ ِﺑﻴَﺪ َِﻫﺎ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺮﻣْ ِﻞ ِﻟﺘُﻨ َ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻔﻪُ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ْن ﺣَ ﱠﻜ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْ‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﺟﻨ ﱢ ﱞﻲ َﻫﺎ ِﺋ ُﻞ ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ْﺴ ِﻢ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎل َﻛﺎﻟ ﱠﺮﻋْ ﺪِ‪َ » :‬ﻟﺒﱠﻴْﻚِ ‪َ ،‬ﻟﺒﱠﻴْﻚِ )أَﺟَ ﺒْﺘُﻚِ (! ﻣَ ﺎذَا ﺗُ ِﺮﻳﺪ َ‬ ‫َﴏ َخ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ‪ ،‬ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢ َﺪﺗِﻲ؟ َﻓ ِﺈﻧﱠﻨِﻲ‬ ‫وَ َ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت ﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫ني إ ِ َﺷﺎ َرﺗِﻚِ )ﺣَ ﺒ َْﺴ ُﺖ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ِﻟ َ‬ ‫َرﻫِ ُ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻋَ ﺘِﻚِ ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَﺄْﻣ ُِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ِﺑ ِﻪ(‪ ،‬وَأَﻧَﺎ َﺧﺎدِ ﻣُﻚِ ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺧﺎدِ ُم ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻳَﻤْ ِﻠ ُﻚ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﺒَﺎحَ ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‬ ‫َﻓﺎﻣْ ﺘَ َﻸ َ َﻗ ْﻠﺒُﻬَ ﺎ ُرﻋْ ﺒًﺎ‪ ،‬وَا ْرﺗَﻤَ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺷ ﱠﺪ ِة ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺰ ِع‪ .‬وَأ َ ْد َر َك »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ َﺔ ْاﻷَﻣْ ِﺮ — َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َرأَى َﺷ ِﺒﻴ َﻪ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱢﻲ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻨ ْ ِﺰ — َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ ُِﻀ ْﻊ و َْﻗﺘَ ُﻪ ﻋَ ﺒَﺜًﺎ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ ﺑَﺎ َد َر‬ ‫ﴬ َﻟﻨَﺎ َ‬ ‫ِﺑﺤَ ﻤْ ِﻞ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْ‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ ﻧَﺄ ْ ُﻛﻠُ ُﻪ أَﻳﱡﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﺣْ ِ ْ‬ ‫َﺎح و َ​َﻗﺎ َل ِﻟ ْﻠ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱢﻲ ِﺑ َﻼ ﺗَ َﺮدﱡدٍ ‪» :‬ﻧَﺤْ ُﻦ ﺟَ ﺎﺋِﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺮﻳﻢُ‪«.‬‬

‫ﺎﺳﺘَ ْﺨ َﻔﻰ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫َﻓ ْ‬ ‫ﴩ َة َ‬ ‫ﺻﺤْ َﻔ ًﺔ‬ ‫ﻈ ًﺔ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻋَ ﺎ َد وَﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ ﻣَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﺪ ٌة َﻓ ْﺨﻤَ ٌﺔ‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ اﺛْﻨَﺘَﺎ ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َان اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻔِ ﱠﻀ ِﺔ )و ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎ ِم وَا ْﻟ َﻔﺎﻛِﻬَ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫َاﻟﺼﺤْ َﻔ ُﺔ ﻫِ َﻲ‪ِ ْ :‬‬ ‫اﻹﻧَﺎءُ ﻳُ ْﺆ َﻛ ُﻞ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ(‪َ .‬وﻓِﻴﻬَ ﺎ أ ْﻓ َﺨ ُﺮ أ ْﻟﻮ ِ‬ ‫‪24‬‬

‫ﺼﺒَﺎحُ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺠﻴﺐُ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْ‬

‫ِوإ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ﺎ ِﻧ ِﺒﻬَ ﺎ ِﺳﺘﱠ ُﺔ أ َ ْرﻏ َِﻔ ٍﺔ؛ َﻓﻮ َ‬ ‫َﺿﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻪُ‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ِﰲ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَ ْﺨ َﻔﻰ‪َ .‬وﺑَﺬَ َل »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ني َرأ َ ْت ِﺗ ْﻠ ُﻜ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﺪ َة ا ْﻟ َﻔﺎﺧِ َﺮ َة‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ْﺖ َو َﻟﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ‪َ :‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫و ُْﺳﻌِ ِﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ َﻓ َﺎﻗ ْﺖ أُﻣﱡ ﻪُ‪َ .‬ﻓﺪَﻫِ َﺸ ْﺖ ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ‬ ‫ﺺ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﴬ َﻫﺎ؟ َﻓ َﻘ ﱠ‬ ‫َث‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺰا َد ﻋَ ﺠَ ﺒُﻬَ ﺎ َود َْﻫ َﺸﺘُﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬وَأ َ َﻛ َﻠ ْﺖ ﻣَ َﻊ َو َﻟﺪ َِﻫﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﺷ ِﺒﻌَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫أَﺣْ َ َ‬ ‫ِﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َني‪.‬‬ ‫َوﺑَﻘ َ‬ ‫ني اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﻟﻴ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎ ِم أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ ُﺮهُ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ َﻛ َﻼ ُه ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَﻮْﻣَ ْ ِ‬

‫اﻟﺼﺤَ ِ‬ ‫)‪ (7‬ﺑَﻴْ ُﻊ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎف‬ ‫ﺼﺒَﺎحَ أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« أ َ ْن ﺗَ َﺮى ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠﺒ َْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ َو َﻟﺪ َِﻫﺎ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ِﺒﻴﻌَ ُﻪ ِﰲ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗُ ِﻄ ْﻖ أ ُ ﱡم »ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﱡ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪٍ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻻ ﺗَ َﺮى ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱠﻲ أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪َ .‬ﻓﻮَﻋَ ﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ‬ ‫ﻮق‪ ،‬أ ْو ﻳ َ​َﺨﺒَﺄ ُه ِﰲ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« َﺧ ْريًا‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ َزا َل ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻤْ ﺄَﻧَﻬَ ﺎ وَأ َ َزا َل ﻣَ َﺨ ِﺎو َﻓﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َ​َﺸﺄ ْ أ َ ْن ﻳُ ْﺰﻋِﺠَ ﻬَ ﺎ — ِﰲ‬ ‫اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺎف ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺤَ ِ‬ ‫)اﻵ ِﻧﻴَ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻳُ ْﺆ َﻛ ُﻞ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ( ﻟ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ِﺘﺪْﻋَ ﺎءِ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱢﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺒَﺎ َع إِﺣْ ﺪَى ﱢ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ — ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫ِﺼﺎﺋ ٍِﻎ‬ ‫— ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ — ِﺑﺪِﻳﻨ َ ٍﺎر‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫َاﺷ َﱰَى ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺤْ ﺘَﺎجُ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎ ِم‪ ،‬وَأَﻋْ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻰ أُﻣﱠ ُﻪ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺑَﻘ َِﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﻨ ﱡ ُﻘﻮدِ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺑَﺎ َع ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺎﺋ َِﻎ — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم — َ‬ ‫ﺻﺤْ َﻔ ًﺔ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ِﺑﺪِﻳﻨ َ ٍﺎر‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ َزا َل َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ ُﻜ ْﻢ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫َﺎب أُﻣﱢ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﱠﻚ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْ‬ ‫ﻳَﺒ َْﻖ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ ُه ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُﺒَﺎ ُع‪َ .‬ﻓﺎﻧْﺘَﻬَ َﺰ ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ ُﻓ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺒَﺎحَ ِﺑ ِﺮ ْﻓ ٍﻖ؛ َﻓ َﻠﺒﱠﺎ ُه ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ‬ ‫ﺻ َﺔ ﻏِ ﻴ ِ‬ ‫)أَﺟَ ﺎﺑَﻪُ( ﻣ َُﱰ ﱢَﻓ ًﻘﺎ؛ َﻓ َ‬ ‫ﴬ َﻟ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠﺐَ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳُﺤْ ِ َ‬ ‫ﴬ َﻟ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ ﻣَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﺪ ًة َﻓﺎﺧِ َﺮ ًة ﻣُﻤَ ﺎ ِﺛ َﻠ ًﺔ ﻟ ِْﻸ ُ َ‬ ‫َوﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫وﱃ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻈ ٍﺔ َﻗﻠِﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ أَﺣْ َ َ‬ ‫‪25‬‬

‫ﱢﻳﻦ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬

‫َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« — ﺣِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺌ ٍﺬ — َﻗ ْﺪ َﻛ ِﺮ َه ﻣ َ‬ ‫َاﺟ ِﺒ ِﻪ ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ أُﻣﱢ ِﻪ‬ ‫َار‪ ،‬و َ​َﺷﻌَ َﺮ ِﺑﻮ ِ‬ ‫ُﺼﺎﺣَ ﺒ َ​َﺔ ْاﻷ َ ْﴍ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺎس )أ َ ْﴍ َ‬ ‫َاﻓﻬُ ْﻢ و َ​َﺳﺎ َدﺗَﻬُ ﻢْ(‪ ،‬وَأ َ َﻓﺎ َد ِﻣ ْﻦ آ َراﺋ ِ​ِﻬ ْﻢ‬ ‫َوﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻌَ َ َ‬ ‫َﴎا َة اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﺎل و َ َ‬ ‫ﺎﴍ أ َ ْﺧﻴَﺎ َر اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﱪﺗ ِ​ِﻬﻢْ‪.‬‬ ‫وَﺧِ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺎﺋ َِﻎ ْاﻷ َ ﱠو َل َﻗ ْﺪ َﺧﺪَﻋَ ُﻪ و َ​َﻏﺒَﻨ َ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫وَاﺗﱠ َﺴﻌَ ْﺖ ﻣَ ﻌْ ِﺮ َﻓﺘُ ُﻪ ِﺑ ِﻬﻢْ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ْد َر َك أ َ ﱠن ﱠ‬ ‫)ﻏ َﻠﺒَ ُﻪ َوﻧ َ َﻘ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺋ ٍِﻎ َ‬ ‫ﺎف ِﺑﺜ َ َﻼ ِﺛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺤَ ِ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺒَﺎﻋَ ُﻪ إِﺣْ ﺪَى ﱢ‬ ‫ِﰲ اﻟﺜﱠﻤَ ِﻦ(؛ َﻓﺬَ َﻫﺐَ — ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ﱠﺮ ِة — إ ِ َﱃ َ‬ ‫ني‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ﻳَﻌِ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﺶ ﻣَ َﻊ أُﻣﱢ ِﻪ ﻋِ َ‬ ‫دِ ﻳﻨَﺎ ًرا‪َ .‬و َ‬ ‫ﻴﺸ ًﺔ َر ِ‬ ‫اﺿﻴ ًَﺔ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ِﺪ اﺑْﺘَ َﺴ َﻢ َﻟﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ اﻟﺪ ْﱠﻫ ُﺮ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻔﺎ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْﻏ ِﻨﻴَﺎءِ ﺑَ َﻠ ِﺪ ِه وَأَﻋْ ﻴَﺎﻧ ِ​ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ُﺮو ِﻓ َ‬ ‫َﻟﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻴ ُْﺶ‪َ ،‬ﺳﻨَﻮ ٍ‬ ‫َات ﻋِ ﱠﺪ ًة وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ني‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺎل أ َ ْﺧ َﻼﻗِ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ أَﺣَ ﺒﱠ ُﻪ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻋَ َﺮ َﻓ ُﻪ ﻟِﺤُ ْﺴ ِﻦ أ َ َد ِﺑ ِﻪ وَﺟَ ﻤَ ِ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺜﺎﻟﺚ‬

‫َﺑ ْﺪ ُر ا ْﻟ ُﺒ ُﺪو ِر‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫)‪ِ (1‬ﺑﻨ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﻮر‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫ﺖ ِْ‬ ‫ﺎس ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺪﺛ ُ َ‬ ‫و َِﰲ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ﻳَﺠُ ﻮ ُل ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴ ِﻤ َﻊ اﻟﻨ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﺑﺄ َ ﱠن‬ ‫ﺎن »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ُور«‪ِ :‬ﺑﻨ ْ َﺖ إِﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﻮر ﱢ‬ ‫ﴫ َﻫﺎ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ني‪َ ،‬ﺳﺘَ ْﺨ ُﺮجُ — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ — ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ َة »ﺑَ ْﺪ َر ا ْﻟﺒُﺪ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ ِم‪ِ ،‬ﻟﺘَ ْﺴﺘَﺤِ ﱠﻢ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻓﺪ َ​َﻓﻌَ ُﻪ ﺣُ ﺐﱡ ِاﻻ ْﺳ ِﺘ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻼ ِع إ ِ َﱃ ُر ْؤﻳَﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َر َ‬ ‫آﻫﺎ ِﰲ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗ ِ​ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ِت ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة‪ ،‬وَﻫِ َﻲ ذَاﻫِ ﺒ ٌَﺔ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘِﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ ِم‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺤُ ﱠﺮ ُ‬ ‫اس و َِرﺟَ ﺎ ُل‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ ﻳَﺤْ َﻔ ُ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺔ )ﻋَ َﺴﺎ ِﻛ ُﺮ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﴩ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ ا ﱠﻟﺬ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ْاﻷَﻣْ َﻦ(‪َ ،‬ر َ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« َﻓﺄُﻋْ ِﺠﺐَ ِﺑﺠَ ﻤَ ﺎﻟِﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﱡ ْ‬ ‫آﻫﺎ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫وَﺧِ ﱠﻔ ِﺔ ُروﺣِ ﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻋَ ﺎ َد إ ِ َﱃ ﺑَﻴْﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ َرآهُ‪َ .‬ودَا َر ْت ِﺑ َﺮأ ْ ِﺳ ِﻪ ﻓِ ْﻜ َﺮ ٌة ﺟَ ِﺮﻳﺌَ ٌﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻤَ ﺤَ ْﺖ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﻧ َ ْﻔ ُﺴ ُﻪ ) َر ِﻏﺒ َْﺖ َوﺗَ َ‬ ‫ُﺼ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ﱠﻠﻌَ ْﺖ( إ ِ َﱃ ﻣ َ‬ ‫ُور«‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫ﻮر‪ ،‬وَاﻟﺘﱠ َﺰو ِﱡج ِﺑﺎﺑْﻨَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَةِ‪» :‬ﺑَﺪ ِْر ا ْﻟﺒُﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ َﺮ ِة ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻔِ ْﻜ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺮﻳﺌَ ِﺔ ﺣُ ُ‬ ‫ﺼﻮﻟُ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﺐ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي‬ ‫َﺎح ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺠ ِ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َﺷﺠﱠ ﻌَ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَﺤْ ﻘِ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣِ ﺒُ ُﻪ — ِﺑ َﻔ ْﻀﻠ ِ​ِﻪ — أ َ ْن ﻳُ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﻬ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺜريًا ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠَ ﺎﺋ ِ​ِﺐ وَا ْﻟﻤُﻌْ ِﺠ َﺰ ِ‬ ‫ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ َ‬ ‫ات‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ً‬ ‫َاج َ‬ ‫ﻮب ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ َﻫﺬَا ْاﻷَﻣَ ِﻞ ا ْﻟﺒَﻌِ ﻴﺪِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳﻼ؛ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ْاﻗﺘَﻨ َ َﻊ — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ِﺋ ٍﺬ — ِﺑﻮُﺟُ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌْ ِﻲ ِﰲ ﺗَﺤْ ﻘِ ِ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﺰو ِ‬ ‫ﴎا ِة ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ وَأَﻋْ ﻴَﺎﻧِﻬَ ﺎ — ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ ٌﺮ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺘَ َ‬ ‫ُﺼ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ﱠﻠ َﻊ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣ َ‬ ‫َو َرأَى أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ — و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ َﺮ ِة‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ َ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﺼﺒَﺎﺣَ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺠﻴﺐَ َﻛﻔِ ﻴ ٌﻞ َ‬ ‫ﻮر‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﺈ َذا اﻋْ َﱰ َ​َﺿﺘْ ُﻪ أَيﱡ ﻋَ َﻘﺒَ ٍﺔ — ِﰲ َﺳ ِﺒﻴﻠ ِ​ِﻪ — َﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن ِﻣ ْ‬ ‫)ﺿ ِﺎﻣ ٌﻦ‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫ِْ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗﺎ ِﺋﻢٌ( ِﺑﺘَﺬْﻟِﻴﻠ ِﻬَ ﺎ )ﺗَ ْﺴ ِﻬﻴﻠ ِﻬَ ﺎ(‪ ،‬وَاﻟﺘﱠ َﻐ ﱡﻠ ِﺐ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬

‫ﱢﻳﻦ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬

‫)‪ (2‬ﺣِ ﻮا ُر ْاﻷ ُ ﱢم‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ﻋَ َﲆ َو َﻟﺪ َِﻫﺎ أَﻣَ ﺎ َر ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﺴﺄ َ َﻟﺘْﻪُ‪» :‬ﻓِ ﻴ َﻢ ﺗُ َﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ‪ ،‬ﻳَﺎ‬ ‫ات اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜ ِ‬ ‫َو َرأ َ ْت أ ُ ﱡم »ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ري ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻟﺪِي؟«‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ َﺮ َق ِﺑ َﺮأ ْ ِﺳ ِﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض ﺣَ ﻴَﺎءً‪َ .‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ أ َ َﻟﺤﱠ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ أُﻣﱡ ُﻪ ِﺑ ﱡ‬ ‫ال‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺴ َﺆ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺨ ِﺠ َﻞ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫َاب(‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ َ َو ﱡد أ َ ْن أ َ ْﻛﺘُ َﻢ ﻋَ ﻨْﻚِ َﺳﺒَﺐَ َآﻻ ِﻣﻲ وَأَﺣْ َﺰاﻧِﻲ؛‬ ‫َﻗﺎ َل َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ُﻣﺘَ َﻠﻌْ ﺜِﻤً ﺎ ) ُﻣﺘَﻮ ﱢَﻗ ًﻔﺎ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﻮن‪َ .‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻚِ أ َ ْﻟﺤَ ْﻔ ِﺖ )أ َ ْﻟﺤَ ﺤْ ِﺖ وَأ َ ْﻛﺜ َ ْﺮ ِت( ِﰲ ﱡ‬ ‫ال‪َ .‬و َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﰲ ُﻗ ْﺪ َرﺗِﻲ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﺆ ِ‬ ‫ِﻟﺌَ ﱠﻼ ﺗَﺘﱠ ِﻬ ِﻤﻴﻨِﻲ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺠُ ﻨ ُ ِ‬ ‫ﺎل‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ — ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم — اﺑْﻨ َ َﺔ‬ ‫أ َ ْن أ َ ْﻛﺘُ َﻢ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﺨﺘَﻠِﺞُ )ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َ َ‬ ‫َﱰ ﱠددُ( ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻵﻣَ ِ‬ ‫إِﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ْﴫﺗُﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َ‬ ‫ﻮر ﱢ‬ ‫َاج ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫ني؛ وَﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ْن أَﺑ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﻤَ ﺤَ ْﺖ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱠﺰو ِ‬ ‫َﺧ ْﺖ أُﻣﱡ ُﻪ ﻣَ ﺪ ُْﻫ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﴫ َ‬ ‫ﻮﺷ ًﺔ ﺛَﺎ ِﺋ َﺮ ًة‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﺠﱢ ﺒ ًَﺔ ﺣَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﺮ ًة‪» :‬اﺑْﻨ َ ُﺔ إِﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﻮر ﱢ‬ ‫ني‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫ُﺼ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﻈﻴ ِﻢ‪ ،‬ﻳَﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻔﻰ« ا ْﻟ َﺨﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريُ‪ ،‬اﺑْ ُﻦ »ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ري! َﻻ‬ ‫ﱠﺎط ا ْﻟ َﻔﻘِ ِ‬ ‫َاج ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ﱠﻠ ُﻊ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱠﺰو ِ‬ ‫َﺷ ﱠﻚ ِﰲ أَﻧ ﱠ َﻚ ﺟُ ِﻨﻨ ْ َﺖ ﻳَﺎ َو َﻟﺪِي!«‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ُﻣﺒْﺘَ ِﺴﻤً ﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻛ ﱠﻼ‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ أُﺟَ ﱠﻦ — ﻳَﺎ أُﻣﱢ ﻲ — َﻓ ِﺈﻧﱢﻲ َﻻ أ َ َزا ُل َر ِ‬ ‫اﺷﺪًا ُﻣﺘَﺜَﺒﱢﺘًﺎ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ أ َ ُﻗﻮ ُل‪.‬‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﻮر‪َ ،‬وﺗَ ْ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﺴ ُﺖ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻠُ ِﺒﻲ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﻠُﺐُ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻚِ إ ِ ﱠﻻ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ﻳ َِﺴريًا ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻚِ ‪ ،‬ذَﻟِﻚِ ‪ُ :‬ﻫ َﻮ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺬْ َﻫ ِﺒﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ْ ِ‬ ‫ُور‪«.‬‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﻳُ َﺰوﱢﺟَ ﻨِﻲ ِﺑﺎﺑْﻨَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَةِ‪ :‬ﺑَﺪ ِْر ا ْﻟﺒُﺪ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ أُﻣﱡ ﻪُ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﱠت د َْﻫ َﺸﺘُﻬَ ﺎ‪َ :‬‬ ‫اﺷﺘَﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ؛‬ ‫»ﻻ ﺗُ َﻔ ﱢﻜ ْﺮ — ﻳَﺎ َو َﻟﺪِي — ِﰲ َﻫ َﺬا ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﺴﺘَﺤِ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ْﻠ ِﺒﻨَﺎ َ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﺎل ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻖ أَﺟْ َﺴ ِﺎﻣﻨَﺎ(‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َر — إِذَا َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﻜ َﻼ َم — أَﻣَ َﺮ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن ْ ِ‬ ‫)ﻗﺘْ ِﻠﻨَﺎ َوﺗَﻌْ ﻠ ِ‬ ‫ﻮرﻧَﺎ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﻈﻴ ِﻢ؟ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ َﺮ ِة إِﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ْﻦ ﻧَﺤْ ُﻦ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻧَﺘَ َ‬ ‫ُﺼ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ﱠﻠ ُﻊ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣ َ‬ ‫ﱰ — ﻳَﺎ َو َﻟﺪِي — أَيﱠ َﻓﺘَﺎ ٍة‬ ‫اﺧ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﱠﺎﻫﺎ‪ .‬أَﻣﱠ ﺎ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺘَ َ‬ ‫أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪ ،‬وَأَﻧَﺎ أ ُ َزوﱢﺟُ َﻚ إِﻳ َ‬ ‫ﻮر‪َ ،‬ﻓﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ أَﻣَ ٌﻞ َﻻ َﺳ ِﺒﻴ َﻞ‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫َاج ِﺑﺎﺑْﻨ َ ِﺔ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ﱠﻠ َﻊ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱠﺰو ِ‬ ‫ري ْاﻷَﻣْ ِﺮ ِﺑﺤِ ْﻜﻤَ ٍﺔ َوﺗَﻌَ ﱡﻘ ٍﻞ( أ َ ْن ﺗُﻌَ ﱢﺮ َ‬ ‫ض ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ َﻚ ﻟ َِﻐ َﻀ ِﺐ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ﺗَﺤْ ﻘِ ﻴﻘ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﺰ ِم )ﺗَ ْﺪ ِﺑ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﺎس‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻮر‪ ،‬و َُﺳ ْﺨ ِﺮﻳَ ِﺔ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫ِْ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ي‪ ،‬ﻣَ ﻬْ ﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬَ ﺎ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‪» :‬ﺛِﻘِ ﻲ — ﻳَﺎ أﻣﱢ ﻲ — أﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻟ ْﻦ أﻋْ ِﺪ َل ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻫﺬَا اﻟ ﱠﺮأ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَﺒْﺬُ ِﱄ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻬْ ِﺪ ِﰲ إ ِ ْﻗﻨَﺎﻋِ ﻲ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﺴ ُﺖ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﴫ‬ ‫ﻃﻠُﺐُ ِﻣﻨْﻚِ إ ِ ﱠﻻ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ وَاﺣِ ﺪًا؛ ُﻫ َﻮ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺬْ َﻫ ِﺒﻲ إ ِ َﱃ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﻮر‪َ ،‬وﺗَ ْﻠﺘَ ِﻤ ِﴘ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳُ َﺰوﱢﺟَ ﻨِﻲ ِﺑﻨْﺘَﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫ِْ‬

