‫َﻋ ِﺠﻴ َﺒ ُﺔ َو َﻋ ِﺠﻴ َﺒ ُﺔ‬

‫َﻋ ِﺠﻴ َﺒ ُﺔ َو َﻋ ِﺠﻴ َﺒ ُﺔ‬

‫ﺗﺄﻟﻴﻒ‬
‫ﻛﺎﻣﻞ ﻛﻴﻼﻧﻲ‬
 ‫ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ وَﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ‬
‫ﻛﺎﻣﻞ ﻛﻴﻼﻧﻲ‬

‫رﻗﻢ إﻳﺪاع ‪١٩٤٦٢ / ٢٠١٢‬‬

‫ﺗﺪﻣﻚ‪٩٧٨ ٩٧٧ ٧١٩ ١٢٥ ٨ :‬‬
‫ﻣﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﻫﻨﺪاوي ﻟﻠﺘﻌﻠﻴﻢ واﻟﺜﻘﺎﻓﺔ‬
‫ﺟﻤﻴﻊ اﻟﺤﻘﻮق ﻣﺤﻔﻮﻇﺔ ﻟﻠﻨﺎﴍ ﻣﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﻫﻨﺪاوي ﻟﻠﺘﻌﻠﻴﻢ واﻟﺜﻘﺎﻓﺔ‬
‫املﺸﻬﺮة ﺑﺮﻗﻢ ‪ ٨٨٦٢‬ﺑﺘﺎرﻳﺦ ‪٢٠١٢ / ٨ / ٢٦‬‬
‫إن ﻣﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﻫﻨﺪاوي ﻟﻠﺘﻌﻠﻴﻢ واﻟﺜﻘﺎﻓﺔ ﻏري ﻣﺴﺌﻮﻟﺔ ﻋﻦ آراء املﺆﻟﻒ وأﻓﻜﺎره‬
‫وإﻧﻤﺎ ﱢ‬
‫ﻳﻌﱪ اﻟﻜﺘﺎب ﻋﻦ آراء ﻣﺆﻟﻔﻪ‬
‫‪ ٥٤‬ﻋﻤﺎرات اﻟﻔﺘﺢ‪ ،‬ﺣﻲ اﻟﺴﻔﺎرات‪ ،‬ﻣﺪﻳﻨﺔ ﻧﴫ ‪ ،١١٤٧١‬اﻟﻘﺎﻫﺮة‬
‫ﺟﻤﻬﻮرﻳﺔ ﻣﴫ اﻟﻌﺮﺑﻴﺔ‬
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‫رﺳﻢ اﻟﻐﻼف‪ :‬ورود اﻟﺼﺎوي‪.‬‬

‫ﺟﻤﻴﻊ اﻟﺤﻘﻮق اﻟﺨﺎﺻﺔ ﺑﺼﻮرة وﺗﺼﻤﻴﻢ اﻟﻐﻼف ﻣﺤﻔﻮﻇﺔ ملﺆﺳﺴﺔ ﻫﻨﺪاوي‬
‫ﻟﻠﺘﻌﻠﻴﻢ واﻟﺜﻘﺎﻓﺔ‪ .‬ﺟﻤﻴﻊ اﻟﺤﻘﻮق اﻷﺧﺮى ذات اﻟﺼﻠﺔ ﺑﻬﺬا اﻟﻌﻤﻞ ﺧﺎﺿﻌﺔ ﻟﻠﻤﻠﻜﻴﺔ‬
‫اﻟﻌﺎﻣﺔ‪.‬‬
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‫‪Foundation for Education and Culture.‬‬
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‫‪7‬‬ ‫ﺼ ُﻞ ْاﻷ َ ﱠو ُل‬

‫ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْ‬
‫‪11‬‬ ‫ﺼ ُﻞ اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻧِﻲ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْ‬
‫‪15‬‬ ‫ﺼ ُﻞ اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻟ ُ‬
‫ِﺚ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْ‬
‫‪21‬‬ ‫ﺼ ُﻞ اﻟ ﱠﺮا ِﺑ ُﻊ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْ‬
‫‪31‬‬ ‫ﺼ ُﻞ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎﻣ ُﺲ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْ‬
‫‪37‬‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎدِ ُس‬ ‫ﺼ ُﻞ ﱠ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْ‬
 ‫ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﺼ ُﻞ ْ َ‬
‫اﻷ ﱠو ُل‬

‫)‪ (1‬ﺗَﻤْ ِﻬﻴ ُﺪ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬

‫ﺼ ِﺔ‬

‫َاﻟﺴﻴَﺎﺣَ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺼﻴْ ِﺪ و ﱢ‬ ‫ﻮﻓﺎ ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫َاﻟﺴﺒَﺎﺣَ ِﺔ )ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻮ ِم(‪ ،‬ﻣَ ْﺸ ُﻐ ً‬ ‫َﺎﺿ ِﺔ و ﱢ‬ ‫ﻮن اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳ َ‬ ‫»ﻏﺎﻟِﺐٌ « ﻣُﻮ َﻟﻌً ﺎ ِﺑ ُﻔﻨ ُ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬
‫ﻣ ُْﻐ َﺮﻣً ﺎ ِﺑ ْﺎﻗ ِﺘﻨَﺎءِ َﻛ َﺮا ِﺋ ِﻢ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻴَﺎدِ )ا ْﻟ َﺨﻴ ِْﻞ(‪ ،‬ﻣ ُْﻘ ِﺒ ًﻼ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺟَ ﻤْ ِﻊ اﻟﺬﱠ َﺧﺎﺋ ِِﺮ وَا ْﻟﻌَ ﺘَﺎدِ )ﻣَ ﺎ أُﻋِ ﱠﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َدوَابﱠ‬
‫ﺎح(‪.‬‬ ‫َات ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﺮ ِب وَا ْﻟﻜ َِﻔ ِ‬ ‫و َِﺳ َﻼ ٍح‪ ،‬وَأ َ َدو ِ‬
‫ﻮق‬ ‫ﻈ ﱠﻦ َﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻤَ ﺎ َرأَى و ََﺳ ِﻤﻊَ(‪َ ،‬ﻛ ِﺮﻳ َﻢ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻔ ِﺲ أَﺣْ َﻮ ِذﻳٍّﺎ )ﻳ َُﺴ ُ‬ ‫ﻈ ﱡﻦ اﻟ ﱠ‬‫ي أ َ ْﻟﻤَ ﻌِ ﻴٍّﺎ )ﻳَ ُ‬ ‫ْ‬
‫ﺎن ﺛَﺎﻗِ ﺐَ اﻟ ﱠﺮأ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻛ َ‬
‫َ‬
‫اﻟﺸﺠَ ﺎﻋَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﻣﺜَﺎ َل ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎق‪ ،‬و ََﻻ ﻳَﻌْ ﻴَﺎ ِﺑﺤَ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻘ َﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺸﺎﻛ ِِﻞ وَا ْﻟﻤُﻌْ ِﻀ َﻼ ِت(‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ْاﻷُﻣُﻮ َر أﺣْ َﺴ َﻦ ﻣَ َﺴ ٍ‬
‫ﻈ ًﺔ ﻋَ ْﻦ‬‫َان َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫وف‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَﻮ َ‬ ‫ﴫ ﻳَﻮْﻣً ﺎ ِﰲ إ ِ ْﺳﺪَاءِ ﻣَ ﻌْ ُﺮ ٍ‬ ‫اﻹ ْﻗﺪَا ِم وَا ْﻟﻌَ ْﺰ ِم‪َ .‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َُﻘ ﱢ ْ‬ ‫وَا ْﻟﺤَ ْﺰ ِم‪َ ،‬وﻧَﻤُﻮذَجَ ْ ِ‬
‫إ ِ َﻏﺎﺛ َ ِﺔ ﻣَ ْﻠﻬُ ٍ‬
‫ﻮف‪.‬‬
‫َﺎب‪ ،‬وَﺟَ ﻤَ َﻊ ﺑ ْ َ‬
‫َني‬ ‫َ‬
‫َﺎب‪ ،‬وَأﻧ َ َﺎﻗ ُﺔ اﻟﺜﱢﻴ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺒ ِ‬ ‫َت ﺧِ َﻼﻟُﻪُ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺠَ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ُﻓﺘُ ﱠﻮ ُة ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﻟُﻪُ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺠُ ﺪ ْ‬ ‫َﴍ َُﻓ ْﺖ ﺧِ َ‬
‫ﻃﻬَ ﺎ َر ِة ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺨ َ ِﱪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬و َ‬‫ﺎل ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺟَ ﻤَ ِ‬
‫َاﻟﺼ ْ ِﱪ ﻋَ َﲆ‬‫ﺎﻟﴪﻋَ ِﺔ و ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮري ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻴَﺎدِ ‪ِ ،‬ﺑ ﱡ ْ‬ ‫ري ِه ِﻣ َﻦ ﻣَ ْﺸﻬُ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﺟَ ﻮَا ُد ُه »ا ْﻟ َﱪ ُْق« ﻳَﻤْ ﺘَﺎ ُز ﻋَ َﲆ َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻛ َ‬
‫ﺼ ُﻪ ِﺑﻤَ ِﺰﻳ ٍﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ﺎﺧﺘَ ﱠ‬‫ُﻮف(‪َ .‬ﻓ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺴﻴ ِ‬ ‫ُﻀﺎ َرﺑَ ِﺔ ِﺑ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻳﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﺮ ِب وَا ْﻟ ِﺠ َﻼدِ )ا ْﻟﻤ َ‬ ‫ﺎق ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻬَ ﺎدِ ‪ِ ،‬ﰲ ﻣَ ﻴَﺎدِ ِ‬ ‫ﻣَ َﺸ ﱢ‬
‫ﴎﺟَ ُﻪ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻌَ ْﺴﺠَ ِﺪ )اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِﺐ(‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﱠﻼ ُه ِﺑﻨ َ َﻔﺎﺋ ِِﺲ‬ ‫َاﻹﻋْ َﺰ ِاز وَاﻟﺘﱠﻌْ ِﻈﻴ ِﻢ‪َ ،‬و َزﻳ َﱠﻦ َ ْ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱢﺮﻋَ ﺎﻳَ ِﺔ وَاﻟﺘﱠ ْﻜ ِﺮﻳ ِﻢ‪ ،‬و ْ ِ‬
‫ﺎﻃ ِﻊ« ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻋِ ﻨَﺎﻳَﺘ ِِﻪ ِﺑﺠَ ﻮَادِ ِه »ا ْﻟ َﱪ ِْق«؛ َﻓﺘَﺄَﻧ ﱠ َﻖ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﺎن وَاﻟ ﱡﺰ ُﻣ ﱡﺮدِ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻘِ ﱠﻞ ﻋِ ﻨَﺎﻳَﺘُ ُﻪ ِﺑ َﺴﻴْﻔ ِِﻪ »ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻤَ ِ‬
‫)ﺟ َﺮا ِﺑ ِﻪ(‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﱠﻼ ُه ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤِ ﺠَ ﺎ َر ِة ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺮﻳﻤَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وَاﻟ ﱡﺪ َر ِر ا ْﻟﻴَﺘِﻴﻤَ ِﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ني ﻏِ ﻤْ ِﺪ ِه ِ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻘ ِﻞ ﻓِ ِﺮﻧ ْ ِﺪ ِه )ﺟَ ﻮ َْﻫ ِﺮهِ(‪َ ،‬وﺗَ ْﺰ ِﻳ ِ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ني ﻣُﻤْ ﺘَ ِﻄﻴًﺎ ) َرا ِﻛﺒًﺎ( َﻓ َﺮ َﺳﻪُ‪» :‬ا ْﻟ َﱪ َْق«‪،‬‬ ‫ني وَﺣِ ٍ‬ ‫َني ﺣِ ٍ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺎن ﻳَﺤْ ﻠُﻮ َﻟ ُﻪ أ ْن ﻳ َْﺨ ُﺮجَ — وَﺣْ َﺪ ُه — ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫َو َﻛ َ‬
‫ف أَﺣْ ﻮَا َل ا ْﻟﻌِ ﺒَﺎدِ ‪َ ،‬وﻳَ ْﺮﺗَﺎ َد ﻣَ ﺎ َﺷﺎءَ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ِﺒ َﻼدِ ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎﻃﻊَ«؛ ِﻟﻴَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﺮ َ‬ ‫ُﻣﺘَ َﻘ ﱢﻠﺪًا َﺳﻴ َْﻔﻪُ‪» :‬ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِ‬
 ‫ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ وَﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ‬

‫ف َﻟ ُﻪ ﻣَ ْ‬
‫ﺼ َﺪ ًرا‪،‬‬ ‫»ﻏﺎﻟِﺐٌ « — ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ﱠﺮ ِة — ﻳَﺤْ ﺪُو ُه ُﺷﻌُ ﻮ ٌر َﺧﻔِ ﱞﻲ َﻻ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُ‬ ‫و ََﻗ ْﺪ َﺧ َﺮجَ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ َ‬
‫ﻴﻖ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ د َْﻓﻌً ﺎ؛ إ ِ َﱃ‬
‫ﺾ َﻻ ﻳَﺪ ِْري َﻟ ُﻪ َﺳﺒَﺒًﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺤْ ﻔِ ُﺰ ُه َر ْﻏﺒ ٌَﺔ ﺟَ ِﺎﻣﺤَ ٌﺔ َﻻ ﻳ ُِﻄ ُ‬ ‫ﺎس َﻏ ِﺎﻣ ٌ‬ ‫َوﻳُ ْﻠ ِﻬﺒُ ُﻪ إِﺣْ َﺴ ٌ‬
‫َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ْ ِ َ‬
‫ري‪َ ،‬ﻛﺄﻧﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَﺪ َْﻓﻌُ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻘ َﺪ ُر إ ِ َﱃ َﻏﺎﻳَ ٍﺔ ﻣَ ﺠْ ﻬُ ﻮ َﻟ ٍﺔ؛ ﻳُﺤِ ﱡﺲ ِﰲ أﻋْ ﻤَ ِ‬
‫ﺎق‬ ‫اع ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫َاﻹ ْ َ‬
‫ﴎ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﺨ ُﺮ ِ‬
‫وج و ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺘﱠﻌْ ِﺠ ِ‬
‫ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ أ َ ﱠن َو َراء ََﻫﺎ ﻣ َُﻔﺎﺟَ ﺄ َ ًة َﻏ ِﺮﻳﺒ ًَﺔ َﻻ ﻋَ ﻬْ َﺪ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﺑﻤِ ﺜْﻠِﻬَ ﺎ؛ َﻓ َﻼ ﻳ َْﻔﺘَﺄ ُ ﻳَﺤْ ﺘَ ﱡﺚ ﺟَ ﻮَا َد ُه »ا ْﻟ َﱪ َْق« ِﻟﺒُﻠُﻮﻏِﻬَ ﺎ‪،‬‬
‫ﻳﻖ ﻣ ْ ِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻟﻴ َُﺨﻴﱠ ُﻞ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻣَ ُﺴ ٌ‬
‫ف ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ُﴩ ٍ‬ ‫)ﻏﺎﻳَ ٍﺔ(‪ ،‬أ ْو ﻣَ ﺪ ُْﻓﻮ ٌع ِﻟﻨَﺠْ َﺪ ِة َﻏ ِﺮ ٍ‬ ‫َف َ‬ ‫ﻮق إ ِ َﱃ إ ِ ْد َراكِ َﻫﺪ ٍ‬
‫اﻟﺘﱠ َﻠ ِﻒ‪.‬‬

‫)‪ (2‬ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة اﻟﺘﱠﺎﻋِ َﺴ ُﺔ‬

‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ ِﰲ ِﺑ َﻼدِ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﻮي ا ْﻟ َﻔﻴ َِﺎﰲ َ َوﻳَﺠْ ﺘَﺎ ُز ْاﻷَو َْﻫﺎ َد و َْاﻵ َﻛﺎمَ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻏﺎ َد َر ﺣُ ﺪُو َد ِﺑ َﻼدِ ِه وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ َزا َل ﻳَ ْ‬
‫ﺎن اﻟﺘﱠﻌَ ﺐُ َﻗ ْﺪ ﺣَ ﱠﻞ ِﺑ ِﻪ؛ َﻓ َﱰَﺟﱠ َﻞ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﺟَ ﻮَادِ هِ‪ ،‬وَﺟَ َﻠ َﺲ ﻳ َْﺴ َ ِﱰﻳﺢُ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ٍم«‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺟَ ِﺎر ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ » ِﺑ ْﺴ َ‬
‫ﻈ َﻼ ِل(‪.‬‬‫ِﻇ َﻼ ِل َﺷﺠَ َﺮ ٍة َﻛ ِﺒريَ ٍة و َِار َﻓ ٍﺔ )ﻣُﻤْ ﺘَ ﱠﺪ ِة اﻟ ﱢ‬
‫ﻮس ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َرأَى‬ ‫ﻇﻨُﻮﻧُﻪُ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﻜ ْﺪ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﻘِ ﱡﺮ ِﺑ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﺠُ ﻠُ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ ََﻗ ُﻪ ُﺷﻌُ ﻮ ُر ُه َوﺗَﺤَ ﱠﻘ َﻘ ْﺖ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫وُ ْ‬
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‫ﻳﺮ َﻫﺎ أﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫َ‬
‫َات ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ — ﻳَﺒْﺪُو ﻋَ َﲆ أ َﺳ ِﺎر ِ‬ ‫ﻄﻮ ٍ‬ ‫َﻓﺘَﺎ ًة ِﰲ ﻣ ُْﻘﺘَﺒ َِﻞ َﺷﺒَﺎ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ — ﻋَ َﲆ ﻗِ ﻴ ِﺪ )ﻣَ َﺴ َﺎﻓ ِﺔ( ُﺧ ُ‬
‫اﻟﺸﺠَ َﺮ ِة اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ِﺔ‪ِ ،‬ﰲ أ َ ْﺳﻤَ ﺎﻟِﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ِﺔ‪،‬‬
‫ﴩ َة ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋُ ﻤ ُِﺮ َﻫﺎ؛ و ََﻗ ْﺪ ﺟَ َﻠ َﺴ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ِﺟﺬْ ِع ﱠ‬ ‫ﺗَﺘَﺠَ ﺎو َِز اﻟﺜ ﱠ ِﺎﻣﻨ َ َﺔ ﻋَ ْ َ‬
‫ﻴﻖ‪،‬‬ ‫َاﻟﻀ ِ‬‫ﱠﺎﻫﺎ )وَﺟْ ِﻬﻬَ ﺎ( د ََﻻ ِﺋ ُﻞ ْاﻷ َ َﻟ ِﻢ و ﱢ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺤْ ُﺰوﻧ َ ًﺔ ﻳَﺎﺋ َِﺴ ًﺔ‪ُ ،‬ﻣﺘَﺠَ ﻬﱢ ﻤَ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻮَﺟْ ِﻪ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺑ َﺴ ًﺔ‪ ،‬ﺗَﻠُﻮحُ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣُﺤَ ﻴ َ‬
‫ﻴﻖ‪ .‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ دَﻋَ ﻤَ ْﺖ َرأ ْ َﺳﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑ َﺮاﺣَ ﺘِﻬَ ﺎ ) َﻛ ﱢﻔﻬَ ﺎ(؛ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﺴﻠِﻤَ ًﺔ ﻟِﻬُ ﻤُﻮﻣِﻬَ ﺎ وَأَﺣْ َﺰاﻧِﻬَ ﺎ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ‬ ‫ري ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﻤ ِ‬‫وَاﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﻜ ِ‬
‫ﻄﻮ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬ﻣَ ﺎ أَﻳْﺄ َ َﺳﻬَ ﺎ و ََﻏ َﻠﺒَﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ أَﻣْ ِﺮ َﻫﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫َال و َُﺧ ُ‬ ‫ﺎت ْاﻷ َ ْﻫﻮ ِ‬ ‫آﻫﺎ ِﰲ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺗُ َﻜﺎ ِﺑ ُﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓﺎدِ ﺣَ ِ‬ ‫ﻳ َُﺸ ﱠﻚ ﻣَ ْﻦ َر َ‬
‫»ﻏﺎﻟ ٍِﺐ« ا ﱠﻟﺬِي أَد َْﻫ َﺸ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﻦ ﻟ ُِﻘﺪُو ِم ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ َ‬ ‫ﻂ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ(؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﻔ ُ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُﺤِ ﻴ ُ‬ ‫وَأَذْ َﻫ َﻠﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﻜﺘَﻨ ُِﻔﻬَ ﺎ )أَﻧ ْ َﺴ َ‬
‫ﺎل‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺎ َرآ ُه ُﻣ ْﺮﺗَ ِﺴﻤً ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ وَﺟْ ِﻬﻬَ ﺎ‪ِ ،‬ﻣ ْﻦ ُﻫﻤُﻮﻣِﻬَ ﺎ و ََآﻻ ِﻣﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬وَﺣَ َﺰﻧ َ ُﻪ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﺮﺗَﺪِﻳ ِﻪ )ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﻠﺒ َُﺴﻪُ( ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْﺳﻤَ ٍ‬
‫َﺎب ﻳَﺎﻧ ٍِﻊ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎل َراﺋ ٍِﻊ‪ ،‬و ََﺷﺒ ٍ‬ ‫ُﺨ ﱠﺮ َﻗ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬و ََﻫ َﻼﻫِ ﻴ َﻞ ﻣُﻤَ ﱠﺰ َﻗ ٍﺔ؛ ِﺑ َﺮ ْﻏ ِﻢ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺒْﺪُو ﻋَ َﲆ َﻗ ِﺴﻤَ ﺎﺗِﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ﻤَ ٍ‬ ‫ﻣ َ‬
‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗُ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻈﻬَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ًﻔﺎ؛ َﻓ َﻜﺄَﻧﱠﻤَ ﺎ أَﻳ َْﻘ َ‬
‫ﱠﺎﻫﺎ ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﱢ‬ ‫ﻄ ًﻔﺎ‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﻴ َ‬ ‫َاﻫﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗُ ِﺠﺐْ ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ْﺎﻗ َﱰَبَ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ ُﻣﺘَ َﻠ ﱢ‬‫َوﻧَﺎد َ‬
‫ﻴﻖ‪.‬‬‫َﺎت )ﻧ َ ْﻮ ٍم( ﻋَ ِﻤ ٍ‬ ‫ِﻴﻖ‪ِ ،‬ﻣ ْﻦ ُﺳﺒ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﺮﻓ ُ‬
‫ﱠت ﺗَﺤِ ﻴ َﱠﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎدِ ِم ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺮﻳ ِﻢ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻴﻖ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ ْ َ‬
‫ﴎﻋَ ْﺖ َﻓ َﺮد ْ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ َﻛﺎد َِت ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ﺗَﻨْﺘَ ِﺒ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ْﻮﻣِﻬَ ﺎ َوﺗُﻔِ ُ‬
‫ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ُﻫ َﻮ أ َ ْﻫﻠُ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ َﻔﺎ َو ٍة َوﺗَ ْﻜ ِﺮﻳ ٍﻢ‪َ ،‬وإِﺟْ َﻼ ٍل َوﺗَﻌْ ِﻈﻴ ٍﻢ‪.‬‬

