كِتابُ الأَسْرارِ

The Book of Secrets

الفصلُ الأَوَّلُ: المَخْطُوطَةُ القَدِيمَةُ

Chapter One: The Ancient Manuscript

فِي مَكْتَبَةِ نِزْوَى القَدِيمَةِ، كانَ هُناكَ كِتابٌ لا يَلْمِسُهُ أَحَدٌ. غِلافُهُ مِنْ جِلْدٍ أَسْوَدَ، وَصَفَحاتُهُ صَفْراءُ كَالذَّهَبِ.

In Nizwa's ancient library, there was a book no one touched. Its cover was black leather, and its pages were yellow as gold.

قالَ أَمِينُ المَكْتَبَةِ: «هَذا كِتابُ الأَسْرارِ. فِيهِ حِكْمَةُ أَلْفِ عامٍ. لَكِنْ مَنْ يَفْتَحُهُ دُونَ اسْتِحْقاقٍ، يَجِدُ صَفَحاتِهِ بَيْضاءَ!»

The librarian said: "This is the Book of Secrets. In it is the wisdom of a thousand years. But whoever opens it without deserving finds its pages blank!"

جاءَ كَثِيرُونَ لِفَتْحِهِ: عُلَماءُ وَأُمَراءُ وَتُجَّارٌ. لَكِنَّهُمْ جَمِيعًا وَجَدُوا صَفَحاتٍ فارِغَةً.

Many came to open it: scholars, princes, and merchants. But they all found empty pages.

الفصلُ الثَّانِي: الفَتاةُ المُتَواضِعَةُ

Chapter Two: The Humble Girl

ذاتَ يَوْمٍ، جاءَتْ فَتاةٌ فَقِيرَةٌ تُدْعَى نُورَةَ. كانَتْ خادِمَةً فِي المَكْتَبَةِ، تُنَظِّفُ الكُتُبَ.

One day, a poor girl named Noura came. She was a servant in the library, cleaning books.

سَأَلَتْ بِخَجَلٍ: «هَلْ يُمْكِنُنِي أَنْ أَرَى الكِتابَ؟»

She asked shyly: "May I see the book?"

ضَحِكَ النَّاسُ: «أَنْتِ خادِمَةٌ جاهِلَةٌ! كَيْفَ سَتَفْهَمِينَ ما عَجَزَ عَنْهُ العُلَماءُ؟»

People laughed: "You are an ignorant servant! How will you understand what scholars failed to?"

لَكِنَّ أَمِينَ المَكْتَبَةِ سَمَحَ لَها. قالَ: «الحِكْمَةُ لا تُفَرِّقُ.»

But the librarian allowed her. He said: "Wisdom does not discriminate."

الفصلُ الثَّالِثُ: الكَشْفُ العَجِيبُ

Chapter Three: The Wondrous Revelation

فَتَحَتْ نُورَةُ الكِتابَ... وَرَأَتِ الكَلِماتِ! صَفَحاتٌ مَمْلُوءَةٌ بِحِكَمٍ وَقِصَصٍ وَعُلُومٍ!

Noura opened the book... and saw the words! Pages filled with wisdom, stories, and knowledge!

صَرَخَ الجَمِيعُ: «مُسْتَحِيلٌ! كَيْفَ تَراهَا وَنَحْنُ لَمْ نَرَها؟»

Everyone cried: "Impossible! How does she see it when we did not?"

قَرَأَتْ نُورَةُ أَوَّلَ سَطْرٍ: «السِّرُّ الأَوَّلُ: الحِكْمَةُ لا تُفْتَحُ لِلْمُتَكَبِّرِينَ. فَقَطْ القَلْبُ المُتَواضِعُ يَرَى النُّورَ.»

Noura read the first line: "The first secret: Wisdom does not open to the arrogant. Only the humble heart sees the light."

الفصلُ الرَّابِعُ: وارِثَةُ الحِكْمَةِ

Chapter Four: The Heir of Wisdom

قَرَأَتْ نُورَةُ الكِتابَ كُلَّهُ. وَجَدَتْ فِيهِ عِلْمَ الطِّبِّ وَالفَلَكِ وَالزِّراعَةِ وَالحُكْمِ.

Noura read the entire book. She found in it the knowledge of medicine, astronomy, agriculture, and governance.

صارَتِ الفَتاةُ الفَقِيرَةُ أَحْكَمَ امْرَأَةٍ فِي عُمانَ. طَلَبَها الإِمامُ لِيَسْتَشِيرَها، وَالعُلَماءُ لِيَتَعَلَّمُوا مِنْها.

The poor girl became the wisest woman in Oman. The Imam sought her counsel, and scholars came to learn from her.

قالَتْ: «أَنا لَسْتُ ذَكِيَّةً. لَكِنَّنِي تَواضَعْتُ، فَفَتَحَ اللهُ لِي أَبْوابَ الحِكْمَةِ.»

She said: "I am not clever. But I was humble, so God opened the doors of wisdom for me."

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