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‫ُور‬ ‫ﺑَ ْﺪ ُر ا ْﻟﺒُﺪ ِ‬

‫َﻓ ِﺈذَا أَﺟَ ﺎﺑَﻚِ إ ِ َﱃ ِﻃ ْﻠﺒَﺘِﻚِ )ﻣَ ْﻘ ُ‬ ‫ﱪ أُﻣْ ِﻨﻴﱠ ٍﺔ ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﺒُﻮ )ﺗَ ِﻤﻴ ُﻞ(‬ ‫ﺼﻮدِكِ (‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﱠﻘ ْﻘ ِﺖ ِﱄ — ِﺑﺬَﻟِﻚِ — أ َ ْﻛ َ َ‬ ‫ري ﻗِ ﻴَﺎ ٍم‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺬَ ْﻟ ِﺖ ِﱄ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴﻌِ َ‬ ‫ني‪«.‬‬ ‫َاﺟ ِﺒﻚِ َﺧ ْ َ‬ ‫إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ‪َ .‬وإِذَا َر َﻓ َﺾ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ُﻗﻤْ ِﺖ ِﺑﻮ ِ‬ ‫وَﻋَ َﻠ ﱠﻲ أ َ ْن أ َ ْﺳ ﻌَ ﻰ َو َﻟ ﻴْ ـ‬

‫ﺎح‬ ‫ـ َﺲ ﻋَ َﻠ ﱠﻲ إ ِ ْد َرا ُك اﻟﻨ ﱠﺠَ ِ‬

‫َاج‬ ‫)‪َ (3‬ﻫ ِﺪﻳ ُﱠﺔ اﻟ ﱠﺰو ِ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﻮر‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ أُﻣﱡ ُﻪ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻬْ ِﺰﺋَ ًﺔ‪» :‬وَأَيﱡ َﻫ ِﺪﻳﱠ ٍﺔ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ — ﻳَﺎ َو َﻟﺪِي — أ َ ْن ﺗُ َﻘﺪﱢﻣَ ﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ْ ِ‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ُﺼ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻤَ ﺢُ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ َﺮﺗ ِ​ِﻪ؟«‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﻮر أ َ ْﻓ َﺨ َﺮ ا ْﻟﻬَ ﺪَاﻳَﺎ؛ َﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن ﻋِ ﻨْﺪِي‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬَ ﺎ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‪» :‬أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ أ َ ْن أ ُ ْﻫﺪِيَ إ ِ َﱃ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻮز اﻟﻨﱠﺎدِ َر ِة ﻣَ ﺎ َﻻ ﻳ َُﻘ ﱠﻮ ُم )ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ﻳ َُﻘ ﱠﺪ ُر( ِﺑﺜَﻤَ ٍﻦ‪َ «.‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ أُﻣﱡ ُﻪ َﺳﺎﺧِ َﺮ ًة‪» :‬وَﻣَ ﺎذَا ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ َك‪،‬‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻜﻨ ُ ِ‬ ‫ﻳَﺎ َو َﻟﺪِي؟ وَأَﻳ َْﻦ ﻫِ َﻲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ ُﻜﻨُﻮ ُز اﻟﻨﱠﺎدِ َر ُة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﺤْ ﻠُ ُﻢ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ؟«‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪» :‬أ َ َﻻ ﺗَ ْﺬ ُﻛ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ﴬﺗُﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﻌِ ﻲ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ — ﻳَﺎ أُﻣﱢ ﻲ — ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠﺬ َﺧﺎ ِﺋ َﺮ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ َﻗ ْﺪ أَﺣْ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﺘِﻬَ ﺎ )ﻟِﻌِ َ‬ ‫ﴪ ا ْﻟﺤُ ُ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻨ ْ ِﺰ؟ إ ِ ﱠن ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻟُ ْﺆﻟُ َﺆ ٍة ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ َﻻ ﺗُ َﻘ ﱠﻮ ُم ِﺑﺜَﻤَ ٍﻦ‪ِ ،‬ﻟﻨ َ َﻔ َ‬ ‫ﻮل‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﻢ ﻗِ ﻴﻤَ ﺘِﻬَ ﺎ وَﻋُ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ًﺮا َ‬ ‫ﻮر— ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫اﻟﻶﻟ ِ​ِﺊ اﻟﺜ ﱠ ِﻤﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ — ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُﻤَ ﺎ ِﺛﻠُﻬَ ﺎ َﺧ َ‬ ‫)ﻗ ْﺪ ًرا‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ(‪َ .‬و َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﰲ َﺧ َﺰاﺋ ِ​ِﻦ ْ ِ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ َﻟ ًﺔ( َوﻧ ُ ْﺪ َر ًة )ﻗِ ﱠﻠ َﺔ وُﺟُ ﻮدٍ(‪َ .‬و َﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻫ َﺬا َرأ ْ ِﻳﻲ — وَﺣْ ﺪِي — ﺑَ ْﻞ ُﻫ َﻮ َرأْيُ ِﻛﺒ َِﺎر ﺗُﺠﱠ ِﺎر‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﻶﻟ ِ​ِﺊ و َُﺷﻴُﻮﺧِ ِﻬﻢْ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﺼﻨ َ ُﻊ إ ِ َذا َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪» :‬وَﻣَ ﺎ َذا ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ُر — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻬَ ِﺪﻳﱠ ِﺔ — ﻣَ ﻬْ َﺮ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠﺐَ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ َﻚ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﻮر‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺘَ َﺰوﱠجَ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ؟ أَﺗَ ْﺮ َﴇ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة أ َ ْن ﺗُﻘِ ﻴ َﻢ ﻣَ ﻌَ َﻚ‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫اﺑْﻨَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ؟ وَأَﻳ َْﻦ ﺗَ ْﺴ ُﻜ ُﻦ ِﺑﻨ ْ ُﺖ ْ ِ‬ ‫ري؟ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻻ َﺳ ِﺒﻴ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ﺗَﺤْ ﻘِ ﻴﻘ ِ​ِﻪ‪«.‬‬ ‫ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺖ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ ِ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﻻ ﺗُ ْﻘﻠِﻘِ ﻲ ﺑَﺎ َﻟﻚِ — ﻳَﺎ أُﻣﱢ ﻲ — َﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن ِﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬَ ﺎ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺒَﺎﺣِ ﻲ َﻛﻔِ ﻴ ٌﻞ ِﺑﺘَﺤْ ﻘِ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ِﻟ ِﺒ ِﻪ و ْ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ُر ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ‪َ ،‬وإ ِ ْن َﻏ َﻼ وَﺟَ ﺎ َو َز ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪﱠ‪ ،‬وَﺟَ ﺎ َر ِﰲ ﻣ َ‬ ‫َاﺷﺘَﺪﱠ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻄﻠُﺒُ ُﻪ ْ ِ‬

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‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﻮر‬ ‫)‪ِ (4‬ﰲ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ ِْ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ أُﻣْ ِﻨﻴﱠﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَﻋَ ﻠِﻤَ ْﺖ أ َ ﱠن ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣُﺤَ ﺎ َو َﻟ ٍﺔ ِ ِﻹ ْﻗﻨَﺎﻋِ ِﻪ‬ ‫َو َرأ َ ْت أ ُ ﱡم »ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« إ ِ ْﴏَا َر َو َﻟﺪ َِﻫﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَﺤْ ﻘِ ِ‬ ‫َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَ ِﺰﻳ َﺪ ُه إ ِ ﱠﻻ ﺗَ َﺸﺒﱡﺜًﺎ )ﺗَﻤَ ﱡﺴ ًﻜﺎ( َو ِﻋﻨَﺎدًا‪.‬‬ ‫ﻴﻖ أُﻣْ ِﻨﻴﱠﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓﻮَﻋَ َﺪﺗْ ُﻪ ِﺑﺒَ ْﺬ ِل ﺟُ ﻬْ ﺪ َِﻫﺎ ِﰲ َﺳ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ ﺗَﺤْ ﻘِ ِ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺒﱠ َﻞ ﻳَ َﺪﻳْﻬَ ﺎ َﺷﺎ ِﻛ ًﺮا‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﻔ ِﺮحَ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫َوﻧَﺎ َم — ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َل َﻟﻴْ َﻠﺘ ِ​ِﻪ — و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﺤْ ﻠُ ُﻢ ِﺑﺄَﻣَ ﺎ ِﻧﻴﱢ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫َﺎح ُﻣﺒَ ﱢﻜ ًﺮا‪ ،‬وَأَﻳ َْﻘ َ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮر‪،‬‬ ‫ﻆ أُﻣﱠ ُﻪ ِﻟﺘَ ْﺬ َﻫﺐَ إ ِ َﱄ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫َوﻧَﻬَ َﺾ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ ِْ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ ﻣ َ‬ ‫َﺎب‪ ،‬وَأ َ َﺧﺬَ ِت ﱠ‬ ‫ﴬ َﻫﺎ‬ ‫اﻟﻶ ِﻟﺊَ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أَﺣْ َ َ‬ ‫ُﺨﺎ َﻟ َﻔﺘَﻪُ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ِﺒ َﺴ ْﺖ أ َ ْﻓ َﺨ َﺮ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺜﱢﻴ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﻮر‪ ،‬وَﻫِ َﻲ ﻳَﺎﺋ َِﺴ ٌﺔ ُﻣ ْﺮﺗَ ِﺒ َﻜ ٌﺔ أ َ َﺷ ﱠﺪ ِاﻻ ْرﺗِﺒَﺎكِ ‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻟﺪ َُﻫﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻨ ْ ِﺰ‪َ ،‬وذَ َﻫﺒ َْﺖ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ ِْ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ ﻳَﺘَ َﻮ ﱠﻟﻮ َْن ُﺷﺌُﻮﻧ َ ُﻪ َوﻳُﺤِ ﻴ ُ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺷﻴَﺘُ ُﻪ )أَﻋْ ﻨِﻲ ِرﺟَ ﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ ا ﱠﻟﺬ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َر‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟ ُﻪ ُو َز َرا ُؤ ُه وَﺣَ ِ‬ ‫ﻮن‬ ‫َﻓ َﺮأ َ ِت ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺿ َ‬ ‫ﺼﻮﻣَ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑ ِﻪ( وَأَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ُﻪ َﻛ ِﺜريٌ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﺎب ا ْﻟ َﻘ َﻀﺎﻳَﺎ وَا ْﻟ ُﺨ ُ‬ ‫ني )أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎت(‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﺤَ ِ‬

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‫ﺎس‪ ،‬وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺣَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﺮ ٌة َﺧﺎﺋ َِﻔ ٌﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻻ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺘَ َﻘ ﱠﺪ َم ُﺧ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻮ ًة وَاﺣِ َﺪ ًة‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓﻮ َ​َﻗ َﻔ ْﺖ ِﰲ آﺧِ ِﺮ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ وَاﻗِ َﻔ ًﺔ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺟَ ﺎءَ و َْﻗ ُﺖ اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻈﻬْ ِﺮ‪ ،‬وَاﻧ ْ َﴫ َ‬ ‫َو َ‬ ‫َف اﻟﻨ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫ﺎس — ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻌُ ﻮدُوا ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﻞ ِﰲ َﻗ َﻀﺎﻳ ُ‬ ‫َﺎﻫ ْﻢ — َﻓﻌَ ﺎد ْ‬ ‫ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻔ ْ‬ ‫َت إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰﻟِﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺤْ ُﺰوﻧ َ ًﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (5‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ ُ ْ‬ ‫ُﻮع‬ ‫ﺳﺒ ٍ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ْن َر َ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﺳﺄ َ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ُﻣﺘَ َﻠﻬﱢ ًﻔﺎ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎذَا َ‬ ‫ﺻﻨَﻌْ ِﺖ ﻳَﺎ أُﻣﱢ ﻲ؟«‬ ‫آﻫﺎ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬

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‫ﱢﻳﻦ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬

‫ﺼ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴫ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺎب — ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ — إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫َث‪َ ،‬ووَﻋَ َﺪﺗْ ُﻪ ِﺑﺎﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِ‬ ‫أ َ ْﴍ َ​َﻗ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﻮر‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ُﺲ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أَﻳ َْﻘ َ‬ ‫َث َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‪َ .‬ﻓ َﺴﺎ َر ْت إ ِ َﱃ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫ﻈﻬَ ﺎ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ ِْ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫َث ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑ ِﻖ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ َزا َﻟ ْﺖ َﻫ َﻜ َﺬا أ ُ ْﺳﺒُﻮﻋً ﺎ َﻛ ِﺎﻣ ًﻼ‪.‬‬ ‫ﴫ ُ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﺎس‪َ .‬ﻓ َ‬ ‫َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ُر ﻳَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠﺐَ‬ ‫اﻫﺎ ﺗَ َ َ‬ ‫ف آﺧِ َﺮ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﱰ ﱠد ُد ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳﺎﺣَ ﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻨ ْ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴬ ْت — ِﻟﻴ َْﺴﺄ َ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺗُ ِﺮﻳﺪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ري ُو َز َراﺋ ِ​ِﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳُﺬَ ﱢﻛ َﺮ ُه ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ — إِذَا ﺣَ َ َ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ َﻛ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ُر و َ​َﺳﺄ َ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎذَا ﺗُ ِﺮﻳﺪ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺟَ ﺎءَ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ُم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ ذَ ﱠﻛ َﺮ ُه ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ؛ َﻓﻨَﺎد َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ‪ ،‬أَﻳﱠﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ ُة‬ ‫َاﻫﺎ ْ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻔ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺿ َﻠ ُﺔ؟«‬

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‫ُور‬ ‫ﺑَ ْﺪ ُر ا ْﻟﺒُﺪ ِ‬

‫)ﻫﺒَ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺘَ َﻘﺪﱠﻣَ ْﺖ ﻧَﺤْ َﻮهُ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺧ ﱠﺮ ْت َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض( َراﻛِﻌَ ًﺔ أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻪُ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢدﺑ ًَﺔ‪» :‬إِذَا‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﺼﺘِﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈﻧﱢﻲ َﻟ ْﻦ أَﻧ ْ َﴗ َﻟ ُﻪ — ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ِﻴ ُ‬ ‫ﺎع ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﺖ — َﻫﺬَا‬ ‫ﺗَ َﻔ ﱠﻀ َﻞ ﻣَ ﻮ َْﻻيَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ُر ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﻈﻴ ُﻢ ِﺑ َﺴﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﴎ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜِﻲ )أ ُ ِرﻳ ُﺪ أ َ ْن أَﻧ ْ َﻔ ِﺮ َد ِﺑ ِﻪ‪،‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﻀ َﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒريَ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ أ َ ْرﺟُ ﻮ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺄ ْ َذ َن ِﱄ ِﰲ أ َ ْن أ ُ ِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴎا(‪«.‬‬ ‫ِﻷ َ ُﻗﻮ َﻟ ُﻪ َﻟ ُﻪ ِ ٍّ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﺎﴐ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُﺒ ِْﻖ ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ إ ِ ﱠﻻ َﻛ ِﺒريَ ُو َز َراﺋ ِ​ِﻪ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺳﺄ َ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ‬ ‫اج ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﺄَﻣَ َﺮ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ُر ِﺑ ِﺈ ْﺧ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﺗُ ِﺮﻳﺪُ؛ َﻓ َﺮ َﻛﻌَ ْﺖ أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ُﻪ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺪﱠﻣَ ْﺖ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻬَ ﺪَاﻳَﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺎﺧِ َﺮةِ‪.‬‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ُر ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﻶﻟ ِ​ِﺊ اﻟﺜ ﱠ ِﻤﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ اﻟﻨﱠﺎدِ َرةِ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓﺄﻋْ ِﺠﺐَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎب ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺳﺄ َ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪» :‬وَﻣَ ﺎذَا ﺗُ ِﺮﻳﺪ َ‬ ‫ُﻮﱄ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻗﺒ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﻋْ ﺠَ ِ‬ ‫و َ​َﺷﺎ َر َﻛ ُﻪ َﻛ ِﺒريُ ُو َز َراﺋ ِ​ِﻪ ِﰲ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻬَ ﺪَاﻳَﺎ اﻟﺜ ﱠ ِﻤﻴﻨ َ َﺔ؟«‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« َﻗ ْﺪ د َ​َﻓﻌَ ﺘْ ُﻪ ﺟُ ْﺮأَﺗُ ُﻪ وَأَﻣَ ﻠُ ُﻪ ِﰲ َﻛ َﺮ ِم ﺟَ َﻼ َﻟ ِﺘ ُﻜﻢْ‪ ،‬إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْن‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪» :‬إ ِ ﱠن َو َﻟﺪِي »ﻋَ َﻼءَ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ُﺼ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻤَ ﺢَ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ُﺴ ُﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣ َ‬ ‫ﻮر‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ َﺮ ِة ْ ِ‬

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‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ُر أ َ ْن ﻳَ ُﺮد َﱠﻫﺎ َﺧﺎ ِﺋﺒ ًَﺔ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺎ َل َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ُﻣﺒْﺘَ ِﺴﻤً ﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻗ ِﺒ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻫ ِﺪﻳﱠﺘَ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺎﺧِ َﺮ َة‪،‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َ​َﺸ ِﺈ ْ ِ‬ ‫و َ​َﺳﺄ ُ َزوﱢﺟُ ُﻪ اﺑْﻨَﺘِﻲ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﺛ َ َﻼﺛ َ ِﺔ أ َ ْﺷﻬُ ٍﺮ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﻮر؛‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ِﺑ َﻘﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺨ َﺮﺟَ ْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ ِﺪ ِه َﺷﺎ ِﻛ َﺮ ًة ُﻣﺒْﺘَ ِﻬﺠَ ًﺔ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﺧ َﱪ َْت َو َﻟﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ »ﻋَ َﻼءَ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮل ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻜﺎ َد ﻳ َِﻄريُ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺷ ﱠﺪ ِة ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺮ ِح‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺮاﺑﻊ‬

‫اج ْ َ‬ ‫ﲑ ِة‬ ‫زَ َو ُ‬ ‫اﻷ ِﻣ َ‬ ‫)‪ِ (1‬زﻳﻨ َ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﻌُ ْﺮ ِس‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﻋَ ِ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ﻳَﻌُ ﱡﺪ ﱠ‬ ‫ُور«‪ :‬اﺑْﻨ َ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﺎت و َْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎمَ‪ ،‬ﻣ َُﱰ ﱢَﻗﺒًﺎ ﻣَ ْﻮ ِﻋ َﺪ َزو ِ‬ ‫َاﺟ ِﻪ ِﺑ ْﺎﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ِة »ﺑَﺪ ِْر ا ْﻟﺒُﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫إِﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳُﻤَ ﻨﱢﻲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴ ُﻪ أَﻋْ ﺬَبَ ْاﻷَﻣَ ﺎﻧ ﱠِﻲ وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ان‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻮر ﱢ‬ ‫ﻃﻴَﺒَﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻣَ َﴣ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ َﺷﻬْ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َث ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُ‬ ‫َﺎن )ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻈﻨﱡﻪُ(؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﺧ َﺮﺟَ ْﺖ‬ ‫وَأﺣْ َﻼ َﻫﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ و َ​َﻗ َﻊ َﻟ ُﻪ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤِ ْﺴﺒ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَﻴْﺘِﻬَ ﺎ ُﻣﺒَ ﱢﻜ َﺮ ًة — ذَا َ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ ،‬و َرأ َ ِت‬ ‫أ ُ ﱡم »ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫َﺎح — َﻓ َﺮأ ِت اﻟ ﱢﺰﻳﻨ َ َﺔ ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ﺻﺒ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﴪادِ َﻗ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت )ا ْﻟﺨِ ﻴَﺎ َم ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﺎس‪:‬‬ ‫ﺼﻮﺑ َ​َﺔ( ﺗُ َﻘﺎ ُم ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻧَﺎﺣِ ﻴَ ٍﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻧْﺤَ ﺎءِ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﺴﺄ َ َﻟ ْﺖ أَﺣَ َﺪ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﱡ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫»ﻣَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﱪُ؟« َﻓﺄﺟَ ﺎﺑَﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺪ ُْﻫ ً‬ ‫ﻮﺷﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ني؟ أ َﻟ ْﺴ ِﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ ْﻫ ِﻞ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ؟ أ َﻻ ﺗَﻌْ َﻠ ِﻤ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺗَ ْﺴﺄ ِﻟ َ‬ ‫ني‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ُور« — اﺑْﻨ َ ِﺔ إِﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﻮرﻧَﺎ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﻈﻴ ِﻢ —‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫َاج ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَةِ‪» :‬ﺑَﺪ ِْر ا ْﻟﺒُﺪ ِ‬ ‫أ ﱠن َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ َم ُﻫ َﻮ ﻣَ ْﻮ ِﻋ ُﺪ َزو ِ‬ ‫ﴪ ًة‪،‬‬ ‫ري ُو َز َراﺋ ِ​ِﻪ؟« وَﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ْن َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ْﺖ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﻜ َﻼ َم ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ اﻣْ ﺘَ َﻸ َ ْت ﻧ َ ْﻔ ُﺴﻬَ ﺎ َﻏﻤٍّ ﺎ وَﺣَ ْ َ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎﺑ ِْﻦ َﻛ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻳَﻨ ْ ُﻘ ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ُر َﻛﻠِﻤَ ﺘَﻪُ‪َ ،‬وﻳ ُْﺨﻠ ُ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ ْﺖ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫وَﻋَ ِﺠﺒ َْﺖ‪َ :‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘِﻬَ ﺎ — ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﺪ ًة‬ ‫ِﻒ وَﻋْ َﺪهُ؟ وَأ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺾ ِْ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰﻟِﻬَ ﺎ — و َ​َﻗ ﱠ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ﺘْﻪُ‪َ .‬ﻓﺤَ ِﺰ َن ﻟِﻤَ ﺎ َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ أ َ َﺷ ﱠﺪ‬ ‫ﺼ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ َو َﻟﺪ َِﻫﺎ »ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤُ ْﺰ ِن‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ ﺗَﺠَ ﱠﻠ َﺪ )ﺗَ َﻘﻮﱠى َوﺗَﺤَ ﻤﱠ َﻞ(‪ ،‬وَﻋَ ِﻠ َﻢ أ َ ﱠن ِاﻻ ْﺳﺘ ِْﺴ َﻼ َم ِﻟ ْﻠﻴَﺄ ْ ِس َﻻ ﻳُﻔِﻴﺪُ‪َ .‬ﻓﺄَﻋْ ﻤَ َﻞ ﻓِ ْﻜ َﺮ ُه‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫اﻫﺘَﺪَى إ ِ َﱃ ُﺧ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﻤَ ٍﺔ )و ﱢُﻓ َﻖ إ ِ َﱃ َ‬ ‫َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻠ ٍﺔ َﻗ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ٍﺔ َﻓ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍﺔ ﺣَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﻌَ ٍﺔ(‪ ،‬ﻳَﺜْﺄ َ ُر ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‬ ‫َوﻳَﻨْﺘَﻘِ ﻢُ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﻨَﺎ ُل ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺘَﻤَ ﻨﱠﺎهُ‪.‬‬

‫ﱢﻳﻦ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬

‫َاج‬ ‫)‪َ (2‬ﻟﻴْ َﻠ ُﺔ اﻟ ﱠﺰو ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺒَﺎﺣَ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺠﻴﺐَ‬ ‫ﴬ ِﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« إ ِ َﱃ ﺣُ ﺠْ َﺮ ٍة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻏ َﻠ َﻖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﺑَﺎﺑَﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬وَأَﺣْ َ َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ذَ َﻫﺐَ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ َْﺨﺒَ ُﺆ ُه ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻓ َﺮ َك ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْ‬ ‫ﺼﺒَﺎحَ ؛ َﻓﻤَ ﺜ َ َﻞ أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ — ﻟ َِﺴﺎﻋَ ﺘ ِ​ِﻪ — و َ​َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ُﻪ‬ ‫ُﻣﺘَ َﻠ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄ ًﻔﺎ‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﻫﺄَﻧَﺬَا — ﻳَﺎ ﻣَ ﻮ َْﻻيَ — َﻓ ُﻤ ْﺮﻧِﻲ أ ُ ِﻃﻌْ َﻚ‪ ،‬أَﻧَﺎ وَﺟَ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ أَﻋْ ﻮَاﻧِﻲ‪ُ :‬ﺧﺪﱠا َم ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْ‬ ‫َﺎح‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫»ﺳﺘَ ُﻜﻮ ُن َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ ُﺔ ﻣَ ْﻮ ِﻋ َﺪ ِز َﻓ ِ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‪َ :‬‬ ‫ري ا ْﻟ ُﻮ َز َراءِ إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَةِ‪:‬‬ ‫ﺎف اﺑ ِْﻦ َﻛ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ُور«‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﺴ ُﺖ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻳﺮ )ﺗُﺒْﻌِ َﺪهُ( ﻋَ ِﻦ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَةِ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻃﻠُﺐُ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ َﻚ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ إ ِ ﱠﻻ أ َ ْن ﺗُ ْﻘ ِ َ‬ ‫ﴢ اﺑ َْﻦ ا ْﻟﻮ َِز ِ‬ ‫»ﺑَﺪ ِْر ا ْﻟﺒُﺪ ِ‬ ‫ُون ﺗَﻤْ ﻜِﻴﻨ ِ​ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱡﺪﻧ ُ ﱢﻮ )ا ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب( ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ ُ‬ ‫َوﺗَﺤُ ﻮ َل د َ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َل اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ‪«.‬‬ ‫»ﺳﻤْ ﻌً ﺎ َو َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ‪َ :‬‬ ‫َﴪ َك‪ «.‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻏﺎبَ ﻋَ ﻨ ْ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻃﺎﻋَ ًﺔ — ﻳَﺎ ﻣَ ﻮ َْﻻيَ — و َ​َﺳ َﱰَى ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ ُ ﱡ‬ ‫وَاﻧ ْ َﴫ َ‬ ‫َف‪.‬‬ ‫ري ا ْﻟ ُﻮ َز َراءِ ِوا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ‬ ‫)‪ (3‬اﺑْ ُﻦ َﻛ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ون‪َ ،‬ﺧ ِﻄ َ‬ ‫ﺎف وَاﻧ ْ َﴫ َ‬ ‫ﺎﴐ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ْﺖ ﺣَ َﻔ َﻼ ُت اﻟ ﱢﺰ َﻓ ِ‬ ‫ري ا ْﻟ ُﻮ َز َراءِ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫َف ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ اﺑ َْﻦ َﻛ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْ‬ ‫ﺣُ ﺠْ َﺮ ِة ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَةِ‪َ ،‬وو َ‬ ‫ﻈﻬَ ِﺮ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ ﻟ ِْﻸ َ ِﻣريَ ِة ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻻ ﺗَﻨ ْ َﺰﻋِﺞَ ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺿﻌَ ُﻪ ِﰲ ِﻣ ْﺮﺣَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎض ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬