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 ‫ﺼ ُﻞ ْاﻷ َ ﱠو ُل‬
‫ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْ‬

‫)‪ (3‬ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺠْ ﻨُﻮﻧ َ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎﻗِ َﻠ ُﺔ‬

‫َﺳﺄ َ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ‪» :‬ﻣَ ْﻦ ﺗَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة؟« َﻓﺎ ْﻟﺘَ َﻔﺘَ ْﺖ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ َﺷ ِﺎر َد َة اﻟ ﱡﻠﺐﱢ ذَاﻫِ َﻠ ًﺔ‪ ،‬وَأَﺟَ ﺎﺑَﺘْ ُﻪ َﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‪» :‬ﺗَ ْﺴﺄَﻟُﻨِﻲ‬
‫ﺎن‬‫ﺼﺎ ِﺳﻮَايَ ! و ََﺳﻮَاءٌ أ َ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤْ ُﺖ َﺷ ْﺨ ً‬ ‫ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي ﻣَ ْﻦ أَﻧَﺎ؟ أَﻧَﺎ أَﻧَﺎ‪َ .‬ﻛ ﱠﻼ‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ أَﻧَﺎ َﻟ ْﺴ ُﺖ إِﻳﱠﺎيَ ! أَﻧَﺎ أ َ ْ‬
‫َاب ُﺳ َﺆا ِﻟ َﻚ! ﺗَﺤْ َﺴﺒُﻨِﻲ َﻫﺎذِ ﻳ ًَﺔ‬ ‫ﺎس ِﺑﺠَ ﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ُﻫﻨَﺎ ِﻟ َﻚ أَﻣْ ٌﺮ َﻏ ْريُ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﻧَﺎ أَﺟْ ﻬَ ُﻞ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪ ،‬أ َ ْم َﻛ َ‬
‫ري ﺗَ َﺮدﱡدٍ و ََﻻ إِﺣْ ﺠَ ﺎ ٍم‪ .‬أَﻣﱠ ﺎ‬ ‫أ َ ْو َﻫ ِﺎز َﻟ ًﺔ‪ ،‬أ َ ْو ﻣَ ْﺴﻠُﻮﺑ ََﺔ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻘ ِﻞ ذَاﻫِ َﻠ ًﺔ! َﻟ ْﻮ َﺳﺄ َ ْﻟﺘَﻨِﻲ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم َﻷَﺟَ ﺒْﺘُ َﻚ ِﰲ َﻏ ْ ِ‬
‫ال‪ .‬أَﻧَﺎ ﻣَ ِﻠ َﻜ ٌﺔ ِﺑﻨ ْ ُﺖ ﻣَ ﻠِﻚٍ ‪ .‬أَﻧَﺎ ﻣَ ِﻠ َﻜ ٌﺔ‬ ‫ْﻒ أ ُ ِﺟﻴﺐُ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻫ َﺬا ﱡ‬
‫اﻟﺴ َﺆ ِ‬ ‫ف َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ْاﻵ َن‪َ ،‬ﻓﻤَ ﺎ أَد ِْري ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َُﻘﺎ ُل‪ ،‬و ََﻻ أَﻋْ ِﺮ ُ‬
‫َزوْجُ ﻣَ ﻠِﻚٍ ‪ُ .‬ﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ﻣَ ِﻠ َﻜ ًﺔ َزوْجَ ﻣَ ﻠِﻚٍ ‪ .‬أَﻧَﺎ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ«‪ُ .‬ﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ ََﺔ«‪ُ .‬ﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻜ َﺔ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ ََﺔ«‪ .‬أ َ َﻟ ْﻢ‬
‫ﺗَ ْﺴﻤَ ْﻊ ِﺑﻲ؟ أَﻧَﺎ ِﺑﻨ ْ ُﺖ »ﻧَﺎدِ ٍر«‪ :‬ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ »ﻧَﺎدِ ٍر«‪ .‬أ َ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺴﻤَ ْﻊ ِﺑﺄ َ ِﺑﻲ؟ أَﻧَﺎ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ«‪ُ .‬ﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ ََﺔ«‪.‬‬
‫ﻄﺎ ٍم«‪ .‬أ َ َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ٍم«‪ُ .‬ﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ َزوْﺟَ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ » ِﺑ ْﺴ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ٍم«‪ :‬ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ » ِﺑ ْﺴ َ‬‫ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻜ َﺔ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ ََﺔ«‪َ :‬زوْﺟَ َﺔ » ِﺑ ْﺴ َ‬
‫ﺗَ ْﺴﻤَ ْﻊ ِﺑ َﺰو ِْﺟﻲ؟‬
‫ﻴﻞ‬ ‫َﺎﻃ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ َم ِﰲ ﻋِ ﺪَادِ ْاﻷَﺑ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ ﱡﻚ ُﻣﻨْﺬُ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ ْ‬ ‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﺣَ َﻘﺎﺋ َِﻖ َﻻ ﻳَ ْﺮ َﻗﻰ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ‬
‫َﺎت و َُﺧ َﺰﻋْ ﺒ ََﻼ ٍت )أ َ َﻛﺎذِ ﻳﺐَ‬ ‫ﺎت‪َ ،‬ﻓﺎ ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ َم ﻳَ َﺮ ْوﻧَﻬَ ﺎ ﻣ ُْﻔ َﱰَﻳ ٍ‬‫ﺎس ﻳَ َﺮ ْوﻧَﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ َﻘﺎﺋ َِﻖ ﺛَﺎ ِﺑﺘَ ٍ‬ ‫و َْاﻷَو َْﻫﺎ ِم‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬
‫ﺎن اﻟﻨ ﱠ ُ‬
‫ﻄﺎﻟِﻌُ ﻨَﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ُم ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻳﻒ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪ َِر‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ﺗُ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺎر َ‬ ‫ﺎت(‪ .‬أ َ َﻻ ﻣَ ﺎ أَﻋْ ﺠَ ﺐَ ﺗَ َ‬ ‫ُﻀﺤِ َﻜ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎت وَأ َ ْﺧﺒَﺎ ًرا ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﺗَﺎﻓِ ﻬَ ٍ‬
‫ريي!«‬ ‫ﺺ َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ِﺔ أَﻣْ ِﺮي‪َ ،‬وﺗُ ْﻘﻨِﻌُ ﻨِﻲ أ َ ﱠن »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ ََﺔ« َﺷ ْﺨ ٌ‬ ‫َت ﺗُ َﺸ ﱢﻜ ُﻜﻨِﻲ ِﰲ ﺣَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﺎت َوﻋ َِﱪَ! َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﺎد ْ‬ ‫ﻈ ٍ‬ ‫ﻋِ َ‬

‫َاﺳﺘ ِْﻔ َﺴﺎ ٌر‬

‫)‪ (4‬ﺣِ ﻮَا ٌر و ْ‬

‫»ﻏﺎﻟِﺐٌ « ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َﺳ ِﻤﻊَ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﻔﻬَ ْﻢ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَﻌْ ﻨِﻴ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ِﺴﺒَﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺠْ ﻨُﻮﻧ َ ًﺔ ﺗَﻬْ ﺬِي )ﺗَﺘَ َﻜ ﱠﻠ ُﻢ‬
‫َﻓﺪَﻫِ َﺶ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ َ‬
‫َاﻹﻋْ ﻴَﺎءُ‪،‬‬‫ﻮل(‪َ .‬و َرأَى أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ُﻪ َﻓﺘَﺎ ًة ﺗَﺎﻋِ َﺴ ًﺔ‪ُ ،‬ﻣﺘَ َﱪﱢﻣَ ًﺔ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎ ِة ﻳَﺎﺋ َِﺴ ًﺔ‪ ،‬ﺟَ ﻬَ ﺪ ََﻫﺎ اﻟﺘﱠﻌَ ﺐُ و ْ ِ‬ ‫ري ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ُﻘ ِ‬
‫ِﺑ َﻐ ْ ِ‬
‫َاﻟﺸ َﻘﺎءُ‪َ ،‬ﺷ ِﺎر َد َة اﻟ ﱡﻠﺐﱢ ذَاﻫِ َﻠ ًﺔ‪ ،‬ﺗَ ْﺮﺗَ ِﺠ ُﺰ َﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‪:‬‬
‫َو َرﻧﱠﺤَ ﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺒُ ْﺆ ُس و ﱠ‬

‫اﻟ ﱠﺴ ﺎﺣِ َﺮ ُة اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻗ َ‬
‫ﻄ ﺎ ُء‬ ‫»اﻟ ﺪﱠاﻫِ ﻴَ ُﺔ اﻟ ﺪ ْﱠﻫ ﻮَاءُ‪:‬‬
‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ ْت ﻓِ ﻲ َﺷ ْﻜ ِﻞ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒَﻪْ«‬
‫َ‬ ‫ﻓِ ﻲ ﺑَ ﻴْ ِﺘ ﻲ‪ ،‬و َْﻫ َﻲ َﻏ ِﺮﻳ ﺒَ ﻪْ‪،‬‬

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 ‫ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ وَﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ‬

‫وَأَﻧ َ ﺎ أ َ ْ‬
‫ﺻ ﺒَ ﺤْ ُﺖ ِﺳ ﻮَاﻳَ ﻪْ‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻏ ﻴْ ِﺮي أ َ ْ‬
‫ﺻ ﺒَ ﺢَ إِﻳﱠ ﺎﻳَ ْﻪ‬

‫ﴩجَ ‪ ،‬وَأ َ َﻟﺢﱠ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ﱡ‬

‫اﻟﺴ ْﻘ ُﻢ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗُﻬَ ﺎ َوﺗَﻬَ ﺪﱠجَ ‪ ،‬وَاﺣْ ﺘَﺒ ََﺲ ا ْﻟ َﻜ َﻼ ُم ِﰲ ﺣَ ْﻠﻘِ ﻬَ ﺎ وَﺣَ ْ َ‬ ‫و َُﻫﻨَﺎ ا ْرﺗَﻌَ َﺶ َ‬
‫ﻂ‬ ‫َت ﻧ َ ْﻔ ُﺴﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَﺘَ َﺴ َﺎﻗ ُ‬‫ﺎﺿ ْﺖ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻮْﻋَ ُﺔ و َْاﻷ َ َﳻ )ا ْﻟﺤُ ْﺰ ُن(؛ َﻓ َﻜﺎد ْ‬ ‫ض(‪ ،‬و ََﻓ َ‬ ‫َاﻟﻀﻨَﻰ ْ‬
‫)اﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﺮ ُ‬ ‫و ﱠ‬
‫َت ُروﺣُ ﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﺨ ُﺮجُ ﻧ َ َﻔ ًﺴﺎ ِﰲ إِﺛ ْ ِﺮ ﻧ َ َﻔ ٍﺲ(‪.‬‬ ‫أَﻧ ْ ُﻔ ًﺴﺎ ) َﻛﺎد ْ‬
‫ﱧ َﻗ ْﻠﺒَﻬَ ﺎ( َوﻳُ َﺆاﻧ ُِﺴﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﻳُﻬَ ﱢﻮ ُن ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ َوﻳ َُﻼ ِﻃ ُﻔﻬَ ﺎ؛‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ﻳُﻬَ ﱢﺪئ ُ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُروﻋِﻬَ ﺎ )ﻳُ َ‬
‫ﻄﻤْ ِ ُ‬
‫ﱪهُ( ِﺑ ِﺸ َﻜﺎﻳَﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إ ِ َذا َﻫﺪَأ َ ْت ﺛَﺎ ِﺋ َﺮﺗُﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َر َﻗﺄ َ ْت ُدﻣُﻮﻋُ ﻬَ ﺎ )ﺟَ ﱠﻔ ْﺖ(‪َ ،‬ﺳﺄ َ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ْن ﺗُ ْﻔ ِ َ‬
‫ﴤ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ )ﺗُ ْﺨ ِ َ‬
‫َاﺳﺘَ َﺸ ﱠﻔ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ِﻣ ْﻦ‬‫ﺎﴏﺗِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَﺪﱠﺧِ َﺮ ﺟُ ﻬْ ﺪًا ِﰲ ﻣُﻌَ ﺎ َوﻧَﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬و ْ‬ ‫ﴫ ِﰲ ُﻣﻨ َ َ َ‬ ‫َووَﻋَ ﺪ ََﻫﺎ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳ َُﻘ ﱢ َ‬
‫»ﺷ ﱠﺪ ﻣَ ﺎ أَﻋْ ﺠَ َﺰﻧِﻲ ُﺷ ْﻜ ُﺮ َك‪َ ،‬وإ ِ ْن َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ‬ ‫ﺎﺳﺘ ِِﻪ‪ِ ،‬ﺻﺪ َْق ُﻣ ُﺮوءَﺗ ِِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪َ :‬‬ ‫َﻟﻬْ ﺠَ ﺘ ِِﻪ‪ ،‬وَاﻧْﺪ َِﻓﺎﻋِ ِﻪ ِﰲ ﺣَ ﻤَ َ‬
‫ﻈ َﺮاﺗُ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﺴ َ ِﱰﻳﺒ َُﺔ )ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَ َﺸ ﱢﻜ َﻜ ُﺔ( ﺗُ ْﺸﻌِ ُﺮﻧِﻲ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻳ ُْﻀ ِﻤ ُﺮ ُه َﻗ ْﻠﺒُ َﻚ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺷ ﱟﻚ و َِرﻳﺒَ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻧَ َ‬
‫ﴫحْ َﺷ َﻔﺘَﺎهُ‪َ .‬ﻓﻬَ ْﻞ ﻳَﺄْذَ ُن ِﱄ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﺴ ُﺖ أَﻟُﻮ ُم َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَﻨ ْ ِﻄ ُﻖ ِﺑ ِﻪ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﺎهُ‪َ ،‬وإ ِ ْن َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗُ َ ﱢ‬
‫ﻴﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ أَوْﺟَ ْﺰ ُت؟«‬ ‫ري ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْﻟ َﻐ ْﺰ ُت‪َ ،‬وﺗَ ْﻔ ِﺼ ِ‬‫َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي ِﰲ ﺗَ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِ‬
‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْﺷﻮ ََﻗﻨِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ذَﻟِﻚِ !«‬

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 ‫ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﺼ ُﻞ اﻟﺜ ِﱠﺎﲏ‬

‫َﴆ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻜ ِﺔ‬

‫)‪ (1‬و ِ ﱡ‬

‫اﺳ ِﻤﻲ‪ .‬أَﻧَﺎ وَﺣِ ﻴ َﺪ ُة ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ »ﻧَﺎدِ ٍر« و َُﻫ َﻮ أ َ ِﺑﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُﻨ ْ ِﺠﺐْ ِﺳﻮَايَ ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ‬ ‫»أَﻧَﺎ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ«‪َ .‬ﻫ َﺬا ُﻫ َﻮ ْ‬
‫َاﺧﺘَﺎ ُروا ِﱄ و َِﺻﻴٍّﺎ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻌْ ِﺐ‪َ ،‬وﻧَﺎ َدوْا ِﺑﻲ ﻣَ ِﻠ َﻜ ًﺔ‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫ﴎا ُة اﻟ ﱠﺪ ْو َﻟ ِﺔ )أَﻋْ ﻴَﺎﻧُﻬَ ﺎ( َوﻣُﻤَ ﺜﱢﻠُﻮ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎت اﺟْ ﺘَﻤَ َﻊ َ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ َ‬
‫ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُم ِﺑﺄَﻋْ ﺒَﺎءِ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﻠﻚِ َرﻳْﺜَﻤَ ﺎ أَﺑْﻠُ ُﻎ ِﺳ ﱠﻦ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ْﺷﺪِ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َﻟﻬُ ْﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﺑُ ﱞﺪ )ﻣَ َﻔ ﱞﺮ(‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أ َ ُﻛ ْﻦ —‬
‫ﺣِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺌ ٍﺬ — أَﻋْ ﺪُو )أُﺟَ ِﺎو ُز( اﻟ ﱠﺮا ِﺑﻌَ َﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋُ ﻤْ ِﺮي‪.‬‬
‫ﺻﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻤْ ِﺾ َزﻣَ ٌﻦ َﻗﻠِﻴ ٌﻞ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺗَ َﺰوﱠجَ ُﻣ ْﺮ ِﺿﻌَ ﺘِﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫اﺧﺘَﺎ ُروا »ﻋَ ِﻠﻴٍّﺎ« و َِزﻳ َﺮ أ َ ِﺑﻲ ِﻟ ْﻠ ِﻮ َ‬
‫و ََﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬
‫ﻮﻓﺎ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤَ ْﺰ ِم َوﺑُﻌْ ِﺪ‬ ‫ْﺻ ً‬ ‫وﻓﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱡﺪ ْرﺑَ ِﺔ وَا ْﻟﻜ َِﻔﺎﻳَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وَﺣُ ْﺴ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻔﻬْ ِﻢ وَاﻟ ﱢﺪ َراﻳَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬
‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﻌْ ُﺮ ً‬ ‫َو َﻛ َ‬
‫َاف‬‫اﻹ ْﴍ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻌِ ﻨَﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ِﺑﺄَﻣْ ِﺮي‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺪﱠﺧِ ْﺮ و ُْﺳﻌً ﺎ ِﰲ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﻬَ ﺎ َر ِة اﻟﺬﱢﻣﱠ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َُﻘ ﱢ ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ِﻬﻤﱠ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وَا ْﻟﻌَ ْﺰ ِم َو َ‬
‫ﻮن ا ْﻟﻌِ ْﻠ ِﻢ وَا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ ِﺮ َﻓ ِﺔ — ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻳُ َﺆ ﱢﻫﻠُﻨِﻲ‬ ‫ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَ ْﺮ ِﺑﻴَﺘِﻲ َوﺗَﺜْﻘِ ﻴﻔِﻲ َوﺗَ ْﺰ ِوﻳﺪِي — ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻓﻨ ُ ِ‬
‫ﻀﻨِﻲ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺢ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﻤْ ﺤَ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﺎدِ َق اﻟﻨ ﱡ ْ‬ ‫ﺿ ِﻄ َﻼ ِع — ِﰲ َﻗﺎ ِﺑ ِﻞ أَﻳ ِﱠﺎﻣﻲ — ِﺑﺄَﻋْ ﺒَﺎءِ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﻠﻚِ ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ َزا َل ﻳُﻮﻟِﻴﻨِﻲ َ‬ ‫ﻟ ِِﻼ ْ‬
‫ﻮض‬ ‫ﻮن اﻟ ﱠﺪ ْو َﻟ ِﺔ‪ ،‬وَاﻟﻨﱡﻬُ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤْ ُﺖ َﻗﺎدِ َر ًة ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﻴَﺎ ِم ِﺑ ُﺸﺌُ ِ‬‫ِﺺ ا ْﻟ ُﻮدﱢ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَ َﻠ ْﻐ ُﺖ ِﺳ ﱠﻦ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ْﺷﺪِ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫َﺧﺎﻟ َ‬
‫ِﺑﺄَﻋْ ﺒَﺎءِ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﻠﻚِ ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺒ َْﻖ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْرﺗ َِﻘﺎﺋِﻲ ﻋَ ْﺮ ِش أ َ ِﺑﻲ َﻏ ْريُ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم ﻣَ ﻌْ ﺪُود ٍ‬
‫َات‪.‬‬

‫)‪ (2‬ﻧ ُ ُﺸﻮبُ اﻟﺜ ﱠ ْﻮ َر ِة‬

‫ﻆ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺎﻧ ْ َﻘ َﻠﺐَ ﱠ‬

‫اﻟﺴﻌْ ُﺪ ﻧَﺤْ ًﺴﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺤَ ﱠﻮ َل‬ ‫ِﻴﻖ‪ ،‬و ََﺧﺬَ َﻟﻨ َِﻲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱡ‬
‫و َُﻫﻨَﺎ ﺗَﻨ َ ﱠﻜ َﺮ ِﱄ َ اﻟﺪ ْﱠﻫ ُﺮ‪ ،‬وَﺟَ ﺎﻧَﺒَﻨِﻲ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻮﻓ ُ‬
‫ا ْﻟﻬَ ﻨَﺎءُ َﺷ َﻘﺎءً‪.‬‬
 ‫ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ وَﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ‬

