لَيْلَةُ النُّجُومِ

The Night of Stars

الفصلُ الأَوَّلُ: العالِمُ المَنْسِيُّ

Chapter One: The Forgotten Scholar

عاشَ فِي صُحارَ عالِمُ فَلَكٍ يُدْعَى أَحْمَدَ بنَ ماجِدٍ. كَتَبَ كُتُبًا عَنِ النُّجُومِ وَالبِحارِ، لَكِنَّ النَّاسَ لَمْ يَهْتَمُّوا.

In Sohar lived an astronomer called Ahmad bin Majid. He wrote books about stars and seas, but people did not care.

قالُوا: «ما فائِدَةُ النَّظَرِ إِلى السَّماءِ؟ النُّجُومُ لا تُطْعِمُ!»

They said: "What use is looking at the sky? Stars do not feed!"

لَكِنَّ أَحْمَدَ اسْتَمَرَّ فِي بَحْثِهِ، يَرْسُمُ خَرائِطَ السَّماءِ وَيَحْسُبُ مَسالِكَ البِحارِ.

But Ahmad continued his research, drawing maps of the sky and calculating sea routes.

الفصلُ الثَّانِي: الأُسْطُولُ الضَّائِعُ

Chapter Two: The Lost Fleet

أَبْحَرَ أُسْطُولُ السُّلْطانِ نَحْوَ الهِنْدِ، فَضَرَبَتْهُ عاصِفَةٌ هائِلَةٌ. تَحَطَّمَتِ البَوْصَلاتُ وَضاعَ الطَّرِيقُ. كانُوا سَيَمُوتُونَ فِي البَحْرِ!

The Sultan's fleet sailed toward India when a huge storm struck. Compasses broke and the way was lost. They would die at sea!

كانَ أَحْمَدُ عَلى إِحْدَى السُّفُنِ. قالَ لِلرُّبَّانِ: «أَنا أَعْرِفُ الطَّرِيقَ بِالنُّجُومِ!»

Ahmad was on one of the ships. He told the captain: "I know the way by the stars!"

الفصلُ الثَّالِثُ: المُنْقِذُ الأَعْظَمُ

Chapter Three: The Greatest Savior

صَعِدَ أَحْمَدُ إِلى السَّارِيَةِ وَنَظَرَ إِلى النُّجُومِ. قَرَأَها كَأَنَّهُ يَقْرَأُ كِتابًا. قالَ: «اِتَّجِهُوا شَرْقًا بِعَشْرِ دَرَجاتٍ!»

Ahmad climbed to the mast and looked at the stars. He read them as if reading a book. He said: "Head east by ten degrees!"

اتَّبَعُوا تَعْلِيماتِهِ، وَبَعْدَ ثَلاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ، ظَهَرَتْ سَواحِلُ الهِنْدِ!

They followed his instructions, and after three days, the coasts of India appeared!

عادَ الأُسْطُولُ سالِمًا. جَعَلَهُ السُّلْطانُ «مُعَلِّمَ البِحارِ»، وَصارَتْ كُتُبُهُ مَرْجِعًا لِكُلِّ بَحَّارَةِ العالَمِ.

The fleet returned safely. The Sultan made him "Master of the Seas," and his books became a reference for all sailors in the world.

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