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‫َزوَاجُ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ِة‬

‫و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﻋَ ِﺠﺒ َِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ني ﺗَ َﻠ ﱠﻔﺘَ ْﺖ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗَ ِﺠ ْﺪ َزوْﺟَ ﻬَ ﺎ أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬وَﻣَ َﻜﺜ َ ْﺖ وَﺣْ ﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺎح‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫وَﻫِ ﻲ ﻣَ ﺪ ُْﻫ َ‬ ‫َﺎب ﻋَ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫وﺳﻬَ ﺎ أ َ َﺷ ﱠﺪ د َْﻫ َﺸ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮﺷ ٌﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻏِ ﻴ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒَﺎحُ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﴎاﺣَ ﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻌَ ﺎ َد إ ِ َﱃ ﺣُ ﺠْ َﺮ ِة ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَةِ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﺑَﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻻحَ‬ ‫َت ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻖ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ َ َ‬ ‫ﴚءٍ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫أَﻣَ ﺎ َر ُ‬ ‫َث َﻟ ُﻪ ِﰲ َﻟﻴْ َﻠﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْﻮدَاءِ‪.‬‬ ‫ات اﻟ ﱡﺮﻋْ ِﺐ و َِاﻻ ْرﺗِﺒَﺎكِ ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ أ َ ْن ﻳُﺤَ ﱢﺪﺛَﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑ َ ْ‬

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‫ﱢﻳﻦ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬

‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ُر َو َزوْﺟُ ُﻪ ِﻟﻴ َُﺴ ﱢﻠﻤَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ اﺑْﻨَﺘ ِ​ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮأَﻳ َ‬ ‫ﴎ‬ ‫َﺎﻫﺎ ﺣَ ِﺰﻳﻨ َ ًﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﺴﺄ َ َﻻ َﻫﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ ِ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺟَ ﺎءَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴚءٍ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺣُ ْﺰﻧِﻬَ ﺎ؛ َﻓﺘَﺠَ ﱠﻠﺪ ْ‬ ‫َث‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺟَ ﺎء َِت اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ ُﺔ اﻟﺜﱠﺎ ِﻧﻴ َُﺔ ﺣَ ﻤَ َﻞ‬ ‫َت أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗُ ْﺨ ِﱪ ُْﻫﻤَ ﺎ ِﺑ َ ْ‬ ‫وﺳﻬَ ﺎ؛ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﻤَ َﻠ ُﻪ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ َﻠ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑ َﻘ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ ُﺔ اﻟﺜﱠﺎ ِﻟﺜ َ ُﺔ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ ﻋَ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻨ َ َﻊ ِﺑ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ني‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎﺿﻴَﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻨ َ َﻊ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫)‪َ (4‬ﻏ َ‬ ‫ﻮر‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫ﻀﺐُ ْ ِ‬ ‫َاﺿ ُ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﱪًا ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺎ َرأ َ ْت‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗُ ِﻄ ِﻖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة َ‬ ‫اﻹ ْﻓ َﻀﺎءِ إ ِ َﱃ أُﻣﱢ ﻬَ ﺎ )إ ِ ْﺧﺒ َِﺎر َﻫﺎ( ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻄ ﱠﺮ ْت إ ِ َﱃ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﻣَ ﺎ َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ﺘْ ُﻪ ِﻣ ِﻦ اﺑْﻨَﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓ ْ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻮر‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ َﻏ َﻀﺒُﻪُ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫َث‪َ .‬ﻓﺬَ َﻫﺒ َْﺖ أُﻣﱡ ﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴬ أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ُﻪ َﻛ ِﺒريَ ُو َز َراﺋ ِ​ِﻪ وَاﺑْﻨَﻪُ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﺄ َ َﻟﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ أ َ ْن ﻳ ُْﺨ ِﱪَا ُه ِﺑﺤَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ِﺔ ْاﻷَﻣْ ِﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫وَأَﺣْ َ َ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َر َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫َث ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ َِﺎﱄ اﻟﺜ ﱠ َﻼ ِث‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ِﻊ اﺑْ ُﻦ َﻛ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ري ا ْﻟ ُﻮ َز َراءِ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ْﻜﺘُ َﻢ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﻮر ﺑَﺎ ِﻛﻴًﺎ؛ ﻳ َْﺴﺄَﻟُ ُﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳ ُْﺨ ِﲇ َ َﺳ ِﺒﻴ َﻠﻪُ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْن ﻳُﻌْ ﻔِ ﻴَ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ا ْﻟﺒ َ​َﻘﺎءِ ﻣَ َﻊ‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ا ْرﺗَﻤَ ﻰ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻗﺪَﻣَ ِﻲ ْ ِ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَةِ‪.‬‬ ‫‪38‬‬

‫َزوَاجُ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ِة‬

‫ﻮر ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫﺬَا اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‪ ،‬وَأَﻳ َْﻘ َﻦ‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ ِﺐ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ذَ َﻛ َﺮ وَﻋْ َﺪ ُه أ ُ ﱠم »ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ أَﺣَ ﺐﱠ إ ِ َﱃ ْ ِ‬ ‫أ َ ﱠن ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫َث ِﻻﺑْﻨَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ — ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣِ ْﺮﻣَ ﺎﻧِﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺴﻌَ َﺪ ِﺑ َﺰو ِْﺟﻬَ ﺎ — إِﻧﱠﻤَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن اﻧْﺘ َِﻘﺎﻣً ﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ﷲِ؛‬ ‫ِﻷَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َِﻒ ِﺑﻮَﻋْ ِﺪهِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱢﻲ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫َث؛ َﻓ َﻔ ِﺮحَ أ َ َﺷ ﱠﺪ ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺮ ِح‪.‬‬ ‫وَﻋَ ِﻠ َﻢ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫)‪ (5‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﺛ َ َﻼﺛ َ ِﺔ أ َ ْﺷﻬُ ٍﺮ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ اﻧ ْ َﻘ َﴣ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻬْ ُﺮ اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻟ ُ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫ﻮر‪ِ ،‬ﻟﺘُﺬَ ﱢﻛ َﺮ ُه‬ ‫َﺻ َ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫ﱪ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ِﺚ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْر َﺳ َﻞ أُﻣﱠ ُﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑﻮَﻋْ ِﺪهِ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ُر ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻧَﺎد َ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ْن َر َ‬ ‫َاﻫﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓﺘَ َﻘﺪﱠﻣَ ْﺖ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ُﻣﺘَﺄ ﱢدﺑ ًَﺔ‪َ ،‬و َر َﻛﻌَ ْﺖ أﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ُﻪ َﺧ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺷﻌَ ًﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫آﻫﺎ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﻮر ِﻷُذَ ﱢﻛ َﺮ ُه ِﺑﻮَﻋْ ِﺪهِ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن اﻧ ْ َﻘ َﻀ ْﺖ ﺛ َ َﻼﺛ َ ُﺔ اﻷ َ ْﺷﻬُ ِﺮ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪ِ :‬‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫»ﺟﺌْ ُﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ري ُو َز َراﺋ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﻳ َْﺴﺄَﻟُ ُﻪ ﻋَ ْﻦ َرأ ْ ِﻳ ِﻪ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ُر أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ُﻣﻨ ْ ِﺠ ٌﺰ ﻣَ ﺎ وَﻋَ ﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَا ْﻟﺘَ َﻔ َﺖ إ ِ َﱃ َﻛ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ َﻗ ﱠﺮ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ َﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻠُﻪُ؛ َﻓ ُﺮﺑﱠﻤَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻮل أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﻳﺞ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ِة ِﺑ َﺮﺟُ ٍﻞ ﻣَ ﺠْ ﻬُ ٍ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻪُ‪» :‬أ َ َرى أ َ ﱠﻻ ﻳ َْﺴﻤَ ﺢَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ُر ِﺑﺘَ ْﺰ ِو ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻒءٍ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ َﺮ ِة إِﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ري ُﻛ ْ‬ ‫ُﺼ َ‬ ‫ﻮر ﱢ‬ ‫ري أ َ ْﻫ ٍﻞ( ِﻟﻤ َ‬ ‫وج‬ ‫)ﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﻈﻴ ِﻢ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﺴ ُﺖ أ َرى و َِﺳﻴ َﻠ ًﺔ ِﻟ ْﻠ ُﺨ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ(‪ ،‬إ ِ ﱠﻻ أ َ ْن ﻧ َ ْﺸﺘَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻂ )ﻧَﺤْ ُﻜ َﻢ ﺣُ ْﻜﻤً ﺎ ﺟَ ﺎ ِﺋ ًﺮا( ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺄ ْ ِز ِق ) ِﻟ ْﻠ َﺨ َﻼ ِص ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫﺬَا ﱢ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ ِﺐ‬ ‫اﻟﻀ ِ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻬْ ِﺮ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ِة ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻧُﻌْ ِﺠ َﺰهُ‪َ ،‬وﻧ ُ َﺴﻮ َ‬ ‫ري أ َ ْن ﻧَﻨ ْ ُﻘ َﺾ ﻋَ ﻬْ َﺪﻧَﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﱢغ َر ْﻓ َﻀﻨَﺎ‪ِ ،‬ﻣ ْﻦ َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ َﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ُر إ ِ َﱃ أ ُ ﱢم »ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﺎ ْﻟﺘَ َﻔ َﺖ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺎ َل َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﺴ ُﺖ أ َرى ﻣَ ﺎﻧِﻌً ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَﺤْ ﻘِ ِ‬ ‫ﺎل‪َ ،‬ﻻ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴﻌُ ُﻪ َو َﻟﺪُكِ ؛ َﻓ ِﺈﻧﱢﻲ أ َ ْﺷ َ ِﱰ ُ‬ ‫ط ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳ َُﻘ ﱢﺪ َم ﻟ ِْﻸ َ ِﻣريَ ِة‬ ‫ِﻃ ْﻠﺒَﺘِﻚِ ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﻣَ ﻬْ َﺮ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ِة َﻏ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎل ﱠ‬ ‫أ َ ْرﺑَﻌِ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻶﻟ ِ​ِﺊ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻗﺪﱠﻣْ ﺘِﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﱠﺮ ِة ﱠ‬ ‫ني َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑ َﻘ ِﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺻﺤْ َﻔ ًﺔ ﻣَ ﻤْ ﻠُﻮءَ ًة ِﺑﺄَﻣْ ﺜ َ ِ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ﻳَﺎﺋ َِﺴ ًﺔ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻌَ ﺎد ْ‬ ‫)ﻻ أَﻣَ َﻞ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ(‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ أَﻳ َْﻘﻨ َ ْﺖ أ َ ﱠن َو َﻟﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ أَﻋْ ﺠَ ُﺰ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْن‬ ‫َت أ ُ ﱡم »ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻳُﺤَ ﱢﻘ َﻖ َﻫﺬَا اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠﺐَ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻻ َﺳ ِﺒﻴ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ﺗَﺤْ ﻘِ ﻴﻘ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (6‬ﻣَ ﻬْ ُﺮ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ِة‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﴎ َع إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫َث‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ اﻣْ ﺘَ َﻸ َ ْت ﻧ َ ْﻔ ُﺴ ُﻪ ُ ُ‬ ‫ﴎو ًرا‪ .‬وَأ َ ْ َ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ْن أ َ ْﺧ َﱪ َْت َو َﻟﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ »ﻋَ َﻼءَ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺤْ َﻔ ًﺔ ﻣَ ﻤْ ﻠُﻮءَ ًة ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺎح َﻓ َﻔ َﺮ َﻛﻪُ‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﴬ َﻟ ُﻪ أ َ ْرﺑَﻌِ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْ‬ ‫ني َ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﻶﻟ ِ​ِﺊ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠﺐَ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱢﻲ أ َ ْن ﻳُﺤْ ِ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫‪39‬‬

‫ﱢﻳﻦ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬

‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﻳَ ْ‬ ‫ني ﺗَﺎ ِﺑﻌً ﺎ ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤﻠُﻮﻧَﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْرﺑَﻌِ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ُر‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْرﺑَﻌِ َ‬ ‫ني َﺧﺎدِ ﻣً ﺎ ﻳَﺘَ َﻘ ﱠﺪﻣُﻮﻧَﻬُ ﻢْ‪ ،‬وَﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ أ َ ْﻓ َﺨ ُﺮ‬ ‫ﻄﻠُﺒُﻬَ ﺎ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﺎب وَأَﻧ ْ َﻔ ُﺴﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺜﱢﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﴬ َﻟ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠﺐَ ؛ َﻓﺪَﻫِ َﺸ ْﺖ أ ُ ﱡم »ﻋَ َﻼءِ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻤْ ِﺾ و َْﻗ ٌﺖ َﻗ ِﺼريٌ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أَﺣْ َ َ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َرأ َ ْت‪َ .‬و َ‬ ‫ﻮر؛‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠﺐَ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ َو َﻟﺪ َُﻫﺎ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺬْ َﻫﺐَ ِﺑﻬَ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻬَ ﺪَاﻳَﺎ اﻟﺜ ﱠ ِﻤﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ إ ِ َﱃ َﻗ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ ِْ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻻ ﻳ َِﻀﻴ َﻊ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ُﺖ‪.‬‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ْن َﺧ َﺮﺟَ ْﺖ — وَﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ ْاﻷَﺗْﺒَﺎ ُع وَا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺪ ُم — ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻋَ ِﺠﺐَ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫ﺎس ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َرأَوْا أ َ َﺷ ﱠﺪ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠَ ِﺐ‪.‬‬ ‫و ْ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ ﻣَ ْ‬ ‫َاﺷﺘَﺪ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﴪﻋَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺠﻴﺒَ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓﺎ ْﻟﺘَ َﻔ َﺖ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ ِﺒ ِﻪ ِﺑﻬَ ِﺬ ِه ﱡ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫ﱠت د َْﻫ َﺸ ُﺔ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻮر ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَﺤْ ﻘِ ِ‬ ‫ري ُو َز َراﺋ ِ​ِﻪ‪ِ ،‬و َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ُﻪ ﻋَ ْﻦ َرأ ْ ِﻳ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ أ َ ْن ﻳُﻌَ ِﺎر َ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ِﺑ ْﺎﻷ َ ِﻣريَةِ‪،‬‬ ‫َﻛ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫َاج »ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ض ِﰲ َزو ِ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ُر إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪةِ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺎ َل َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻗ ِﺒ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ِﺑ َﺮ ْﻏ ِﻢ ﺣِ ْﻘ ِﺪ ِه ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫ريﺗ ِ​ِﻪ ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪َ .‬ﻓﺎ ْﻟﺘَ َﻔ َﺖ ْ ِ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻠُ ِﺒ َ‬ ‫ُور‪«.‬‬ ‫َاﺷﺘَ ْﻘ ُﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ُر ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ َو َﻟﺪِكِ ؛ ِﻷ ُ َزوﱢﺟَ ُﻪ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣ َ‬ ‫ري َة‪ :‬ﺑَ ْﺪ َر ا ْﻟﺒُﺪ ِ‬

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‫َزوَاجُ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ِة‬

‫اﻟﺸ ْﻜ ِﺮ‪ ،‬و ْ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻔِ ِﻪ أَﺣْ َﺴ َﻦ ﱡ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َر ﻋَ َﲆ ﻋَ ْ‬ ‫وج‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَذِ َن َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺸ َﻜ َﺮ ِت ْ ِ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَﺄذَﻧَﺘْ ُﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ُﺨ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ُر‪ .‬و َ​َﺳﺎ َر ْت ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﺎج‪.‬‬ ‫ِْ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘِﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِﻟﻬَ ﺎ ُﻣﺒْﺘَ ِﻬﺠَ ًﺔ ِﺑﻨَﺠَ ﺎﺣِ ﻬَ ﺎ أ َﺷ ﱠﺪ ِاﻻﺑْﺘِﻬَ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َر ﻳَﺪْﻋُ ﻮ ُه إ ِ َﱃ ِزﻳَﺎ َرﺗ ِ​ِﻪ ِﻟﻴُ َﺰوﱢﺟَ ُﻪ ﺑْﺎﺑْﻨَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ْن أ َ ْﺧ َﱪ َْت َو َﻟﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ »ﻋَ َﻼءَ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« أ َ ﱠن ْ ِ‬ ‫َﴎو ًرا‪ ،‬و َ​َﺧ ﱠﺮ َراﻛِﻌً ﺎ ُﺷ ْﻜ ًﺮا ِهلل ِ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ُور« ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ اﻣْ ﺘَ َﻸ َ ْت ﻧ َ ْﻔ ُﺴ ُﻪ ﺑَﻬْ ﺠَ ًﺔ و ُ ُ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَةِ‪» :‬ﺑَﺪ ِْر ا ْﻟﺒُﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻧَﺠَ ﺎﺣِ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬وﻧَﻴ ِْﻞ أُﻣْ ِﻨﻴﱠﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻛﺎ َد ﻳَﻴْﺄ َ ُس ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑُﻠُﻮﻏِﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ِ (7‬ﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ ِم‬ ‫ﺻ ِﺔ اﻟﺜ ﱠ ِﻤﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺪ َ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ) َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَﺄ َ ﱠﺧ ْﺮ َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَﻮ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ًﺔ( ِﰲ اﻧْﺘِﻬَ ِﺎز َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫َﺧ َﻞ‬ ‫َان »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﴬ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْ‬ ‫ﺎل‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﺼﺒَﺎحَ و َ​َﻓ َﺮ َﻛﻪُ؛ َﻓﺤَ َ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤُ ﺠْ َﺮ َة اﻟﺜﱠﺎ ِﻧﻴ َ​َﺔ‪ ،‬وَأَﺣْ َ َ‬ ‫ﴬ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ‬ ‫َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪ُ » :‬ﻣ ْﺮﻧِﻲ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَ َﺸﺎءُ‪«.‬‬

‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ُر إ ِ َﱃ ِزﻳَﺎ َرﺗ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻬَ ﻴﱢﺊْ ِﱄ ﺣَ ﻤﱠ ﺎﻣً ﺎ َﻓﺎﺧِ ًﺮا‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ دَﻋَ ﺎﻧِﻲ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﺎب ِﻷ َ ْﻟﺒ َ​َﺴﻬَ ﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫ِﻷ َ ْﺳﺘَﺤِ ﱠﻢ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَأَﺣْ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﴬ ِﱄ أَﺛْﻤَ َﻦ ِﺛﻴ ٍ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ْن أَﺗَ ﱠﻢ َﻗ ْﻮ َﻟ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺣَ ﻤَ َﻠ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ِﻳﻊ‪ ،‬ﻣَ ْ‬ ‫ﻮع ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ﺼﻨ ُ ٍ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َر ِﺑ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَأﻧ ْ َﺰ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﰲ ﺣَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ ٍم ﺑَﺪ ٍ‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟﻤ ْ‬ ‫ُﺨﺘَﻠ ِ‬ ‫َان‪َ .‬ﻓﺠَ َﻠ َﺲ ِﰲ ﺑَﻬْ ٍﻮ )ﺣُ ﺠْ َﺮ ٍة و ِ‬ ‫َاﺳﻌَ ٍﺔ َﻓ ِﺴﻴﺤَ ٍﺔ( َﻻ ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ ِﻣﺜْﻠُ ُﻪ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱡﺮ َﺧﺎ ِم اﻟﺜ ﱠ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫ِﻒ ْاﻷ َ ْﻟﻮ ِ‬ ‫ِﰲ ُﻗ ُ‬ ‫ﻮر ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻠُﻮكِ ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺧ َﻠ َﻊ ِﺛﻴَﺎﺑَ ُﻪ و ْ‬ ‫ﴬوا َﻟ ُﻪ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَﺤَ ﻢﱠ‪ .‬وَﻋُ ﻨ َِﻲ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ وَأَﻋْ ﻮَاﻧ ُ ُﻪ ِﺑﺨِ ﺪْﻣَ ﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪ِ ،‬وأَﺣْ َ ُ‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫‪41‬‬

‫ﱢﻳﻦ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬

‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻴﺐ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ ْﻟﺒ َُﺴﻮ ُه ِﺛﻴَﺎﺑًﺎ ُﻣﻮ ﱠَﺷﺎ ًة ) ُﻣ َﺰﻳﱠﻨ َ ًﺔ( ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫َاع ا ْﻟﻌُ ُ‬ ‫ﻮر وَاﻟ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﻶﻟ ِ​ِﺊ اﻟﻨﱠﺎدِ َر ِة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻻ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫أﺣْ َﺴ َﻦ أﻧْﻮ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﻮر ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ ِﻣﺜْﻠُﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ ِْ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َرأَى‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َ‬ ‫ُﴪﺟً ﺎ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠﺐَ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱢﻲ أ َ ْن ﻳُﺤْ ِ َ‬ ‫ﴬ َﻟ ُﻪ َﻓ َﺮ ًﺳﺎ ﻣ َ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓﺪَﻫِ َﺶ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﴪجُ (‪ُ ،‬ﻣ َ‬ ‫َﺎب‪ ،‬ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤﻠُ َ‬ ‫ِﴩ َ‬ ‫ﻮن‬ ‫)ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﱠ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻬﱠ ﻤً ﺎ )ﺗَﺎ ﱠم ا ْﻟﺤُ ْﺴ ِﻦ(‪َ ،‬وﻋ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ َﺧﺎدِ ﻣً ﺎ‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ أ َ ْﻓ َﺨ ُﺮ اﻟﺜﱢﻴ ِ‬ ‫ِﺻﺤَ ًﺎﻓﺎ َﻛ ِﺒريَ ًة ﻣَ ﻤْ ﻠُﻮءَ ًة ِﺑﺄَﻧ ْ َﻔ ِﺲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻠﻬُ ْﻢ ﻳ َِﺴري َ‬ ‫ِﴩ َ‬ ‫اﻟﻶﻟ ِ​ِﺊ‪ ،‬ﻳ َِﺴري َ‬ ‫ُون َﺧ ْﻠ َﻔﻪُ؛ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ‬ ‫ُون أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻪُ‪َ ،‬وﻋ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﴪ َن ) ِﻟﻴَﻤْ ِﺸ َ‬ ‫ﴬ ِﺳ ﱠﺖ ﺟَ ﻮ ٍَار ُﻣ ْﺮﺗَ ِﺪﻳ ٍ‬ ‫ﴩ َة‬ ‫ﻳُﺤْ ِ ُ‬ ‫ﴬ ﻋَ َ َ‬ ‫ني( ﻣَ َﻊ أُﻣﱢ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬وﻳُﺤْ ِ َ‬ ‫َﺎت أ َ ْﻓ َﺨ َﺮ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻼ ِﺑ ِﺲ؛ ِﻟﻴ ِ ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ِﻴﺲ أ ْﻟ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ دِ ﻳﻨ َ ٍﺎر َذ َﻫﺒًﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺎس‪ِ ،‬ﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻛ ٍ‬ ‫أ َ ْﻛﻴ ٍ‬ ‫)‪ِ (8‬ﰲ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴫ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﺨ َﻔﻰ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗ ْﻮ ِﻟ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ ًﺔ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻋَ ﺎ َد وَﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‪.‬‬ ‫أَﻣَ َﺮ ُه ِﺑ ِﻪ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« َووَا ِﻟ َﺪﺗُ ُﻪ ِﰲ ﻣَ ْﻮ ِﻛ ِﺒ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﺨ ِﻢ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن أَﻋْ َ‬ ‫َﺎس‪،‬‬ ‫ﻄﻰ أُﻣﱠ ُﻪ أ َ ْرﺑَﻌَ َﺔ أ َ ْﻛﻴ ٍ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺳﺎ َر »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺘﱠﺔ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎﻗِ ﻴ َ​َﺔ ِﰲ أَﻳْﺪِي َﺧﺪ َِﻣ ِﻪ؛ ِﻟﻴُ َﻮ ﱢزﻋُ َ‬ ‫َوﺗَ َﺮ َك ﱢ‬ ‫ﻮر‬ ‫ري ِه — ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻤْ ﻬُ ِ‬ ‫ﻮﻫﺎ — ِﰲ أَﺛْﻨَﺎءِ َﺳ ْ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤُﺤْ ﺘَ ِﺸ ِﺪ )ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَﺠَ ﻤﱢ ِﻊ(‪.‬‬