‫ﺎن ِﱄ ﻋَ ﱞﻢ ﻳُﺪْﻋَ ﻰ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ » ُﻣﻮ ﱠَﻓ ًﻘﺎ«‪ُ ،‬ﻗ ِﺘ َﻞ ِﰲ إِﺣْ ﺪَى ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌَ ِﺎركِ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﺮ ِﺑﻴﱠ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻛ َ‬
‫ﺎن ﻳَﺘَﻮ ﱠَﱃ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬
‫ني‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﱠﺮ ْت ﻋَ َﲆ‬
‫ْت ِﺑﻌَ ﺎﻣَ ْ ِ‬‫ﻗِ ﻴَﺎ َدﺗَﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَﺐْ ) َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َُﺸ ﱠﻚ( أَﺣَ ٌﺪ ِﰲ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻓﺎ َر َق ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎ َة‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ُوﻟِﺪ ُ‬
‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ —‬ ‫ْﻒ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ — وَﻣَ ﺎ أَد ِْري َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ َﻓﺠْ ﺄ َ ًة ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم‪َ .‬‬ ‫ﻮن و َْاﻷَﻋْ ﻮَامُ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻨ ُ َ‬‫و ََﻓﺎﺗ ِِﻪ ﱢ‬
‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ُﻗ ِ َ‬
‫ﱪ وَاﻧ ْ َﺪﺛ َ َﺮ!‬
‫ﻄﻌُ ﻮا ْاﻷَﻣَ َﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬‫ﺻﻔِ ﻴَﺎ ُؤ ُه ﻳَ َﺮ ْوﻧ َ ُﻪ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋﺪًا إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﻤْ َﻠ َﻜﺘ ِِﻪ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن َﻗ َ‬‫ﺻﺪ َِﻗﺎ ُؤ ُه وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ َﻛﺎ َد أ َ ْ‬
‫ﺎﴏُوهُ‪ ،‬و ََﻫﺘَ ُﻔﻮا ِﺑ ِﻪ ﻣَ ِﻠ ًﻜﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻋَ ْﺮ ِش أ َ ِﺑﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻋَ ْﻮ َدﺗ ِِﻪ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ اﻧْﺤَ ﺎ ُزوا إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ َوﻧ َ َ‬

‫َاﺷﺘَﺒَ َﻜ ْﺖ( ﺑ َْﻐﺘَ ًﺔ ِﺑ َﻼ ﻣ َُﻘﺪﱢﻣَ ٍ‬

‫ﺎت‪.‬‬ ‫و ََﻫ َﻜﺬَا ﻧ َ َﺸﺒ َِﺖ اﻟﺜ ﱠ ْﻮ َر ُة )ﺛَﺎ َر ْت و ْ‬
‫َﴆ اﻟﺬﱠﻛ ﱡِﻲ‪ ،‬ا ْﻟﺒ َِﺎر ُع ا ْﻟﻮ َِﰲ ﱡ‪ ،‬أ َ ْن ﻳُﻬَ ﱢﺪئ َ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺛَﺎ ِﺋ َﺮ ِة‬ ‫وَﻋَ ﺒَﺜًﺎ ﺣَ ﺎ َو َل ا ْﻟﻮ َِزﻳ ُﺮ »ﻋَ ِﲇﱞ«‪ :‬ا ْﻟﻮ ِ ﱡ‬
‫ﻴﻼ‬ ‫ِﻴﻖ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﻠُ ْﻚ َﺳ ِﺒ ً‬ ‫ني‪ .‬وَﺟَ ﺎﻧَﺒَ ُﻪ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻮﻓ ُ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﺗَﻌَ ﻬﱠ َﺪﺗْﻬَ ﺎ د ََﺳﺎﺋ ُِﺲ ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﻐ ِﺮ ِﺿ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﻔ ِﺴﺪ َ‬
‫ري » ُﻣﻮ ﱠَﻓ ٍﻖ«‪:‬‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻌْ ِﺐ ِﺑﻮُﻋُ ﻮ ِد ْاﻷ َ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ اﻧ ْ َﺨ َﺪ َع ﺟُ ﻤْ ﻬُ ﻮ ُر ﱠ‬‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ِ ِﻹ ْﺧﻤَ ﺎدِ َﻫﺎ إ ِ ﱠﻻ أ َ ْﻟﻬَ ﺒَﻬَ ﺎ َو َزا َد أُوَا َر َﻫﺎ‪ .‬و ُ ْ‬
‫َاﺳﺘَﺘَﺐﱠ َﻟ ُﻪ ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺒ َْﻖ أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ُﻪ‬‫ﻇﻔِ َﺮ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﻠﻚِ و ْ‬‫ﺎﴏُوهُ؛ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺂ َز ُروهُ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺬَﻟُﻮا َﻟ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌُ ﻮﻧ َ َﺔ َوﻧ َ َ‬
‫ﻮب ﺛ َ ْﻮ َر ٍة ﺟَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪةٍ‪،‬‬ ‫َﺼ ُﻔ َﻮ َﻟ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻮﱡ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻼ ﻳ َْﺸ َﻐ َﻞ ﺑَﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﺑﻨ ُ ُﺸ ِ‬ ‫ﺺ ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ ِﻟﻴ ْ‬ ‫إ ِ ﱠﻻ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺘَ َﺨ ﱠﻠ َ‬
‫ﺼ ِﺎريَ ا ْﻟ َﻘﻠِﻴﻠ ِ َ‬
‫ني‪.‬‬ ‫ني‪ِ ،‬ﻣ ْﻦ أَﻧ ْ َ‬‫ُﺨﻠ ِِﺼ َ‬ ‫ني ا ْﻟﻤ ْ‬‫ﻳ ُْﺸﻌِ ُﻞ ﻧَﺎ َر َﻫﺎ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﺑَﻘ َِﻲ ِﱄ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻮَا ِﻟ َ‬

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 ‫ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْ‬
‫ﺼ ُﻞ اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻧِﻲ‬

‫ﻄ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﻬَ َﺮ ِب‬ ‫)‪ُ (3‬‬

‫ﺧ ﱠ‬

‫َو َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ا ْﻟﻮ َِزﻳ َﺮ »ﻋَ ِﻠﻴٍّﺎ« َو َزوْﺟَ ﺘَ ُﻪ — وَﻫِ َﻲ ُﻣ ْﺮ ِﺿﻌَ ﺘِﻲ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ أ َ ْﺳ َﻠ ْﻔ ُﺖ َﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْﻮ َل — َﻓ ِﻄﻨَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ْﻜ ِﺮهِ‪،‬‬
‫ﴍهِ‪َ .‬ﻓﺤَ َﺰﻣَ ﺎ أَﻣْ َﺮ ُﻫﻤَ ﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻋَ َﻘﺪَا ﻋَ ْﺰﻣَ ﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َُﻀﻴﱢﻌَ ﺎ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻮن َ ﱢ‬‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َُﻔﺘْﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ َدﺑﱠ َﺮ ُه ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻓﻨ ُ ِ‬
‫و َْﻗﺘ ِِﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪.‬‬
‫َﺎب‬‫ِﻴﻖ َﻟﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺒ ِْﻄ َﺶ ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﻐﺘَ ِﺼﺐُ ِﺑ ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓﺘَ َﺴ ﱠﻠ َﻼ ِﺑﻲ َﻟﻴ ًْﻼ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑ ٍ‬ ‫َو َﻛﺘَﺐَ ﷲ ُ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻮﻓ َ‬
‫ﻃ َﺮاﺋ َِﻖ ُﻣﺘَﺸﻌﱢ ﺒَ ٍﺔ ُﻣ ْﻠﺘَ ِﻮﻳَ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ َﺴﺎ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻏ ْ ِ‬
‫ري‬ ‫ﴫ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ َﺸﻴ ُْﺖ ﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﻳﺐ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬
‫ﴎادِ ِ‬ ‫َﺧﻔِ ﱟﻲ ِﰲ ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ َ َ‬
‫َاﺳﺘَ َﻘ ﱠﺮ ِﺑﻨَﺎ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ٍم«‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫ﺎﴐ َة ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ » ِﺑ ْﺴ َ‬‫وﻗ ٍﺔ َﻻ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُﻓﻬَ ﺎ أَﺣَ ٌﺪ َﻏ ْري ُُﻫﻤَ ﺎ؛ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَ َﻠ ْﻐﻨَﺎ ﺣَ ِ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻣَ ْ‬
‫أ َ ْر ِﺿﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻘﺎمُ‪.‬‬
‫ُﺼﻮ ٍﱢر؛ ِﻟﻴُﻮﻫِ َﻢ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳَ َﺮا ُه أَﻧﱠﻪ َﻗ ِﺪ َم إ ِ َﱃ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫َﺎب ﻣ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻮ َِزﻳ ُﺮ »ﻋَ ِﲇﱞ« ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﺨﻔِ ﻴًﺎ ِﰲ ِﺛﻴ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻛ َ‬
‫ﴎﺗ ِِﻪ‪.‬‬‫ﻴﺶ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓﻨ ﱢ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﻣَ َﻊ َزوْﺟَ ﺘ ِِﻪ وَاﺑْﻨَﺘ ِِﻪ‪ ،‬و َُﻫﻤَ ﺎ ُﻛ ﱡﻞ أ ُ ْ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ ِﻟﻴَﻌِ َ‬

‫)‪ (4‬ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ ٌة وَادِ ﻋَ ٌﺔ‬

‫َ‬ ‫ﻃ ُﻔﻮ َﻟﺘ ِِﻪ ﺑ َِﺎرﻋً ﺎ ِﰲ اﻟﺘﱠ ْ‬
‫ﻳﺮ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻠﺒ َْﺚ أ ْن ذَا َع ِﺻﻴﺘُ ُﻪ ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬
‫ﺎن‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼ ِﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻮ َِزﻳ ُﺮ »ﻋَ ِﲇﱞ« ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ُ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬
‫ﺎن ِﰲ ﺣَ ْﻮ َزﺗِﻨَﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ َﻔﺎﺋ ِِﺲ ْاﻷَﺣْ ﺠَ ِﺎر ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺮﻳﻤَ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ‬ ‫و ََﻗ ْﺪ آﺛ َ ْﺮﻧَﺎ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ َة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻤَ ِﻞ‪ِ ،‬ﺑ َﺮ ْﻏ ِﻢ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬
‫ﺗَ ْﻀﻤَ ُﻦ َﻟﻨَﺎ — َﻟ ْﻮ ِﺷﺌْﻨَﺎ — أ َ ْر َﻏ َﺪ ﻋَ ﻴ ٍْﺶ وَأَﻧْﻌَ َﻢ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎةٍ‪.‬‬

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 ‫ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ وَﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ‬

‫وَﻣَ ﱠﺮ ْت ِﺑﻨَﺎ ْاﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ُم ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﺎﻗِ ﺒ ًَﺔ ُﻣﺘَﺘَﺎ ِﺑﻌَ ًﺔ‪ِ ،‬ﰲ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ ٍة َﻫﺎ ِﻧﺌَ ٍﺔ وَادِ ﻋَ ٍﺔ؛ ﻧُﻨْﻔِ ُﻖ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻧ َ ْﻜ ِﺴﺒُ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﻣ ْﺮ َﻗ ِﻢ‬
‫ﻳﺸ ُﺔ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ﱠﺳﺎ ِم(‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳﺮ »ﻋَ ِﲇﱟ« )وَا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺮ َﻗﻢُ‪ِ :‬ر َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻮ َِز ِ‬
‫َﺎت اﻟ ﱠﺰﻣَ ِﻦ َو َﻛﻮ َِارﺛ ِِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻻ ﻳ َْﺸ َﻐ ُﻞ ﺑَﺎ َﻟﻨَﺎ‬ ‫ﺂت اﻟﺪ ْﱠﻫ ِﺮ وَﺣَ ﻮَادِ ﺛ ِِﻪ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﻘ ﱡﻠﺒ ِ‬ ‫ني ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣ َُﻔﺎﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﻇ ِﻠ ْﻠﻨَﺎ ِآﻣ ِﻨ َ‬‫َو َ‬
‫َ‬ ‫َﺎن — إ ِ ﱠﻻ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻬْ ﺘَﺪِيَ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻨَﺎ ﻣَ ْﻦ أ َ ْر َ‬
‫َان‪ِ ،‬ﰲ‬ ‫ُﻮن وَأﻋْ ﻮ ٍ‬ ‫ﺻﺪ َُﻫ ْﻢ » ُﻣﻮ ﱠَﻓ ٌﻖ« ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋُ ﻴ ٍ‬ ‫— ِﰲ ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ ْاﻷَﺣْ ﻴ ِ‬
‫ﺎن‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬
‫ﻄ َﻮ َة ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺎهِ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻈﻤَ َﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﻠﻚِ و ََﺳ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﺖ ِﰲ ﺧِ َﻼﻟ ِِﻬﻤَ ﺎ ﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﺎن؛ ﻧ َ ِﺴ ُ‬ ‫َاث ﻋَ ﺎﻣَ ِ‬ ‫وَﻣَ َﴣ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷَﺣْ ﺪ ِ‬
‫ﻳﺮ »ﻋَ ِﲇﱟ« وَآ َراﺋ ِِﻪ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﺋ ِِﺢ ا ْﻟﻮ َِز ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﻟﻨ َ َ‬‫ﻂ ِﺑ ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷُﺑﱠﻬَ ِﺔ وَﻣَ َﻔﺎﺗ ِِﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎةِ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ْت ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ ﻳُﺤِ ﻴ ُ‬ ‫َو َزﻫِ ﺪ ُ‬
‫ﻃﻤَ ﺄْﻧِﻴﻨ َ ٍﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓﺎﻣْ ﺘَ َﻸ َ ْت ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻜِﻴﻤَ ِﺔ أَﺣْ ﻤَ ُﺪ ْاﻷَﺛ َ ِﺮ ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ َﻏﻤَ َﺮ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺳﻜِﻴﻨ َ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬و ََﻏﻤَ َﺮ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُ‬
‫َﻗﻨَﺎﻋَ ًﺔ َو َز َﻫﺎ َد ًة‪ ،‬ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪﺗُ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫﻨَﺎءَ ٍة َو َر َﻏﺎ َدةٍ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ِﺿ ْﻖ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ اﻧْﺤَ َﺪ ْرﻧَﺎ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ذِ ْر َو ِة ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﻠﻚِ‬
‫ْت ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻴ َْﺶ ِﰲ ِﻇ َﻼ ِل ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺎﻗ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻮد ُ‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ِﺔ‪ .‬و ُ ْ‬ ‫ُﻮل وَاﻟﺘﱠﻌَ َ‬ ‫ﻴﺾ ا ْﻟ ُﺨﻤ ِ‬ ‫َﺎﺳ ِﺔ‪ ،‬إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ِﻀ ِ‬ ‫وَاﻟ ﱢﺮﻳ َ‬
‫ﺎس‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎط اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ﻴﺶ أَيﱡ َﻓﺘَﺎ ٍة ِﻣ ْﻦ أَو َْﺳ ِ‬ ‫َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَﻌِ ُ‬
‫َت‬‫ﻃﻤَ ﺄَﻧ ﱠ ْﺖ ِﺑ َﻲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺎ ُل‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أَﻋُ ْﺪ أَذْ ُﻛ ُﺮ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺴﻠُﻮبَ ‪ ،‬وَا ْﻟﻌَ ْﺮ َش ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨْﻬُ ﻮبَ ‪ .‬وَا ْزدَاد ْ‬ ‫و ََﻫ َﻜﺬَا ا ْ‬
‫ﺿ ْﺖ ِﱄ ذِ ْﻛ َﺮاهُ‪َ ،‬ﺷﻌَ ْﺮ ُت‬ ‫ْت ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻤَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫أ ُ ْﻟ َﻔﺘِﻲ ﻟِﻬَ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎةِ‪َ ،‬وﻧ َ َﻔ ْﻀ ُﺖ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ أَو َْﻫﺎ َم ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺎهِ؛ َﻓ ِﴫ ُ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻌَ ﺎ َد َة‬ ‫َال‪ .‬وَأَﺣْ َﺴ ْﺴ ُﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎل‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺠُ ﱡﺮ ُه ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﺘَﺎﻋِ ﺐَ وَأ َ ْﻫﻮ ٍ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱠﺮاﺣَ ِﺔ ِﻟﺘَ َﺨ ﱡﻠ ِﴢ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻋْ ﺒَﺎﺋ ِِﻪ اﻟﺜ ﱢ َﻘ ِ‬
‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮي‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﺪ ِْري‪ ،‬وَأَﻧ ْ َﻘ َﺾ َ‬ ‫ﺿﻴ َﱠﻖ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ْﺮ ِح ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻌِ ﺐْ ءِ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َ‬ ‫ﺗَﻤْ َﻸ ُ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒﻲ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن و ﱠَﻓ َﻘﻨِﻲ ﷲ ُ ِﻟ َ‬
‫ﺎل‪،‬‬ ‫ﴤ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻲ ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ﷲ أ َ ْن ﻳُﺤَ ﱢﻘ َﻖ َر ْﻏﺒَﺘِﻲ‪َ ،‬وﻳُﺒَ ﱢﻠ َﻐﻨِﻲ أُﻣْ ِﻨﻴﱠﺘِﻲ؛ َﻓﺄ َ ْﻗ ِ َ‬ ‫َوﺗَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻴ ُْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ِ‬
‫َﺎن‪َ ،‬ﻻ َﺳ ِﺒﻴ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ َردﱢﻫِ ﻤَ ﺎ‪ ،‬و ََﻻ ﺣِ ﻴ َﻠ َﺔ‬
‫ﷲ وَﺣُ ْﻜﻤَ ُﻪ َﻏﺎ ِﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫اﺿﻴ ََﺔ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻔ ِﺲ َﻫﺎ ِﻧﺌَ َﺔ ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬
‫َﺎل‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ إ ِ َرا َد َة ِ‬ ‫َر ِ‬
‫ِﻷَﺣَ ٍﺪ ِﰲ د َْﻓﻌِ ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪.‬‬

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‫)‪ِ (1‬ﴏَا ُع ْاﻷ َ َ‬

‫ﺳ ِﺪ‬

‫ﺎع ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َﻛﻠِﻤَ ٍﺔ ﺗَ ُﻔﻮ ُه‬ ‫ُ‬

‫ِﻳﺚ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻜ ِﺔ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ ََﺔ« ُﻣ ْﺮﻫِ ًﻔﺎ أذُﻧَﻴْ ِﻪ ﻟ َِﺴﻤَ ِ‬ ‫»ﻏﺎﻟِﺐٌ « ﻳُﺘَﺎ ِﺑ ُﻊ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬
‫ﴎ ْت ِﰲ ِﺟ ْﺴ ِﻤ ِﻪ ِرﻋْ َﺸ ٌﺔ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻨَﺎ َزﻋَ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﺤُ ْﺰ ُن وَاﻟﺪ ْﱠﻫ َﺸ ُﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫)ﺗَﻨ ْ ِﻄ ُﻖ( ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ َ َ‬
‫ْت ﻳُ َﺪوﱢي‬ ‫ﺻﻮ ٌ‬ ‫ﺼﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺟَ ْﻠﺠَ َﻞ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﻀﺎءِ َ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻐ ْﺖ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ« ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪَى ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻗِ ﱠ‬
‫ﺎب َو ِﻏ ْﺰ َﻻﻧُﻪُ‪ ،‬ﻳَﺤْ ﻔِ ُﺰ َﻫﺎ‬ ‫ﻄﻌَ ﺎﻧُﻪُ‪ ،‬وَآ َرا ُم ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِ‬ ‫ﴎابُ ا ْﻟﻮَﺣْ ِﺶ و َُﻗ ْ‬ ‫)ﺧ َﺎﻓ ْﺖ( ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ أ َ ْ َ‬
‫َﻛﻬَ ِﺰﻳ ِﻢ اﻟ ﱠﺮﻋْ ﺪِ‪ ،‬ذُﻋِ َﺮ ْت َ‬
‫ﻃ َﻠ ِﺐ اﻟﻨﱠﺠَ ﺎةِ؛ َﻓﺘَﺠْ ِﺮي َﻫ ِﺎرﺑ ًَﺔ‪ُ ،‬ﻣﺘَﺪَاﻓِ ﻌَ ًﺔ ُﻣﺘَﻮَا ِﺛﺒ ًَﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺣُ ﺐﱡ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎةِ‪ ،‬إ ِ َﱃ َ‬
‫ﴎﻋَ ُﻪ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ﺎن أ َ ْ َ‬‫ﻮب؛ َﻓﻤَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺠَ ﺎ ُع أ َ ﱠن َزﺋِريَ ْاﻷ َ َﺳ ِﺪ َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ َﺷﺎ َع اﻟ ﱡﺮﻋْ ﺐَ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ُﻘﻠُ ِ‬ ‫وَأ َ ْد َر َك ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ ﱡ‬
‫ﺎﻟﺴﻬْ ِﻢ ﻧَﺤْ َﻮ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ِة اﻟﺘﱠﺎﻋِ َﺴ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺄ َ ﱠن َﻟ ُﻪ ﺛَﺄ ْ ًرا ﻋِ ﻨْﺪ ََﻫﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺼ ِﻠﺘًﺎ َﻛ ﱠ‬ ‫ري ِه ُﻣﻨ ْ َ‬‫ﻄﻠ ُِﻖ ِﰲ َﺳ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻣ َُﻼ َﻗﺎﺗ ِِﻪ‪َ .‬و َرآ ُه ﻳَﻨ ْ َ‬
‫ﻮر ﺑَﺪِﻳﻬَ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬وَﺧِ ﱠﻔ ِﺔ ﺣَ َﺮ َﻛ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬و ََﺷﺠَ ﺎﻋَ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﻀ ِ‬ ‫»ﻏﺎﻟِﺐٌ « ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣُ ُ‬ ‫و ََﻗ ْﺪ َﻛﺎ َد ﻳ َْﻔ َ ِﱰ ُﺳﻬَ ﺎ َﻟﻮ َْﻻ ﻣَ ﺎ أُوﺗِﻴَ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ َ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻴْ ِﺪ وَا ْﻟﺤَ ْﺮ ِب‪ .‬و ََﻻ ﺗَ َﺴ ْﻞ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻋَ ﺠَ ِﺐ ْاﻷ َ َﺳ ِﺪ َود َْﻫ َﺸﺘ ِِﻪ‪ ،‬و ََﻏﻴ ِْﻈ ِﻪ و ََﻏ ْﻀﺒَﺘ ِِﻪ‬ ‫ﻮن ﱠ‬ ‫َﻗ ْﻠ ٍﺐ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻤَ ﱡﺮ ٍس ِﺑ ُﻔﻨ ُ ِ‬
‫ُون َﻏﺎﻳَﺘ ِِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺿ ُﻪ د َ‬ ‫ِﻒ ِﰲ َﺳ ِﺒﻴﻠ ِِﻪ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﻌْ َ ِﱰ ُ‬ ‫ني َرأَى َرﺟُ ًﻼ ﻳَﻘ ُ‬ ‫— و َُﻫ َﻮ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺎ ِﺗ ُﻚ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ِﺪ ﱡل ِﺑ ُﻘ ﱠﻮﺗ ِِﻪ — ﺣِ َ‬
‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ َزا َﻟ ِﺖ اﻟﺪ ْﱠﻫ َﺸ ُﺔ وَاﻧ ْ َﻘ َﴣ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠَ ﺐُ ‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﱠﻞ اﻟ ﱡﺮﻋْ ﺐُ ﻣَ ﺤَ ﱠﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻐﻴ ِْﻆ وَا ْﻟ َﻐ َﻀ ِﺐ‪.‬‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ُ ْ‬
‫ُﺼ ِﺎوﻟُ ُﻪ َوﻳُﻮَا ِﺛﺒُﻪُ‪َ ،‬وﻳُﺒَﺎﻋِ ُﺪ ُه َوﻳ َُﻘ ِﺎرﺑُﻪُ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻫﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ ﻣَ ﺎ َرأَى ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَﺄ ْ ِﺳ ِﻪ و َُﻗ ﱠﻮﺗ ِِﻪ‪َ ،‬وﺛَﺒَﺎﺗ ِِﻪ‬ ‫َﻓﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﺎ َد ﻳ َ‬
‫ﺎت َﻗ َﻼ ِﺋ ُﻞ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬ ‫ﻈ ٌ‬‫ﺻ ْﻮ َﻟﺘ ِِﻪ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻨ ْ َﻘ ِﺾ َﻟﺤَ َ‬ ‫و َِﺻﺪ ِْق ﻋَ ْﺰﻣَ ﺘ ِِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َر َﺷ َﺎﻗﺘ ِِﻪ ِﰲ َوﺛْﺒَﺘ ِِﻪ‪ ،‬وَﺟُ ْﺮأَﺗ ِِﻪ ِﰲ َ‬
‫ﺎن‪ ،‬و ََﻓ ِﺎر ًﺳﺎ َﻻ ﻧ َ ِﻈريَ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺸﺠْ ﻌَ ِ‬ ‫َﻛ َﺮﺑَ ُﻪ وَأَﺗْﻌَ ﺒَﻪُ‪ ،‬وَﺟَ ﻬَ َﺪ ُه َو َرﻋﱠ ﺒَﻪُ‪َ .‬و َرأَى ْاﻷ َ َﺳ ُﺪ أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ُﻪ ُﺷﺠَ ﺎﻋً ﺎ َﻻ َﻛ ﱡ‬
‫ﺻ َﻠﺐُ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ْﻮ َﻟ ِﺔ‪ِ ،‬ﻣ ْﻦ ِﻃ َﺮ ٍاز ﺟَ ﺪِﻳﺪٍ‪ ،‬ﻋَ ْﺰ ُﻣ ُﻪ أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﺎدِ َق ا ْﻟﺠَ ْﻮ َﻟ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﻣَ ْﺮ ُﻫﻮبَ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ :‬ﻓ ِﺎر ًﺳﺎ َ‬ ‫َني ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﺮ َﺳ ِ‬
‫َﻟ ُﻪ ﺑ ْ َ‬
‫ْﺻﺎﻟُﻪُ‪َ ،‬و َزاﻳَ َﻠ ُﻪ‬ ‫َت آﻣَ ﺎﻟُﻪُ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﺨﺎذَ َﻟ ْﺖ أَو َ‬ ‫ﺻ ﱢﻢ ا ْﻟﺠَ َﻼ ِﻣﻴﺪِ‪َ .‬ﻓﺘَﺒَ ﱠﺪد ْ‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪِﻳﺪِ‪َ ،‬وﺑَﺄ ْ ُﺳ ُﻪ أ َ ْﻗﻮَى ِﻣ ْﻦ ُ‬
 ‫ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ وَﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ‬

