POSTED ON JULY 01, 2012

CHAPTER 8

ما نفقه كثيراً مما تقُول

Pretended to be ignorant, disregarded	تجاهلَ	We don’t understand	ما نفقه
Foreign, strange	اجنبية	As if he was	كانهُ
Eloquent, purer of language	مُفصِح	despite	مع
More eloquent	اَفصَح	Deeper, more intense	اَبلَغ
Advice became too much	كَبُرَت النصيحة	Action became difficult	شَقَ العمل

ENGLISH TRANSLATION

WE DON’T’ UNDERSTAND MOST OF WHAT YOU SAY

The community disregarded what Shoaib (peace be upon Him) had intended for them as if he were speaking in a foreign language despite the fact that he was the son of their land and the brother of his people, or that his speech was neither clear nor intelligible despite him being an intense speaker and quite eloquent of speech. And this is how people react (literally “talk”) when advice given to them becomes too demanding and acting according to it becomes quite hard.