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‫َزوَاجُ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ِة‬

‫ُون ﻋَ َﲆ ﺟَ ﺎ ِﻧﺒ َِﻲ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﻬْ ﺘ ُِﻔ َ‬ ‫ﺎس ﻳَﺤْ ﺘَ ِﺸﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﺑ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﻣُﻌْ ﺠَ ِﺒ َ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ َزا َل َﺳﺎ ِﺋ ًﺮا — وَاﻟﻨ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫ني‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ و َ‬ ‫ﻮﺷ َ‬ ‫ِﺑ َﻜ َﺮﻣ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﻣَ ﺪ ُ​ُﻫ ِ‬ ‫ني ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓ َﺨﺎﻣَ ِﺔ ﻣَ ْﻮ ِﻛ ِﺒ ِﻪ — ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ و َ‬ ‫َﺿ َﻊ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺪ ُم‬ ‫َﺻ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﻮر‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻬَ ﺪَاﻳَﺎ أَﻣَ ﺎ َم ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﻮر‬ ‫)‪ِ (9‬ﰲ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ ِْ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ْن د َ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﴫ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻗﺎﺑَ َﻠ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ ُﻮ َز َراءُ وَﺣَ ِ‬ ‫ﻮر َو َرﺣﱠ ﺒُﻮا ِﺑ ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﺎ ُروا ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ‬ ‫َﺧ َﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺷﻴ َُﺔ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ و َ‬ ‫ﻮع‪،‬‬ ‫َﺻ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﺮ ِش‪َ .‬ﻓﺄ َ َرا َد أ َ ْن ﻳَ ْﺮ َﻛ َﻊ أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ُﻪ ﺗَﻌْ ِﻈﻴﻤً ﺎ َﻟﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻤَ ﻨَﻌَ ُﻪ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ُر ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ُﻛ ِ‬ ‫وَﻋَ ﺎﻧ َ َﻘﻪُ‪ ،‬وَأَﺟْ َﻠ َﺴ ُﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ﺎ ِﻧ ِﺒ ِﻪ‪.‬‬

‫ﱢﻳﻦ« أَﺣْ َﺴ َﻦ ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ْﻜ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬ودَﻋَ ﺎ َﻟﻪُ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎ َل‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﻦ أَﻧ ْ َﴗ ﻟ ْ ِ​ِﻺﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﻮر َﻫ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺸ َﻜ َﺮ َﻟ ُﻪ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َل ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻲ — َﺧﺎدِ ﻣَ ُﻪ َو َو َﻟ َﺪ ُه ا ْﻟﻤ ْ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱡﻞ — ُ‬ ‫ﺼﻨِﻲ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﺄ َ َ‬ ‫ِﺺ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌِ ﻨَﺎﻳ َ​َﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﺧ ﱠ‬ ‫ُﺨﻠ َ‬ ‫ني‪«.‬‬ ‫‪43‬‬

‫ﱢﻳﻦ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬

‫ﻃﻮ ُر أ َ َدﺑَ ُﻪ َو ُ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺟَ ﺎءَ و َْﻗ ُﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺪَاءِ‪،‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﺸ َﻜ َﺮ َﻟ ُﻪ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻇ ْﺮ َﻓﻪُ‪ .‬وَﺟَ َﻠ َﺴﺎ ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺪﺛ َ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‪َ ،‬و ُو َز َراﺋ ِ​ِﻪ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ُر ﻣَ َﻊ ِﺻﻬْ ِﺮ ِه »ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺴﺎ َرا ﻣَ ﻌً ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ َﻗﺎﻋَ ٍﺔ َﻓ ْﺨﻤَ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬وَﺟَ َﻠ َﺲ ْ ِ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﺎﺷﻴَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﺪ ٍة َﻓﺎﺧِ َﺮةٍ‪ ،‬وَأ َ َﻛﻠُﻮا ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ‪َ .‬ودَا َر ِت ْاﻷَﺣَ ﺎدِ ُ‬ ‫وَﺣَ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ُر‬ ‫ﻳﺚ ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻬُ ﻢْ؛ َﻓﺄﻋْ ِﺠﺐَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« َوﺑُﻌْ ِﺪ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎ َﻟ ِﺔ َرأ ْ ِﻳ ِﻪ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺮهِ‪ ،‬وَأ َ َ‬ ‫)ﺻﻮَا ِﺑ ِﻪ(‪ ،‬وَﺣُ ْﺴ ِﻦ أ َ َد ِﺑ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﺑﺬَ َﻛﺎءِ »ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬

‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ِﺘﺪْﻋَ ﺎءِ َﻗ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ُر ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‬ ‫ﺎﴈ ا ْﻟ ُﻘ َﻀﺎةِ‪ِ ،‬ﻟﻴُ َﺰوﱢجَ »ﻋَ َﻼءَ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻮْا ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﻛ ِﻞ‪ ،‬أَﻣَ َﺮ ْ ِ‬ ‫ُور«‪.‬‬ ‫ِﺑ ْﺎﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ِة »ﺑَﺪ ِْر ا ْﻟﺒُﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳ ِﺪ‬ ‫)‪ِ (10‬ﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ُر ْ‬ ‫ﴫهِ‪ ،‬إ ِ َذا َﺷﺎءَ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ‬ ‫اﺳﺘِﻌْ ﺪَا َد ُه ِ ِﻹ َﻗﺎﻣَ ِﺔ ﺣَ َﻔ َﻼ ِت ا ْﻟﻌُ ْﺮ ِس ِﰲ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ َﻟ ُﻪ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ريةِ‪ ،‬أَﻣَ ﺎ َم‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ُر أ َ ْن أ ُ َﺷﻴﱢ َﺪ )أَﺑْﻨ َِﻲ( َﻗ ْﴫًا ﺟَ ﺪِﻳﺪًا ﻟ ِْﻸ َ ِﻣ َ‬ ‫»ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‪» :‬أ َ ْرﺟُ ﻮ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺄْذَ َن ِﱄ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴫهِ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ُر ِﰲ َذ ِﻟ ُﻜﻢْ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺣَ َ‬ ‫ﺎن و َْﻗ ُﺖ ِاﻻﻧ ْ ِﴫ ِ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫َاف‪َ ،‬ﺳ ﱠﻠ َﻢ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﺄَذِ َن َﻟ ُﻪ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﴪو ًرا‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮر‪ ،‬وَﻋَ ﺎ َد إ ِ َﱃ ﺑَﻴْﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ﻣَ َﻊ أُﻣﱢ ِﻪ ﻣَ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫ِْ‬ ‫‪44‬‬

‫َزوَاجُ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ِة‬

‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ِﻣ ْ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ْن و َ‬ ‫ﺼﺒَﺎﺣَ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺠﻴﺐَ ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻓ َﺮ َﻛﻪُ؛‬ ‫َﺻ َﻼ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺖ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أَﺣْ َ َ‬ ‫ﴬ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‪» :‬أ ُ ِرﻳ ُﺪ أ َ ْن‬ ‫َﻓﺤَ َ َ‬ ‫ﴬ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ و َْﻗﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ُﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﻣ َﺮ ُه ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻳ َ​َﺸﺎءُ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﴫ و َْﻗ ٍﺖ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﻮر‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺨﺘَﺎ َر‬ ‫ﺎع — َﻗ ْﴫًا َﻓﺎﺧِ ًﺮا أَﻣَ ﺎ َم َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺗُ َﺸﻴﱢ َﺪ ِﱄ — ِﰲ أ َ ْﻗ َ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ ِْ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ وَا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮﻣَ ِﺮ و ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻ ٍ‬ ‫َاﻟﻼ َز َو ْر ِد )و َُﻫ َﻮ ﺣَ ﺠَ ٌﺮ َﻛ ِﺮﻳ ٌﻢ َﻟ ْﻮﻧ ُ ُﻪ أ َ ْز َر ُق َ‬ ‫ﺎف(‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْن‬ ‫أﺣْ ﺠَ ﺎ َر ُه ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻘِ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ ﺣُ ﺠْ َﺮ ًة َﻓ ِﺴﻴﺤَ ًﺔ‪ ،‬ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ْرﺑَ ٌﻊ َوﻋ ِْﴩ َ‬ ‫ُون ﻧَﺎﻓِ ﺬَ ًة‪ُ ،‬ﻣ َﺮ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﻌَ ًﺔ )ﻣُﺤَ ﱠﻼ ًة(‬ ‫ﺗُ َﺸﻴﱢ َﺪ ِﱄ ِﰲ أَﻋْ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ ِﺑﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻮت وَاﻟ ﱡﺰ ُﻣ ﱡﺮدِ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْن ﺗَﺤُ ﻮ َ‬ ‫ﺎس وَا ْﻟﻴ َُﺎﻗ ِ‬ ‫ﴬ‬ ‫ِﻳﻘ ٍﺔ َﻛ ِﺒريَةٍ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗُﺤْ ِ َ‬ ‫ط ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ َ‬ ‫ِﺑﺄَﺛْﻤَ ِﻦ أَﺣْ ﺠَ ِﺎر ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ُوﻗﺎ ﻣَ ﻤْ ﻠﻮءًا ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﺬ َﻫ ِﺐ وَا ْﻟﻔِ ﱠﻀ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬وﺗُﺠَ ﻤﱢ َﻞ َﻫ َﺬا ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ َ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺻﻨْﺪ ً‬ ‫َاع ْاﻷَﺛ َ ِ‬ ‫ِﱄ ُ‬ ‫ﺎث وَا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺪ ِم‬ ‫ﴫ ِﺑﺄ ْﻓ َﺨ ِﺮ أﻧْﻮ ِ‬ ‫وَا ْﻟﺠَ ﻮ َِاري‪َ ،‬و ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ أَﺣْ ﺘَﺎجُ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻴَﺎدِ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺎﺧِ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻬﱠ ﻤَ ِﺔ )ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ اﺟْ ﺘَﻤَ ﻌَ ْﺖ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ‬ ‫ﻣَ َﺰاﻳَﺎ ا ْﻟﺤُ ْﺴ ِﻦ(‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻃﺎﻋَ ًﺔ َﻟ َﻚ ﻳَﺎ ﻣَ ﻮ َْﻻيَ ‪ «.‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ اﻧ ْ َﴫ َ‬ ‫»ﺳﻤْ ﻌً ﺎ َو َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ‪َ :‬‬ ‫َف ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ﻣ ُْﻐﺘَ ِﺒ ً‬ ‫ﻄﺎ‪ ،‬ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌَ ﺎ َد ِة‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ُﺲ َﻗ ْﺪ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ِﻟ ْﻠ ُﻐ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫وب‪َ ،‬ﻓﺠَ َﻠ َﺲ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَﻨْﺘَ ِﻈ ُﺮهُ‪َ ،‬وﻳ َْﺸ ُﻜ ُﺮ ﷲ َ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَ ْﻮﻓِﻴﻘ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ .‬وﺑ َ‬ ‫ني‪َ ،‬ﻫﺎدِ ئ َ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻔ ِﺲ‪ُ ،‬ﻣ ْﺮﺗَﺎحَ‬ ‫َﺎت َﻟﻴْ َﻠﺘَ ُﻪ َﻗ ِﺮﻳ َﺮ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻴ َْﻘ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْﻠ ِﺐ‪ .‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻻحَ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒَﺎحُ ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ِن ْ‬ ‫ﻆ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻣَ ﺜ َ َﻞ أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺎ َل َﻟﻪُ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺗَ ﱠﻢ‬ ‫ﴫ — ﻳَﺎ ﻣَ ﻮ َْﻻيَ — َﻓﻬَ ﻴﱠﺎ )أ َ ْﻗ ِﺒ ْﻞ( ﻟ َِﱰَاهُ«‪.‬‬ ‫ِﺑﻨَﺎءُ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َر ِﺑ ِﻪ َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ًﺔ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ و َ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ﻣَ ﺎ أَد َْﻫ َﺸ ُﻪ و َ​َﺳﺤَ َﺮ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻼ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﺮأَى »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻟُﺒﱠ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫)ﻓﺘَ َﻦ ﻋَ ْﻘ َﻠﻪُ(‪َ ،‬ووَﺟَ َﺪ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠﺒَ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱢﻲ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎذا ﺗُ ِﺮﻳ ُﺪ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ‬ ‫ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ؟«‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َﻛ ِﺒريًا ﻳ َْﻔ ُﺮ ُﺷ ُﻪ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴬ ِﺑ َﺴﺎ ً‬ ‫َﻓ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ﴫ ِه‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« أ َ ْن ﻳُﺤْ ِ َ‬ ‫َني َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠﺐَ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ُور« ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ﴫ أ َ ِﺑﻴﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ﻮر؛ ِﻟﺘَ ِﺴريَ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣ َ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫ني ﺗَ ْﺨ ُﺮجُ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫ري ُة‪» :‬ﺑَ ْﺪ ُر ا ْﻟﺒُﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ ِْ‬ ‫ﴫ َﻫﺎ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳﺪِ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴬ ا ْﻟ ِﺒ َﺴﺎ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻐﺎبَ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ ﻋَ ﻨ ْ ُﻪ َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫ط‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﺄ َ َﻟﻪُ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎذَا ﻳ ُِﺮﻳ ُﺪ ﻣَ ﻮ َْﻻيَ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ؟«‬ ‫ﻈ ًﺔ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﺣْ َ َ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« أَﺣْ َﺴ َﻦ ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ْﻜ ِﺮ‪ ،‬وَاﻧ ْ َﴫ َ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‬ ‫َف ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ إ ِ َﱃ َﺳ ِﺒﻴﻠ ِ​ِﻪ‪ .‬وَﻋَ ﺎ َد »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺸ َﻜ َﺮ َﻟ ُﻪ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺒَﺎﺣَ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺠﻴﺐَ ‪َ ،‬وو َ‬ ‫ﴬ ِﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﴫ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳﺪِ‪.‬‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ﺑَﻴْﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪِﻳ ِﻢ؛ َﻓﺄَﺣْ َ َ‬ ‫َﺿﻌَ ُﻪ ِﰲ ﺣُ ﺠْ َﺮ ٍة ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬

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‫ﱢﻳﻦ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬

‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ُر ِﰲ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ »ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫)‪ِ ْ (11‬‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﴫ ِه ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳ ِﺪ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﺷﻴﱠ َﺪ ُه‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻮر‪َ ،‬ودَﻋَ ﺎ ُه إ ِ َﱃ ِزﻳَﺎ َر ِة َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫ﴎ َع »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« إ ِ َﱃ ْ ِ‬ ‫ُور«‪.‬‬ ‫ﻟ ِْﻸ َ ِﻣريَةِ‪» :‬ﺑَﺪ ِْر ا ْﻟﺒُﺪ ِ‬ ‫ري ُو َز َراﺋ ِ​ِﻪ ﻳَﻨ ْ ُ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ُر ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤْ َ‬ ‫َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﴫ »ﻋَ َﻼءِ‬ ‫ان إ ِ َﱃ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺔ وَاﻗِ ًﻔﺎ ﻣَ َﻊ َﻛ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ني‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻛ ِﺒريُ ا ْﻟ ُﻮ َز َراءِ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« — ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺗَ ﱠﻢ إِﻧ ْ َﺸﺎ ُؤ ُه ِﰲ َﻟﻴْ َﻠ ٍﺔ وَاﺣِ َﺪ ٍة — ِﺑﺪ َْﻫ َﺸ ٍﺔ وَﺣَ ْ َ‬ ‫ري ٍة َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‪ُ ،‬ﻣﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺻ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻮﻳًﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻋَ ﺪَا َوﺗ ِ​ِﻪ َوﺑ ُْﻐ ِﻀ ِﻪ؛ ِﻷَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َر‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺎﻗِ ﺪًا ﻋَ َﲆ »ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ َﺮ ْ ِ‬ ‫ُﺼ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﺠَ َﺰ اﺑْﻨ ُ ُﻪ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻣ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ َﺮﺗ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَاﻟﺘﱠ َﺰو ِﱡج ِﺑﺎﺑْﻨَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل ا ْﻟﻮ َِزﻳ ُﺮ ﻟ ْ ِ​ِﻺﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﻮر‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫»ﻻ َﺷ ﱠﻚ ِﰲ أ َ ﱠن َﻫﺬَا اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ َﻞ َﺳﺎﺣِ ٌﺮ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠﻴ َْﺲ ِﰲ ﻣَ ْﻘﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫ُور إِﻧ ْ َﺴ ٍ‬ ‫ري ِﰲ َﻟﻴْ َﻠ ٍﺔ‬ ‫— ﻣَ ﻬْ ﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَﻨ َ ْﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻐِ ﻨَﻰ وَا ْﻟ ُﻘ ﱠﻮ ِة — أ َ ْن ﻳ َُﺸﻴﱢ َﺪ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﺨ ِﻢ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫وَاﺣِ َﺪةٍ‪«.‬‬

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‫َزوَاجُ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ِة‬

‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ُر‪َ » :‬ﻟﻴ َْﺲ ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒًﺎ أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ َﻞ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻣَ ِﻦ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ َع أ َ ْن ﻳ َُﻘ ﱢﺪ َم َﻟﻨَﺎ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ ْ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻬَ ﺪَاﻳَﺎ اﻟﻨﱠﻔِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺴ َﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻻ ﺗُﻮﺟَ ُﺪ ِﰲ َﺧ َﺰاﺋ ِ​ِﻦ أ َ ْﻛ َ ِﱪ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻠُﻮكِ !«‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻊ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«؛ َﻓﺎﻧ ْ َﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ُر )ﺗَﺒ ﱠَﺴ َﻢ وَا ْرﺗَﺎَحَ ِﻟﻠ َِﻘﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻪ(‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺟَ ﺎءَ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ِﻳﺚ‪ .‬و َ​َﻫ ﱠﺶ َﻟ ُﻪ ْ ِ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫َﺻ َﺎﻓﺤَ ُﻪ ُﻫ َﻮ َو َﻛ ِﺒريُ ُو َز َراﺋ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ْن دَﻋَ ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ُر ُﻣﺒْﺘَ ِﻬﺠً ﺎ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« إ ِ َﱃ ِزﻳَﺎ َر ِة ﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﻤَ ﺎ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﴫهِ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻟﺒﱠﺎ ُه ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻮع ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﻄ َ‬ ‫ﴪو ًرا‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ أُﻋْ ِﺠﺐَ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ِﺒ َﺴ ِ‬ ‫ﺎط ا ْﻟ َﻔﺎﺧِ ِﺮ‪ ،‬ا ْﻟﻤَ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﻔ ِﺔ اﻟﻨﱠﺎدِ َرةِ‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻓ َﺮ َﺷ ُﻪ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﻣَ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﺼﻨ ُ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ أُﻋْ ِﺠﺐَ ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ َرآ ُه ِﰲ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ »ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬

‫ﻳﻦ ﻧَﺎﻓِ ﺬَ ًة؛ َﻓ ْ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﴩ َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ و َ​َﻗ ُﻔﻮا ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤُ ﺠْ َﺮ ِة ذَ ِ‬ ‫ﻮر‬ ‫ات ْاﻷ َ ْرﺑ َِﻊ وَا ْﻟﻌِ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ ﻋَ ﺠَ ﺐُ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎل ﻧَﻮَاﻓِ ﺬ َِﻫﺎ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻓ َﺨﺎﻣَ ِﺔ أَﺛَﺎﺛِﻬَ ﺎ َو ِﻓ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫اﺷﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ َزاﻟُﻮا‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣُ ْﺴ ِﻦ ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﺴﻴﻤِ ﻬَ ﺎ و َ​َﻫﻨْﺪ َ​َﺳﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬وَﺟَ ﻤَ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺪﺛ ُ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺟَ ﺎءَ ﻣَ ْﻮ ِﻋ ُﺪ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺪَاءِ؛ َﻓ ُﻤﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ُر ِﰲ‬ ‫ﱠت َﻟﻬُ ْﻢ ﻣَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﺪ ٌة ﺣَ ﺎﻓِ َﻠ ٌﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﺮ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻠﻬَ ﺎ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬

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‫ﱢﻳﻦ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬

‫ﴫ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳ ِﺪ‬ ‫ُور« ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫)‪» (12‬ﺑَ ْﺪ ُر ا ْﻟﺒُﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ُر ِﺑﺪ ﱢَق ا ْﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ُﻮل‪َ ،‬وإ ِ َﻗﺎﻣَ ِﺔ ِزﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻌُ ْﺮ ِس —‬ ‫ﻄﺒ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻋَ ﺎدُوا إ ِ َﱃ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫ﻮر‪ ،‬أَﻣَ َﺮ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ ِْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ُور« ِﺑ َ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‪.‬‬ ‫َاج ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ِة »ﺑَﺪ ِْر ا ْﻟﺒُﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﺣِ ِﺒﻨَﺎ »ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ أﻧْﺤَ ﺎءِ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ — اﺑْﺘِﻬَ ﺎﺟً ﺎ ِﺑ َﺰو ِ‬

‫وَﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ْن ﺣَ َ‬ ‫ﺎن و َْﻗ ُﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺴﺎءِ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ُﺔ ُﻛ ﱡﻠﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ﻋُ ْﺮ ٍس و َِﺿﻴَﺎءٍ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َﻓ ِﺮﺣَ ِﺖ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﻮر‪،‬‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ِﻣ َ‬ ‫ُور« ِﺑ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ِﺑ َﺰو ِ‬ ‫ري ُة »ﺑَ ْﺪ ُر ا ْﻟﺒُﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ َﻫﺎ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳﺪِ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻓ ِﺮحَ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫َاﺟ ِﻪ اﺑْﻨ َ َﺔ ْ ِ‬ ‫َوﺗَﻤﱠ ْﺖ َﻟﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌَ ﺎ َد ُة وَا ْﻟﺤُ ﺒُﻮ ُر‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« َﻛ ِﺜريًا ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﺨ ُﺮجُ ﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴫ ِه‬ ‫ِﻠﺼﻴْ ِﺪ وَا ْﻟ َﻘﻨ ْ ِﺺ ﻋِ ﱠﺪ َة أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈذَا ﻋَ ﺎ َد إ ِ َﱃ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ِﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ني‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ني وَا ْﻟﻤَ َﺴﺎ ِﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺟ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺪ َﱠق ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ َﻘ َﺮاءِ وَا ْﻟﻤُﻌْ ِﻮ ِز َ‬ ‫ﺗَ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ُر — ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم‬ ‫ﻳﻦ وَا ْﻟﻤُﺤْ ﺘَ ِ‬ ‫ُور« ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺎح؛ َﻓﻴَ ُﺰو ُر َﻫﺎ َوﻳُﺤَ ﻴﱢﻴﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻳَﻌُ ﻮ ُد إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫— ﻳَﺬْ َﻫﺐُ إ ِ َﱃ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ اﺑْﻨَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ »ﺑَﺪ ِْر ا ْﻟﺒُﺪ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺿ َ‬ ‫دِ ﻳﻮَاﻧ ِ​ِﻪ؛ َﻓﻴَﺤْ ُﻜ ُﻢ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َني ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫ني ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻌَ ﺪ ِْل‪.‬‬ ‫‪48‬‬

‫َزوَاجُ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ِة‬

‫َﺎل‪.‬‬ ‫و َ​َﻫ َﻜﺬَا ﻣَ َﴣ ﻋَ ﺎ ٌم ِﺑﺄ َ ْﻛﻤَ ﻠ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ ْﻢ ِﰲ أ َ ْﺳﻌَ ِﺪ ﺣَ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎل‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻫﻨ َ ِﺈ ﺑ ٍ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺨﺎﻣﺲ‬