‫ِﻴﻖ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﻀﻴ ُْﻖ‪ ،‬و ََﺧﺎﻧ َ ُﻪ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻮﻓ ُ‬‫َاﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ ِﺑ ِﻪ ﱢ‬ ‫اﻟﱰ ﱡد ُد وَا ْﻟﻴَﺄ ْ ُس‪ ،‬و ْ‬
‫اﻹ ْﻗﺪَا ُم وَا ْﻟﺒَﺄ ْ ُس )ا ْﻟ ُﻘ ﱠﻮ ُة(‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧَﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ِْ‬
‫ﻄ َﻠ ِﺐ‪َ ،‬وﻳ َُﺴ ﱡﺪ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﻣَ َﺴﺎ ِﻟ َﻚ‬ ‫ﺻ ِﻄﺒَﺎ ُر‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮ َﻛ َﻦ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻔِ َﺮ ِار‪َ .‬و َرأَى ﻋَ ُﺪ ﱠو ُه ﻳ َُﻼﺣِ ُﻘ ُﻪ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫وَﻋَ ﱠﺰ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ِاﻻ ْ‬
‫ا ْﻟﻬَ َﺮ ِب؛ َﻓﻌَ ﺎ َد إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ُﻣﻨْﺪَﻓِ ﻌً ﺎ ِﰲ ﺛ َ ْﻮ َر ِة ا ْﻟﻴَﺎﺋ ِِﺲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺎﻧ ِِﻖ؛ َﻓﺘَ َﻠ ﱠﻘﺎ ُه ِﺑ َ ْ‬
‫ﴬﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَﻤَ ﱢﻜ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻮَاﺛ ِِﻖ‪ ،‬وَﻋَ ﺎﺟَ َﻠ ُﻪ‬
‫ني‪.‬‬‫ِﺼ َﻔ ْ ِ‬
‫ﻄ َﺮ ِﺟ ْﺴﻤَ ُﻪ ﻧ ْ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬و ََﺷ َ‬ ‫ري َراﻫِ ٍﺐ و ََﻻ ﺟَ ِﺎز ٍع؛ َﻓ َﻘ َﺴ َﻢ ْاﻷ َ َﺳ َﺪ ﻗِ ْﺴﻤَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﻊ«‪َ ،‬ﻏ ْ َ‬ ‫ِﺑ َﺴﻴْﻔ ِِﻪ »ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِ‬

‫ِﻳﺚ‬ ‫اﺳ ِﺘﺌْﻨ َ ُ‬

‫ﺎف ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫)‪ْ (2‬‬
‫ﺎت‪.‬‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﻐ َﺮ َﻗ ْﺖ َﺳﺎﻋَ ٍ‬ ‫اﻫﺎ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ْ‬‫ﺎت‪َ ،‬وإ ِ ْن َﺧﻴﱠ َﻠ ْﺖ أ َ ْﻫﻮَاﻟُﻬَ ﺎ ﻟِﻤَ ْﻦ ﻳَ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ٍ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ْﻐ ِﺮ ِق ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ُﺔ َﻏ ْ َ‬
‫ري َﻟﺤَ َ‬
‫ﻂ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺄ ْ ِش )ﺛَﺎ ِﺑ َﺖ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُر ْؤﻳَﺎ ﻣ َُﻔ ﱢﺰﻋَ ٍﺔ؛ َﻓ َﺮأَﺗْ ُﻪ َرا ِﺑ َ‬ ‫َوﻧَﻬَ َﻀ ْﺖ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ« ُﻣ َﺮوﱠﻋَ ًﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﺗُﻔِ ُ‬
‫ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْﻠ ِﺐ(؛ َﻛﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُﺤَ ِﺎربْ أَﺣَ ﺪًا‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﻘﺘُ ْﻞ أ َ َﺳﺪًا!‬
‫ﺎﺳ ِﻢ‪،‬‬‫ﴫ ِه ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠ ِﻬﺠَ ْﺖ ِﺑ ُﺸ ْﻜ ِﺮهِ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﻘﺒَ ْﻞ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ ُﺷ ْﻜ ًﺮا و ََﻻ ﺛَﻨَﺎءً‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ﺑَﻌْ ﺪ ﻧ َ ْ ِ‬
‫ﻄﺒ ََﻎ وَﺟْ ﻬُ ُﻪ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﺨﺠَ ِﻞ وَا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎءِ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َ‬ ‫َﺎﺳ ٍﻢ؛ َﻓ َﻀﺎﻋَ َﻔ ْﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ اﻟﺜﱠﻨَﺎءَ؛ َﻓ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ ْﻠ ٍﻖ َوﺛ َ ْﻐ ٍﺮ ﺑ ِ‬‫ﻳُﺤَ ﻴﱢﻴﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﻮَﺟْ ٍﻪ َ‬
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‫ِﻲ ِﻣﻦ‬ ‫ﺎع ﻣَ ﺎ ﺑَﻘ َ‬‫َاﺳﺘِﺤْ ﻴَﺎءٍ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎ أ ْﺷﻮ ََﻗﻨِﻲ ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢ َﺪﺗِﻲ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ«‪ ،‬إ ِ َﱃ َﺳﻤَ ِ‬ ‫َاﺿ ٍﻊ و ْ‬ ‫و ََﻗﺎ َل َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ﺗَﻮ ُ‬
‫ﺼﺘِﻚِ ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِﺮﻳﺒَ ِﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻗِ ﱠ‬

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‫ﻄﺎ ٍم«‬

‫ﻳﺮ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻠﺒ َْﺚ أ َ ِن‬‫ﺼ ِﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻮ َِزﻳ ُﺮ »ﻋَ ِﲇﱞ« — َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟ َﻚ — ﺑ َِﺎرﻋً ﺎ ِﰲ اﻟﺘﱠ ْ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة‪َ :‬ﻛ َ‬
‫ﺼ ِﺎوﻳ َﺮ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳُﺒْﺪِﻋُ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَ َ‬ ‫ﺎب ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻹﻋْ ﺠَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎس ﻋَ َﲆ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﺷﺘَﻬَ َﺮ َﻓﻨ ﱡ ُﻪ َوذَا َع ِﺻﻴﺘُﻪُ‪ .‬وَاﺟْ ﺘَﻤَ َﻊ َرأْيُ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫ْ‬
‫اﻟﺸﻬْ َﺮ ِة ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ ِﺑ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ » ِﺑ ْﺴ َ‬ ‫َار ِج ﱡ‬‫َاح َﻓﻨﱢﻴﱠ ٍﺔ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ َزا َل ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَﻘِ ﻲ ِﰲ ﻣَ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﻄﺎمٌ«؛‬ ‫َزﻳْﺘِﻴﱠ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬وَأ ْﻟﻮ ٍ‬
‫ني َرأَى َروَا ِﺋ َﻊ اﺑْﺘِ َﻜ ِﺎرهِ‪،‬‬ ‫َﺻﻮ َِرهِ‪ ،‬ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ُﺼﻮ ِﱢر و ُ‬ ‫ﺎق إ ِ َﱃ ِزﻳَﺎ َر ِة ُﻣﺘْﺤَ ﻔِ ِﻪ‪ .‬و ْ‬
‫َاﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ إِﻋْ ﺠَ ﺎﺑُ ُﻪ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺷﺘَ َ‬ ‫َﻓ ْ‬
‫ﻀﻮ ُل إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ﴍﺣِ ِﻪ وَأ َ ْﺧﺒ َِﺎرهِ‪َ .‬ود ََﻓﻌَ ﻨ َِﻲ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ُ‬ ‫ﺻ َﻐﺎءَ ُه إ ِ َﱃ د ََﻗﺎﺋ ِِﻖ َ ْ‬‫ﻃﺎ َل إ ِ ْ‬ ‫َوﺑَﺪَا ِﺋ َﻊ ﺗُﺤَ ﻔِ ِﻪ وَآﺛ َ ِﺎرهِ‪ ،‬وَأ َ َ‬
‫ﺎن‬‫ﻮل‪َ .‬ﻓﺄذِ ﻧَﺎ ِﱄ و َُﻫﻤَ ﺎ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﻐ ِﺮ َﻗ ِ‬ ‫ﱡﺧ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ َﺮ ْﻗ ُﺖ ﺑَﺎبَ ا ْﻟﺤُ ﺠْ َﺮ ِة ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﺄْذِ ﻧ َ ًﺔ ِﰲ اﻟﺪ ُ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ؛ َﻓ َ‬ ‫ُر ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠﺰاﺋ ِِﺮ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻠ ِ‬
‫ﻈ َﻔ ُﺮ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﺑﻨ ْ ُﺖ‬ ‫ﻇ َﻔ َﺮ ِﻣ ِﻦ اﻧ ْ ِﺘﺒَﺎ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ ِﺑﺄ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺗَ ْ‬ ‫ِﰲ ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜ ِِﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪ ،‬وَأَﻧَﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺛ َِﻘ ٍﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻟ ْﻦ أ َ ْ‬
‫ﻈ ُﺮ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ‬‫ﻇﻨﱢﻲ؛ َﻓﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﺎ َد ﻳَﻨ ْ ُ‬ ‫ﺎس(‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﺷ ﱠﺪ ﻣَ ﺎ َﺧﺪَﻋَ ﻨِﻲ َ‬ ‫ﻮﻗ ِﺔ )ﻋَ ﺎﻣﱠ ِﺔ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َ‬
‫ري ِﻣ َﻦ ﱡ‬ ‫ُﺼﻮ ٍﱢر َﻓﻘِ ٍ‬ ‫ﻣ َ‬
‫ﺎﻫﺎ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ُﺧ ْﻠ َﺴ ًﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ٌة ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺑ َﺮ ٌة أ َ ْﻟ َﻘ َ‬
‫ﺎف ﻣَ ﺎ َﻗ ﱠﺪ ْر ُت؛ ﺣَ ﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ﻧ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺿﻌَ ِ‬ ‫ﻇﻔِ ْﺮ ُت ِﻣ ِﻦ اﻧ ْ ِﺘﺒَﺎﻫِ ِﻪ ِﺑﺄ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َ‬
‫ﺼ ًﺔ ﻧ َ ﱠﻔﺎذَ ًة َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُﺜَﻨﱢﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻏﺎ َد ْر ُت ا ْﻟﺤُ ﺠْ َﺮ َة ﻋَ َﲆ أَﺛ َ ِﺮ َﻫﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ًة َﻓﺎﺣِ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬَ ﺎ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻧ َ ْ‬

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‫ﺼ ُﻞ اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻟ ُ‬
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‫ﻄ ْﻦ ﻟِﻤَ ْﻘﺪ َِﻣﻲ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺸﻌُ ْﺮ ِﺑﺎﻧ ْ ِﴫ َِاﰲ؛ َﻓﻮ َ‬

‫َاﺻ َﻞ ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜ َ ُﻪ ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ َرآ ُه‬ ‫ﺎﻫ َﺮ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ ِﺑﺄَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﻔ ُ‬
‫ﻈ َ‬‫َوﺗَ َ‬
‫ُﺨﻔِ ﻴًﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ َﺮ ْﻛﺘُ ُﻪ ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ِﻤﻴ ِﺪ ْاﻷَﺛ َ ِﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻮ َِر‪ ،‬ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ِﻳﻊ ﱡ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَﺪ ِ‬
‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻋَ ﺎ َد إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻨَﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ‪َ .‬وﺗَﻮَا َﻟ ْﺖ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ِزﻳَﺎ َراﺗُﻪُ‪.‬‬

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‫ﻄﺎ ٍم«‬

‫ُﻮﻓﺎ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪهُ(‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻓ َﺮ َد‬‫ﺿﻴ ً‬ ‫ﻄﺎمٌ« )أَﻧ ْ َﺰ َﻟﻨَﺎ ُ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َﻀ َﺎﻓﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ » ِﺑ ْﺴ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻨ ْ َﻘ ِﺾ ِﺑ ْﻀﻌَ ُﺔ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم؛ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ْ‬
‫ﻴﻔ ًﺔ‬‫َاﻫﻤَ ﺎ ِﻟ ُﻤﺘْﺤَ ﻔِ ﻨَﺎ‪ ،‬و َْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ﻟِﻤَ ْﺴ َﻜ ِﻨﻨَﺎ‪ .‬وَأَﺟْ َﺮى ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ و َِﻇ َ‬ ‫ﴫهِ‪ :‬إِﺣْ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ني ِﰲ َﻗ ْ ِ‬ ‫ني َﻛ ِﺒريَﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻟﻨَﺎ ِﺷ ﱠﻘﺘَ ْ ِ‬
‫ﻴﻊ »ﻋَ ِﲇﱟ«‪،‬‬ ‫ﻈﺎﻫِ ًﺮا ِﺑ َﺮ ْﻏﺒَﺘ ِِﻪ ِﰲ ﺗَ ْﺸ ِﺠ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ َﺷﻬْ ٍﺮ )ﻣَ ﻨَﺤَ ﻨَﺎ ُﻣ َﺮﺗﱠﺒًﺎ َﺷﻬْ ِﺮﻳٍّﺎ َﻛ ِﺒريًا(؛ ُﻣﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺿ َ‬ ‫َﻛ ِﺒريَ ًة ﻧَﺘَ َﻘ َ‬
‫ﺗَ ْﻘﺪِﻳ ًﺮا ﻟ َِﻔﻨ ﱢ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺒ َْﻘ ِﺮيﱢ ‪.‬‬
‫وﱃ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ‬ ‫ﳾءٌ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻳ ُْﻀ ِﻤ ُﺮ ُه ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ‪ُ ،‬ﻣﻨْﺬُ أ َ ْﺳﻌَ َﺪﻧَﺎ ِﺑ ِﺰﻳَﺎ َرﺗ ِِﻪ ْاﻷ ُ َ‬ ‫ﻳﺮ »ﻋَ ِﲇﱟ« َ ْ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﻐِ ﺐْ ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻮ َِز ِ‬
‫ﺎﺷ َﻔﻨِﻲ ِﺑ َﺮأ ْ ِﻳ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َل‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ — ﻳَﺎ ﻣَ ﻠِﻴ َﻜﺘ َِﻲ‬ ‫ﻇﻨُﻮﻧُﻪُ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺄ َ ﱠﻛ َﺪ َﻟ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﺪ ُْﺳ ُﻪ َوﺗَ ْﺨ ِﻤﻴﻨُﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺤﱠ ْﺖ ُ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ْﻒ ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻠ َﻜ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻄﺎمٌ« ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَ ِﺠ ﱠﻠ ٍﺔ وَاﺣْ ِﱰَا ٍم‪َ .‬وﺗَﺠَ ﱠﲆ َﻟﻚِ َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰ َة — ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ ُْﻀ ِﻤ ُﺮ ُه َﻟﻚِ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ » ِﺑ ْﺴ َ‬
‫ﻮر َﻓ ْﻀ ٍﻞ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﻴﱠ َﺰكِ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َرﺟَ ﺎﺣَ ِﺔ ﻋَ ْﻘ ٍﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ْﻓ َﺮ َد َﻟﻨَﺎ ِﰲ‬ ‫اﻹﻋْ ﺠَ ﺎبُ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺒَﺎكِ ﷲ ُ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﻮ ُْﻓ ِ‬ ‫ِْ‬
‫َاج(‪ .‬و ََﻻ‬ ‫ان )اﻟ ﱠﺰو ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺷ َﻔﻚِ ِﺑ َﺮ ْﻏﺒَﺘ ِِﻪ ِﰲ ﻋَ ْﻘ ِﺪ ا ْﻟﻘِ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَ ْﻠﺒ ََﺚ أ َ ْن ﻳُ َﻜ ِ‬ ‫ِﻲ أ ْرﺣَ ﺐَ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬
‫ﴫ ِه ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻠُﻮﻛ ﱢ َ‬ ‫َﻗ ْ ِ‬
‫ﺻ َﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓﻬُ َﻮ ﻣَ ِﻠ ٌﻚ ﻋَ ِﻈﻴ ُﻢ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﺰ ِم أ َ ْن ﻧ ُ َﻀﻴﱢ َﻊ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫َﺎل اﻟ ﱠﺰﻣَ ِ‬‫َرﻳْﺐَ أ َ ﱠن ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ إِﻳﺬَا ٌن ِﺑ ِﺈ ْﻗﺒ ِ‬
‫ﴎ ٍة َو َﻛ َﺮ َم ﻣَ ْﻮﻟِﺪٍ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺻ ِﻞ(‪َ ،‬ﻻ ﻳَ ِﻘ ﱡﻞ ﻋَ ﻨْﻚِ ﺟَ َﻼ َل أ ُ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻳﻒ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺤْ ِﺘ ِﺪ ) َﻛ ِﺮﻳ ُﻢ ْاﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫ﴍ ُ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻘﺪ ِْر‪ِ َ ،‬‬
‫ﻴﻖ َر ْﻏﺒَﺘ ِِﻪ‪.‬‬
‫ْت ا ْﻟﻮ َِزﻳ َﺮ ِﺑﺘَ ْﻠ ِﺒﻴَ ِﺔ ِﻃ ْﻠﺒَﺘ ِِﻪ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺤْ ﻘِ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﻮَﻋَ ﺪ ُ‬

