First Corinthians
« Chapter 2 »
1
Brothers, I came to you carrying the mystery of Allah, but not with eloquent words and wisdom.
أَيُّهَا الْإِخْوَةُ، جِئْتُكُمْ حَامِلًا سِرَّ اللهِ لَيْسَ بِالْكَلَامِ الْبَلِيغِ وَالْحِكْمَةِ،
2
I determined not to know anything among you except Isa Al-Masih and his crucifixion.
إِذْ عَزَمْتُ عَلَى أَلَّا أَعْرِفَ شَيْئًا، وَأَنَا بَيْنَكُمْ، إِلَّا عِيسَى الْمَسِيحَ وَصَلْبَهُ،
3
I was weak, fearful and quite trembling with you.
وَكُنْتُ مَعَكُمْ ضَعِيفًا خَائِفًا شَدِيدَ الِارْتِجَافِ،
4
And I did not give you my message with convincing words of wisdom, but with demonstration of the power of Ruh Allah.
كَمَا أَنَّنِي لَمْ أُبَلِّغْ رِسَالَتِي بِكَلَامِ الْحِكْمَةِ الْمُقْنِعِ، بَلْ بِإِظْهَارِ قُوَّةِ رُوحِ اللهِ،
5
This way, your trust would not depend on human wisdom, but on the power of Allah.
حَتَّى لَا يَعْتَمِدَ تَوَكُّلُكُمْ عَلَى الْحِكْمَةِ الْبَشَرِيَّةِ، بَلْ عَلَى قُوَّةِ اللهِ.
6
Though we speak with wisdom with mature believers, it is not the wisdom of this world, nor the wisdom of its leaders who will disappear.
مَعَ أَنَّنَا نَتَكَلَّمُ بِالْحِكْمَةِ مَعَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ الرَّاشِدِينَ لَكِنَّهَا لَيْسَتْ حِكْمَةَ هَذِهِ الدُّنْيَا وَلَا حِكْمَةَ رُؤَسَائِهَا الزَّائِلِينَ،
7
It is the inner, secret, wisdom of Allah that was predestined in eternity past to give us splendor through it.
بَلْ حِكْمَةَ اللهِ الْبَاطِنَةَ السِّرِّيَّةَ الْمَقْضِيَّةَ فِي الْأَزَلِ لِكَيْ يُجِلَّنَا بِهَا.
8
None of the leaders of this world understood this matter. Otherwise, they would not have crucified our glorious mawla.
لَمْ يَفْهَمْ أَحَدٌ مِنْ رُؤَسَاءِ الدُّنْيَا هَذَا الْأَمْرَ، وَإِلَّا لَمَا كَانُوا قَدْ صَلَبُوا مَوْلَانَا الْمَجِيدَ،
9
مِصْدَاقًا لِمَا وَرَدَ فِي الْكِتَابِ: «لَقَدْ أَعَدَّ اللهُ لِلَّذِينَ يُحِبُّونَهُ أُمُورًا لَا عَيْنَ رَأَتْهَا وَلَا أُذُنَ سَمِعَتْهَا وَلَا خَطَرَتْ عَلَى قَلْبِ بَشَرٍ.»
10
Allah has inspired us by his Ruh, because Al-Ruh comprehends every matter, even the essence of Allah.
وَقَدْ أَوْحَى لَنَا اللهُ ذَلِكَ بِرُوحِهِ لِأَنَّ الرُّوحَ يَسْتَقْصِي كُلَّ الْأُمُورِ، بِمَا فِي ذَلِكَ ذَاتَ اللهِ،
11
Who is the one who know the essence of a person besides the spirit of the person in him? Thus only Ruh Allah knows the essence of Allah.
إِذْ مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يَعْرِفُ ذَاتَ الْإِنْسَانِ إِلَّا رُوحُ الْإِنْسَانِ فِيهِ؟ كَذَلِكَ لَا يَعْرِفُ ذَاتَ اللهِ إِلَّا رُوحُ اللهِ.
12
Allah has not sent down on us a spirit of this world, but a Ruh from him. This way, we can know the gifts of Allah.
كَمَا أَنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يُنْزِلْ عَلَيْنَا رُوحًا مِنَ الدُّنْيَا، بَلْ رُوحًا مِنْ عِنْدِهِ، حَتَّى نَعْرِفَ هِبَاتِ اللهِ،
13
We speak about these matters according to the teaching of Al-Ruh, not according to the teaching of human wisdom. So we can explain spiritual matters to the people of Al-Ruh.
وَإِنَّنَا نَتَكَلَّمُ عَنْ هَذِهِ الْأُمُورِ حَسَبَ تَعْلِيمِ الرُّوحِ، لَا حَسَبَ تَعْلِيمِ الْحِكْمَةِ الْبَشَرِيَّةِ، حَتَّى نُفَسِّرَ الْأُمُورَ الرُّوحِيَّةَ لِأَهْلِ الرُّوحِ.
14
A person of this world does not accept the matters of Ruh Allah. He considers them foolishness. He is unable to understand them, because they are matters that cannot be realized except by Al-Ruh.
إِلَّا أَنَّ الَّذِي هُوَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الدُّنْيَا لَا يَقْبَلُ أُمُورَ رُوحِ اللهِ، وَيَعْتَبِرُهَا حَمَاقَةً وَهُوَ عَاجِزٌ عَنْ فَهْمِهَا، لِأَنَّهَا أُمُورٌ لَا تُدْرَكُ إِلَّا بِالرُّوحِ،
15
But the person who is of Al-Ruh realizes how to judge everything, and he is not judged by anyone.
أَمَّا الَّذِي هُوَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الرُّوحِ، فَيُدْرِكُ حُكْمَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ، وَلَا يَحْتَكِمُ إِلَى أَحَدٍ،