‫اﻹ ْﻓ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺣ ِﺮ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ﱢﻲ‬ ‫َﻋ ْﻮ َد ُة ﱠ‬ ‫)‪ (1‬ﺣُ ْﻠ ُﻢ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ِﺮ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﺎ َد ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﻞ ْاﻷَو ِﱠل — إ ِ َﱃ »إ ِ ْﻓ ِﺮﻳ ِﻘﻴ َﱠﺔ«‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن أ َ ْﻏ َﻠ َﻖ ﺑَﺎبَ‬ ‫ِﻲ — َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ُﻗ ْﻠﻨَﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْ‬ ‫اﻹ ْﻓ ِﺮﻳﻘ ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‪.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻜﻨ ْ ِﺰ ﻋَ َﲆ »ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َُﺸ ﱠﻚ ﱠ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« َﻗ ْﺪ َﻫ َﻠ َﻚ دَاﺧِ َﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻨ ْ ِﺰ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﱠﺮ ِت ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ُم‬ ‫اﻹ ْﻓ ِﺮﻳﻘ ﱡِﻲ ِﰲ أ َ ﱠن »ﻋَ َﻼءَ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ ْ ِ‬ ‫و ﱡ‬ ‫َاﻟﺸﻬُ ﻮ ُر‪ ،‬و ﱠ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‪.‬‬ ‫اﻹ ْﻓ ِﺮﻳﻘ ﱡ‬ ‫ِﻲ َﻻ ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ِﰲ »ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫َاﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ ْ ِ‬ ‫و َِﰲ َﻟﻴْ َﻠ ٍﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ َِﺎﱄ‪َ ،‬رأَى ﱠ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« َﻗ ْﺪ‬ ‫اﻹ ْﻓ ِﺮﻳﻘ ﱡ‬ ‫ِﻲ — ِﰲ ﻣَ ﻨ َ ِﺎﻣ ِﻪ — أ َ ﱠن »ﻋَ َﻼءَ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴬ َرﻣْ َﻠﻪُ‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫أَ ْ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ْﺨ ِﱪُ ُه ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ أُوﺗ َِﻲ ) ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ أ َ ِﻣريًا؛ َﻓ َﻘﺎ َم ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ْﻮﻣ ِ​ِﻪ َﺧﺎﺋ ًِﻔﺎ ﻣَ ﺬْﻋُ ﻮ ًرا‪ ،‬وَأَﺣْ َ َ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«؛ َﻓﻌَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺤْ ِﺮ؛ ِﻟﻴَﻌْ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫ف ﻣَ ﺎ آ َل )ﻣَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫أُﻋْ ِﻄ َﻲ وَأ ُ ْﻓ ِﻬﻢَ( ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋُ ﻠُﻮ ِم ﱢ‬ ‫ف‬ ‫ﺻﺎ َر( إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ أَﻣْ ُﺮ »ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﺮﻣْ ِﻞ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫َﻓ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ َﻏﻴْ ُ‬ ‫ﴎ َع ِﺑ ِﺈﺣْ َﻀ ِﺎر َﻓ َﺮ ِﺳ ِﻪ َو َزادِ هِ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ َزا َل ﻳُﻮ ِ‬ ‫َاﺻ ُﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫ُﴪﻋً ﺎ أَﻳﱠﺎﻣً ﺎ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻈﻪُ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ري ﻣ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ِﺑ َﻼدِ ﱢ‬ ‫و َُﺷﻬُ ﻮ ًرا‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ و َ‬ ‫ني‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻞ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَ َﺮ َك َﻓ َﺮ َﺳ ُﻪ ِﰲ ُﻓﻨْﺪ ٍُق )وَا ْﻟ ُﻔﻨْﺪ ُ​ُق — َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَﻌْ َﻠﻤ َ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ و َ‬ ‫ُﻮن — َﺧﺎ ٌن ﻳَﻨ ْ ِﺰ ُل ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‬ ‫ون(‪َ ،‬وذَ َﻫﺐَ ﻳَﺠُ ﻮ ُل ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﻳُﺤَ ِﺎو ُل أ َ ْن ﻳَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﺮ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤ َُﺴﺎﻓِ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ف ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َُﻘﻮﻟُ ُﻪ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫ﺎس ﻋَ ْﻦ »ﻋَ َﻼءِ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻣُﻌْ ﺠَ ِﺒ َ‬ ‫ﺎس ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺪﺛ ُ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َﻘ ﱠﺮ ِﺑ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻠُ ُ‬ ‫ﻮس‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ اﻟﻨ ﱠ َ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ِن ْ‬ ‫ري‬ ‫ني ِﺑ َﻔ َﻀﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻞ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫ون د َْﻫ َﺸﺘَﻬُ ُﻢ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺪِﻳ َﺪ َة ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺛ َ ْﺮ َوﺗ ِ​ِﻪ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« َو َﻛ َﺮﻣ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ ،‬وﻳُ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﻬ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ِﺔ َو ِﻏﻨَﺎ ُه اﻟ ﱠﺰا ِﺋ ِﺪ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎﻟ ِ​ِﻎ‪،‬‬ ‫»ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬

‫ﱢﻳﻦ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬

‫اﺳﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﻮن‪َ :‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﺎل )ﻋَ ِﻈﻴﻤِ ﻬَ ﺎ(‪َ ،‬وﻳَﺘَ َﺴﺎءَﻟُ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ َع أ َ ْن‬ ‫َﺎن ِﺑﺠَ َﻼﺋ ِ​ِﻞ ْاﻷَﻋْ ﻤَ ِ‬ ‫و َُﻗ ْﺪ َرﺗ ِ​ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺠﻴﺒَ ِﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﺗْﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﻳ َُﺸﻴﱢ َﺪ َﻗ ْﴫًا َﻻ ﻣَ ﺜِﻴ َﻞ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ َﻟ ِﻢ ِﰲ َﻟﻴْ َﻠ ٍﺔ وَاﺣِ َﺪةٍ؟‬ ‫َﻓ َﺴﺄ َ َﻟﻬُ ُﻢ ﱠ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ؟«‬ ‫اﻹ ْﻓ ِﺮﻳﻘ ﱡ‬ ‫ِﻲ‪» :‬ﻣَ ْﻦ ُﻫ َﻮ ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﻌَ ِﺠﺒُﻮا ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﺳ َﺆاﻟ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ أ َ ْﺧ َﱪ َُﻫ ْﻢ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻏ ِﺮﻳﺐٌ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه اﻟ ﱢﺪﻳ َِﺎر‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘ ﱡ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼﻮا ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﺮ ُﻓﻮ ُه ﻋَ ْﻦ »ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴫ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻼﺋ ﱢِﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ َﺷﻮ َْﻗ ُﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ُر ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ ذَ ِﻟ ُﻜ ُﻢ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪َ ،‬و َد ﱠﻟ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﴐ َ‬ ‫ري‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳﻖ إ ِ َﱃ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺴﺎ َر ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ أَﺣَ ُﺪ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ْن َرأَى ﱠ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‬ ‫اﻹ ْﻓ ِﺮﻳﻘ ﱡ‬ ‫ِﻲ َﻓ َﺨﺎﻣَ َﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻼﺋ ﱢِﻲ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أَﻳ َْﻘ َﻦ أ َ ﱠن »ﻋَ َﻼءَ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻌَ َ‬ ‫ﺎن — ِﺑ َﻼ َﺷ ﱟﻚ — ِﺑ َﺨ َﺪ ِم ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْ‬ ‫َﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫ُور ِه —‬ ‫َﺎح ِﰲ ﺗَ ْﺸ ِﻴﻴ ِﺪ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠﻴ َْﺲ ِﰲ ﻣَ ْﻘﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﻌِ َ‬ ‫ري — أ َ ْن ﻳ َِﺼ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜﺎﻧ َ ِﺔ ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪ ،‬د َ‬ ‫و َُﻫ َﻮ اﺑْ ُﻦ َﺧﻴ ٍ‬ ‫َﺎح‬ ‫ﱠﺎط َﻓﻘِ ٍ‬ ‫ني ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ِﻤﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺐ ا ﱠﻟﺬَي َﻫﺪَا ُه إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺠ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﺬَ َﻫﺐَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴫ ﻋَ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣِ ِﺒ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﺄ َ َل ﺑَﻮﱠابَ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« َﻗ ْﺪ َﺧ َﺮجَ ﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻠﺼﻴْﺪِ‪ُ ،‬ﻣﻨْﺬُ ﺛ َ َﻼﺛ َ ِﺔ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَﻌُ ﻮ َد إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬ ‫ﱪ ُه ا ْﻟﺒَﻮﱠابُ أ َ ﱠن »ﻋَ َﻼءَ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ ِه إ ِ ﱠﻻ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺜ ﱠ ِﺎﻣ ِﻦ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺮأَى ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﺻ َﺔ َﺳﺎﻧِﺤَ ٌﺔ ﻟ ِ​ِﻼﻧْﺘ َِﻘﺎ ِم‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (2‬ﺑَﺎ ِﺋ ُﻊ ا ْﻟﻤَ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺢ‬ ‫ﺼﺎ ِﺑ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ ُﻔﻨْﺪ ُِق — و َ​َﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫اﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ ِﺑ ِﻪ َﻏﻴْ ُ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻋَ ﺎ َد ﱠ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« — و ْ‬ ‫ﱪ اﻟ ﱠﺮﻣْ َﻞ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَ ْﺨ َ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ »ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫َﺎح؛ َﻓﻌَ ِﻠ َﻢ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤُ ﺠْ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟﻤُﺠَ ِﺎو َر ِة ﻟِﻤَ ْﺨﺪ َِع ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَةِ‪» :‬ﺑَﺪ ِْر ا ْﻟﺒُﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻣَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ُور« )ﻣَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻧ َ ْﻮﻣِﻬَ ﺎ(‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻔ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﻞ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ َزا َل ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ‪ .‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ْ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ٍﺔ ﻳَﺤْ ُ‬ ‫ﺎﺟﺤَ ٍﺔ؛‬ ‫اﻫﺘَﺪَى إ ِ َﱃ ﺣِ ﻴ َﻠ ٍﺔ ﻧ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫ﺼﺎ ِﺑﻴﺢَ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ًة‪َ ،‬وو َ‬ ‫ﴩ َة ﻣَ َ‬ ‫َﺿﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ َﺳ ﱠﻠ ٍﺔ َﻛ ِﺒريَ ٍة )أَﻋْ ﻨِﻲ‪:‬‬ ‫َاﺷ َﱰَى ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ﻋَ ْ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺬَ َﻫﺐَ إ ِ َﱃ ُد ﱠﻛ ٍ‬ ‫ﻮق َوﻧَﺤْ ِﻮهِ(‪ .‬و َ​َﺳﺎ َر ِﺑﻬَ ِﺬ ِه ﱠ‬ ‫ِﰲ ِوﻋَ ﺎءٍ ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤ ُﻞ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﺸ َ ِﱰي ِﻣ َﻦ ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ﱠﻠ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِذَا َﻗ ُﺮبَ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺎحَ ِﺑﺄَﻋْ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗ ِ​ِﻪ‪» :‬أ َ َﻻ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳ َْﺸ َ ِﱰي ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ ﻣَ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎ ِﺑﻴﺢَ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ًة‪َ ،‬وﻳَ ِﺒﻴﻌُ ﻨِﻲ‬ ‫َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ »ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎ ِﺑﻴﺢَ َﻗﺪِﻳﻤَ ًﺔ؟«‬ ‫‪52‬‬

‫ﻋَ ْﻮ َد ُة ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻲ‬ ‫اﻹ ْﻓ ِﺮﻳﻘ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ِﺮ ْ ِ‬

‫َاﻟﺼﺒْﻴَﺎ ُن ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَ َﻠ ِﻪ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ و َ​َﺧﺒَﺎﻟ ِ​ِﻪ َ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ أَﺗَ ﱠﻢ ِﻧﺪَاءَ ُه ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻋَ ِﺠﺐَ ْاﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻔﺎ ُل و ﱢ‬ ‫)ﺿﻌْ ِﻒ ﻋَ ْﻘﻠ ِ​ِﻪ‬ ‫و ْ‬ ‫ﻮن ِﺑ ِﻪ َوﻳ َْﺴ َﺨ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻮن‪َ ،‬وﻳَﻌْ ﺒَﺜ ُ َ‬ ‫اب ذِ ْﻫﻨ ِ​ِﻪ(‪ ،‬وَﺟَ َﺮوْا َﺧ ْﻠ َﻔ ُﻪ ﻳَﺘَﻤَ ﺎﺟَ ﻨ ُ َ‬ ‫ون‪ .‬وَﻋَ َﻼ ِﺻﻴَﺎﺣُ ﻬُ ﻢْ‪،‬‬ ‫َاﺿ ِﻄ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫و ْ‬ ‫ْﺿﺎ ُؤ ُﻫﻢْ؛ َﻓﺄ َ َ‬ ‫َﺿﻮ َ‬ ‫ﺿﺠﱠ ﺘُﻬُ ْﻢ و َ‬ ‫ﱠت ﺟَ َﻠﺒَﺘُﻬُ ﻢْ‪ ،‬وَا ْرﺗَ َﻔﻌَ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫َاﺷﺘَﺪ ْ‬ ‫ُور«‪َ ،‬ﻓﻌَ ِﺠﺒ َْﺖ‬ ‫ﻃ ﱠﻠ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣ َ‬ ‫ري ُة »ﺑَ ْﺪ ُر ا ْﻟﺒُﺪ ِ‬ ‫ف ﺣَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻠ َﻊ ﺟَ ِﻠﻴ َﱠﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َ ِﱪ )ﺗَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺮ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْر َﺳ َﻠ ْﺖ إِﺣْ ﺪَى ﺟَ ﻮ َِارﻳﻬَ ﺎ ِﻟﺘَ ْﺴﺘَ ْ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘﺘَﻪُ(‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺼﺎ ِﺑﻴﺢَ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ًة‪َ ،‬وﻳَﺄ ْ ُﺧﺬُ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﺎد َِت ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺎرﻳ َُﺔ‪ ،‬أ َ ْﺧ َﱪ َِت ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ َة وَﻫِ َﻲ َ‬ ‫ﺿﺎﺣِ َﻜ ٌﺔ‪ :‬أ َ ﱠن َرﺟُ ًﻼ ﻳَ ِﺒﻴ ُﻊ ﻣَ َ‬ ‫ِﺑﺜَﻤَ ﻨِﻬَ ﺎ َﻗﺪِﻳﻤَ ًﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ُور« — ﻫِ َﻲ وَﺟَ ﻮ َِارﻳﻬَ ﺎ — ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑ َ​َﻼ َﻫ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ ِﻞ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫َﻓﻌَ ِﺠﺒ َِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣ َ‬ ‫ري ُة »ﺑَ ْﺪ ُر ا ْﻟﺒُﺪ ِ‬ ‫»ﻻ أ َ ُ‬ ‫إِﺣْ ﺪَى ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻮ َِاري‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﻇ ﱡﻦ َﻫﺬَا اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ َﻞ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎدِ ًﻗﺎ ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُل!«‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪» :‬ﻧ َ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ أ َ ْن ﻧَﺘَﺒ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﺎل؛ َﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤُ ﺠْ َﺮ ِة‬ ‫َني ِﺻﺪ َْﻗ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛ ِﺬ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺒَﺎﺣً ﺎ َﻗﺪِﻳﻤً ﺎ؛ َﻓ ْﻠﻨُﻌْ ِﻄ ِﻪ إِﻳﱠﺎهُ‪َ ،‬و ْﻟﻨَﻨ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﻈ ْﺮ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤُﺠَ ِﺎو َر ِة ﻟِﺤُ ﺠْ َﺮ ِة َﺳﻴﱢ َﺪﺗِﻲ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ِة ِﻣ ْ‬ ‫َﺼﻨ َ ُﻊ‬ ‫ِﺑ ِﻪ‪َ «.‬ﻓﺄَﻣَ َﺮﺗْﻬَ ﺎ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة أ َ ْن ﺗَﺬْ َﻫﺐَ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ِﻤ ْ‬ ‫َﺎح ِﻟﺘَ ْﺴﺘَﺒْ ِﺪ َل ِﺑ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻓﺬَ َﻫﺒ َِﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺎرﻳ َُﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ﺑَﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻊ‬ ‫ﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« — وَﻫِ ﻲ ﺗَﺠْ ﻬَ ُﻞ ﻗِ ﻴﻤَ ﺘَ ُﻪ — َﻓﺄَﻋْ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺢ‪ ،‬وَأَﻋْ َ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺘْ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ َ‬ ‫ﺎل‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺒَﺎحَ »ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺎ ِﺑ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺒَﺎﺣً ﺎ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳﺪًا‪َ ،‬ﻓﻌَ ﺎد ْ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﴪو َر ًة‪.‬‬ ‫َت ِﺑ ِﻪ إ ِ َﱃ َﺳﻴﱢ َﺪﺗِﻬَ ﺎ َﻓ ِﺮﺣَ ًﺔ ﻣَ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَ َﻜﺎ ُد ﻳُﺠَ ﱡﻦ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺷ ﱠﺪ ِة ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺮ ِح‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻛ ﱠ‬ ‫وَﻋَ ﺎ َد ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ ِﺑﻤِ ْ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻋَ ِﻦ‬ ‫َﺎح »ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒْﻴَ ِﺔ و َْاﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﺨ َﻔﻰ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫َﺎح‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﺎ َر ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺮ ﱢ‬ ‫ُﴪﻋً ﺎ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ْ‬ ‫ﱢ‬ ‫ﺎل‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃ َﻔ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘ ِ​ِﻪ ﻣ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴ ِ‬ ‫‪53‬‬

‫ﱢﻳﻦ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬

‫َﺻ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ َﺧ ِﺎر ِج ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ‪ .‬و َ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ َزا َل َﺳﺎ ِﺋ ًﺮا ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ و َ‬ ‫ﱪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺟَ ﺎءَ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺴﺎءُ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﻋَ َﺰ َم‬ ‫َﺻ َ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ِاﻻﻧْﺘ َِﻘﺎ ِم ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺧ ْ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼ ِﻤ ِﻪ »ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫)‪ِ (3‬ﰲ ﻣَ ﺠَ ﺎﻫِ ِﻞ »إ ِ ْﻓ ِﺮﻳﻘِ ﻴ َﱠﺔ«‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺟَ ﱠﻦ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ ُﻞ )أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻇ َﻠﻢَ(‪ ،‬أ َ ْﺧ َﺮجَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼﺒَﺎحَ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ ِْر ِه و َ​َﻓ َﺮ َﻛﻪُ‪َ .‬ﻓﻤَ ﺜ َ َﻞ أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ‪،‬‬ ‫و َ​َﻗﺎ َل َﻟﻪُ‪ُ » :‬ﻣ ْﺮﻧِﻲ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﺗُ ِﺮﻳ ُﺪ ﻳَﺎ ﻣَ ﻮ َْﻻيَ ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈﻧﱢﻲ ِﰲ ﺧِ ﺪْﻣَ ِﺘ َﻚ‪ ،‬أَﻧَﺎ وَﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻊ أَﻋْ ﻮَاﻧِﻲ‪َ :‬ﺧ َﺪ َم املِ ْ‬ ‫َﺎح‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺼﺒ ِ‬

‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ‪» :‬آ ُﻣ ُﺮ َك أ َ ْن ﺗَﻨ ْ ُﻘ َﻞ ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴫ »ﻋَ َﻼءِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﻋَ ِﺔ — أَﻧ ْ َﺖ وَأَﻋْ ﻮَاﻧ ُ َﻚ — َﻗ ْ َ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪ ،‬إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﺠَ ﺎﻫِ ِﻞ »إ ِ ْﻓ ِﺮﻳ ِﻘﻴ َﱠﺔ« )أَﻧْﺤَ ﺎﺋِﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِﺎﻣ َﻀ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻻ ﻳَﻬْ ﺘَﺪِي إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ أَﺣَ ﺪٌ(‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫َﻛﻤَ ﺎ آ ُﻣ ُﺮ َك أ َ ْن ﺗَﻨ ْ ُﻘ َﻠﻨِﻲ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻪُ‪«.‬‬ ‫»ﺳﻤْ ﻌً ﺎ َو َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﻃﺎﻋَ ًﺔ َﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬ﻳَﺎ ﻣَ ﻮ َْﻻيَ !«‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻤ ﱠﺮ َﺳﺎﻋَ ٌﺔ وَاﺣِ َﺪ ٌة‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ اﻧْﺘَ َﻘ َﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴫ وَﻣَ ﺎ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪ ،‬إ ِ َﱃ »إ ِ ْﻓ ِﺮﻳ ِﻘﻴ َﱠﺔ«‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ‪ ،‬وَا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ُ‬

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‫ﻋَ ْﻮ َد ُة ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻲ‬ ‫اﻹ ْﻓ ِﺮﻳﻘ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ِﺮ ْ ِ‬

‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫)‪َ (4‬ﻏ َ‬ ‫ﻮر‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫ﻀﺐُ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫َﺎح َﻛﻌَ ﺎ َدﺗ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ُر ُﻣﺒَ ﱢﻜ ًﺮا ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃ ﱠﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫و َِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ َﻗﺎ َم ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ اﺑْﻨَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻓﺤَ ِﺴﺐَ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻣَ ْﺨﺪُو ٌع ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَ َﺮى؛ َﻓ َﻔ َﺮ َك ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَأَﻧْﻌَ َﻢ اﻟﻨ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ‬ ‫َﻗ ْ َ‬ ‫َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﺷﺘَﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﴫ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﺮ َﻟ ُﻪ أَﺛ َ ًﺮا‪.‬‬ ‫ﱠت د َْﻫ َﺸﺘُﻪُ‪ .‬وَأ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴎ َع إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ َﻜ ِ‬

‫اﻟﻨﱠﺎﻓِ ﺬَةِ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ‬ ‫)د ﱠَﻗ َﻘﻪُ(؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ‬

‫ﻳَ َﺮ‬ ‫ﻳَ َﺮ‬

‫َﻓﻌَ ِﺠﺐَ — ِﻣ ْﻦ َذ ِﻟ ُﻜ ْﻢ — أ َ َﺷ ﱠﺪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠَ ِﺐ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺎ َل ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‪» :‬ﺗُ َﺮى َﻫ ِﻞ اﻧ ْ َﺸ ﱠﻘ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ْر ُ‬ ‫ض‬ ‫َﻓﺒَ َﻠﻌَ ﺘْﻪُ‪ ،‬أ َ ْم َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َر ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻤَ ﺎءِ َﻓﺎﺣْ ﺘَ َﻮﺗْﻪُ؟«‬ ‫َث‪َ .‬ﻓ ْ‬ ‫ﺺ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫َو َ‬ ‫ري ُو َز َراﺋ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ِﰲ ﺣَ ْ َ‬ ‫ريﺗ ِ​ِﻪ َﺳﺎﻋَ ًﺔ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﻣَ َﺮ ِﺑ ِﺈﺣْ َﻀ ِﺎر َﻛ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﺠَ ﺒُﻪُ‪َ ،‬و َرأَى ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻪُ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﻟِﻤَ ﻮ َْﻻيَ‬ ‫ﺻ َﺔ َﺳﺎﻧِﺤَ ًﺔ ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻜﻴْ ِﺪ ِﻟ ُﻤﻨَﺎﻓِ ِﺴ ِﻪ »ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« َﺳﺎﺣِ ٌﺮ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َ‬ ‫ﴫ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ﻤَ ِﻞ ﱢ‬ ‫ُﺼﺪ ْﱢﻗﻨِﻲ‬ ‫— ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ — إ ِ ﱠن ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺤْ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬وإ ِ ﱠن »ﻋَ َﻼءَ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ُر ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ ُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ َم َﻗ ْﺪ ﺑَﻴﱠﻨ َ ْﺖ ِﺻﺪ َْق َ‬ ‫ﻇﻨﱢﻲ‪«.‬‬ ‫ِْ‬ ‫َ َ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﺎن‪ِ ،‬ﻟﻴَﺄْﺗُﻮ ُه‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ُر ﻋَ َﲆ »ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻐ ِﻀﺐَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‪ ،‬وَأﻣَ َﺮ أﻋْ ﻮَاﻧ َ ُﻪ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺚ ﻋَ ﻨ ْ ُﻪ ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ِﺑ ِﻪ ُﻣ َﻜﺒ ًﱠﻼ )ﻣَ ْﺮﺑُﻮ ً‬ ‫ﻃﺎ( ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘﻴُﻮ ِد و َْاﻷ َ ْﻏ َﻼ ِل‪.‬‬ ‫‪55‬‬