‫)‪َ (5‬زوَاجُ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻜ ْ ِ‬

‫ني‬

‫اﺧ ِﺘﻴ َِﺎري‬ ‫ﴎ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ ﻋَ ْﺰﻣَ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ْ‬‫ﺎﺷ َﻔﻨِﻲ ِﺑ َﺮ ْﻏﺒَﺘ ِِﻪ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم‪ ،‬وَأ َ َ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻄﺎمٌ«‪ ،‬أ َ ْن َﻛ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻠﺒ َِﺚ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ » ِﺑ ْﺴ َ‬
‫ﺎن وَﺟَ ﺎهٍ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ٍ‬ ‫ﴍﻳ َﻜ ًﺔ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎةِ‪َ ،‬وﻓِﻴﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَﻤْ ِﻠ ُﻚ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﺳ ْﻠ َ‬ ‫َ ِ‬
‫َﻓ َﺸ َﻜ ْﺮ ُت َﻟ ُﻪ ﻣَ ﺎ أَو َْﻻﻧِﻴ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْﻏﺪ ََﻗ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺳﺎ ِﺑ ِﻎ ﻧِﻌَ ِﻤ ِﻪ وَأَﻳَﺎدِ ﻳ ِﻪ‪ .‬و ََﺳﻨَﺤَ ْﺖ ِﱄ َ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﺮ َ‬
‫ﺻ ُﺔ‬
‫ﺎت؛ َﻓﻌَ ُ‬
‫ﻈ َﻢ ِﻟﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻫﻤﱡ ﻪُ‪،‬‬ ‫ث َﻓﺎدِ ﺣَ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎت‪َ ،‬و َﻛﻮ َِار َ‬ ‫َاﺟ َﻊ َو ُﻣﻠِﻤﱠ ٍ‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ ْﻓ َﻀﻴ ُْﺖ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ و ََﻗ َﻊ ِﱄ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓﻮ ِ‬
‫ُﴪي ﻋَ ﻨﱢﻲ َوﻳُﻌَ ﱢﺰﻳﻨِﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﺼ ﱢﱪُﻧِﻲ َوﻳ َُﺴ ﱢﻠﻴﻨِﻲ(‪َ ،‬وﻳ َ ﱢ‬ ‫َاﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ أ َ َﻟ ُﻤ ُﻪ و ََﻏﻤﱡ ﻪُ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ﻳُ َﺆ ﱢﺳﻴﻨِﻲ )ﻳ َ‬
‫و ْ‬

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 ‫ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ وَﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ‬

‫»ﻻ َرﻳْﺐَ أ َ ﱠن ﷲ َ — ُﺳﺒْﺤَ ﺎﻧ َ ُﻪ — َﻛﺘَﺐَ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ أ َ ْن أَﻧْﺘَﻘِ َﻢ َﻟﻚِ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺧﺘَ َﻢ ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜ َ ُﻪ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪َ :‬‬
‫ﺎص ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﺻ ًﺔ ِﻟ ْﻠﻘِ َ‬ ‫ﻮركِ َﻗ ْﺪ َﻫﻴﱠﺄ َ ْت َﻟﻚِ ُﻓ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻀ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ ِﺐ ُﻣ ْﻠﻜِﻚِ ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ﱠن ْاﻷ َ ْﻗﺪَا َر ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أ َ ْﺳﻌَ َﺪﺗْﻨَﺎ ِﺑﺤُ ُ‬ ‫َﻏ ِ‬
‫ﺎﺻﺐَ ِﺑ َﺮ ﱢد‬ ‫ﺎﺟ َﻠ ًﺔ‪ ،‬وَأَﺗَﺎﺣَ ْﺖ َﻟﻚِ َﻫﻨَﺎءَ ًة َﺷ ِﺎﻣ َﻠ ًﺔ‪ ،‬و ََﺳﻌَ ﺎ َد ًة َﻛ ِﺎﻣ َﻠ ًﺔ‪ .‬و ََﺳﺄُو ِﻓ ُﺪ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳَﺄ ْ ُﻣ ُﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ ُﺪوﱢكِ ﻋَ ِ‬
‫َاﺳﺘَ ْﻜ َﱪَ‪ ،‬أَﺛ َ ْﺮﺗُﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﺣَ ْﺮﺑًﺎ َﻻ ﺗُﺒْﻘِﻲ و ََﻻ ﺗَﺬَ ُر‪ ،‬وَأَﺗَﻴ ُْﺖ ِﺑ ِﻪ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻚِ‬ ‫ﺼﺒَ ُﻪ ِﻣﻨْﻚِ ؛ َﻓ ِﺈذَا أَﺑَﻰ و ْ‬ ‫اﻏﺘَ َ‬‫ﻣَ ﺎ ْ‬
‫َاﻟﺸ َﻔﺎﻋَ َﺔ‪َ «.‬ﻓ َﻀﺎﻋَ ْﻔ ُﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ اﻟﺜﱠﻨَﺎءَ‪،‬‬ ‫َاﻟﴬاﻋَ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ﻳَ ْﻠﺘَ ِﻤ ُﺲ ِﻣﻨْﻚِ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻔ َﻮ و ﱠ‬ ‫ﻧَﺎدِ ﻣً ﺎ َﺳﺎدِ ﻣً ﺎ‪ ،‬ﺑَﺎدِيَ اﻟﺬﱡ ﱢل و ﱠ َ‬
‫َاﺟﻨَﺎ أَﻳﱠﻤَ ﺎ اﺣْ ﺘ َِﻔ ٍ‬
‫ﺎل‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎﻟﺸ ْﻜ ِﺮ َﻟ ُﻪ وَاﻟﺪﱡﻋَ ﺎءِ‪ .‬وَاﺣْ ﺘَ َﻔ َﻠ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ُﺔ ِﺑ َﺰو ِ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ َﻖ ﻟ َِﺴﺎﻧِﻲ ِﺑ ﱡ‬ ‫وَاﻧ ْ َ‬
‫َاﺳﺘَ ْﻮ َﻟ ِﺖ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫ﺎس أَﺟْ ﻤَ ﻌِ َ‬ ‫َﺎل‪ ،‬و ََﻏﻤَ َﺮﻧ َِﻲ ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺮحُ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻏﻤَ َﺮ اﻟﻨ ﱠ َ‬‫ﻄﻤَ ﺄْﻧِﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ و َُﻫﺪُوءُ ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬‫وَﻋَ ﺎ َو َدﺗْﻨِﻲ اﻟ ﱡ‬
‫اﻟﺸﻌْ ِﺐ ا ْﻟﻮ َِﰲ ﱢ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣ ِ‬
‫ني‪.‬‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﻮ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬‫ا ْﻟﺒَﻬْ ﺠَ ُﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ ْ‬

‫ﺳﻔِ ريُ » ِﺑ ْﺴ َ‬
‫ﻄﺎ ٍم«‬ ‫)‪َ (6‬‬

‫َﺎس‬‫ﻴﻔﺎ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻘِ ﻴ ِ‬‫ﺿﻌِ ً‬ ‫ﺎن » ُﻣﻮ ﱠَﻓ ٌﻖ« َ‬

‫ﻴﻞ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺟَ ﺎءَ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺪُ‪ ،‬أَو َْﻓ َﺪ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ أَﺣَ َﺪ ُﺳ َﻔ َﺮاﺋ ِِﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬
‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮ ﻓِ ٍ‬
‫ري ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺒَﺄ ْ ِس وَا ْﻟ ُﻘ ﱠﻮةِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎﻫ َﺮ أَﻣَ ﺎ َم ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ٍم« َو َﻟﻴ َْﺲ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﺑﻤ َُﻘﺎوَﻣَ ﺘ ِِﻪ ُﻗ ْﺪ َر ٌة‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ﺗَ َ‬
‫ﻈ َ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ » ِﺑ ْﺴ َ‬

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 ‫ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْ‬
‫ﺼ ُﻞ اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻟ ُ‬
‫ِﺚ‬

‫َاﺳﺘِﻬَ ﺎﻧَﺘَ ُﻪ ِﺑﻤَ ْﻦ أَو َْﻓ َﺪ ُه وَاﺣْ ﺘ َِﻘﺎ َرهُ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻬَ ﱡﻜﻤَ ُﻪ ِﺑ َﻮﻋِﻴ ِﺪهِ‪ ،‬وَا ْز ِد َراءَ ُه ِ ِﻹﻧْﺬَ ِار ِه‬ ‫وَأَﻋْ َﻠ َﻦ َﻟ ُﻪ ْ‬
‫اﺳ ِﺘﻨ ْ َﻜﺎ َرهُ‪ ،‬و ْ‬
‫َوﺗَﻬْ ﺪِﻳ ِﺪهِ‪.‬‬

‫ْت ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِ‬
‫ﺎﺻ ِﺐ‬ ‫)‪ (7‬ﻣَ ﻮ ُ‬

‫َﱰدﱠدِ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ ِﰲ ﺣَ ْﺸ ِﺪ ﺟَ ﻴ ٍْﺶ َﻟ ِﺠ ٍﺐ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ريُ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ﻠِﻴﻜ ِِﻪ ﻳُﺒْﻠ ُِﻐ ُﻪ َر ْﻓ َﺾ ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﻐﺘَ ِﺼ ِﺐ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َ َ‬ ‫وَﻋَ ﺎ َد ﱠ‬
‫ﺻﺎﻏِ ًﺮا إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪ ،‬وَأَو َْﴅ َﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﺪ ﺟَ ﻴ ِْﺸ ِﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺄْﺗ َِﻲ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ؛ َﻓﺄَﻣَ َﺮ ِﺑ ِﺈﺣْ َﻀ ِﺎر ِه َ‬ ‫)ﻋَ ِﻈﻴ ٍﻢ(‪ .‬و ْ‬
‫َاﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ ُﺳ ْﺨ ُ‬
‫ِﺑ ِﻪ ﻣ َُﻘﻴﱠﺪًا‪ُ ،‬ﻣ َﻜﺒ ًﱠﻼ ِﺑ ْﺎﻷ َ ْﻏ َﻼ ِل ﻣ َ‬
‫ُﺼ ﱠﻔﺪًا‪.‬‬
‫ﻮن إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻨَﺎ ﻧَﺒَﺄ َ و ََﻓﺎ ِة‬
‫ﻴﻞ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ ْﻗﺒَﻞ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ُﺳ ُﻞ ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤﻠُ َ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ َﻛﺎ َد ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻴ ُْﺶ ﻳَﺘَﺄ َ ﱠﻫﺐُ ﻟِﻠ ﱠﺮﺣِ ِ‬
‫ﻃﺎﻋَ ﺘ ِِﻬ ْﻢ‬‫ﻮن إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻨَﺎ ِﺻﺪ َْق َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤ ُْﻐﺘَ ِﺼ ِﺐ‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﲆ أَﺛ َ ِﺮ ﻣَ َﺮ ٍض َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻬ ْﻠ ُﻪ إ ِ ﱠﻻ أَﻳﱠﺎﻣً ﺎ َﻗ َﻼ ِﺋ َﻞ‪َ ،‬وﻳُﻌْ ِﻠﻨ ُ َ‬
‫ﻳﺮي‬ ‫ﻳﺢ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻴ ِْﺶ‪َ ،‬و َرأَى أ َ ْن ﻳُﻨِﻴﺐَ و َِز ِ‬ ‫ﴪ ِ‬ ‫ﻀﻮﻋ ِِﻬﻢْ‪َ .‬ﻓﺄَﻣَ َﺮ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ ِﺑﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫و َُﺧﻨُﻮﻋ ِِﻬﻢْ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﻔﺎ ِﻧﻴَﻬُ ْﻢ ِﰲ ُﺧ ُ‬
‫ﺎﺳ ِﻤﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻋَ ﻨﱢﻲ‪ِ ،‬ﰲ إِدَا َر ِة ُﺷ ُﺆ ِ‬
‫ون ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻤْ َﻠ َﻜ ِﺔ ِﺑ ْ‬

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 ‫ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﺼ ُﻞ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺮاﺑ ُِﻊ‬

‫)‪ (1‬ﻣ َُﻔﺎﺟَ ﺄ َ ٌة ُﻣﺬْﻫِ َﻠ ٌﺔ‬

‫َﺎح ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﻣ َُﻔﺎﺟَ ﺄ َ ًة ُﻣﺬْﻫِ َﻠ ًﺔ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ‬
‫ﺻﺒ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ ﻟ َِريْﺣَ َﻞ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫وَأَﻋَ ﱠﺪ ا ْﻟﻮ َِزﻳ ُﺮ »ﻋَ ِﲇﱞ« ﻋُ ﱠﺪ َة ﱠ‬
‫ِﻴﻒ ﻣَ ﺎ أَﺣْ َﺴﺒُﻨِﻲ أ َ َﻓ ْﻘ ُﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺧِ ٍﺐ ﻋَ ﻨ ٍ‬ ‫ُون َﺳ َﻔ ِﺮهِ‪ :‬ﻣ َُﻔﺎﺟَ ﺄ َ ًة أ َ ْﺷﺒَ َﻪ ِﺑﺤُ ﻠُ ٍﻢ َ‬
‫أَﺣَ ٌﺪ ﻳَﺘَﻮ ﱠَﻗﻌُ ﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ د َ‬
‫َﻫ ْﻮﻟِ ِﻪ‪.‬‬
‫ﻮف ﻋَ ﺎ َدﺗِﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ﺟَ ﺎﻟ َِﺴ ًﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ إِﺣْ ﺪَى ْاﻷ َ َراﺋِﻚِ ِﰲ ﺣُ ﺠْ َﺮﺗِﻲ‪ ،‬ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﻐ ِﺮ َﻗ ًﺔ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻘِ َﺮاءَ ِة ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺄْﻟُ ِ‬
‫ﻃﺎ َر‬‫ﻄﻬَ ﺎ(‪ ،‬ذَ َﻫﺒ ُْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣَ ْﺨﺪ َِع ﻧ َ ْﻮﻣِﻲ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﺮأَﻳ ُْﺖ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ َﺧ َﺎﻓﻨِﻲ‪ ،‬وَأ َ َ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِذَا َرﻧ ﱠ َﻖ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﻮ ُم ِﰲ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨِﻲ َ‬
‫)ﺧﺎ َﻟ َ‬
‫ا ْﻟﻮ ََﺳ َﻦ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨِﻲ َو َرﻋَ ﺒَﻨِﻲ‪َ .‬رأَﻳ ُْﺖ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﺎ َﻟﻬَ ﻮ ِْل ﻣَ ﺎ َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ‪َ ،‬ﺷﺒَﺤً ﺎ ﻳَﻤْ ﺜ ُ ُﻞ أَﻣَ ِﺎﻣﻲ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ْﺨﻔِ ﻲ‬
‫و َْﺷ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻤْ ِﺢ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﺒ َ ِ‬
‫َﴫ‪.‬‬

‫ري ُة ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ‬

‫)‪ (2‬ﺣَ ْ َ‬

‫ﻄﻤَ ﺄْﻧِﻴﻨ َ ُﺔ‬ ‫ﴎ ِت اﻟ ﱡ‬ ‫ﴏاﺧِ ﻲ‪َ َ ،‬‬ ‫ْﺧ ٌﺔ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﻟﻴ ٌَﺔ َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َﺳﺄ َ َﻟﻨِﻲ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﺳﺒ َِﺐ ُ َ‬ ‫ﱠت ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ َﴏ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻨَﺪ ْ‬
‫ﺎن و َْﻫﻤً ﺎ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺒَﺢَ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗَﻪُ‪ ،‬وَأَﻧ ِْﺴ ُﺖ ِﺑ ُﻘ ْﺮ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪ .‬و َُﺧﻴﱢ َﻞ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ أ َ ﱠن ﱠ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒﻲ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن َﺳ ِﻤﻌْ ُﺖ َ‬
‫اﻟﺸﺒَﺢَ ‪َ .‬ﻓﺄ َ ْﻓ َﻀﻴ ُْﺖ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ َﺔ َﻟﻪُ‪ .‬وَأ َ ﱠن ذِ ْﻫﻨ َِﻲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻜﺪُو َد ا ﱠﻟﺬِي أَﺗْﻌَ ﺒَﺘْ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻘِ َﺮاءَ ُة َﻗ ْﺪ ﻣَ ﺜ ﱠ َﻞ ِﱄ َﻫﺬَا ﱠ‬ ‫َﻻ ﺣَ ﻘِ َ‬
‫ريةٍ‪َ .‬و ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أَﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗ ُﻊ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ أ َ ْن‬
‫اﻫﺘِﻤَ ﺎ ٍم و ََﻗ َﻠ ٍﻖ وَﺣَ ْ َ‬ ‫ُﺼﻐِ ﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜِﻲ ِﰲ ْ‬ ‫ِﺑﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ ‪َ ،‬و َرأْﻳُﺘُﻪ ﻳ ْ‬
‫ني َرأَﻳْﺘُ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻳ ُِﺰﻳ َﻞ َﻓ َﺰﻋِﻲ‪َ ،‬وﻳُﻬَ ﱢﺪئ َ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺛَﺎ ِﺋ َﺮﺗِﻲ و ََﻫ َﻠﻌِ ﻲ؛ َو َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ َﺷ ﱠﺪ ﻣَ ﺎ َﺷ َﻐ َﻞ ﺑ َِﺎﱄ‪ ،‬و ََﺧﻴﱠﺐَ آﻣَ ِﺎﱄ؛ ﺣِ َ‬
‫ِﻳﻦ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﺴ ُﺖ أَد ِْري‬ ‫ﺎف ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗُ َﻜﺎ ِﺑﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺿﻌَ ُ‬ ‫ﺎج َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪» :‬إ ِ ﱠن ﻣَ ﺎ أ ُ َﻛﺎ ِﺑ ُﺪ ُه ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْ َ‬
‫ري ِة أ َ ْ‬ ‫ﻳَﺒْﺘَ ِﺪ ُرﻧِﻲ ِﰲ اﻧ ْ ِﺰﻋَ ٍ‬
 ‫ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ وَﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ‬

‫ﻟِﻬَ ﺬَا اﻟ ﱡﻠ ْﻐ ِﺰ ﺗَ ْﻔ ِﺴريًا‪َ .‬ﺧ ﱢ ِﱪﻳﻨِﻲ — َﻗﺒْ َﻞ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َﳾءٍ — ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﻳ َْﻦ أَﺗَﻴ ِْﺖ؟ َو َﻛﻴ َ‬
‫ْﻒ َﻗﺪِﻣْ ِﺖ ِﰲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه‬
‫ﻈ ِﺔ إ ِ َﱃ ﺣُ ﺠْ َﺮﺗِﻲ؟«‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤْ َ‬

‫)‪» (3‬ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ« ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺪِﻳ َﺪ ُة‬

‫ﻒ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓ َﺰﻋِﻲ َود َْﻫ َﺸﺘِﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ُﻘ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ ﻣَ ﺬْﻋُ ﻮ َر ًة‪،‬‬ ‫َﺿﺎﻋَ َ‬‫ريﺗِﻲ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ِﻳﺚ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ ِﰲ ا ْرﺗِﺒَﺎﻛِﻲ وَﺣَ ْ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺰا َد ﺣَ ﺪ ُ‬
‫ﺎس ﻣَ ﺒْﻬُ ﻮ َر ًة‪» :‬أَو ِْﺿﺢْ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَﻌْ ﻨِﻴ ِﻪ ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي؛ َﻓﻤَ ﺎ أ َ َراﻧِﻲ أ َ ْﻓﻬَ ُﻢ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُل َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫ُﺨﺘَﻨ َِﻘ َﺔ ْاﻷَﻧ ْ َﻔ ِ‬
‫ﻣ ْ‬
‫ﻈ ِﺮي‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎﱄ ْ َﻓﺎﻧ ْ ُ‬
‫اح‪ .‬ﺗَﻌَ َ‬ ‫ﺎح؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺟَ ﱠﻞ ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺒ َِﺚ وَا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺰ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﻀ ٍ‬ ‫»ﻻ ﺣَ ﺎﺟَ َﺔ إ ِ َﱃ إ ِ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ‪َ :‬‬
‫ﴪي‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻄﻌْ ِﺖ أ َ ْن ﺗُ َﻔ ﱢ ِ‬
‫اﺳﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﴪي إ ِ ِن ْ‬ ‫و ََﻓ ﱢ ِ‬
‫ﻳﺮي؛ َﻓ َﺮأَﻳ ُْﺖ — َوﻳَﺎ َﻟﻬَ ﻮ ِْل ﻣَ ﺎ َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ — َﻓﺘَﺎ ًة َﻏ ِﺮﻳﺒ ًَﺔ َﻻ‬ ‫ﴎ ِ‬ ‫وَﺣَ ﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﻣﻨ ﱢ َﻲ ا ْﻟﺘ َِﻔﺎﺗَ ٌﺔ إ ِ َﱃ َ ِ‬
‫ﻮﻻ‬‫ﻃ ً‬ ‫ﳾءٍ‪ُ :‬‬ ‫ﻳﺮي؛ و ََﻗ ْﺪ أ َ ْﺷﺒَﻬَ ﺘْﻨِﻲ أَﺗَ ﱠﻢ َﺷﺒَ ٍﻪ‪ ،‬أ َ ْﺷﺒَﻬَ ﺘْﻨِﻲ ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫ﴎ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﻬْ َﺪ ِﱄ ِﺑ ُﺮ ْؤﻳَﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬ﺗَﻨَﺎ ُم ِﰲ َ ِ‬
‫ري‪،‬‬‫ِﻴﻞ و ََﻻ َﻛ ِﺜ ٍ‬ ‫َني إِﺣْ ﺪَاﻧَﺎ و َْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ِﰲ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬ ‫ﺿﺎ و ََﻫﻴْﺌَ ًﺔ َو َﻟ ْﻮﻧًﺎ‪ ،‬و َِﺟﻴﺪًا ) َر َﻗﺒ ًَﺔ( وَﻋَ ﻴْﻨًﺎ‪َ .‬ﻻ َﻓ ْﺮ َق ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫وَﻋَ ْﺮ ً‬
‫ﻴﻞ‪.‬‬‫ﺎل و ََﻻ ﺗَ ْﻔ ِﺼ ٍ‬ ‫و ََﻻ إِﺟْ ﻤَ ٍ‬

‫)‪ (4‬ﺣِ ﻮَا ُر »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ ََﺔ« وَ»ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ ََﺔ«‬

‫ﺻﻴْﺤَ ُﺔ َﺧﻮ ٍ‬
‫ْف‬ ‫ﱠت ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ َ‬ ‫َﻓ ُﺨﻴﱢ َﻞ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ أ َ َرى َﺧﻴ َِﺎﱄ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺮآةِ؛ َﻟ ْﻮ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗُﺒَﺎدِ ْرﻧِﻲ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻜ َﻼ ِم‪َ .‬وﻧَﺪ ْ‬
‫و ََﻫ َﻠ ٍﻊ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺎ َد ﻳ َْﺨﻨ ُ ُﻘﻬَ ﺎ اﻟ ﱡﺮﻋْ ﺐُ وَا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺰ ُع‪ ،‬و ََﻏﻤْ َﻐﻤْ ُﺖ ﻣ َُﺴﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‪ُ » :‬رﺣْ ﻤَ ﺎ َك ﻳَﺎ َرﺑﱠﺎهُ! أَيﱡ ﺣُ ْﻠ ٍﻢ َﻫﺎﺋ ٍِﻞ‬
‫أ َ َراهُ؟«‬

