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Oh worshippers of Christ, we have a question


أَعُبَّادَ المَسِيحِ لَنَا سُؤَالٌ


  1. أَعُبَّادَ الْمَسِيحِ لَنَا سُؤَالٌ * نُرِيدُ جَوَابَهُ مَّمِنْ وَعَاهُ
  2. Oh worshippers of Christ, we have a question,

    We want its answer from the one who knows it.

  3. إِذَا مَاتَ الإِلَهُ بِصُنْعِ قَوْمٍ * أَمَاتُوهُ فَمَا هَذَا الإِلَهُ
  4. When God died by the actions of a people,

    They caused him to die, then what is this God?

  5. وَهَلْ أَرْضَاهُ مَا نَالُوهُ مِنْهُ * فَبُشْرَاهُمْ إِذًا نَالُوا رِضَاهُ
  6. And did it please him what they did to him,

    Then glad tidings to them, for they gained his pleasure.

  7. وَإِنْ سَخِطَ الَّذِى فَعَلُوهُ فِيهِ* فَقُوَّتُهُمْ إِذًا أَوْهَتْ قُوَاهُ
  8. And if he was angered by what they did to him,

    Then their power must have weakened his power.

  9. وَهَلْ بَقِىَ الْوُجُودُ بِلَا إِلَهٍ * سَمِيعٍ يَسْتَجِيبُ لَمِنْ دَعَاهُ
  10. And did the existence remain without a god,

    All-hearing, who answers the one who call upon him?

  11. وَهَلْ خَلَتِ الطِّبَاقُ السَّبْعُ لَمَّا * ثَوَى تَحْتَ التُّرَابِ وَقَدْ عَلَاهُ
  12. And was the seven heavens empty when

    He was dead beneath the earth, and it [earth] certainly rose above him?

  13. وَهَلْ خَلَتِ الْعَوَالِمُ مِنْ إِلَهٍ * يُدَبِّرُهَا وَقَدْ سُمِرَتْ يَدَاهُ
  14. And were the worlds empty of a god,

    To manage them, while his hands were nailed?

  15. وَكَيْفَ تَخَلَّتِ الأَمْلَاكُ عَنْهُ * بِنَصْرِهِمُ وَقَدْ سَمِعُوا بُكَاهُ
  16. And how did the angels abandon him,

    With their help, and they certainly heard his cries?

  17. وَكَيْفَ أَطَاقَتِ الْخَشَبَاتُ حَمْلَ الْـ * إِلَهِ الْحَقِّ مَشْدُودًا قَفَاهُ
  18. And how were the planks of wood able to bear

    The true God, bound with his back to it?

  19. وَكَيْفَ دَنَا الحَدِيدُ إِلَيْهِ حَتَّى * يُخَالِطَهُ وَيَلْحَقَهُ أَذَاهُ
  20. And how did the iron come near him,

    To pierce him, and cause him harm

  21. وَكَيْفَ تَمَكَّنَتْ أَيْدِى عِدَاهُ * وَطَالتْ حَيْثُ قَدْ صَفَعُوا قَفَاهُ
  22. And how were the hands of his enemies able to,

    And they were raised to slap his back?

  23. وَهَلْ عَادَ الْمَسِيحُ إِلَى حَيَاةٍ * أَمَ الْمُحْيِى لَهُ رَبٌّ سِوَاهُ
  24. And did Christ come back to life,

    Or the life-giver has another Lord beside him?

  25. وَيَا عَجَبًا لِقَبْرٍ ضَمَّ رَبًّا * وَأَعْجَبُ مِنْهُ بَطْنٌ قَدْ حَوَاهُ
  26. And what a wonder to a grave that contained a Lord,

    And more wondrous than that is a womb that encompassed him.

  27. أَقَامَ هُنَاكَ تِسْعاً مِنْ شُهُورٍ * لَدَى الظُّلُمَاتِ مِنْ حَيْضٍ غِذَاهُ
  28. He stayed there nine months,

    In the darkness, nourished by menstrual blood.

  29. وَشَقَّ الْفَرْجَ مَوْلُودًا صَغِيراً * ضَعِيفاً فَاتِحًا لِلثَّدْىِ فَاهُ
  30. And he emerged from the birth canal as a small infant,

    Weak, opening his mouth for the breast.

  31. وَيَأْكُلُ ثمَّ يَشْرَبُ ثمَّ يَأْتِى * بِلَازِمِ ذَاكَ هَلْ هذَا إِلهُ
  32. He eats, then drinks, then comes

    To what follows—is this a god?

  33. تَعَالَى اللَّهُ عَنْ إِفْكِ النَّصَارَى * سَيُسْْأَلُ كُلَّهُمْ عَمَّا افْترَاهُ
  34. To what follows—is this a god?

    They will all be questioned about what they fabricated.

  35. أَعُبَّادَ الصَّلِيبِ لِأَىِّ مَعْنًى * يُعَظَّمُ أوْ يُقَبَّحُ مَنْ رَمَاهُ
  36. Oh worshippers of the cross, for what reason

    Is it exalted, and the one who throws it, reviled?

  37. وَهَلْ تَقْضِى الْعُقُولُ بِغَيْرِ كَسْرٍ * وَإحْرَاقٍ لَهُ وَلَمِنْ بَغَاهُ
  38. And does the intellect not demand breaking it,

    And burning it, and the one who innovated it?

  39. إِذَا رَكِبَ الإِلَهُ عَلَيْهِ كُرْهًا * وَقَدْ شُدَّتْ لِتَسْمِيرٍ يَدَاهُ
  40. If the god rode upon it forcefully,

    While his hands were fastened to it to be nailed?

  41. فَذَاكَ الْمَرْكَبُ الْمَلْعُونُ حَقًّا * فَدُسْهُ لَا تَبُسْهُ إِذْ تَرَاهُ
  42. Then that mount is truly accursed,

    So trample it, do not kiss it when you see it.

  43. يُهَانُ عَلَيْهِ رَبُّ الْخَلقِ طُرًّا * وتَعْبُدُهُ فَإِنّكَ مِنْ عِدَاهُ
  44. The Lord of all creation was humiliated upon it,

    And you worship it, then you are from his enemies.

  45. فإِنْ عَظَّمْتَهُ مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنْ قَدْ * حَوَى رَبَّ العِبَادِ وَقَدْ عَلَاهُ
  46. And if you exalt it because

    It contained the Lord of the servants, as he was placed upon it,

  47. وَقَدْ فُقِدَ الصَّلِيبُ فإِنْ رَأَيْنَا * لَهُ شَكْلًا تَذَكَّرْنَا سَنَاهُ
  48. And the cross is indeed lost, then if we see,

    Its shape, we recall its brightness,

  49. فَهَلَّا لِلْقُبُورِ سَجَدْتَ طُرًّا * لَضَمِّ الْقَبْرِ رَبَّكَ فِى حَشَاهُ
  50. Then why do you not bow to all graves,

    Since a grave enclosed your Lord in its depths?

  51. فَيَا عَبْدَ الْمِسيحِ أَفِقْ فَهَذَا * بِدَايَتُهُ وَهَذَا مُنْتَهاهُ
  52. Oh servant of Christ, awaken, for this is

    Its beginning, and this is its end.