‫ﱢﻳﻦ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬

‫َﻓﺬَ َﻫﺒُﻮا ﻳَﺒْﺤَ ﺜ ُ َ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻋَ ﻨْﻪُ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ وَﺟَ ﺪُو ُه ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ َﺴ َﺎﻓ ِﺔ ﻧ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓ ْﺎﻗ َﱰَبَ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ‬ ‫ِﺼ ِﻒ ِﻣ ٍ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« و َ​َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ُﻪ ﻋَ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫ﻮر وَأَﻣْ َﺮ ُه ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻘﺒ ِْﺾ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻓﺪَﻫِ َﺶ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫َﻗﺎ ِﺋﺪ ُ​ُﻫﻢْ‪ ،‬وَأَﺑْ َﻠ َﻐ ُﻪ َﻏ َﻀﺐَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴎ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِﻀ ِﺐ‪.‬‬ ‫ِ ﱢ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎ ِﺋﺪُ‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﺴ ُﺖ أﻋْ َﻠ ُﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ْاﻷَﻣْ ِﺮ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﺎ َر ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬُ ْﻢ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﺴﻠِﻤً ﺎ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ و َ‬ ‫ﻮر‪.‬‬ ‫َﺻ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳُﻤَ ﺎ ِﻧ ْﻊ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ ِْ‬ ‫)‪ (5‬ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴ ِ‬ ‫َي ﱠ‬ ‫ﱠﺎف‬ ‫َني ﻳَﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ — و َُﻫ َﻮ ُﻣ َﻜﺒﱠ ٌﻞ ِﺑ ْﺎﻷ َ ْﻏ َﻼ ِل و َْاﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ و َ‬ ‫ﺻ َﻔﺎدِ — ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ دَﻫِ َﺶ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻞ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﴪﻋَ ٍﺔ ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒَ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫أ َ ْﻫ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ — ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َرأوْا — أ َﺷ ﱠﺪ د َْﻫ َﺸ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﺎ َر ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﱪُ ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻬُ ْﻢ ِﺑ ُ ْ‬

‫َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ِني؛ َﻓﺄَﺣَ ﺒﱠ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« — َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ُﻗ ْﻠﻨَﺎ — ﻣُﺤْ ِﺴﻨًﺎ َﻛ ِﺮﻳﻤً ﺎ‪ ،‬ﺑَﺎ ٍّرا ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻔ َﻘ َﺮاءِ وَا ْﻟﻤَ َﺴﺎﻛ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻌْ ﺐُ ﺣُ ﺒٍّﺎ َﺷﺪِﻳﺪًا‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َرآ ُه اﻟﻨ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫ﺎس ﻣ َ‬ ‫ُﺼ ﱠﻔﺪًا )ﻣ َُﻘﻴﱠﺪًا( ِﺑ ْﺎﻷ َ ْﻏ َﻼ ِل‪ ،‬ﺑَ َﻜﻮْا ﻟِﻤَ ﺎ أ َ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺑَﻪُ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺄ َ ﱠﻟﻤُﻮا أ َ َﺷ ﱠﺪ ْاﻷ َ َﻟ ِﻢ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﴪوا ﻋَ ْﻦ َﺳﺒ َِﺐ ﻧ ِْﻘﻤَ ﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َر‪َ ،‬وﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ْﻔ ِ ُ‬ ‫وَاﺟْ ﺘَﻤَ َﻊ ُﻛ َﱪَاءُ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻤْ َﻠ َﻜ ِﺔ وَأَﻋْ ﻴَﺎﻧُﻬَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴ َُﻘﺎ ِﺑﻠُﻮا ْ ِ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‪َ ،‬وﻳَﺘَ َﺸ ﱠﻔﻌُ ﻮا َﻟ ُﻪ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪهُ‪.‬‬ ‫و َُﺳ ْﺨ ِﻄ ِﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ِﺻﻬْ ِﺮ ِه »ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫‪56‬‬

‫ﻋَ ْﻮ َد ُة ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻲ‬ ‫اﻹ ْﻓ ِﺮﻳﻘ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ِﺮ ْ ِ‬

‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﱠﺎف ِﺑ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴ َ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أَﻣَ َﺮ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻊ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ُر َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﻜ ْﺪ ﺑ َ ُ‬ ‫َﴫ ُه ﻳ َ​َﻘ ُﻊ ﻋَ َﲆ »ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫أَﻣﱠ ﺎ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‪.‬‬ ‫ري أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﺴﺄ َ َﻟ ُﻪ ﻋَ ْﻦ َ ْ‬ ‫َرأ ْ ِﺳ ِﻪ‪ِ ،‬ﻣ ْﻦ َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴ ُ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻔ ﱠﻚ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻ َﻔﺎ َد َ‬ ‫ﱠﺎف ْاﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‬ ‫)ﺳ َﻼ ِﺳ َﻞ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪِﻳ ِﺪ وَأ َ ْﻏ َﻼ َﻟﻪُ( ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﰲ ﻋُ ﻨ ُ ِﻖ »ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺐَ ) َرﺑَ َ‬ ‫ﻮس ﻋَ َﲆ ُر ْﻛﺒَﺘَﻴْ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳ ﱠﻞ َﺳﻴ َْﻔ ُﻪ‬ ‫َوﻳَ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَأَﻣَ َﺮ ُه ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺠُ ﻠُ ِ‬ ‫ﻂ( ﻋَ ﻴْﻨ َ ْﻲ »ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬وو َ​َﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻮر ِﺑ َﻘﺘْﻠ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻳ َ​َﱰ ﱠَﻗﺐُ أَﻣْ َﺮ ْ ِ‬ ‫)‪َ (6‬ﺷ َﻔﺎﻋَ ُﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺎﻓِ ﻌِ َ‬ ‫ني‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴ ُ‬ ‫ﱠﺎف ﻳَﻬْ ِﻮي ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫َو َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎ َد ﱠ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ أَﺣَ َﺪ ا ْﻟ ُﻮ َز َراءِ ﺗَ َﻘ ﱠﺪ َم‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺴﻴ ِْﻒ ﻋَ َﲆ َر َﻗﺒَ ِﺔ »ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﺎن َوﺛَﺎﻟ ٌ‬ ‫ِﺚ — ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ِ‬ ‫ﻮر — ﻳ َْﺴﺄَﻟُﻮﻧ َ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺷﻴَ ِﺔ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻳ َْﺸ َﻔ ُﻊ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻮر َﻟﻪُ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَ َﻘ ﱠﺪ َم ﺛ َ ٍ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ْﻔﺢَ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﺟَ ِﺮﻳﻤَ ﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃﺘ ِ​ِﻬﻢْ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ د َ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻮْا ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺷ َﻔﺎﻋَ ﺘ ِ​ِﻬ ْﻢ َوو َ​َﺳﺎ َ‬ ‫ﴎا ِة ا ْﻟﺒَ َﻠ ِﺪ وَأَﻋْ ﻴَﺎﻧ ِ​ِﻪ‬ ‫َﺧ َﻞ و َْﻓ ٌﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ َ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤُﻌْ ﺠَ ِﺒ َ‬ ‫ﻮر أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﻘﺒَ َﻞ‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫ني ِﺑ َﺸﻬَ ﺎﻣَ ِﺔ »ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« َو َﻛ َﺮﻣ ِ​ِﻪ َوﻧُﺒ ِْﻞ أ َ ْﺧ َﻼﻗِ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَﻮ ﱠَﺳﻠُﻮا إ ِ َﱃ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﺷ َﻔﺎﻋَ ﺘَﻬُ ْﻢ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻒ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫َو َرأَى َﻛ ِﺒريُ ا ْﻟ ُﻮ َز َراءِ ﻋَ ْ‬ ‫ﻮر أ َ ْن‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ َ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻌْ ِﺐ ُﻛ ﱢﻠ ِﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ »ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﴎ إ ِ َﱃ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻳ َْﻘﺒَ َﻞ َﺷ َﻔﺎﻋَ َﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْن ﻳُ َﺆﺟﱢ َﻞ اﻧْﺘ َِﻘﺎﻣَ ُﻪ إ ِ َﱃ و َْﻗ ٍﺖ َ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺎﻓِ ﻌِ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ُر ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺤِ ْﻜﻤَ ِﺔ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﺮأَى ْ ِ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْن ﻳُ َﺆ ﱢﺧ َﺮ اﻧْﺘ َِﻘﺎﻣَ ُﻪ ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَﻬْ ﺪَأ َ َﺧﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﺎس‪.‬‬ ‫َاﻃ ُﺮ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫أ َ ْن ﻳَﻌْ ِﺪ َل ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻗﺘْ ِﻞ »ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺄَﻣَ َﺮ ﱠ‬ ‫ﱠﺎف ِﺑ َﻔ ﱢﻚ ُﻗﻴُﻮ ِدهِ‪َ ،‬وإ ِ ْﺧ َﻼءِ َﺳ ِﺒﻴﻠ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﻮر ﺗَ َﻔ ﱡﻀ َﻠ َﻪ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻌَ ْﻔ ِﻮ ﻋَ ﻨﱢﻲ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﻨَﻬَ َﺾ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺎ َل ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢدﺑًﺎ‪» :‬أ َ ْﺷ ُﻜ ُﺮ ﻟِﻤَ ﻮ َْﻻيَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻒ — إ ِ َﱃ َﻓ ْﻀﻠ ِ​ِﻪ َﻫ َﺬا — َﻓ ْﻀ ًﻼ َ‬ ‫وَأ َ ْرﺟُ ﻮ أ َ ْن ﻳ ُِﻀ َ‬ ‫آﺧ َﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻴُﻌَ ﱢﺮ َﻓﻨِﻲ‪ :‬ﻣَ ﺎ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي أَﺛَﺎ َر َﻏ َﻀﺒَ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲇﱠ؟‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠ ْﺴ ُﺖ أَﻋْ َﻠ ُﻢ — إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻵ َن — أَيﱠ ذَﻧ ْ ٍﺐ ﺟَ ﻨَﻴ ُْﺖ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ْ‬ ‫ﻮر؟«‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﺤْ َﻘ ْﻘ ُﺖ َﻏ َﻀﺐَ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﴫهِ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ُر ِﺑ َ ْ‬ ‫ﴚءٍ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ أَﻣْ َﺴ َﻚ ِﺑﻴَ ِﺪهِ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﺎ َر ِﺑ ِﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ﻧَﺎﻓِ َﺬ ِة َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ ُِﺠﺒْ ُﻪ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺿﺒًﺎ‪َ :‬‬ ‫َﻏ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ َك؟ وَأَﻳ َْﻦ ذَ َﻫﺒ َِﺖ اﺑْﻨَﺘِﻲ؟«‬ ‫ﱪﻧِﻲ‪ :‬أَﻳ َْﻦ ذَ َﻫﺐَ َﻗ ْ ُ‬ ‫»ﺧ ﱢ ْ‬ ‫ﴫهِ؛ َﻓﺬَ َﻫ َﻞ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ ُِﺠ ِﺐ‬ ‫َﴫ ِه ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻧَﺎﺣِ ﻴَ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﺮ أَﺛ َ ًﺮا ﻟ َِﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ِﺑﺒ َ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﺪَا َر »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َر ِﺑ َﻜﻠِﻤَ ٍﺔ وَاﺣِ َﺪةٍ‪.‬‬ ‫ِْ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ َﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ُر ُﺳ َﺆا َﻟﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓﺄَﻋَ ﺎ َد ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ْ ِ‬ ‫‪57‬‬

‫ﱢﻳﻦ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬

‫َﻓﺄ َ َﻓ َ‬ ‫ﴫ؟ َوإِﻧﱢﻲ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ِﻣ ْﻦ ذُ ُﻫﻮﻟِ ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺎ َل َﻟﻪُ‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﺴ ُﺖ أَد ِْري‪ :‬أَﻳ َْﻦ ذَ َﻫﺐَ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﺎق »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ري ٍة َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪ ٍة ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻣْ ِﺮي‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ﺟَ َﺰﻋِﻲ ﻟ َِﻔ ْﻘ ِﺪ َزو ِْﺟﻲ ِﺑﺄ َ َﻗ ﱠﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ َﺰ ِع ﻣَ ﻮ َْﻻيَ ﻟ َِﻔ ْﻘ ِﺪ‬ ‫َﻟﻔِ ﻲ ﺣَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺚ ﻋَ ﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﺈذَا أَﻣْ ﻬَ َﻠﻨِﻲ أ َ ْرﺑَﻌِ َ‬ ‫ني ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻢ أُو ﱠَﻓ ْﻖ ِﰲ‬ ‫اﺑْﻨَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻦ أَدﱠﺧِ َﺮ و ُْﺳﻌً ﺎ ِﰲ َﺳ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻮر ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪ُ ،‬ﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ ًﺮا ِﺑﺄ َ ْن أ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﺻ َﻠﺐَ ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺧِ َﻼﻟِﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﺜ ُ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ُر‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻚ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﺛ ِْﻖ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ﻣُﻬْ ِﻠ ُﻜ َﻚ إِذَا أ َ ْﺧ َﻔ ْﻘ َﺖ وَﺧِ ﺒ َْﺖ ِﰲ َﺳﻌْ ِﻴ َﻚ‪،‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ ْ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎن‪«.‬‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻦ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ َﻊ ا ْﻟﻬَ َﺮبَ ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ ِﰲ أيﱢ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« — و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻣَ ﺬْ ُﻫﻮ ٌل ﺣَ ﺎ ِﺋ ٌﺮ‪ ،‬ﻳَﺘَﻌَ ﺜ ﱠ ُﺮ )ﻳَﺘَ َﺴ َﺎﻗ ُ‬ ‫َﺎل ا ْﻟ َﺨﻴْﺒَ ِﺔ — و َ​َﺳﺎ َر‬ ‫ﻂ( ِﰲ أَذْﻳ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺨ َﺮجَ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﴫي؟ وَأَﻳ َْﻦ ذَ َﻫﺒ َْﺖ‬ ‫ﻮن‪ ،‬ﻳ َْﺴﺄ َ ُل ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ْﻦ َﻟﻘِ ﻴَ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﺎس‪» :‬أَﻳ َْﻦ ذَ َﻫﺐَ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ َﻛﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ﺠْ ﻨ ُ ِ‬ ‫َزو ِْﺟﻲ؟«‬ ‫ﻮن )ﻳ َِﺮ ﱡﻗ َ‬ ‫ُﻮن ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻜﺒَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ )ﻣ ُِﺼﻴﺒَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ(‪َ ،‬وﻳَ ْﺮﺛ ُ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺑَ ُﻪ — َوﻳَﺘَﺄ َ ﱠﻟﻤ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻴَﺤْ َﺰ ُن ﻋَ ِﺎر ُﻓﻮ ُه — ﻟِﻤَ ﺎ أ َ َ‬ ‫ﻮن(‬ ‫ﺎس‪.‬‬ ‫َﻟﻪُ‪َ ،‬وﻳ َْﺴ َﺨ ُﺮ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ﻣَ ْﻦ َﻻ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُﻓ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺴﺎدس‬

‫اﻟﺪﻳﻦِ‬ ‫اﻧ ِْﺘ َﻘ ُﺎم َﻋ َﻼءِ ﱢ‬ ‫)‪ (1‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﺛ َ َﻼﺛ َ ِﺔ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ﺣَ ﺎ ِﺋ ًﺮا ذَاﻫِ ًﻼ ﺛ َ َﻼﺛ َ َﺔ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ ُِﻄ ِﻖ ا ْﻟﺒ َ​َﻘﺎءَ ِﰲ ﻣَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ٍﺔ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ َزا َل »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْﺨ ِﺮﻳَ ِﺔ وَاﻟ ﱢﺮﺛَﺎءِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼﺎ َر ﻣَ ﻮ ِْﺿ َﻊ ﱡ‬ ‫اﻹﺟْ َﻼ ِل و َِاﻻﺣْ ِﱰَا ِم‪َ ،‬ﻓ َ‬ ‫ﺎن(‪.‬‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻮ ِْﺿ َﻊ ْ ِ‬ ‫)اﻟﺸ َﻔ َﻘ ِﺔ وَا ْﻟﺤَ ﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫ﻇﺎﻫِ ِﺮ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﺎ َر ِﰲ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺨ َﺮجَ إ ِ َﱃ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘ ِ​ِﻪ — و َُﻫ َﻮ َﻻ ﻳَﻌْ َﻠﻢُ‪ :‬إ ِ َﱃ أَيﱢ ِﺟﻬَ ٍﺔ ﻳ َْﻘ ِﺼ ُﺪ — و َ​َﻗ ِﺪ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ريﺗُ ُﻪ َوﻳَﺄ ْ ُﺳ ُﻪ )اﻧْﻘِ َ‬ ‫اﺷﺘَﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُع أَﻣَ ﻠ ِ​ِﻪ َو َرﺟَ ﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻪ(‪ .‬و َ​َﻫ ﱠﻢ ِﺑ ِﺈ ْﻟ َﻘﺎءِ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ ِﰲ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ؛ َو َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻋَ ِﻠ َﻢ‬ ‫ﱠت ِﺑ ِﻪ ﺣَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺎل )أ َ ْﺧ َﻼﻗِ ِﻬ ْﻢ و َِﺻ َﻔﺎﺗ ِ​ِﻬﻢْ(‪ ،‬وَأَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻻ ﻳَﻴْﺄ َ ُس ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫أ َ ﱠن ِاﻻ ْﺳﺘ ِْﺴ َﻼ َم ِﻟ ْﻠﻴَﺄ ْ ِس َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺷﻴَ ِﻢ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ون )أَﻋْ ﻨِﻲ‪َ :‬ﻻ ﻳ َْﻘﻨ َ ُ‬ ‫ﷲ إ ِ ﱠﻻ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْﻮ ُم ا ْﻟ َﻜﺎﻓِ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻂ ِﻣ ْﻦ َرﺣْ ﻤَ ِﺔ ِ‬ ‫َرو ِْح ِ‬ ‫ﷲ و َ​َﻻ ﻳَﻨ ْ َﻘ ِﻄ ُﻊ َرﺟَ ﺎ ُؤ ُه ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺮ ِج‬ ‫إ ِ ﱠﻻ ﻣَ ْﻦ َﻛ َﻔ َﺮ ِﺑﺎهلل ِ(‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎﴏ ُه َو ُﻣ ْﻠ ِﻬ ُﻤ ُﻪ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻮﻓ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻖ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ ْﺳ َﻠ َﻢ ِهلل ِ أَﻣْ َﺮهُ‪َ ،‬و َوﺛ َِﻖ ِﺑﺄ َ ﱠن ﷲ َ ﻧ َ ِ ُ‬ ‫)‪ْ (2‬اﻷَﻣَ ُﻞ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ا ْﻟﻴَﺄ ْ ِس‬ ‫)ﺿ َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ دَﻋَ ﺎ ﷲ َ أ َ ْن ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢﺮجَ ُﻛ ْﺮﺑَﺘَ ُﻪ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻘﻪُ(‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْن ﻳُ ْﻠ ِﻬﻤَ ُﻪ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ْﺷ َﺪ و ﱠ‬ ‫َاﻟﺴﺪَادَ‪َ .‬و َذ َﻫﺐَ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﻨﱠﻬْ ِﺮ‬ ‫ِﻟﻴَﺘَﻮ ﱠ‬ ‫َف ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ َﻐ َﺮ ِق‪َ .‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ وَﺟَ َﺪ — ﻟِﺤُ ْﺴ ِﻦ ﺣَ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻂ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﴍ َ‬ ‫َﺿﺄَ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺰﻟِ َﻘ ْﺖ َﻗ َﺪ ُﻣﻪُ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳ َﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﻪ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﺨ َﺮ ًة ُﻣ ْﺮﺗَﻔِ ﻌَ ًﺔ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِب ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺊ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻖ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻫ ﱠﻢ ِﺑ ﱡ‬ ‫— َ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺼﻌُ ﻮدِ؛ َﻓﺎﺣْ ﺘَ ﱠﻚ ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎﺗَ ُﻢ —‬ ‫ﴘ — ِﻟ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ْﺨ َﺮ ِة َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﻌِ ِﻪ — ِﺑﺘِ ْﻠ ُﻜ ُﻢ ﱠ‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ِﰲ إ ِ ْ‬ ‫ﻮل ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻬْ ِﺪ —‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« َﻗ ْﺪ ﻧ َ ِ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫اﻹ ْﻓ ِﺮﻳﻘ ﱡِﻲ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺪ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺤْ ِﺮيﱠ — ا ﱠﻟﺬِي أَﻋْ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُه إِﻳﱠﺎ ُه ﱠ‬ ‫ذِ ِﻟ ُﻜ ُﻢ ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎﺗَ َﻢ ﱢ‬ ‫ْﺧ َﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻜﻨ ْ َﺰ —‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ ْ ِ‬

‫ﱢﻳﻦ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬

‫وﺟ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُ‬ ‫ﴘ أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎﺗَ َﻢ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻠُﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت ا ْﻟ َﻜﻨ ْ ِﺰ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ َﻛﺎ َد ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎﺗَ ُﻢ‬ ‫َوﻧ َ ِ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﺳﺒَﺐَ ﻧَﺠَ ﺎﺗ ِ​ِﻪ و َُﺧ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺼ ْﺨ َﺮ ِة ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َ‬ ‫ﻳَﺤْ ﺘَ ﱡﻚ ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ أَﻣﺎَﻣَ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ َﺧﺎدِ ُم ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎﺗَ ِﻢ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺎ َل َﻟﻪُ‪َ » :‬ﻟﺒﱠﻴْ َﻚ ﻳَﺎ ﻣَ ﻮ َْﻻيَ ‪ُ .‬ﻣ ْﺮﻧِﻲ‬ ‫أ ُ ِﻃﻌْ َﻚ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺎل — أ َ ﱠن َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱠﻲ ُﻫ َﻮ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي أَﻧ ْ َﻘﺬَ ُه — ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ —‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« — ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﺬَ َﻛ َﺮ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫و َُﻫ َﻮ ِﰲ ُ‬ ‫ﺎت ا ْﻟ َﻜﻨ ْ ِﺰ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻠُﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﴘ ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎﺗَﻢَ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن َﻗ ْﺪ ﻧ َ ِﺴﻴَ ُﻪ أَﻳ ًْﻀﺎ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﻧ َ ِ َ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‪» :‬أَﻧْﻘِ ْﺬﻧِﻲ أَو ًﱠﻻ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ أَﻧَﺎ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﴫي‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓﺄَﻧ ْ َﻘﺬَ ُه ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎل‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻪُ‪» :‬أَﻋِ ْﺪ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﺄَﺟَ ﺎﺑَ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﻻ َﺳ ِﺒﻴ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻳَﺎ ﻣَ ﻮ َْﻻيَ ؛ َﻓ َﻠﻴ َْﺲ ِﰲ ُﻗ ْﺪ َرﺗِﻲ أ َ ْن أُﺣَ ِﺎربَ َﺧ َﺪ َم‬ ‫ﺼﺒَ ٍﺔ )أ َ َﺷ ﱡﺪ َ‬ ‫َﺎح ا ﱠﻟﺬ َ‬ ‫ﴫ َك إ ِ َﱃ »إ ِ ْﻓ ِﺮﻳ ِﻘﻴ َﱠﺔ«؛ َﻓ ِﺈﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ أ َ ْﻗﻮَى ﻋُ ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْ‬ ‫ﻃﺎﺋ َِﻔ ٍﺔ( ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ﱢﻦ‪،‬‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ ﻧ َ َﻘﻠُﻮا َﻗ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫َاﻫ ْﻢ ﺑَﺄ ْ ًﺳﺎ )أَﻋْ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﺴﻬُ ْﻢ ُﻫ َﻮ أ َ ْﻛ َﱪُ ُﻣﻠُﻮكِ ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ﱢﻦ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻗﻮ ُ‬ ‫َو َرﺋ ُ‬ ‫ﻈﻤُﻬُ ْﻢ ِﺷ ﱠﺪ ًة و َُﻗ ﱠﻮ ًة(‪«.‬‬ ‫ﴫي‪َ «.‬ﻓﻨ َ َﻘ َﻠ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻧُﻘِ َﻞ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‪» :‬إِذَ ْن َﻓﺎﻧ ْ ُﻘ ْﻠﻨِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎل — إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ﻧُﻘِ َﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ُ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ — ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ‬ ‫)‪ (3‬أَﻣَ ﺎ َم ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻼ ِم َ‬ ‫ﴫ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ ُﺔ ﺣَ ﺎ ِﻟ َﻜ َﺔ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َوو َ​َﻗ َ‬ ‫)ﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪ َة ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻮَادِ (‪َ .‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« أَﻣَ ﺎ َم ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ُور«؛ َﻓﻮ َ​َﻗ َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫ﻒ أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻬَ ﺎ ﻳَﺬْ ُﻛ ُﺮ أَﻳﱠﺎ َم‬ ‫اﻫﺘَﺪَى — ِﺑ َﺮ ْﻏ ِﻢ َﻫﺬَا — إ ِ َﱃ ﺣُ ﺠْ َﺮ ِة ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَةِ‪» :‬ﺑَﺪ ِْر ا ْﻟﺒُﺪ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎ ِﺑ َﻘ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻫﺎﺟَ ﺘْ ُﻪ اﻟﺬﱢ ْﻛ َﺮى )أَﺛَﺎ َرﺗْ ُﻪ َود َ​َﻓﻌَ ﺘْﻪُ(‪َ ،‬ﻓﺒَ َﻜﻰ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻗ ْﺪ ﺟَ ﻬَ َﺪ ُه ﱠ‬ ‫َﺳﻌَ ﺎ َدﺗ ِ​ِﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻬَ ُﺮ‬ ‫)أَﺗْﻌَ ﺒَ ُﻪ وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺿﻨَﺎهُ( ِﰲ ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺿﻴَ ِﺔ؛ َﻓ َﺸﻌَ َﺮ ِﺑﺤَ ﺎﺟَ ٍﺔ َﺷﺪِﻳ َﺪ ٍة إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻮ ِم‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَوَى إ ِ َﱃ َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ٍة‬ ‫ﴫ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻨَﺎ َم ﺗَﺤْ ﺘَﻬَ ﺎ ُ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻴ َْﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ َل اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ؛ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِذَا َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻊ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺠْ ُﺮ ْ‬ ‫ﻆ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ْﻮﻣ ِ​ِﻪ؛‬ ‫َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒَ ٍﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ‪َ ،‬وو َ​َﻗ َ‬ ‫ُور«‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ — ﻟِﺤُ ْﺴ ِﻦ ﺣَ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﻪ‬ ‫َﻓﺬَ َﻫﺐَ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻒ ﺗَﺤْ َﺖ ﻧَﺎﻓِ ﺬَ ِة ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ِة »ﺑَﺪ ِْر ا ْﻟﺒُﺪ ِ‬ ‫ري ﻋَ ﺎ َدﺗِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓﻤَ ﺎ َرأَﺗْ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ْ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻴ َْﻘ َ‬ ‫اﺷﺘَﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ ْﺖ ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫— َﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﱠت د َْﻫ َﺸﺘُﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫َﺎح ُﻣﺒَ ﱢﻜ َﺮ ًة‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﲆ َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻔﺘَﺤَ ﺘْ ُﻪ َﻟﻪُ‪ ،‬وَأَد َ‬ ‫ْﺧ َﻠﺘْ ُﻪ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫َﺎب َ‬ ‫ﺎن‬ ‫و َ​َﻓ َﺮﺣُ ﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ْ َ‬ ‫َاب ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ٍ‬ ‫ري ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺑْﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ﺑ ٍ‬ ‫ُﻮﺻ ُ‬ ‫ﺼ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻓﻌَ َﻠ ُﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮس ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻗ ﱠ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َﻘ ﱠﺮ ِﺑ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻠُ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ِن ْ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺮﺣُ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﻠ َِﻘﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻪ َﻻ ﻳ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ‬ ‫ِﻲ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺒ ُ‬ ‫ْﻒ َﻫ ﱠﺪد َ​َﻫﺎ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻘﺘْ ِﻞ إِذَا َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺣَ ﺎ َو َل أ َ ْن ﻳَﺘَ َﺰوﱠجَ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺚ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ض‬ ‫اﻹ ْﻓ ِﺮﻳﻘ ﱡ‬ ‫ِْ‬ ‫َاج‪َ ،‬و َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« أ َ ﱠن ﱠ‬ ‫اﻹ ْﻓ ِﺮﻳﻘ ﱠِﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻨ ْ َﺴ ُﻪ‬ ‫ْﻒ َﺳﺨِ َﺮ ْت ِﻣ ْﻦ َوﻋِﻴ ِﺪهِ‪َ .‬ﻓﺄ َ ْد َر َك »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ َﺮ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﺰو ِ‬ ‫‪60‬‬