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 ‫ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْ‬
‫ﺼ ُﻞ اﻟ ﱠﺮا ِﺑ ُﻊ‬

‫َﺻ َﺨ ِﺒ ِﻪ َوﻟِﻴﻨ ِِﻪ‪ .‬و ََﺳ ِﻤﻌْ ﺘُﻬَ ﺎ‬

‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗِﻲ ِﰲ ﺟَ ْﺮ ِﺳ ِﻪ َو َرﻧِﻴﻨ ِِﻪ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﺼﻮ ٍْت ﻳُﺤَ ﺎﻛِﻲ َ‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ ﺘْﻨ َِﻲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮأ َ ُة ِﺑ َ‬
‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َ‬
‫اﻟﺼ َﻔ َﻘﺎءِ‪» :‬ﻳَﺎ َﻟﻚِ ِﻣ ْﻦ دَﻋِ ﻴﱠ ٍﺔ َﺧ ْﺮ َﻗﺎءَ‪ .‬ﺗُ َﺮى أَيﱡ دَاﻫِ ﻴَ ٍﺔ َﻗﺬَ َﻓ ْﺖ ِﺑﻚِ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻨَﺎ‪ ،‬وَأَيﱡ‬ ‫ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُل ِﱄ ِﰲ ﺟُ ْﺮأ َ ِة ﱡ‬
‫ﺻ ْﻔ َﻮ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َرﺗِﻲ؛ ِﻟﺘُﻨ َ ﱢﻐ ِﴢ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ َﺳﻌَ ﺎ َدﺗِﻲ‪َ ،‬وﺗُ َﻜﺪ ِﱢري َ‬ ‫ني ِﰲ ُ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺗَﺘَﻤَ ﺜ ﱠ ِﻠ َ‬
‫ﻄﻚِ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ؟ َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﺳ ﱠﻠ َ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍ‬‫َﺷﻴْ َ‬
‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ َﺮ ُة؟ َﺷ ﱠﺪ ﻣَ ﺎ َﺧﺎبَ َﻓﺄْﻟُﻚِ ‪ ،‬ﻳَﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ ِﻛ َﺮ ُة‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄ ٍﺔ َﻏﺎدِ َرةٍ‪ ،‬ﺗُ ِﺮﻳﺪِﻳﻨَﻨِﻲ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ أَﻳﱠﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻫﻨَﺎءَﺗِﻲ؟ أَيﱡ ُﺧ ﱠ‬
‫ني أ َ ﱠن َزو ِْﺟ َﻲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﻈﻴ َﻢ ﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺠُ ﻮ َز ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﺣِ ﻴ َﻠﺘُﻚِ ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ ُﺮوجَ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ ُه ُﺧﺪْﻋَ ﺘُﻚِ ؟ إ ِ ﱠن‬ ‫أَﺗَﺤْ َﺴ ِﺒ َ‬
‫ريكِ‬
‫ﺿ ِﻤ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﺮكِ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑُﻬْ ﺘَ ٍﺔ ﻣ ُِﺮﻳﺒَ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺘَﻤَ ﺜ ﱠ ُﻞ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَ ِﺴ ُﻢ ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ َﺳ ِﺎر ِ‬‫أ َ ْﻟﻤَ ﻌِ ﻴ َﱠﺔ َزو ِْﺟﻲ َﻟﺘَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﺸ ﱡ‬
‫َاع و َِرﻳﺒَ ٍﺔ‪«.‬‬‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺧِ ﺪ ٍ‬
‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ َﺮةِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ا ْﻟﺘَ َﻔﺘَ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُل‪ُ » :‬رﺣْ ﻤَ ﺎ َك‪ ،‬ﻳَﺎ َزو ِْﺟ َﻲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰ‪ .‬ﻋَ ﺠﱢ ْﻞ ِﺑ َ‬
‫ﻄ ْﺮ ِد َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴﺠْ ِﻦ‬‫اﺳﺘَﺒْﻘِﻬَ ﺎ‪ِ ،‬ﻟﺘُﻌَ ﺬﱢﺑَﻬَ ﺎ َوﺗُﻨ ْ ﱢﻜ َﻞ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬أ َ ْﻟﻘِ ﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ َﻏﻴَﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ﱢ‬
‫ﻄ ْﺮ ِد َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎ ِﻛ َﺮةِ‪َ .‬ﻛ ﱠﻼ‪ ،‬ﺑ َِﻞ ْ‬
‫ﻋَ ﺠﱢ ْﻞ ِﺑ َ‬
‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ َﺮ ُة ﺟَ ِﺮﻳﺌَ ًﺔ ِﰲ ﺑُﻬْ ﺘَﺎﻧِﻬَ ﺎ و ْ‬
‫َاﻓ ِﱰَاﺋِﻬَ ﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫َﺎح ا ْﻟ َﻐﺪِ!« و ََﻫ َﻜﺬَا اﻧْﺪ ََﻓﻌَ ِﺖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﺒ ِ‬‫ْاﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻮدِ؛ ِﻟﻨُﺤَ ﱢﺮ َﻗﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ َ‬
‫ْﺻﺎﻓِ ﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ ْﺮﻣِﻴﻨِﻲ ِﺑﺪَاﺋِﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬‫ﺗَ ِﺼ ُﻔﻨِﻲ ِﺑﺄَو َ‬

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 ‫ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ وَﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ‬

‫)‪ (5‬ﺟُ ْﺮأ َ ُة ا ْﻟ َﻜﺎذِ ﺑ َِﺔ‬

‫ﺎع أ َ َﻛﺎذِ ﻳ ِﺒﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ أ َ ْﺷﻜ َﻞ‬ ‫ﻄﺎمٌ« ﻳُﻨ ْ ِﺼ ُﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﻳُ ْﺮﻫِ ُ ُ‬
‫ﻒ أذُﻧَﻴْ ِﻪ ﻟ َِﺴﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ » ِﺑ ْﺴ َ‬ ‫َو َﻛ َ‬
‫ْﴪ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ريﺗِﻲ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ و ََﺳ ِﻤﻌْ ُﺖ‪ِ ،‬ﺑﺄَﻳ َ َ‬ ‫ﺼﻤَ َﺖ َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَ َﻜ ﱠﻠﻢْ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﺣَ ْ َ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَﺒْﻬَ ﻢَ؛ َﻓ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ و ْ‬
‫ﻃ ُﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ َﺮ ِة و ََﺳ َﻼ َ‬ ‫ري ِة ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َرأَى و ََﺳ ِﻤﻊَ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺪ ُل ا ْرﺗِﺒَﺎ َﻛﻨَﺎ ِﰲ أَﻣْ ِﺮﻧَﺎ‪ ،‬إ ِ ﱠﻻ ﺟُ ْﺮأ َ ُة ﱠ‬ ‫ﺣَ ْ َ‬
‫ﴪ ًة‪َ » :‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ ﺗُﺤَ ﱢﺪﺛُﻨِﻲ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﻟ َِﺴﺎﻧِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻤَ ﺎدِ ﻳﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ ﺑُﻬْ ﺘَﺎﻧِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ أﺗَﻤَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻚ أ ْن أ ُﻗﻮ َل ِﻟ َﺰو ِْﺟﻲ ُﻣﺘَﺤَ ﱢ َ‬
‫ري‬‫ﻄ ٍﻒ وَﻣَ َﻮ ﱠد ٍة — أ َ ﱠن اﻟﻨﱠﺤْ َﺲ َﻗ ْﺪ َﻓﺎ َر َﻗﻨِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ َﻏ ْ ِ‬ ‫— ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻏﻤَ ْﺮﺗَﻨِﻲ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ْ‬
‫ِني أ َ ﱠن ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ َة‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻤﺌْﻨَﺎﻧًﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﻘﺒ َِﲇ‪ُ .‬ﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻳَﻘ ٍ‬ ‫ﺎﴐي‪ ،‬وَا ْ‬ ‫ِﻴﺾ ﺛ َِﻘ ًﺔ ِﺑﺤَ ِ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒﻲ ﻳَﻔ ُ‬ ‫ﻋَ ْﻮ َدةٍ‪َ .‬ﻛ َ‬
‫اﺧﺘُﺘِﻤَ ْﺖ‪ُ .‬ﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ﻣَ ْﺨﺪُوﻋَ ًﺔ ِﰲ َﺧﻴ َِﺎﱄ وَاﻫِ ﻤَ ًﺔ‪َ .‬ﺳﺎ ِﺑﺤَ ًﺔ‬ ‫اﻟﺸ َﻘﺎءِ َﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌَ ﺎ َد ِة َﻗ ْﺪ ﺑَﺪَأ َ ْت‪ ،‬وَأ َ ﱠن ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ َة ﱠ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
‫َاﻟﺴﺎﺣِ َﺮ ُة‬ ‫َارﻧَﺎ اﻟﺪﱠاﻫِ ﻴ َُﺔ اﻟﺪ ْﱠﻫﻮَاءُ‪ ،‬و ﱠ‬ ‫ﺿ َﻼ ِﱄ َﻫﺎﺋِﻤَ ًﺔ‪ ،‬ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﻐ ِﺮ َﻗ ًﺔ ِﰲ آﻣَ ِﺎﱄ ﺣَ ﺎﻟِﻤَ ًﺔ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺣَ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ ِﺑﺪ ِ‬ ‫ِﰲ َ‬
‫ﺻ ْﻔ َﻮ ﻋَ ﻴ ِْﺸﻨَﺎ‪ُ .‬رﺣْ ﻤَ ﺎ َك‬ ‫ﻄﺎءُ؛ َﻓﺘَﻤَ ﺜ ﱠ َﻠ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫﻴْﺌَﺘِﻲ؛ ِﻟﺘُ َﺨﻴﱢ َﻞ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ َﻚ ِﺑ ِﺴﺤْ ِﺮ َﻫﺎ أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ أَﻧَﺎ؛ َﻓﺘُ َﻜ ﱢﺪ َر َ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻗ َ‬
‫ﺎﺷﺎ َك‪ .‬إ ِ ﱠن ﻣَ ﺎ أَﻋْ ِﺮ ُﻓ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ و ََﻓﺎ ِﺋ َﻚ ِﱄ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎﺷﺎ َك أ َ ْن ﺗُ ْﺨ َﺪ َع ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ َ‬ ‫ﻳَﺎ َزو ِْﺟ َﻲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰ ُرﺣْ ﻤَ ﺎ َك‪ ،‬وَﺣَ َ‬
‫ﻳﻖ‬ ‫ﻃ ِﺮ ِ‬‫ﻮن إ ِ َﱃ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺤِ ﻴﺢَ ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﻬْ ﺪِيَ َﻗ ْﻠﺒَ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻨ ُ َ‬ ‫وَﺣَ َﺪ ِﺑ َﻚ ﻋَ َﲇﱠ‪َ ،‬و ِﺑ ﱢﺮ َك ِﺑﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻔِ ﻴ ٌﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳُ ْﻠ ِﻬﻤَ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠﺮأْيَ ﱠ‬
‫ﻒ ِﻟﺒ َِﺼريَﺗِ َﻚ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ﱠﻔﺎذَ ِة ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَ ِﺴ ُﻢ‬ ‫اﺟ ِﺢ‪َ ،‬وﻳَ ْﻜ ِﺸ َ‬ ‫َاﺿ ِﺢ‪َ ،‬وﻳُﻨِريَ َﺳ ِﺒﻴ َﻞ اﻟ ﱡﺮ ْﺷ ِﺪ ﻟِﻌَ ْﻘ ِﻠ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠﺮ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱢﻖ ا ْﻟﻮ ِ‬
‫اﻟﺸ ﱡﻚ ِﰲ أ َ ﱠن‬ ‫ﱪﻧِﻲ ِﺑ َﺮﺑﱢ َﻚ‪ :‬أَﻳ َُﺴ ِﺎو ُر َك ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن و ََﻏﺪ ٍْر‪ ،‬و ََﺧﺪِﻳﻌَ ٍﺔ وَﻣَ ْﻜ ٍﺮ‪َ .‬ﺧ ﱢ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ َﺮ ِة ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑُﻬْ ﺘَ ٍ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ وَﺟْ ِﻪ ﱠ‬
‫َﺻﻔِ ﻴﱠﺘُ َﻚ‪،‬‬ ‫َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮأ َ َة دَﻋِ ﻴ ٌﱠﺔ َﻏ ِﺮﻳﺒ ٌَﺔ‪ ،‬وَأَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ أَﻧَﺎ َزوْﺟَ ﺘُ َﻚ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِﺒﻴﺒ َُﺔ؟ أ ُ ْﻗ ِﺴ ُﻢ َﻟ َﻚ إِﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َزوْﺟَ ﺘُ َﻚ و َ‬
‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ َﺮ َة ﻋَ ُﺪ ﱠوﺗِﻲ وَﻋَ ُﺪ ﱠوﺗُ َﻚ!«‬ ‫َوإ ِ ﱠن َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﱠ‬
‫ﻄ ًﺔ ُﻣﺘَ َﱪﱢﻣَ ًﺔ‪ ،‬و ََﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ِﱄ وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَﺤْ ُﺮ ُق ْاﻷ ُ ﱠر َم‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ْت إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮأ َ ُة ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺑ َﺴ ًﺔ ُﻣﺘَﺠَ ﻬﱢ ﻤَ ًﺔ‪َ ،‬ﺳﺎﺧِ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻨ َ َ‬
‫)ﺗَﺤُ ﱡﻚ أَﻧْﻴَﺎﺑَﻬَ ﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﻀﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺑَﻌْ ٍﺾ(‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺘَ َﻠﻮﱠى ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻐﻴ ِْﻆ َوﺗَﺘَﺄ َ ﱠﻟﻢُ‪» :‬أَيﱡ ُﺳ ْﺨ ٍﻒ وَﺣَ ﻤَ َﺎﻗ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻤَ ﺎدٍ‬
‫ني‬ ‫ﺻ َﻮﺗِﻲ و ََﻫﻴْﺌَﺘِﻲ؟ َوﺗَﻨْﺘَﺤِ ِﻠ َ‬ ‫ﴩﻛِﻴﻨَﻨِﻲ ِﰲ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ َﻔ َﺎﻗ ِﺔ؟ ﺣَ ْﺴﺒُﻚِ ﺑُﻬْ ﺘَﺎﻧًﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َﻔﺎكِ َﻫﺬَﻳَﺎﻧًﺎ‪ .‬أَﺗَ ْ َ‬ ‫ِﰲ ﱠ‬
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‫ني َزو ِْﺟﻲ ِﰲ أﻣْ ِﺮي‪ ،‬ﻋَ ِﺎﻣ َﺪ ًة‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺻﻮ َرﺗِﻲ؟ َوﺗَﺒْﻬَ ﺘِﻴﻨَﻨِﻲ ِﰲ وَﺟْ ِﻬﻲ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗُﺸ ﱢﻜ ِﻜ َ‬ ‫ني ُ‬ ‫اﺳ ِﻤﻲ َوﺗُﺤَ ﺎ ِﻛ َ‬ ‫ْ‬
‫ﺻﺢﱠ‬ ‫ني أَﻧﱠﻚِ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ« ِﺑﻨ ْ ُﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ »ﻧَﺎدِ ٍر«؟ َﻓﻤَ ْﻦ أ َ ُﻛﻮ ُن أَﻧَﺎ إِذَا َ‬ ‫َﴐي؟ أَﺗَ ْﺰﻋُ ِﻤ َ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ أَذِ ﻳﱠﺘِﻲ و ُ ﱢ‬
‫ني )ا ْﻟ َﻜﺬِبَ (‬ ‫ني ﻧ َ ْﻔ َﺴﻚِ ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻚِ ؛ إِذْ ﺗُﺘْ ِﺒﻌِ َ‬
‫ني ا ْﻟﻤَ ْ َ‬ ‫َﺻﺪ ََق َزﻋْ ﻤُﻚِ ؟ َﻫﺎ أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ ذِي ﺗَ ْﻔ َﻀﺤِ َ‬ ‫و َْﻫﻤُﻚِ ‪ ،‬و َ‬
‫ﺎت‪ ،‬ﻳُﻌَ ﱢﺰ ْز َن‬ ‫ﺎت ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﺮﻳﺌَ ِ‬ ‫َﺎت‪ ،‬ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺎ ِﻧﺜ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ ،‬ﺷﺄ ْ َن ا ْﻟ َﻜﺎذِ ﺑ ِ‬ ‫ﺎت ْاﻷَﻳْﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ِﻒ َوﻣُﺤْ ِﺮﺟَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن‪ِ ،‬ﺑﺎ ْﻟﺤَ ﻠ ِ‬ ‫وَا ْﻟﺒُﻬْ ﺘَ َ‬
‫ِﻳﻦ اﻟ ﱡﺪﻣُﻮ َع ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﺂﻗِ ِﻴﻬ ﱠﻦ )أَﻋْ ﻴُﻨ ِِﻬ ﱠﻦ(‪ .‬وَاﻟﺪﱠﻣْ ُﻊ ِﺳ َﻼحٌ َﻓﺎ ِﺗ ٌﻚ َﻗﻬﱠ ﺎ ٌر‪،‬‬ ‫ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻘ َﺴ ِﻢ أ َ َﻛﺎذِ ﻳﺒَﻬُ ﱠﻦ‪َ ،‬وﻳ َْﺴﺘَﺠْ ﺪ َ‬
‫ﻈ ْﺮ ِت ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺮآةِ‪َ ،‬و َرأَﻳ ِْﺖ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ َراهُ؛ َﻟﺘَ َﻔ ﱠﺰﻋْ ِﺖ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻃﻬَ ِﺎر! َﻟ ْﻮ ﻧ َ َ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َﻟﻤَ ﺎ َﺧ َﺪ َع ْاﻷَﺑْ َﺮا َر‪ ،‬و ََﻏ ﱠﺮ َر ِﺑ ْﺎﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫َ‬

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‫ﺼ ُﻞ اﻟ ﱠﺮا ِﺑ ُﻊ‬

‫ﱪةٍ‪ ،‬ﺗَ ْﺮ َﻫ ُﻘﻬَ ﺎ َﻗ َﱰَ ٌة‬ ‫ﻮن ﱡ‬ ‫َ‬

‫ﻮﻫﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻏ َ َ‬
‫ُور‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﻌْ ﻠُ َ‬
‫اﻟﴩ ِ‬ ‫ور‪ ،‬و َُﻓﻨ ُ ِ‬
‫َان اﻟ ﱡﺰ ِ‬‫ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَ ِﺴ ُﻢ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳﺤْ ﻨَﺘِﻚِ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ ْﻟﻮ ِ‬
‫ني؟«‬‫ﻈ ِﺮي‪ ،‬إ ِ ْن ُﻛﻨ ْ ِﺖ ﺗَﺠْ ُﺮﺋِ َ‬ ‫ُ‬
‫)ﻏﺒَﺎ ٌر(! َﻫﻠُﻤﱢ ﻲ َﻓﺎﻧ ْ ُ‬