‫ﱢﻳﻦ‬ ‫اﻧْﺘ َِﻘﺎ ُم ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬

‫ُﴤ َﻫﺬَا اﻟ ﱠﺰﻣَ ِﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴎ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻞ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺳﺄ َ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ ِﻣ ْ‬ ‫َث َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻣ ِ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺼﺒَﺎﺣِ ِﻪ؛ َﻓﺄ َ ْد َر َﻛ ْﺖ ِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻮ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ َﺮ َﻗ ْﺪ و َ‬ ‫اﻟﻨ ﱠ َﻜﺒ ِ‬ ‫َﺎت‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪» :‬إ ِ ﱠن ﱠ‬ ‫َﺿﻌَ ُﻪ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ ِْرهِ‪«.‬‬

‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ﻋَ َﲆ ِاﻻﻧْﺘ َِﻘﺎ ِم ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ِﺮ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳ َْﺨﻠُ َ‬ ‫ُور ِه َو َﻛﻴْ ِﺪهِ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺺ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﴍ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﻌَ َﺰ َم »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫َو َدﺑﱠ َﺮ ﻣَ َﻊ َزو ِْﺟ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻮ َِﺳﻴ َﻠ َﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﻳ َْﺴﻠُ َﻜﺎﻧِﻬَ ﺎ ِ ِﻹ ْﻫ َﻼﻛ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (4‬اﻧْﺘ َ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‬ ‫ِﺼﺎ ُر »ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« — و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺿﻤَ َﺮ ِاﻻﻧْﺘ َِﻘﺎ َم ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ُﺪ ﱢو ِه ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻲ — َﻓ َﻠﻘِ َﻲ ِﰲ‬ ‫اﻹ ْﻓ ِﺮﻳﻘ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺧ َﺮجَ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ِﺮ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮﻳﻘ ِ​ِﻪ َز ِارﻋً ﺎ َﻓﻘِ ريًا؛ َﻓﺄَﻋْ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ِﺛﻴَﺎﺑَ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ َة ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎ ِﻟﻴ َ​َﺔ‪ ،‬وَأ َ َﺧﺬَ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ِﺛﻴَﺎﺑَ ُﻪ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺛ ﱠ َﺔ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُه »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ِﺛﻴَﺎبَ اﻟ ﱠﺰ ِار ِع‪،‬‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِﻟﻴ َ​َﺔ )ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪِﻳﻤَ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻤُﻤَ ﱠﺰ َﻗ َﺔ(؛ َﻓ َﻔ ِﺮحَ اﻟ ﱠﺰ ِار ُع ِﺑﻬَ ﺬَا ا ْﻟﺒَﺪ َِل‪َ .‬و َﻟ ِﺒ َﺲ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫و َ​َﺳﺎ َر إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ ُﻣﺘَﻨ َ ﱢﻜ ًﺮا ) ُﻣﺘَ َﺨ ﱢﻔﻴًﺎ( ِﰲ ِزﻳﱢ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳﺪِ؛ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻻ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ َﻓ ُﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻲ‪ ،‬إِذَا‬ ‫اﻹ ْﻓ ِﺮﻳﻘ ﱡ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ ْ ِ‬ ‫َرآهُ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ْ‬ ‫ُور«‪.‬‬ ‫اﺷ َﱰَى َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻘﺎﻗِ ِ‬ ‫ري و َْاﻷَد ِْوﻳَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻨَﻮﱢﻣَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وَﻋَ ﺎ َد ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَةِ‪» :‬ﺑَﺪ ِْر ا ْﻟﺒُﺪ ِ‬ ‫‪61‬‬

‫ﱢﻳﻦ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬

‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َﺧﻴﱠ َﻢ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺴﺎءُ وَﻋَ ﺎ َد ﱠ‬ ‫ﴫ‪َ ،‬ﺧ ﱠﻔ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة إ ِ َﱃ ﻟ َِﻘﺎﺋ ِ​ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻔ ِﺮحَ‬ ‫اﻹ ْﻓ ِﺮﻳﻘ ﱡِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ — ِﺑﻬَ ﺬَا — وَاﻧ ْ َﺨ َﺪ َع‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ِﺴﺐَ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَ َﺮ َﻛ ْﺖ ﻋِ ﻨَﺎد َ​َﻫﺎ ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ني ﻳَﺌ َِﺴ ْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ْﻮ َد ِة »ﻋَ َﻼءِ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺪ ِ‬

‫ﴬ ْت َﻟ ُﻪ َﻗﺪْﺣً ﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺿﻌَ ْﺖ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫َاب‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن و َ‬ ‫ﴬ ُه‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ أَﺣْ َ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ أَﺣْ َ َ‬ ‫َوﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﴩ ِ‬ ‫ﴍ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬ ‫َﴩﺑُﻪُ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُ ْ‬ ‫َزوْﺟُ ﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺪﱠﻣَ ﺘْ ُﻪ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗُ َﺴ ِﺎﻣ ُﺮ ُه َوﺗَﺒْﺘَ ِﺴ ُﻢ َﻟﻪُ‪َ :‬ﻓﺄ َ َﺧﺬَ ﻳ ْ َ‬ ‫‪62‬‬

‫ﱢﻳﻦ‬ ‫اﻧْﺘ َِﻘﺎ ُم ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬

‫ﺎس‪َ ،‬ﻓﻨَﺎ َم ﻧَﻮْﻣً ﺎ ﻋَ ِﻤ ً‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫َﻏ َﻠﺒَ ُﻪ اﻟﻨﱡﻌَ ُ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠﺐَ إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ِة أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﱰُ َﻛ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻴﻘﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓﺄ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﴎ َع »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺒَﺎحَ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳ َْﺨﺒَ ُﺆ ُه ﱠ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻪُ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ ْﻏ َﻠ َﻖ ﺑَﺎبَ ا ْﻟﺤُ ﺠْ َﺮ ِة ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَأ َ َﺧﺬَ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ ِﰲ ِﺛﻴَﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪،‬‬ ‫و َ​َﻓ َﺮ َﻛﻪُ‪َ .‬ﻓﺠَ ﺎءَ ُه ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ — َﺧﺎدِ ُم ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْ‬ ‫ﺎل‪ ،‬و َ​َﺳﺄ َ َﻟﻪُ‪ :‬ﻣَ ﺎذَا ﻳ ُِﺮﻳﺪُ؟‬ ‫َﺎح — ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺼﺒ ِ‬

‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‪» :‬آ ُﻣ ُﺮ َك أ َ ْن ﺗَﺤْ ِﻤ َﻞ َﻫﺬَا اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟُ َﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘُ ْﻠﻘِ َﻲ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻗِ ﻤﱠ ِﺔ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ْﻮ ٍد َﺷﺎﻫِ ٍﻖ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺎل( إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض؛ ِﻟﺘَﺄ ْ ُﻛ َﻠ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻮُﺣُ ُ‬ ‫ﻮش وَﺟَ ﻮ َِارحُ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ري )ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺗَ ْﻜ ِﺴﺐُ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ ﺎﻣَ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫) َرأ ْ ِس ﺟَ ﺒ ٍَﻞ ﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫ﻄْ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﴫ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧ ِ​ِﻪ ْاﻷَو ِﱠل ِﰲ ِﺑ َﻼدِ ﱢ‬ ‫ني‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺻﻴْﺪ َِﻫﺎ(؛ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَﻨ ْ ُﻘ َﻞ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِ‬

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‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻤْ ِﺾ َزﻣَ ٌﻦ ﻳ َِﺴريٌ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أَﺗَ ﱠﻢ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ أَﻣَ َﺮ ُه ِﺑ ِﻪ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﻮر‬ ‫ﻃ ِ‬ ‫)‪َ (5‬ﻓ َﺮحُ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ُر ُﻣﺒَ ﱢﻜ ًﺮا َﻛﻌَ ﺎ َدﺗ ِ​ِﻪ وَﻣَ ﺎ أ َ َ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَﻴ َْﻘ َ‬ ‫َﺎح ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫و َِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﴫهِ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻃ ﱠﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧَﺎﻓِ ﺬَ ِة َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻆ ِْ‬ ‫ﺻﺒ ِ‬ ‫ُﺼﺪ ْﱢق ﻣَ ﺎ َرآهُ‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ِﰲ ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧ ِ​ِﻪ ْاﻷَو ِﱠل! َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻦ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﺎ ِﻟﻢٌ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َرأَى أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ُﻪ َﻗ ْ َ‬ ‫ﴫ »ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫و ْ‬ ‫ف‪ :‬أ َ ِﰲ ﻳ َ​َﻘ َ‬ ‫ﱠت ِﺑ ِﻪ اﻟﺪ ْﱠﻫ َﺸ ُﺔ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻏ َﻠﺒَ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺮحُ ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ْﻊ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫َاﺷﺘَﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﻈ ٍﺔ ُﻫ َﻮ أ َ ْم ِﰲ ﻣَ ﻨَﺎ ٍم؟ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ‬ ‫ﴫ اﺑْﻨَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ِﻟﻴَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﻘ َﻖ ِﺻﺪ َْق ﻣَ ﺎ َرآهُ؛ َﻓﻮَﺟَ ﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ ﻣ ُِﻄ ﱠﻠ ًﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨﱠﺎﻓِ َﺬةِ‪ ،‬ﺗَﺘَﺄَﻣﱠ ُﻞ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﺟَ َﺮى ﻣ ْ ِ‬ ‫ُﴪﻋً ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ أ َ ِﺑﻴﻬَ ﺎ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ْ‬ ‫اﺷﺘَﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﱠت وَﺣْ َﺸﺘُﻬَ ﺎ وَﺣَ ﻨِﻴﻨُﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َرأ َ ْت أَﺑ َ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ ْﺖ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ وَﻋَ ﺎﻧ َ َﻘﺘْﻪُ‪َ ،‬وﺑَ َﻜﻴَﺎ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺷ ﱠﺪ ِة ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺮ ِح‪.‬‬ ‫َﺎﻫﺎ ﻣ ُْﻘ ِﺒ ًﻼ أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ و َ​َﻗ َﻊ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﻮس َﺳﺄ َ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫َث؛ َﻓ َﻘ ﱠ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َﻘ ﱠﺮ ِﺑ ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻠُ ُ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫ْﻒ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮر‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ِﺮ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻟ َﻘﻰ ِﺑﺠُ ﺜﱠﺘ ِ​ِﻪ إ ِ َﱃ اﻟﻨ ﱡ ُﺴ ِ‬ ‫اﻧْﺘَ َﻘ َﻢ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬

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‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﻘ َ ِﱰ ْ‬ ‫ف إِﺛْﻤً ﺎ ) َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫اﻹ َﺳﺎءَ ِة إ ِ َﱃ »ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ُر ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْﺳ َﻠ َﻔ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﻨ َ ِﺪ َم ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻳ َْﻔﻌَ ْﻞ ذَﻧْﺒًﺎ(‪.‬‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﻳ َْﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ْﻮﻣ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺒﱠ َﻠ ُﻪ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َني ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَاﻋْ ﺘَﺬَ َر َﻟ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﴎ َع إ ِ َﱃ ﺣُ ﺠْ َﺮ ِة »ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﺳﻮءِ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻨ ﱢ ِﻪ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪.‬‬

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‫اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻟﺴﺎﺑﻊ‬

‫اﻹ ْﻓ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺣ ِﺮ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﺷ ِﻘ ُ‬ ‫ﻳﻘ ﱢﻲ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ ﱠ‬ ‫)‪ (1‬ﻋَ ُﺪ ﱞو ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ ٌﺪ‬ ‫اﻹ ْﻓ ِﺮﻳﻘ ﱢِﻲ َﺷﻘِ ٌ‬ ‫َو َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ أ َ َﻗ ﱡﻞ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ﺑَ َﺮاﻋَ ًﺔ ِﰲ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺤْ ِﺮ‪ ،‬وَأ َ َﺷ ﱡﺪ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ د َ​َﻫﺎءً و َُﺧﺒْﺜًﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧَﺎ‬ ‫ِﻠﺴﺎﺣِ ِﺮ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ ،‬وﻳَﺬْ َﻫﺐُ ُﻛ ﱞﻞ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫َﺎن — ِﰲ ﺑَ َﻠﺪِﻫِ ﻤَ ﺎ ِﺑ ِﺈ ْﻓ ِﺮﻳ ِﻘﻴ َﱠﺔ — ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻋَ ﺎ ٍم‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻳ َْﻔ َ ِﱰ َﻗ ِ‬ ‫ﻳَ ْﻠﺘَﻘِ ﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﻟ َِﺸﺄْﻧ ِ​ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻻ ﻳَﻌُ ﻮ ُد إ ِ َﱃ َﺷﻘِ ﻴﻘ ِ​ِﻪ إ ِ ﱠﻻ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻣَ َﴣ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎمُ‪َ ،‬ذ َﻫﺐَ َﺷﻘِ ُ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮ ً‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ أ َ َﺧﺎ ُه َ‬ ‫ِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ﺑَ َﻠ ِﺪهِ‪ ،‬وَاﻧْﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﻼ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ‬ ‫اﻹ ْﻓ ِﺮﻳﻘ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ِﺮ ْ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎن أَﺧِ ﻴ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َِﺠ ْﺪ َﻟ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻳَﺤْ ُ ْ‬ ‫ﴬ‪َ .‬ﻓﻌَ ِﺠﺐَ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻏِ ﻴَﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ أ َﺷ ﱠﺪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠَ ِﺐ‪َ ،‬و َراحَ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ْﺨ ِﱪُ اﻟ ﱠﺮﻣْ َﻞ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻣَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن أَﺧِ ﻴ ِﻪ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫أَﺛ َ ًﺮا ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َني ْاﻷَﻣْ ﻮ ِ‬ ‫َني ْاﻷَﺣْ ﻴَﺎءِ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ْ‬ ‫َات‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮآ ُه َﻗ ْﺪ َﻫ َﻠ َﻚ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎﺳﺘَ ْﺨ َ َ‬ ‫ﱪ اﻟ ﱠﺮﻣْ َﻞ — ﺛَﺎ ِﻧﻴ ًَﺔ — ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻣَ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫وَأ َ َﻛ َﻠ ِﺖ اﻟﻨ ﱡ ُﺴﻮ ُر َﻟﺤْ ﻤَ ﻪُ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﺮاحَ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ْﺨ ِﱪُ اﻟ ﱠﺮﻣْ َﻞ — ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى — ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻋَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‪.‬‬ ‫ف ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫َال‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‪َ ،‬ﻛ ﱠﻠ َﻔ ُﻪ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻛ ﱠﻠ َﻔ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ﻨَﺎءٍ وَأ َ ْﻫﻮ ٍ‬ ‫َﻓﺒَﻨَﻰ ﻋَ ْﺰﻣَ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ِاﻻﻧْﺘ َِﻘﺎ ِم ِﻷَﺧِ ﻴ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ »ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫وَأ َ ْﺧ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍﺎر‪.‬‬ ‫)‪َ (2‬‬ ‫»ﻓ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﻤَ ُﺔ« اﻟ ﱠﺰاﻫِ َﺪ ُة‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ ﻳ َِﺠ ﱡﺪ ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ َزا َل ﱠ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ﱢ‬ ‫ري َﻟﻴ ًْﻼ َوﻧَﻬَ ﺎ ًرا‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ و َ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬وَأ َ َﻗﺎ َم ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ َدﺑﱠ َﺮ ُﺧ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ًﺔ َﺧ ِﺒﻴﺜ َ ًﺔ ﻟ َِﻘﺘْ ِﻞ ﻋَ ُﺪ ﱢوهِ‪ ،‬وَا ْﻟ َﺨ َﻼ ِص ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ‬ ‫ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫اﺳﻤُﻬَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﻤَ ُﺔ« اﻟ ﱠﺰاﻫِ َﺪ ُة‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎَﻧُﻮا ﻳَﻨ ْ ُﺴﺒ َ‬ ‫ﺎس ﻳَﺘَﺤَ ﱠﺪﺛ ُ َ‬ ‫»ﻓ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﻟِﺤَ ٍﺔ ﺗَﻘِ ﻴﱠ ٍﺔ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ﻮن ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻣْ َﺮأ َ ٍة َ‬ ‫ُﻮن َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﻮﺳ َ‬ ‫ﺎت‪َ ،‬وﻳَ ْﺰﻋُ ﻤ َ‬ ‫ُﻮن أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﺸﻔِ ﻲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮ َﴇ َوﺗُ ْﺴﻌِ ُﺪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨْﺤُ ِ‬ ‫َﻛ ِﺜريًا ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻜ َﺮاﻣَ ِ‬ ‫ني‪ .‬وَﻋَ ِﻠ َﻢ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺗُﻘِ ﻴ ُﻢ‬

‫ﱢﻳﻦ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬

‫ُون( ِﰲ آﺧِ ِﺮ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ﻳَ ُﺰو ُر َﻫﺎ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻣ ْﺮﺗَﻔِ ٍﻊ ﻳ َْﺴ ُﻜﻨ ُ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَﻌَ ﺒﱢﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻃ ﱠﻼبُ‬ ‫ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮْﻣَ ﻌَ ٍﺔ )ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺎﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ُﻮع‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎت ِﰲ ﻳَﻮْﻣَ ِﻲ ِاﻻﺛْﻨ َ ْ ِ‬ ‫ني وَا ْﻟﺠُ ﻤُﻌَ ِﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ أ ْﺳﺒ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ ﻋَ ْﻮ َدﺗَﻬَ ﺎ — ذَ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺮ َاﻗﺐَ ﱠ‬ ‫ات ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم — و َ‬ ‫ﱪ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺟَ ﺎءَ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺴﺎءُ َوﻧَﺎﻣَ ْﺖ؛‬ ‫َﺻ َ َ‬ ‫ري ﻋَ ﻨَﺎءٍ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﻔﺘَﺢَ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎبَ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﻤَ ُﺔ« اﻟ ﱠﺰاﻫِ َﺪ ُة ﺗَﻨَﺎ ُم ُﻣ ْ‬ ‫»ﻓ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﻤَ ِﺌﻨ ﱠ ًﺔ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻻ ﺗَ ْﺨ َﴙ اﻟ ﱡﻠ ُ‬ ‫ﺼ َ‬ ‫ﻮص‪ ،‬ﻟِﻌِ ْﻠ ِﻤﻬَ ﺎ أَﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳ َِﺠﺪُوا‬ ‫ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﴪ َﻗ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳﻬ ْﻢ ِﺑ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻮْﻣَ ﻌَ ﺘِﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ ريَ ِة ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ ُْﻐ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ د َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺒ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﺚ‪َ ،‬ر َ‬ ‫َﺧ َﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫آﻫﺎ ﻧَﺎﺋِﻤَ ًﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ِرﻳ َﻜ ٍﺔ )دِ ﱠﻛ ٍﺔ( ﺣَ ﻘِ ريَ ٍة ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺸ ِﺐ‪ِ ،‬ﰲ‬ ‫ري َﺳ ْﻘ ٍﻒ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟ َﻘﻤَ ُﺮ َﺳ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﻌً ﺎ ِﰲ ِﺗ ْﻠ ُﻜ ُﻢ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴْ َﻠ ِﺔ؛ َﻓ َﺪﻧَﺎ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَ ﱠﻞ ﺧِ ﻨْﺠَ َﺮ ُه‬ ‫ﺣُ ﺠْ َﺮ ٍة ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫)أ َ ْﺧ َﺮجَ ِﺳ ﱢﻜﻴﻨَﻪُ(‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﻳ َْﻘ َ‬ ‫ﻈﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُر َﻗﺎدِ َﻫﺎ‪.‬‬

‫وَﻣَ ﺎ اﻧْﺘَﺒَﻬَ ْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ْﻮﻣِﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َرأ َ ْت َرﺟُ ًﻼ َﺷﺎﻫِ ًﺮا ) َراﻓِ ﻌً ﺎ( ﺧِ ﻨْﺠَ َﺮ ُه ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪ُ ،‬ﻣﺘَﺤَ ﱢﻔ ًﺰا‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺒ ُ‬ ‫ِﻟ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻌْ ﻨِﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﰲ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓﺎﻣْ ﺘَ َﻸ َ ْت ﻧ َ ْﻔ ُﺴﻬَ ﺎ ُرﻋْ ﺒًﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﺚ‪» :‬اﻧْﻬَ ِﴤ أَﻳﱠﺘُﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮأ َ ُة‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫ري ﺗَ َﺮدﱡدٍ ‪ .‬وَﺣَ ﺬَ ِار )اﺣْ ﺬَ ِري( أ َ ْن ﺗَ ِﺼﻴﺤِ ﻲ أ َ ْو ﺗُ َﺨﺎﻟِﻔِ ﻲ‬ ‫َاﻓﻌَ ِﲇ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ آ ُﻣ ُﺮكِ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺟ ِﻞ‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﺈذَا أ َ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻌْ ِﺘﻨِﻲ ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ آ ُﻣ ُﺮكِ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻦ‬ ‫ِﱄ أَﻣْ ًﺮا‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻻ ﺗُﻌَ ﱢﺮ ِﴈ ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴﻚِ ِﻟ ْﻠﻬَ َﻼكِ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِ‬ ‫أَﻣَ ﱠﺴﻚِ ِﺑ ُﺴﻮءٍ‪«.‬‬ ‫‪68‬‬

‫َﺷﻘِ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻲ‬ ‫اﻹ ْﻓ ِﺮﻳﻘ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ِﺮ ْ ِ‬