‫ري ٌة وَا ْر ِﺗﺒَﺎ ٌك‬

‫)‪ (6‬ﺣَ ْ َ‬
‫ﺼﺎحَ ِﺑﻨَﺎ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪ُ » :‬ﻛ ﱠﻔﺎ ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻼﺣَ ﺎ ِة وَا ْﻟﻤُﻬَ ﺎﺗَ َﺮةِ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻗﻠِﻌَ ﺎ ﻋَ ِﻦ‬ ‫ري ُة ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ ؛ َﻓ َ‬‫ﱠت ﺣَ ْ َ‬ ‫و َُﻫﻨَﺎ ْ‬
‫اﺷﺘَﺪ ْ‬
‫ﺻ ِﺪ ُر‬ ‫ْﻒ أ ُ ْ‬‫ريﺗُﻤَ ﺎﻧِﻲ ِﰲ أَﻣْ ِﺮي‪َ .‬ﻓﻤَ ﺎ أَد ِْري‪َ :‬ﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﺎج( وَا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﻜﺎﺑَ َﺮةِ‪َ .‬ﺷ ﱠﺪ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﱠ ْ‬ ‫اع وَاﻟ ﱠﻠﺠَ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤُﻤَ ﺎ َرا ِة )اﻟﻨ ﱢ َﺰ ِ‬
‫اﻟﺼﺎدِ َﻗ ُﺔ‪ ،‬وَأَﻳﱠﺘُ ُﻜﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫ِﺼ ُﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ُﻜﻤَ ﺎ ﺣُ ْﻜ ِﻤﻲ‪ .‬أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ«‪ ،‬و ََﻫ ِﺬ ِه »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ«‪َ .‬ﻓﺄَﻳﱠﺘُ ُﻜﻤَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻤ ْ‬
‫ُﺨﻠ َ‬
‫ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎدِ ﻋَ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﻤُﻤَ ﺎذِ َﻗ ُﺔ؟ أَﻳﱠﺘُ ُﻜﻤَ ﺎ ْاﻷ َ ِﺻﻴ َﻠ ُﺔ وَأَﻳﱠﺘُ ُﻜﻤَ ﺎ اﻟﺪﱠﺧِ ﻴ َﻠ ُﺔ؟ أَﻳﱠﺘُ ُﻜﻤَ ﺎ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ« وَأَﻳﱠﺘُ ُﻜﻤَ ﺎ ْاﻷَﺟْ ﻨ َ ِﺒﻴ ُﱠﺔ‬
‫ﻴﻞ و ََﻻ‬ ‫ﺎل‪ِ ،‬ﰲ ﺗَ ْﻔ ِﺼ ٍ‬ ‫ِﺼﺎﺣِ ﺒَﺘِﻬَ ﺎ َو ِﻣﺜَﺎ ٌل‪َ .‬ﻻ َﻓ ْﺮ َق ﺑَﻴْﻨ َ ُﻜﻤَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ أَيﱢ ﺣَ ٍ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َر ٌة ﻟ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِﺮﻳﺒ َُﺔ؟ ِﻛ ْﻠﺘَﺎ ُﻛﻤَ ﺎ ُ‬
‫ﺻ ِﻞ و ََﺧﻴَﺎﻟ ِِﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺮآةِ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺻﻮ َرﺗَﺎ ُﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻛ ْﺎﻷ َ ْ‬ ‫َﺻﺪَاهُ‪ ،‬و ُ‬ ‫ﺻ ْﻮﺗَﺎ ُﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻛﺎ ْﻟﺠَ ْﺮ ِس و َ‬ ‫ﺎل‪َ :‬‬ ‫إِﺟْ ﻤَ ٍ‬
‫)ﻻ َﺷ ﱠﻚ( أ ﱠن إِﺣْ ﺪَا ُﻛﻤَ ﺎ َزوْﺟَ ﺘِﻲ‪ ،‬و َْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى ﻋَ ُﺪ ﱠوﺗِﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َﻻ ﺟَ َﺮ َم َ‬
‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫إِﺣْ ﺪَا ُﻛﻤَ ﺎ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ«‪ ،‬و َْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى َﻏ ِﺮﻳﺒ ٌَﺔ‪ ،‬ﻣ َ‬
‫َان‪.‬‬‫ﺎن‪ .‬أﻧْﺘُﻤَ ﺎ ِﺻﻨْﻮ ِ‬ ‫ُﻀ ﱢﻠ َﻠ ٌﺔ ﻣ ُِﺮﻳﺒ ٌَﺔ! أﻧْﺘُﻤَ ﺎ ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒَﺘَ ِ‬
‫َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺻﻮ َرﺗَﺎ ُﻛﻤَ ﺎ و ََﻻ ﺗَ ْﻔ َ ِﱰ َﻗ ِ‬
‫ﺎن‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻒ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ ،‬ﻻ ﺗَ ْﺨﺘَﻠ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن‪ .‬أﻧْﺘُﻤَ ﺎ ﻟِﻴﻤَ ِ‬ ‫أﻧْﺘُﻤَ ﺎ َﺷ ِﺒﻴﻬَ ِ‬
‫ْﻒ‬ ‫)ﺷ ِﺒﻴﻬَ ﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ َﻗﺪ َﱢﻫﺎ و ََﺷ ْﻜﻠِﻬَ ﺎ و ََﺧ ْﻠﻘِ ﻬَ ﺎ(؛ َﻓ َﻜﻴ َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ا ْﻟﺘَ َﻔ َﺖ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ ُﻣﺘَﺤَ ﱢريًا و ََﻗﺎ َل‪» :‬أَﻧ ْ ِﺖ ﻟِﻴﻤُﻬَ ﺎ َ‬
‫ِﻲ‬‫ﺄﺳﺘَﺒْﻘ َ‬ ‫أ ُ َﻓ ﱢﺮ ُق ﺑَﻴْﻨَﻚِ َوﺑَﻴْﻨَﻬَ ﺎ؟ إ ِ ﱠن أ َ ْﺧ َﴙ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْﺧ َﺸﺎهُ‪ ،‬وَأُﺣَ ﺎذِ ُر ُه وَأَﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗﺎهُ‪ ،‬أ َ ْن أ ُ ْﺧ ِﻄﺊَ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤُ ْﻜ ِﻢ؛ َﻓ ْ‬
‫ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎدِ ﻋَ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻤ ُِﺴﻴﺌَ َﺔ‪ ،‬وَأُﻋَ ﺎﻗِ ﺐَ ا ْﻟﻤُﺤْ ِﺴﻨ َ َﺔ ا ْﻟ َ ِﱪﻳﺌَ َﺔ‪«.‬‬
‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ َﺮةِ‪َ .‬ﻓﻨَﺎدَى َﻛ ِﺒريَ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺪ ِم‪ ،‬وَأَﻣَ َﺮ ُه أ َ ْن‬ ‫َني ﱠ‬ ‫ﻳﻖ ﺑَﻴْﻨِﻲ َوﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫و ََﻫ َﻜﺬَا ﻋَ ﺠَ َﺰ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻔ ِﺮ ِ‬
‫ﻈ َﺮ ِﰲ ﺣَ ﺎﻟِﻬَ ﺎ وَﺣَ ِﺎﱄ‪.‬‬ ‫ني إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠ ِﺎﱄ؛ ِﻟﻴَﻨ ْ ُ‬ ‫ني ُﻣﻨ ْ َﻔ ِﺼ َﻠﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﱠﺎﻫﺎ ِﰲ ﺣُ ﺠْ َﺮﺗَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﺒْ ِﻘﻴَﻨِﻲ َوإِﻳ َ‬

‫)‪ (7‬ﺣُ ْﻜ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﺪ ِ‬

‫ُول‬

‫ﻳﺮ »ﻋَ ِﲇﱟ« َو َزوْﺟَ ﺘ ِِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َروَى َﻟﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَ ْﻔ ِﺼﻴ َﻞ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫اﻟﺼﺒْﺢُ ‪ ،‬أَﻣَ َﺮ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ ِﺑ ْ‬
‫ﺎﺳ ِﺘﺪْﻋَ ﺎءِ ا ْﻟﻮ َِز ِ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻊ ﱡ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َ‬
‫ريةِ؛ َﻓﺎ ْﻟﺘَﻤَ َﺴﺎ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺄْذَ َن َﻟﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ِﺑ ُﺮ ْؤﻳَﺘِﻨَﺎ‪.‬‬
‫ﺼ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤُﺤَ ﱢ َ‬
‫ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬
‫ﻴﺰ ﺑَﻴﻨِﻲ َوﺑ ْ َ‬
‫َني‬ ‫ﻴﻘﺘِﻲ‪ ،‬وَاﻟﺘﱠﻤْ ِﻴ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳ َُﺨ ِﺎﻣ ُﺮﻧِﻲ َﺷ ﱞﻚ ِﰲ ُﻗ ْﺪ َرﺗ ِِﻬﻤَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ِاﻻ ْﻫ ِﺘﺪَاءِ إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ﻘِ َ‬
‫ني‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن أَﻋْ ﺠَ َﺰ ُﻫﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫ني َرأَﻳْﺘُﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺎ ِﺋ َﺮﻳ ِْﻦ ﻣَ ْﺸﺪ َ‬
‫ُوﻫ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻇﻨﱢﻲ ﺣِ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ َﺧﺎبَ َ‬ ‫ﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ ُﺪ ﱠوﺗِﻲ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ِْﻦ ُ ْ‬
‫اﻟﺸﺒَ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ أَﻋْ ﺠَ َﺰ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻚ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْﻠ ِِﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪.‬‬
‫ﻄﺎﺑ ُُﻖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺗَ َ‬

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 ‫ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ وَﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ‬

‫ني‬‫َت — ﻋَ َﻼﻣَ ﺘَ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﺮ ِﺿﻌَ ُﺔ ﺗَ ْﻔ ِﻜري ََﻫﺎ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪» :‬إ ِ ﱠن ﻟِـ»ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ ََﺔ« — ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ُوﻟِﺪ ْ‬ ‫وَأ َ َ‬
‫ﺗُ ْﻔ ِﺮدَاﻧِﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ أَﺗْ َﺮا ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ َوﺗُﻤَ ﻴﱢ َﺰاﻧِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓﻌَ َﲆ َﺧﺪ َﱢﻫﺎ َﺧﺎ ٌل )ﻋَ َﻼﻣَ ٌﺔ َﺳ ْﻮدَاءُ ﺑ َِﺎر َز ٌة(‪ ،‬وَﻋَ َﲆ ُر ْﻛﺒَﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‬
‫ﻄ ِﺢ ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ْﻠﺪِ(‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺻﻐِ ريَ ٌة ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳ ْ‬ ‫ﻄ ٌﺔ َﺳ ْﻮدَاءُ َ‬ ‫َﺷﺎﻣَ ٌﺔ )وَﻫِ َﻲ ﻧ ُ ْﻘ َ‬
‫ني َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﻋَ ِﻬ َﺪﺗْﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ِﰲ ِﺟ ْﺴ ِﻢ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ وَاﺣِ َﺪ ٍة‬ ‫ني َرأ َ ِت ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻼﻣَ ﺘَ ْ ِ‬
‫و ََﻻ ﺗَ َﺴ ْﻞ ﻋَ ْﻦ د َْﻫ َﺸ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﺮ ِﺿﻌَ ِﺔ ﺣِ َ‬
‫ِﻣﻨﱠﺎ‪ِ :‬ﻣ ْﻦ َﺧ ﱠﺪﻳْﻨَﺎ َو ُر ْﻛﺒَﺘَﻴْﻨَﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَﺪِبﱠ ا ْﻟﻴَﺄ ْ ُس إ ِ َﱃ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒﻬَ ﺎ و ََﻗ ْﻠ ِﺐ َزو ِْﺟﻬَ ﺎ؛ َﻓﺎﻧ ْ َﻔ َﺮدَا ِﺑ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ وَاﺣِ َﺪ ٍة ِﻣﻨﱠﺎ‬
‫اﻹﺟَ ﺎﺑَ ِﺔ ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻳ َْﺴﺄ َ َﻻ ِن‬ ‫ﻳ َْﺴﺄ َ َﻻﻧِﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ د ََﻗﺎﺋ َِﻖ َﻻ ﻳَﻌْ ِﺮ ُﻓﻬَ ﺎ أَﺣَ ٌﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻐ َﺮﺑَﺎءِ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗَﻌْ ِﺠ ْﺰ إِﺣْ ﺪَاﻧَﺎ ﻋَ ِﻦ ْ ِ‬
‫ري ُة ِﰲ أَﻣْ ِﺮي‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺒَ ِﻪ ﺑَﻴْﻨِﻲ َوﺑَﻴْﻨَﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻠ َﻜﺘْﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْ َ‬ ‫َﺎن‪َ .‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ َرأَﻳَﺎ إِﺣْ َﻜﺎ َم ﱠ‬ ‫ري ﺗَ َﺮدﱡدٍ و ََﻻ ﻧ ِْﺴﻴ ٍ‬ ‫ِﰲ َﻏ ْ ِ‬
‫ﺼ ْﻠﺘُ ُﻪ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ —‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻋَ ْﺖ وَﺣْ ﺪَﻫﺎ أ َ ْن ﺗُ َﺮﺟﱢ ﺢَ — ِﻣ ْﻦ دِ ﱠﻗ ِﺔ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻓ ﱠ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َ‬ ‫وَأَﻣْ ِﺮ َﻫﺎ‪ .‬ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ﱠن ُﻣ َﺮﺑﱢﻴَﺘِﻲ َﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬
‫ﺎﺳﺘَﺪْﻋَ ﻰ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴ َﻊ‬ ‫أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ«‪ ،‬وَأ َ ﱠن ْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى دَﻋِ ﻴ ٌﱠﺔ َﻏ ِﺮﻳﺒ ٌَﺔ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻚ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻜﺘَ ِﻒ ِﺑ َﺮأ ْ ِﻳﻬَ ﺎ؛ َﻓ ْ‬
‫ﺿ ِﻤريَهُ‪َ .‬ﻓﺎﺟْ ﺘَﻤَ َﻊ َرأْﻳُﻬُ ْﻢ ﻟ ُِﺴﻮءِ ﺑ َْﺨﺘِﻲ‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻜ ِﺲ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻗ ﱠﺮ َرﺗْ ُﻪ‬ ‫ُﱪئ َ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺷﻴَﺘ ِِﻪ ِﻟﻴ َ ﱢ‬
‫ﺎﺻﺘ ِِﻪ وَﺣَ ِ‬ ‫َﺧ ﱠ‬
‫ﻳﺮ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﻠﻚِ ﻫِ َﻲ وَﺣْ ﺪ ََﻫﺎ‬ ‫ﴎ ِ‬‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ َﺪ َة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َراﻗِ َﺪ ًة ِﰲ َ ِ‬ ‫ُﻣ ْﺮ ِﺿﻌَ ﺘِﻲ‪ .‬وَاﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ ﺣُ ْﻜﻤُﻬُ ْﻢ إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ﱠن ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺼﺎدِ َﻗ ُﺔ‪ ،‬و َْاﻷ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى َﺧﺎدِ ﻋَ ٌﺔ ﻣُﻤَ ﺎذِ َﻗ ٌﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﱠ‬
‫ﱪ ًة ِﻟ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻋِ ْ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗ ﱠﺮ َﻗ َﺮا ُر ُﻫ ْﻢ ﻋَ َﲆ أ ْن ﻳَ ْﻠﺘَ ِﻤ ُﺴﻮا ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ أ ْن ﻳَﺄ ُﻣ َﺮ ِﺑ ِﺈﺣْ َﺮاﻗِ ﻲ؛ ِﻷ ُﻛ َ‬
‫َاع ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪.‬‬ ‫ﺗُ َﺴ ﱢﻮ ُل َﻟ ُﻪ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ُﺴ ُﻪ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﺨِ ﺪ ِ‬

‫ﻃ ْﺮ ُد »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ ََﺔ«‬

‫)‪َ (8‬‬

‫ﴚ أ َ ْن ﻳ ُْﺨ ِﻄﺊَ ِﰲ ﺣُ ْﻜ ِﻤ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَ ُﺴﻮءَ ا ْﻟﻌُ ْﻘﺒَﻰ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺎوﻋْ ﻪُ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﺧ ِ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ َﻗ ْﻠﺐَ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ اﻟ ﱠﺮﺣِ ﻴ ِﻢ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُ َ‬
‫ﴫ ا ْﻟﻌِ َﻘﺎبَ ﻋَ َﲆ إِﺑْﻌَ ﺎدِي ﻋَ ْﻦ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ َﺮ ِة ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪهُ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ َ َ‬‫َاﺳ ِﺘﺒ َْﻘﺎءِ ﱠ‬ ‫اق َزوْﺟَ ﺘ ِِﻪ و ْ‬ ‫َوﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﻬ َﻲ َﻗ َﻀﺎ ُؤ ُه ِﺑ ِﺈﺣْ َﺮ ِ‬
‫ﴫهِ‪.‬‬‫َﻗ ْ ِ‬
‫ف ِﺑﻲ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫َﻓﺎﻧْﺘَ َﺰ َع َﻛ ِﺒريُ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺪ ِم ِﺛﻴَﺎ ِﺑﻲ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎ ِﻟﻴ ََﺔ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻟﺒ ََﺴﻨِﻲ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷ َ ْﺳﻤَ ﺎ َل ا ْﻟﺒَﺎ ِﻟﻴ ََﺔ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺬَ َ‬
‫ﺎن‪َ .‬و َﻟﻮ َْﻻ َك — ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي — َﻟ َﻔﺘَ َﻚ ِﺑ َﻲ‬ ‫ري ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَ َﻠ ْﻐ ُﺖ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻜ َ‬ ‫َاﺻ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴ ْ َ‬ ‫ان‪َ ،‬ﻓﻮ َ‬ ‫َﺧ ِﺎر ِج ا ْﻟﻌُ ﻤْ َﺮ ِ‬
‫ْاﻷ َ َﺳﺪُ‪ ،‬و ََﺧﺘَ َﻢ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷَﺑَﺪِ!«‬
‫ﴐاﻋَ ٍﺔ‬ ‫ﺼﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬ا ْﻟﺘَ َﻔﺘَ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ُﻣﻨْﻘِ ِﺬ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬و ََﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﰲ َ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ْﺖ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ« ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻗِ ﱠ‬
‫ﺼ ُﺔ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ ََﺔ« اﻟﺘﱠﺎﻋِ َﺴ ِﺔ‪ ،‬ا ْﻟﻤَ ْ‬
‫ﻄ ُﺮو َد ِة ا ْﻟﺒَﺎﺋ َِﺴ ِﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ُﻮع‪َ :‬‬
‫»ﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱡﺪﻣ ِ‬ ‫ﺼ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﺎ ﺗَ ُﻐ ﱠ‬‫ﻮع‪ ،‬وَﻋَ ﻴْﻨ َ َ‬ ‫و َُﺧ ُﺸ ٍ‬
‫ﻄﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ أ َ ْﻗﻮَاﻟِﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ْﺬ ُﻫﻮ َﻟ ٌﺔ‪ ،‬أ َ ْو ﻣَ ْﺴﻠُﻮﺑ َُﺔ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻘ ِﻞ‬ ‫اﺿ ِﻄ َﺮاﺑُﻬَ ﺎ ِﰲ َﻛ َﻼ ِﻣﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﺨﺒﱡ ُ‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أَو َْﻫﻤَ َﻚ ْ‬

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‫ﺼ ُﻞ اﻟ ﱠﺮا ِﺑ ُﻊ‬

‫ني ُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟ َﻚ‪ :‬إِﻧﱠﻨِﻲ ﻣَ ِﻠ َﻜ ٌﺔ َو َﻟ ْﺴ ُﺖ ﻣَ ِﻠ َﻜ ًﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻣَ ْﺨﺒُﻮ َﻟ ٌﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓﻬَ ْﻞ ﻋَ ﺬَ ْرﺗَﻨِﻲ ْاﻵ َن‪ ،‬وَﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓ َﺖ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻋَ ﻨَﻴ ُْﺖ‪ ،‬ﺣِ َ‬
‫َوإِﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َزوْﺟَ ُﺔ ﻣَ ﻠِﻚٍ َو َﻟ ْﺴ ُﺖ َزوْﺟَ َﺔ ﻣَ ﻠِﻚٍ ؟«‬
‫»ﻏﺎﻟِﺐٌ « ﻳُﻨ ْ ِﺼ ُﺖ إ ِ َﱃ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ ََﺔ« ِﰲ د َْﻫ َﺸ ٍﺔ ﺑَﺎﻟ َِﻐ ٍﺔ وَﺣُ ْﺰ ٍن َﺷﺪِﻳﺪٍ‪ .‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَﺒ ﱠ َ‬
‫َني‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬
‫ُﺼ ﱢﱪ َُﻫﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻳﺞ ُﻛ ْﺮﺑَﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬وَأ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ﻳ َ‬
‫ﺎﴏﺗِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ ْﻔ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ِﺻﺪ َْﻗﻬَ ﺎ و ََﺳ َﻼﻣَ َﺔ ﻋَ ْﻘﻠِﻬَ ﺎ؛ َﻓﻌَ َﻘ َﺪ ﻋَ ْﺰﻣَ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ُﻣﻨ َ َ َ‬
‫ﺼﺎ ِﺋﺒُﻚِ ‪،‬‬ ‫ﻄﺒَﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺧﺘَ َﻢ ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜ َ ُﻪ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺗَ َﻼﺣَ َﻘ ْﺖ ﻣَ َ‬ ‫َﴬبُ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ْاﻷَﻣْ ﺜَﺎ َل ِﻟﻴُﻬَ ﻮ َﱢن ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ َﺧ ْ‬ ‫َوﻳ ْ ِ‬
‫ﺎﻫﻰ‪َ ،‬وﺑَ َﻠ َﻐ ِﺖ‬ ‫ُﴪا‪ ،‬وَأ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﺒُ ْﺆ َس إِذَا ﺗَﻨ َ َ‬‫ﴪﻳْ ً‬ ‫ﻈﻤَ ْﺖ ﻣَ ﺘَﺎﻋِ ﺒُﻚِ ‪ .‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ أ َ ْﻗﻨَﻌَ ﺘْﻨَﺎ اﻟﺘﱠﺠَ ِﺎربُ أ َ ﱠن ﻣَ َﻊ ا ْﻟﻌُ ْ ِ‬ ‫وَﻋَ ُ‬
‫ﺎل‪َ ،‬و ُﻛ ﱡﻞ أَﻣْ ٍﺮ ﻣَ ﺂﻟُ ُﻪ‬ ‫َﺎت ﻋَ َﲆ ﺣَ ٍ‬ ‫َال ا ْﻟﺤَ َﺮ ِج‪ .‬و ََﻻ ﺛَﺒ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ إِﻳﺬَاﻧًﺎ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻔ َﺮ ِج‪َ ،‬و َزو ِ‬
‫ﺎﻫﺎ؛ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﱢ‬
‫اﻟﺸ ﱠﺪ ُة ُﻣﻨْﺘَﻬَ َ‬
‫َال ِﺳﻴﱠﺎن ِﰲ ذَﻟِﻚِ ﺑُ ْﺆ ٌس َوﻧَﻌِ ﻴﻢٌ‪َ ،‬و َراﺣَ ٌﺔ وَﻋَ ﺬَابٌ أَﻟِﻴﻢٌ‪ .‬و ََﻗﺪِﻳﻤً ﺎ َﻗﺎﻟُﻮا‪ :‬إ ِ ﱠن ا ْﻟﺒَ ْﺪ َر إِذَا ﺗَ ﱠﻢ ﺑَﺪَأ َ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ َزو ٍ‬
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‫اﻟﻀﻴَﺎءُ‪ ،‬وَا ْﻟﻴَﺄ ْ ُس ﻳَﺘْﺒَﻌُ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻮﻫﺎ ﱢ‬ ‫ﺼ ُﻪ ﺑَﺪَأ َ ُرﺟْ ﺤَ ﺎﻧُﻪُ؛ وَاﻟ ﱡ‬
‫ﻈ ْﻠﻤَ ُﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎﺗِﻤَ ُﺔ ﻳَﻤْ ﺤُ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﻧُﻪُ‪َ ،‬وإ ِ َذا ﺗَ ﱠﻢ ﻧ َ ْﻘ ُ‬ ‫ﻧ ُ ْﻘ َ‬
‫ﺎس‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﷲ ِﰲ َﺧ ْﻠﻘِ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻫ َﻜﺬَا َرﺗﱠﺒ َِﺖ ْاﻷ َ ْﻗﺪَا ُر ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ َة اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬ ‫َاﻟﺸ ﱠﺪ ُة ﻳَﻌْ ُﻘﺒُﻬَ ﺎ اﻟ ﱠﺮ َﺧﺎءُ‪ُ :‬ﺳﻨ ﱠ ُﺔ ِ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﺮﺟَ ﺎءُ‪ ،‬و ﱢ‬
‫َاﻫﺎ َﻗ ْﺪ آذَﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﻔ َﺮ ِج …«‬ ‫ﺎس‪ .‬و ََﻻ َرﻳْﺐَ ِﰲ أ َ ﱠن ِﺷ ْﻘ َﻮﺗَﻚِ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻐ ْﺖ ﻣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺎن و َْاﻷَﺟْ ﻨ َ ِ‬ ‫ف ْاﻷ َ ْزﻣَ ِ‬ ‫اﺧﺘ َِﻼ ِ‬‫ْ‬