‫ﺎن )اﻟﺘﱠ ْﺴﻠِﻴ ِﻢ وَا ْﻟ ُﺨ ُ‬ ‫ﻃﻤَ ﺄَﻧ ﱠ ْﺖ َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫َﻓﺎ ْ‬ ‫ﻮع( َﻟﻪُ‪َ ،‬وإ ِ َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎﻋَ ِﺔ أَﻣْ ِﺮهِ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻴﻼ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ِﺠ ْﺪ ﺑُﺪٍّا ِﻣ َﻦ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻹذْﻋَ ِ‬ ‫ﻀ ِ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺳﺄ َ َﻟﺘْﻪُ‪ِ » :‬ﺑﻤَ ﺎذَا ﺗَﺄ ْ ُﻣ ُﺮﻧِﻲ‪ ،‬ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي؟«‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪» :‬أَﻋْ ِﻄﻴﻨِﻲ ِﺛﻴَﺎﺑَﻚِ ِﻷ َ ْﻟﺒ َ​َﺴﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬و َُﺧﺬِي ِﺛﻴَﺎ ِﺑﻲ ﺑَﺪ ًَﻻ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﱰ ﱠد ْد ِﰲ إِﺟَ ﺎﺑَﺘ ِ​ِﻪ إ ِ َﱃ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ ِﺒ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬَ ﺎ — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﺗَ َﺰﻳﱠﺎ ِﺑ ِﺰﻳﱢﻬَ ﺎ َﻓ َﻠ ِﺒ َﺲ ِﺛﻴَﺎﺑَﻬَ ﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗَ َ َ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫ري ﻣَ َﻼ ِﻣ ِﺢ وَﺟْ ِﻬﻲ وَأ َ َﺳ ِﺎرﻳ َﺮ ُه‬ ‫َﺻﺎ َر ْت َﻫﻴْﺌَﺘُ ُﻪ َﻛﻬَ ﻴْﺌَﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪» :‬أ ُ ِرﻳ ُﺪ ِﻣﻨْﻚِ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺒْﺬُ ِﱄ ﺟُ ﻬْ ﺪَكِ ِﰲ ﺗَ ْﻐ ِﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﻮط ﺟَ ِﺒﻴﻨِﻲ(‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳ ُْﺸ ِﺒ َﻪ وَﺟْ ﻬَ ﻚِ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫)ﺧ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺒَ ِﻪ‪َ .‬وإِﻧﱢﻲ أ ُ ْﻗ ِﺴ ُﻢ َﻟﻚِ ‪ :‬إِﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻟ ْﻦ أَﻣَ ﱠﺴﻚِ ِﺑ ُﺴﻮءٍ‬ ‫إِذَا ﻧَﺠَ ﺤْ ِﺖ ِﰲ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻤ ُِﻬﻢﱢ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓﺄَد َ‬ ‫ْﺧ َﻠﺘْ ُﻪ ﺣُ ﺠْ َﺮﺗَﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬وَأ َ َ‬ ‫ﺿﺎء َْت ِﻣ ْ‬ ‫َان‬ ‫ﺼﺒَﺎﺣَ ﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬وَأَﺣْ َ َ‬ ‫ﴬ ْت ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﻟﻮ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ ﻳ ُْﺸ ِﺒﻬُ ﻬَ ﺎ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺒَ ِﻪ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ و َ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺎغ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ َزا َﻟ ْﺖ ﺗَﺒْﺬُ ُل ﺟُ ﻬْ ﺪ َ​َﻫﺎ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ ْ‬ ‫و َْاﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫َﺿﻌَ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﺻﺒ ِ‬ ‫ِﰲ ﻋُ ﻨُﻘِ ِﻪ ُﺳﺒْﺤَ ﺘَﻬَ ﺎ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻮﻳ َﻠ َﺔ‪ ،‬وَأَﻋْ َ‬ ‫ﺼ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗﺪﱠﻣَ ْﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺮآ َة؛ َﻓ َﺮأَى ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ُ‬ ‫ﻄﺘْ ُﻪ ﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َر ًة ُﻣ َﻜ ﱠﺮ َر ًة‬ ‫ﻟِـ َ‬ ‫»ﻓ ِ‬ ‫َﱪ ِﺑ َﻘ َﺴ ِﻤ ِﻪ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﺧﺎبَ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﻤَ َﺔ« اﻟ ﱠﺰاﻫِ َﺪةِ‪ .‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ ﺣَ ِﺴﺒ َْﺖ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﺳﻴ َْﺸ ُﻜ ُﺮ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﻓِ ﻌْ َﻠﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﻳ َ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ َﺷﺪِﻳﺪًا‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﺮﺣَ ْﻢ َ‬ ‫ﺿ ْﻐ ً‬ ‫ﻂ ﻋُ ﻨ ُ َﻘﻬَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫َﺿ َﻐ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻨﱡﻬَ ﺎ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ أَﻣْ َﺴ َﻚ َر َﻗﺒَﺘَﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﻴَ َﺪﻳْ ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺿﻌْ َﻔﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻮﺧﺘَﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﱰُ ْﻛﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ ﱠﻻ ﺟُ ﺜ ﱠ ًﺔ َﻫ ِﺎﻣ َﺪ ًة‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ ْﻟ َﻘﻰ ِﺑﺠُ ﺜﱠﺘِﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﺒ ْ ِﱤ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ آﺛ َ َﺮ ْ‬ ‫و َ​َﺷﻴ ُْﺨ َ‬ ‫)اﺧﺘَﺎ َر(‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﺨﻨ ُ َﻘﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َ​َﺸﺄ ْ َﻗﺘْ َﻠﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺨِ ﻨْﺠَ ِﺮهِ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻻ ﻳُ َﻠﻮ َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬ ‫ﱢث ﻣَ َﻼ ِﺑ َﺴ ُﻪ ِﺑﺪ َِﻣﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ِﺮﻳﻤَ ﺘ ِ​ِﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﻮْﻣَ ﻌَ ﺘِﻬَ ﺎ — ﻧَﻮْﻣً ﺎ ﻋَ ِﻤ ً‬ ‫ﻴﻘﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻨْﻌَ ﺎءِ‪ ،‬ﻧَﺎ َم — ِﰲ َ‬ ‫َﺎح‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒ ِ‬ ‫)‪ (3‬ﺣِ ﻴ َﻠ ُﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ِﺮ‬ ‫ﺻﻮْﻣَ ﻌَ ِﺔ َ‬ ‫»ﻓ ِ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺧ َﺮجَ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎ ِﻛ ُﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﻤَ َﺔ« اﻟ ﱠﺰاﻫِ َﺪةِ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﺗَ َﺰﻳﱠﺎ ِﺑ ِﺰﻳﱢﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ﻣَ َﴙ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ ِﺑ ْﻀ َﻊ ُﺧ ُ‬ ‫ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻮن( ﻳَ َﺪ ُه وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ُﻮن )ﻳ َُﻘﺒﱢﻠُ َ‬ ‫ﺎس ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﻳَ ْﻠﺜَﻤ َ‬ ‫ﻄﻮ ٍ‬ ‫َات‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫اف ﺛ َ ْﻮ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬و َُﻫ ْﻢ ﻳَﺤْ َﺴﺒُﻮﻧ َ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫ﱪ ِﻛ َ‬ ‫»ﻓ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﻤَ َﺔ« اﻟ ﱠﺰاﻫِ َﺪ َة ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺴﻜِﻴﻨ َ َﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻗﺘَ َﻠﻬَ ﺎ َﻟﻴْ َﻠ َﺔ أَﻣْ ِﺲ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ و َ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ُﻣﺘَ َ ﱢ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ْ‬ ‫ُور« ﺗُ ِﻄ ﱡﻞ‬ ‫اﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ ِزﺣَ ﺎ ُم اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎس ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻪُ‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة‪» :‬ﺑَ ْﺪ ُر ا ْﻟﺒُﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ »ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ َﻫﺎ؛ َﻓﺄ َ ْر َﺳ َﻠ ْﺖ إِﺣْ ﺪَى ﺟَ ﻮ َِارﻳﻬَ ﺎ‪ِ ،‬ﻟﺘَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﺮ َ‬ ‫ُﻮع ا ْﻟﻤُﺤْ ﺘَ ِﺸ َﺪةِ‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧَﺎﻓِ َﺬ ِة َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫ف َﺳﺒَﺐَ ا ْزدِﺣَ ﺎ ِم ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻤ ِ‬ ‫ﱪﺗْﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ﱠن َ‬ ‫»ﻓ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﻤَ َﺔ« اﻟ ﱠﺰاﻫِ َﺪ َة ﻫِ ﻲ َﺳﺒَﺐُ اﻟ ﱢﺰﺣَ ﺎ ِم‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻋَ ﺎد َِت ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺎرﻳ َُﺔ إ ِ َﱃ َﺳﻴﱢ َﺪﺗِﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬أ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة ﻣ ُْﺸﺘَ َﺎﻗ ًﺔ ِﺟﺪٍّا إ ِ َﱃ ُر ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮأ َ ِة ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺎﻟِﺤَ ِﺔ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ َزﻣَ ٍﻦ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴﺪٍ؛ َﻓ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﺘَﺪْﻋَ ﺘْﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻴﺚ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻗﺒﱠ َﻠ ْﺖ ﻳَ َﺪ ُه — وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَﺤْ َﺴﺒُ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﻤَ َﺔ« اﻟ ﱠﺰاﻫِ َﺪ َة — َو َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ َﺮ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺒ َ‬ ‫»ﻓ ِ‬ ‫إ ِ ْن َرأ َ ِت ﱠ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠﺒ َْﺖ‬ ‫‪69‬‬

‫ﱢﻳﻦ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬

‫ﴫ َﻫﺎ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَﺤُ ﱠﻞ ِﺑ ِﻬ ْﻢ ﺑَ َﺮ َﻛﺘُﻪُ‪َ .‬ﻓﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﱰدﱡدِ ؛‬ ‫ﺎﻫ َﺮ ِﺑ ﱠ َ‬ ‫إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺪْﻋُ َﻮ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﷲَ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْن ﻳُﻘِﻴ َﻢ ِﰲ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻈﺎﻫِ ُﺮ اﻟ ﱡﺪﻧْﻴَﺎ ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻌِ ﺒَﺎ َدةِ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ أ َ َﻟﺤﱠ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻗ ِﺒ َﻞ َرﺟَ ﺎء َ​َﻫﺎ‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫َﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﺨ َﴙ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﺸ َﻐ َﻠ ُﻪ ﻣَ َ‬ ‫َاﺧﺘَﺎ َر‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ ﺎ ِم ا ْﻟ َﻐﺪَاءِ‪ ،‬أَﺑَﻰ — َﺧﻮ ًْﻓﺎ ِﻣ ِﻦ ْاﻓﺘ َ‬ ‫ﴫ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ دَﻋَ ﺘْ ُﻪ إ ِ َﱃ َ‬ ‫ﺎح‬ ‫ﻟ ُِﺴ ْﻜﻨَﺎ ُه أَﺣْ َﻘ َﺮ ﺣُ ﺠْ َﺮ ٍة ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﻀ ِ‬ ‫أَﻣْ ِﺮ ِه إِذَا ُر َﻓ َﻊ ﻋَ ْﻦ وَﺟْ ِﻬ ِﻪ اﻟﻨ ﱢ َﻘﺎبُ )ا ْﻟ ُﱪ ُْﻗﻊُ( — و َ​َﻗﺎ َل َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪» :‬إِﻧﱠﻨِﻲ اﻣْ َﺮأ َ ٌة َزاﻫِ َﺪ ٌة‪َ .‬و َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﺎ َدﺗِﻲ أ َ ْن آ ُﻛ َﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ ِﺎﻣ ُﻜ ُﻢ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺎﺧِ ِﺮ‪ .‬وَﺣَ ْﺴ ِﺒﻲ َﻗﻠِﻴ ٌﻞ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱠﻤْ ِﺮ أ َ ِو ا ْﻟ َﻔﺎﻛِﻬَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬أ َ ْﻗﺘَ ُ‬ ‫ﺎت ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﺎس‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺣُ ﺠْ َﺮﺗِﻲ‪ ،‬ﻣُﺤْ ﺘَ ِﺠﺒ ًَﺔ ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗُﻌَ ِﺎر ْ‬ ‫ﺿ ُﻪ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة‪ ،‬وَأَﺟَ ﺎﺑَﺘْ ُﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ َرادَ‪.‬‬ ‫)‪ (4‬ﺑَﻴ َ‬ ‫ْﻀ ُﺔ »اﻟ ﱡﺮ ﱢخ«‬ ‫ُور« َ‬ ‫ﺿﻴ َْﻔﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ُر ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ ﺣُ ﺠْ َﺮﺗِﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺎﺧِ َﺮ ِة ذَ ِ‬ ‫ات ْاﻷ َ ْرﺑ َِﻊ‬ ‫و َِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ دَﻋَ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة‪» :‬ﺑَ ْﺪ ُر ا ْﻟﺒُﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ إِﻋْ ﺠَ ﺎﺑَ ُﻪ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﴩ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ﻧَﺎﻓِ ﺬَ ًة‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َر َ‬ ‫آﻫﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺪِﻳ َﺪ ِﺑﺠَ ﻤَ ﺎﻟِﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬وَﺣُ ْﺴ ِﻦ َﻫﻨْﺪ َ​َﺳﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫وَا ْﻟﻌِ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﳾءٌ وَاﺣِ ﺪٌ‪ :‬إِذَا ْ‬ ‫ﻄﻌْ ِﺖ‬ ‫و َ​َﻓ َﺨﺎﻣَ ِﺔ أَﺛَﺎﺛِﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎ َل‪َ » :‬ﻟﻴ َْﺲ ﻳُﻌْ ِﻮ ُز ﺟَ ﻤَ ﺎ َل َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺤُ ﺠْ َﺮ ِة إ ِ ﱠﻻ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺗَﺤْ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻘﻪُ‪ ،‬أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺎل‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤَ ْﺖ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺤُ ﺠْ َﺮ ُة ِﻣﺜَﺎ َل ا ْﻟ َﻜﻤَ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺴﺄ َ َﻟﺘْ ُﻪ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة ُﻣﺘَ َﻠﻬﱢ َﻔ ًﺔ‪» :‬وَﻣَ ﺎذَا ﻳُﻌْ ِﻮ ُز َﻫﺎ‪ ،‬أَﻳﱠﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ْاﻷ ُ ﱡم اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻫِ َﺮ ُة؟«‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺒﺢَ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪» :‬ﻳُﻌْ ِﻮ ُز َﻫﺎ أ َ ْن ﺗُﻌَ ﱢﻠﻘِ ﻲ — ِﰲ و َ​َﺳ ِﻄﻬَ ﺎ — ﺑَﻴ َْﻀ َﺔ » ُر ﱟخ«؛ ِﻟﻴَﺘِ ﱠﻢ ﺟَ ﻤَ ﺎﻟُﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗُ ْ‬ ‫أَﺑْ َﺪ َع ﺣُ ﺠْ َﺮ ٍة ِﰲ اﻟ ﱡﺪﻧْﻴَﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة‪َ :‬‬ ‫»ﺳﻴَﺘِ ﱡﻢ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﰲ َﻫ َﺬا ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم‪«.‬‬ ‫)‪َ (5‬ﻏ َ‬ ‫ﻀﺐُ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱢﻲ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َ‬ ‫ﴬ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﺑَﻴ َْﻀ َﺔ » ُر ﱟخ«؛ ِﻟﻴَﺘِ ﱠﻢ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠﺒ َْﺖ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳُﺤْ ِ َ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ َرأ َ ِت ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة »ﻋَ َﻼءَ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﻤَ ﺎ ُل ﺣُ ﺠْ َﺮﺗِﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼﺒَﺎحَ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« إ ِ َﱃ ﺣُ ﺠْ َﺮ ٍة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﺧ َﺮجَ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْ‬ ‫ﴬ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ ِْرهِ‪ ،‬و َ​َﻓ َﺮ َﻛﻪُ؛ َﻓﺤَ َ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺬَ َﻫﺐَ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫ﴏ َخ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ َﴏ َ‬ ‫ْﺧ ًﺔ َﻫﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ِﺑ ِﺈﺣْ َﻀ ِﺎر ﺑَﻴ َْﻀ ِﺔ »اﻟ ﱡﺮ ﱢخ« ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َ َ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ْن أَﻣَ َﺮ ُه »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫َﻛﺎ َد ﻳ ْ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﺼﻌَ ُﻖ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫‪70‬‬

‫َﺷﻘِ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﻲ‬ ‫اﻹ ْﻓ ِﺮﻳﻘ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ِﺮ ْ ِ‬

‫)ﴍ و َ​َﻫ َﻼ ٌك(‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَ َﻜﺎ ُد ﻳَﺘَﻤَ ﻴﱠ ُﺰ )ﻳَﻨ ْ َﻔ ِﻄ ُﺮ َوﻳَﻨ ْ َﺸ ﱡﻖ( ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻐﻴ ِْﻆ‪َ » :‬وﻳْ ٌﻞ َ ﱞ‬ ‫َﻟ َﻚ — أَﻳﱡﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ؛ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻘِ ﱡﻲ — أ َ َﻫﺬَا ﺟَ َﺰاءُ إ ِ ْﺧ َﻼ ِﴆ؟ أ َ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﻘﻨ َ ْﻊ ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻗﺪﱠﻣْ ﺘُ ُﻪ َﻟ َﻚ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ِﻤ ٍ‬ ‫ﺗَﺄ ْ ُﻣ َﺮﻧِﻲ ِﺑ ِﺈﺣْ َﻀ ِﺎر ﺑَﻴ َْﻀ ِﺔ ﻣَ ﻮ َْﻻيَ و َ​َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي »اﻟ ﱡﺮ ﱢخ«؟ أ َ َﻻ ﺗَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ﱠﻦ ﺗَﺤْ َ ِﱰ ُﻣﻪُ‪َ ،‬وﺗُ َﻘﺪ ُﱢﺳﻪُ‪،‬‬ ‫َوﺗَﺪِﻳ ُﻦ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻋَ ِﺔ؟ أَﻣَ ﺎ — َو ِ‬ ‫ﷲ — َﻟ ْﻮ ﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓ ُﺖ أَﻧ ﱠ َﻚ َ‬ ‫َاح َﻟ َﻘﺘَ ْﻠﺘُ َﻚ‪ ،‬وَأَﺣْ َﺮ ْﻗ ُﺖ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣِ ﺐُ َﻫ َﺬا ِاﻻ ْﻗ ِﱰ ِ‬ ‫ِﻲ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺒ َ‬ ‫ﺎل‪َ .‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ أَﻋْ َﻠ ُﻢ أ َ ﱠن َﺷﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻴﺚ ُﻫ َﻮ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َدﺑﱠ َﺮ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫َﻗ ْ َ‬ ‫ﴫ َك ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ‬ ‫اﻹ ْﻓ ِﺮﻳﻘ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ِﺮ ْ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻜِﻴ َﺪ َة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أ َ َرا َد ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ َﻫ َﻼ َﻛ َﻚ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ًﻔﺎ‪» :‬وَﻣَ ْﻦ ُﻫ َﻮ َﺷﻘِ ُ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ُﻣﺘَ َﻠ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ِﺮ َﻫﺬَا؟«‬ ‫َﻓ َﺴﺄ َ َﻟ ُﻪ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺺ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘ ﱠ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‪ ،‬وَاﻋْ ﺘَﺬَ َر إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼﺘَﻪُ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﺸ َﻜ َﺮ َﻟ ُﻪ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘ ِﺒ َﻞ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ ﻋُ ْﺬ َرهُ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َذ َﻫﺐَ إ ِ َﱃ َﺳ ِﺒﻴﻠ ِ​ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﴫ ُع ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ِﺮ‬ ‫)‪ (6‬ﻣَ ْ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ ﺗَ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َ‬ ‫ُور« ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَﺪْﻋِ ﻲ‬ ‫َوﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤَ َﺮ ِض‪َ .‬ﻓﺄ َ ْر َﺳ َﻠ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ ُة‪» :‬ﺑَ ْﺪ ُر ا ْﻟﺒُﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ َﺮ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫»ﻓ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﻤَ َﺔ« ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰﻳ َﱠﻔ َﺔ )ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ﱠو َر َة(؛ ِﻟﺘَ ْﺸﻔِ َﻲ َزوْﺟَ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ أ َ َﻟ ﱠﻢ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺮ ِض‪ ،‬و َ​َﻗ ْﺪ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻗ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ َزو ِْﺟﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﺮ َﻓﺘْ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬

‫َﺿ َﻊ ﻳَ َﺪ ُه ِﰲ ﻳَ ِﺪ ِه ُﻣﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« َوو َ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ِن ْاﻗ َﱰَبَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈﺎﻫِ ًﺮا ِﺑﺎﻟﺪﱡﻋَ ﺎءِ َﻟﻪُ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ »ﻋَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫)ﴎﻳ َﻊ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ﱡﻞ ﺧِ ﻨْﺠَ ًﺮا ﻣَ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻊ( ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣِ َﺰ ِاﻣ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎﺿﻴًﺎ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻟﻤَ ﺤَ ُﻪ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫‪71‬‬

‫ﱢﻳﻦ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬

‫َﻓ ْ‬ ‫ﺎل( ِﺑﺨِ ﱠﻔ ٍﺔ ﻧَﺎدِ َرةٍ‪َ ،‬وﻧَﻬَ َﺾ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ﺧِ ﻨْﺠَ َﺮ ُه ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣِ َﺰ ِاﻣ ِﻪ ﺗَﻮٍّا ِ)ﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﺘَ ﱠﻞ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ َﺮ ﻋَ َﲆ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻏﻤَ َﺪ ا ْﻟﺨِ ﻨْﺠَ َﺮ‪) ،‬أَد َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ﱢﻜ َ‬ ‫ُﴪﻋً ﺎ؛ َﻓﺄ َ ْﻟ َﻘﻰ ﱠ‬ ‫ْﺧ َﻞ ﱢ‬ ‫ني َود َ​َﻓﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ( ِﰲ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒ ِﻪ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻣْ ِ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺘَ َﻠ ُﻪ ﻓ ْﻮ ًرا ِ)ﰲ ا ْﻟﻮَﻗ ِﺖ و ﱠ‬ ‫َاﻟﺴﺎﻋَ ِﺔ(‪.‬‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺗَ ْﻘﺘُ ُﻞ َ‬ ‫ري ُة ُﻣ ْﺮﺗَﺎﻋَ ًﺔ‪» :‬ﻳَﺎ هلل ِ! َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫»ﻓ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﻤَ َﺔ« اﻟ ﱠﺰاﻫِ َﺪ َة؟«‬ ‫ﺼﺎﺣَ ِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣ َ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺣَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ِﺔ ْاﻷَﻣْ ِﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓﺎﺑْﺘَ َﺴ َﻢ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﴍ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺚ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓﺤَ ِﻤﺪ َِت ﷲ َ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻧَﺠَ ﺎﺗ ِ​ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ ﱢ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺧﺎﺗِﻤَ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﴫ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻋَ ُﺪ ﱠوﻳْ ِﻪ‪ ،‬و َ​َﺧ َﻠ َ‬ ‫و َ‬ ‫ُورﻫِ ﻤَ ﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ« ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ِن اﻧْﺘَ َ َ‬ ‫ﺺ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﴍ ِ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻔﺎ اﻟ ﱠﺰﻣَ ُﻦ »ﻟِﻌَ َﻼءِ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫اﻹﻣْ ِﱪَا ُ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻣَ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻮ ُر؛ َﻓﻮ َِﱄ َ ْاﻷﻣْ َﺮ )ﺗَ َﺴ ﱠﻠﻤَ ﻪُ( — ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَﻌْ ِﺪ ِه‬ ‫ﺎت ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻳَﻨ ْ َﻘ ِﺾ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺎدِ ِث ﻋَ ﺎﻣَ ِ‬ ‫ُور«‪ ،‬وَﺣَ َﻜﻤَ ﺎ ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺎس ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻌَ ﺪ ِْل‪.‬‬ ‫َني اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﱢﻳﻦ«‪َ ،‬و َزوْﺟُ ﻪُ‪» :‬ﺑَ ْﺪ ُر ا ْﻟﺒُﺪ ِ‬ ‫— »ﻋَ َﻼءُ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫و َ​َﻗ ِﺪ اﺑْﺘَ َﺴ َﻢ َﻟﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻆ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻠ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬﻤَ ﺎ اﻟ ﱡﺪﻧْﻴَﺎ‪ ،‬وَأَﺣَ ﺒﱠﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫ﺎس‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﻘﺪﱠﻣَ ْﺖ ِﰲ ﻋَ ﻬْ ﺪِﻫِ ﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَﺘَﺐﱠ ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ِﺒ َﻼ ُد وَا ْرﺗَ َﻘ ْﺖ‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫)اﺳﺘَ َﻘ ﱠﺮ( ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﻦ‪ ،‬وَﻋَ ﱠﻢ اﻟ ﱠﺮ َﺧﺎءُ‪.‬‬

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