‫ﺎربُ وَاﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﻄﺎﻟِﺐُ‬ ‫)‪ (9‬ا ْﻟﻬَ ِ‬
‫ﻒ ﻣَ ْﻜ ُﺴﻮﱟ‪ ،‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ‬ ‫ِﺼ ُ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻋَ ٍﺎر‪ ،‬أ َ ْو ﻧ ْ‬ ‫ِﺼ ُ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ْن أَﺗَ ﱠﻢ َﻗ ْﻮ َﻟﺘَ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َرأَى َﻓ ِﺎر ًﺳﺎ ﻣ ُْﻘ ِﺒ ًﻼ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬﻤَ ﺎ و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻧ ْ‬
‫ﺻﺎﺣَ ْﺖ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ« ﻟ َِﻔ ْﺮ ِط د َْﻫ َﺸﺘِﻬَ ﺎ َﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‪َ » :‬رﺑﱠﺎهُ! إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﺎﻫﻤَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ دَاﻧ َ ُ‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ َﻖ ﻟِﺠَ ﻮَادِ ِه ا ْﻟﻌِ ﻨ َ َ‬ ‫أَ ْ‬
‫)ﻻ‬ ‫ف َ‬ ‫ف‪ ،‬و ََﻻ ﻳُﻮ ِﻣﺊ ُ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑ َ‬
‫ﻄ ْﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻠ ْﺖ ﺗُﻨَﺎدِ ﻳ ِﻪ َﻓ َﻼ ﻳ ُِﺠﻴﺒُﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺤَ ْﺮ ٍ‬ ‫ﻄﺎمٌ!« َو َ‬ ‫َزو ِْﺟﻲ‪ .‬إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ ِﺑ ْﺴ َ‬
‫ﻄ ِﺎر ُد ُه‬‫ْف‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮاحَ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﺤِ ﱡﺚ ﺟَ ﻮَا َد ُه ُﻣ ْﻠﺘَﻔِ ﺘًﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻮ َراءِ‪َ ،‬ﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﻳُ َ‬ ‫ني(‪ .‬و ََﺷ َﻐ َﻠ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ َﺨﻮ ُ‬ ‫ﻳ ُِﺸريُ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﻌَ ْ ٍ‬
‫آﺧ َﺮ‬ ‫َ»ﻏﺎﻟِﺐٌ « ِﺑ ُﺮ ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ َﻓ ِﺎر ٍس َ‬ ‫ﻮﺟﺌَ ْﺖ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ« و َ‬ ‫ْﺼ ِﺎر‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ُﻓ ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ ُﺪوﱞ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ َﻛﺎ َد ﻳَﺒْﻠُ ُﻎ ﻣَ ْﺮﻣَ ﻰ ْاﻷَﺑ َ‬
‫ﺎﺳ ِﺔ َﺷﺪِﻳ ِﺪ ا ْﻟ ُﻘ ﱠﻮةِ‪ ،‬ﻳَﺤْ ﺘَ ﱡﺚ ﺟَ ﻮَا َد ُه — ِﰲ ﻋُ ﻨ ْ ٍﻒ و ََﻗ ْﺴ َﻮ ٍة — ِﻟﻴُﺪ ِْر َك‬ ‫ﺑَﺎدِيَ ا ْﻟ ُﻔﺘُ ﱠﻮةِ‪ُ ،‬ﻣ ْﻠﺘَ ِﻬ ِﺐ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻤَ َ‬
‫ُﺼ َﻠ ٌﺖ )ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﺮ ٌد ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻏِ ﻤْ ِﺪهِ(‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟ َﻔ ِﺎر ُس اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻧِﻲ ِﰲ ﺣُ ﱠﻠ ٍﺔ َﻓ ْﺨﻤَ ٍﺔ‪ ،‬و َِﰲ ﻳَ ِﺪ ِه َﺳﻴ ٌ‬ ‫ﻋَ ُﺪ ﱠوهُ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬
‫ﻄﺎﻟ ِِﺐ‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﲆ َﺷﺒَ ٍﻪ ﺗَﺎ ﱟم‬ ‫ني‪ :‬ا ْﻟﻬَ ِﺎر ِب وَاﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺎن ِﻣ ْﻦ أﻋْ ﺠَ ِﺐ ﻣَ ﺎ َرأﻳَﺎهُ‪ ،‬أ ﱠن ﻛ َِﻼ ا ْﻟ َﻔ ِﺎر َﺳ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ ُﺮ دَﻣً ﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻳ َْﻘ ُ‬
‫ﻮﺷ ًﺔ‪:‬‬ ‫َﺧ ْﺖ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ« ﻣَ ﺪ ُْﻫ َ‬ ‫َﺎب‪َ .‬ﻓ َﴫ َ‬ ‫ري اﻟﺜﱢﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﳾءٍ َﻏ ْ ِ‬‫ﺼﺎﺣِ ِﺒ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻻ ﻳ َْﻔ َ ِﱰ ُق أَﺣَ ﺪ ُُﻫﻤَ ﺎ ﻋَ ِﻦ ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ ِﰲ َ ْ‬ ‫ِﺑ َ‬
‫» ُرﺣْ ﻤَ ﺎ َك ﻳَﺎ َرﺑﱢﻲ‪ :‬ﻣَ ﺎذَا أ َ َرى؟ َﻻ َرﻳْﺐَ أ َ ﱠن َﻫﺬَا َزو ِْﺟﻲ‪«.‬‬

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‫س اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻟ ُ‬
‫ِﺚ‬ ‫)‪ (10‬ا ْﻟ َﻔ ِ‬
‫ﺎر ُ‬

‫َاﺳﺘَﻮ َْﱃ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻬْ ِﻢ‪ .‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ َﺷ َﻐ َﻠﺘْ ُﻪ ُﻣﺘَﺎﺑَﻌَ ُﺔ َﻏ ِﺮﻳﻤِ ِﻪ ﻋَ ْﻦ ُر ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ أَﺣَ ﺪٍ‪ .‬و ْ‬
‫ﻄﺎمٌ« ِﰲ ِﻣﺜ ْ ِﻞ اﻧ ْ ِﻄ َﻼ ِق ﱠ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﱠﺮ » ِﺑ ْﺴ َ‬
‫»ﻏﺎﻟ ٍِﺐ« ﻟ َِﻐ َﺮاﺑَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻔﺎﺟَ ﺄَةِ؛ َﻓﺎ ْﻟﺘَ َﻔ َﺖ إ ِ َﱃ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ ََﺔ« ﻣ َُﺴﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪» :‬أ َ َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻧ َ َﺮا ُه‬
‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠَ ﺐُ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ َ‬
‫ﺼﺘ ِِﻪ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ وَأ َ ْﻏ َﺮبَ ؟« َﻓﺄَﺟَ ﺎﺑَﺘْ ُﻪ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ«‪» :‬ﻳَﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻟُ ْﻐ ٍﺰ َﻏ ِﺎﻣ ٍﺾ! َﻟﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻚ‬ ‫ﺼ ْ‬‫ْاﻵ َن أَﻋْ ﺠَ ﺐَ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻗ َ‬
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‫ان ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ِﺑ ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﰲ د َْﻫ َﺸﺘ ِِﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪ ،‬ﻣَ ﺄ ُﺧﻮذَ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَﺒَﻴﱠﻨ ْ َﺖ ِﺻﺪ َْق ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﱠﺪﺛْﺘُ َﻚ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪َ «.‬وﺑَﻴْﻨَﺎ ُﻫﻤَ ﺎ َﻏ ِﺎر َﻗ ِ‬
‫ُﴪﻋً ﺎ؛ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِذَا َﻗﺎ َرﺑَﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ‬ ‫ِﺚ ﻳَﺤْ ﺘَ ﱡﺚ ﺟَ ﻮَا َد ُه ﻣ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻳَ ْﻮﻣ ِِﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪ ،‬إِذْ ﺑَﺪَا ِﻷَﻋْ ﻴُﻨ ِِﻬﻤَ ﺎ َﻓ ِﺎر ٌس ﺛَﺎﻟ ٌ‬
‫ُﺼﺎد ََﻓ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ﺟَ ﻤَ ﻌَ ﺘْ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻓ َﺮ ِﺳ ِﻪ إ ِ َﻟﻴ ِْﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﺮﺟﱠ َﻞ َﻓﺤَ ﻴ ُ‬
‫ﱠﺎﻫﻤَ ﺎ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﻌْ ﺠَ ﺐُ ِﻟ ْﻠﻤ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﺘ َِﻔﺎﺗَ ٌﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺜَﻨَﻰ ﻋِ ﻨ َ َ‬
‫ِﺑ ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪.‬‬
‫ﻆ َﻟﻨَﺎ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗَﻚِ اﻟﺜ ﱠ ِﻤﻴﻨ َ َﺔ‪َ ،‬وﻧَﺠﱠ ﺎكِ — ﻳَﺎ‬ ‫ﴎ َع إ ِ َﱃ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ ََﺔ« ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُل‪» :‬ﺣَ ﻤْ ﺪًا ِهلل ِ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺣَ ﻔِ َ‬ ‫وَأ َ ْ َ‬
‫َﺎﻃ ِﻞ َﻓﻴُﺒَ ﱢﺪ َد ُه َﻛﻤَ ﺎ‬
‫ﴫ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱠﻖ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻮ َْﻻﺗِﻲ — ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛﻴْ ِﺪ ا ْﻟ َﻐﺎدِ َر ِة اﻟ ﱠﻠﻌِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﺷﺎءَ ﷲ ُ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻨ ْ ُ َ‬
‫ﻄ ُﺮ ِﺑﺪِﻣَ ﺎﺋِﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻣَ ﻠِﻴ ِﻜﻨَﺎ ﻳ َْﻘ ُ‬ ‫ﺎت‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ َزا َل َﺳﻴ ُ‬ ‫ﻈ ٍ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻼمَ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻫ َﻠ َﻜ ِﺖ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ َﺮ ُة ُﻣﻨْﺬُ َﻟﺤَ َ‬ ‫ﻳُﺒَ ﱢﺪ ُد اﻟﻨﱡﻮ ُر اﻟ ﱠ‬
‫ﺻﺎﺣِ ﺒَﺘُ ُﻪ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َرﺗ ِِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَﻤَ ﺜ ﱠ َﻠ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫ﴍﻳ َﻜﻬَ ﺎ ا ﱠﻟﺬَي ﺗَﻤَ ﺜ ﱠ َﻞ ِﰲ ُ‬ ‫اﻟ ﱠﺪﻧ َِﺴ ِﺔ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳَ ْﻠﺒ ََﺚ أ َ ْن ﻳُ ْﻠﺤِ َﻖ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ َ ِ‬
‫ﴫكِ إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻵ َن‪ .‬أ َ َﻻ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْﺳﻌَ َﺪ‬ ‫َث ُﻣﻨْﺬُ َﻓﺎ َر ْﻗ ِﺖ َﻗ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺼ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟﻚِ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﻴﻖ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ ِﺖ َﻟ َﻔ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َرﺗِﻚِ ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻮ َْﻻ ِﺿ ُ‬ ‫ُ‬
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‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻚ ِﺑﻠُ ْﻘﻴَﺎكِ ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ أ ْﺷﻮ ََﻗ ُﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ُر ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ ﻣُﺤَ ﻴﱠﺎكِ ! َﻫﻠُﻤﱢ ﻲ ﻳَﺎ ﻣَ ﻮ َْﻻﺗِﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺎ ْر َﻛ ِﺒﻲ ﺟَ ﻮَادِي ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻠﺤَ َﻖ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪«.‬‬
‫»ﻏﺎﻟِﺐٌ «‪َ » :‬ﻛ ﱠﻼ ﻳَﺎ َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي‪ .‬ﺑَ ْﻞ ﺗَﺒ َْﻘﻰ أَﻧ ْ َﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ِﺟﻮ َِار ﻣَ ﻠِﻴ َﻜﺘِﻚِ ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻟﺤَ ُﻖ أَﻧَﺎ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ َ‬
‫ﻄﺎ ٍم«‪ ،‬وَأَﻋُ ﻮ ُد ِﺑ ِﻪ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ُﻜﻤَ ﺎ ُﻫﻨَﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ » ِﺑ ْﺴ َ‬
‫ﺎق ِﺑﺄَﺛ َ ِﺮ‬
‫ﻄ َﻠ َﻖ ﻳ َِﺠ ﱡﺪ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱢﻠﺤَ ِ‬ ‫»ﻏﺎﻟِﺐٌ « إ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ﻮَادِ ِه »ا ْﻟ َﱪ ِْق« َﻓﺎﻋْ ﺘَ َﻼهُ‪ ،‬وَاﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ َﻗ َﻔ َﺰ َ‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫وُ ْ‬
‫ُﺼﻐِ َﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ُﺷ ْﻜ ِﺮ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ ََﺔ«‪.‬‬ ‫ُون أ َ ْن ﻳ ْ‬‫ﻄﺎ ٍم«‪ ،‬د َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ » ِﺑ ْﺴ َ‬
‫ْﻒ‬‫ِﺼﺘ ِِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﻴ َ‬ ‫ﱪﺗْ ُﻪ ِﺑﻘ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴫﺗِﻬَ ﺎ؛ َﻓﺄ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬‫و ََﺳﺄ َ َل ا ْﻟﻮ َِزﻳ ُﺮ ﻣَ ﻠِﻴ َﻜﺘَ ُﻪ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﻰ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَﺤَ ﻤﱢ ِﺲ ِﻟﻨ ُ ْ َ‬
‫ﺎﻫﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ َﺳﺪِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻧَﺠﱠ َ‬

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‫ِﻳﺚ ا ْﻟﻮ َِز ِ‬
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‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ َﺮ ِة ﻣَ ﺎ أَﺟْ ﻤَ َﻠﻪُ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َل‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ِﺪ اﺟْ ﺘَﻤَ ﻌَ ِﺖ ْاﻵ َراءُ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ َﻞ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻗِ ﱠ‬‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻮ َِزﻳ َﺮ أ َ ْن ﻳ َُﻔ ﱢ‬
‫ﻃﻤَ ﺄ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ إ ِ َﱃ َﻗ َﺮ ِارﻫِ ﻢْ‪َ .‬و ُﻣﻨْﺬُ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم َﻗ َﻼ ِﺋ َﻞ اﻧْﺘَ َﻘ َﻞ‬
‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ َﺮةِ‪ ،‬وَا ْ‬
‫ِﻳﻖ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼﺪ ِ‬ ‫— َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﻋَ ﻠِﻤْ ِﺖ — ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَ ْ‬
‫ِﻴﻼ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أَﻣَ َﺮﻧِﻲ‬ ‫اﻟﺼﻴْﺪِ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ِﻛ ْﺪﻧَﺎ ﻧَﺒْﺘَﻌِ ُﺪ َﻗﻠ ً‬ ‫ِﻲ‪ .‬و ََﺧ َﺮﺟْ ﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ َم إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬‫ﴫ ِه اﻟ ﱢﺮﻳﻔ ﱢ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ َﻗ ْ ِ‬

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‫ﺼ ُﻞ اﻟ ﱠﺮا ِﺑ ُﻊ‬

‫َﺻﻌِ َﺪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ إ ِ َﱃ ﺣُ ﺠْ َﺮ ِة‬‫ﴘ ِﰲ ﻣَ ْﺨﺪ َِع ﻧ َ ْﻮﻣ ِِﻪ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪ .‬و َ‬ ‫ﺎن َﻗ ْﺪ ﻧ َ ِ َ‬
‫ﴫ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻮع ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱡﺮﺟُ ِ‬
‫ﴫ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺒَ ِﻪ ﻳ َْﺨ ُﺮجُ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻮﺟﺌْ ُﺖ ِﺑ َﺮﺟُ ٍﻞ ﻳ ُْﺸ ِﺒﻬُ ُﻪ أَﺗَ ﱠﻢ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ ُﻓ ِ‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻜ ِﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﺳ ﱠﻠ ٍﻢ َﺧﻔِ ﱟﻲ‪ .‬و ُ ْ‬
‫ﻒ ﻋَ ٍﺎر‪َ ،‬ﻻ ﻳ َْﺴ ُﱰُ ُه إ ِ ﱠﻻ ِﻟﺒ َْﺴ ُﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘَ َﻔ ﱢﻀ ِﻞ )ﺛَﻮْبٌ وَاﺣِ ﺪٌ(‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﺼﺤْ ُﺖ‬ ‫ِﺼ ُ‬
‫ُﴪﻋً ﺎ ِﺑ َﻼ ﻋِ ﻤَ ﺎﻣَ ٍﺔ‪ِ ،‬ﺟ ْﺴ ُﻤ ُﻪ ﻧ ْ‬ ‫ﻣْ ِ‬
‫ﴎ َع إ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ﻮَادِ ِه‬ ‫ِﺑ ِﻪ أُﻧَﺎدِ ﻳ ِﻪ وَأَﻧَﺎ أَﺣْ َﺴﺒُ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻚ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَﺤْ َﻔ ْﻞ ِﺑﻨِﺪَاﺋِﻲ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻠﺘَﻔِ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ؛ ﺑَ ْﻞ أ َ ْ َ‬
‫ﻮن َﻗ ْﺪ‬‫ﻴﺖ أ َ ْن ﻳَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫َﺧﺎﺋ ًِﻔﺎ ُﻣﻨ ْ َﺰﻋِﺠً ﺎ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﺤِ ﺜ ﱡ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻔِ َﺮ ِار‪ .‬و ََﺳﺎ َو َرﻧِﻲ ا ْﻟ َﻘ َﻠ ُﻖ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﻠِﻴﻜِﻲ‪ ،‬و ََﺧ ِﺸ ُ‬
‫ﻇﻬْ ِﺮ ﺟَ ﻮَادِي ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﺳ ِﻤﻌْ ُﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻚ‬ ‫ْت أ َ ْﺳﺘَﻘِ ﱡﺮ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫ﴎﻋْ ُﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ﻧَﺠْ َﺪﺗ ِِﻪ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ِﻛﺪ ُ‬ ‫أ َ َﻟ ﱠﻢ ِﺑ ِﻪ ﻣَ ْﻜ ُﺮوهٌ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ْ َ‬
‫ُﺼ َﻠ ٌﺖ ِﰲ ﻳَ ِﺪهِ‪ ،‬وَﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﺎ ُه‬ ‫ﴫ و ََﺳﻴ ُْﻔ ُﻪ ﻣ ْ‬ ‫ﻒ‪ ،‬ﻳَﺎ ﻋَ ِﲇﱡ!« َوﺗَ َﻠ ﱠﻔ ﱡﺖ َﻓ َﺮأَﻳْﺘُ ُﻪ َﺧ ِﺎرﺟً ﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻳُﻨَﺎدِ ﻳﻨِﻲ‪» :‬ﻗِ ْ‬
‫ﻃ َﺮ ْدﻧَﺎ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻜ َﺔ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ ََﺔ«‪،‬‬ ‫ِﻴﻖ! َ‬ ‫»ﺷ ﱠﺪ ﻣَ ﺎ َﺧﺬَ َﻟﻨَﺎ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻮﻓ ُ‬ ‫ﺎﻟﴩ ِر‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُل‪َ :‬‬ ‫َﺎن ِﺑ ﱠ َ‬ ‫َان ﺗَ ْﺮ ِﻣﻴ ِ‬
‫ﺗَ َﻜﺎد ِ‬
‫َان‪ْ .‬اﻵ َن َﻗﺘَ ْﻠ ُﺖ‬ ‫َات ْاﻷَو ِ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ُﺔ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻓﻮ ِ‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ ِت ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ َﺮ َة ا ْﻟﻤ ُِﺮﻳﺒ ََﺔ‪ .‬وَا أ َ َﺳ َﻔﺎهُ! َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ َ‬ ‫وَأَﺑ َْﻘﻴْﻨَﺎ ﱠ‬
‫ﺻﻮ َرﺗِﻲ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﴍﻳﻜِﻬَ ﺎ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺗَﻤَ ﺜ ﱠ َﻞ ِﰲ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ َﺮ َة‪ ،‬و ََﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺘْ ِﻞ َ ِ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
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‫ﻄ َﻠ َﻖ ِﰲ أﺛ َ ِﺮ َﻏ ِﺮﻳﻤِ ِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻒ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ إ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ﻮَادِي وَاﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ َﺧ ﱠ‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫وُ ْ‬

‫)‪ (12‬ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎﺗَ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺴﺤُ ﻮ ُر‬

‫َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻜ ُﺔ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ« ﺗُ ْﺮﻫِ ُ ُ‬
‫ﻄﺎمٌ«‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ » ِﺑ ْﺴ َ‬‫ﺎع ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَ ْﺮ ِوﻳ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻮ َِزﻳ ُﺮ ﺣِ ﻴﻨَﻤَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻒ أذُﻧَﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ﻟ َِﺴﻤَ ِ‬
‫ف ا ْﻟﺠَ ﺒَﺎ ُن ِﺑﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ‬‫ﺎق ِﺑﻌَ ُﺪ ﱢوهِ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ْن أ َ ْد َر َﻛ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ اﻧْﺪ ََﻓ َﻊ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﻟﻴ َْﻘﺘُ َﻠﻪُ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘﺬَ َ‬‫ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﺤِ ﱡﺚ ﺟَ ﻮَا َد ُه ِﻟ ﱢﻠﺤَ ِ‬
‫ﺻﺒَﻌِ ِﻪ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ َﺧﺎﺗَ ِﻢ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض َﺧﻮ ًْﻓﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻬَ َﻼكِ ‪َ .‬وﺗَ َﺮﺟﱠ َﻞ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ ِﻟﻴُ ْﺰﻫِ َﻖ ُروﺣَ ﻪُ؛ َﻓ َﻠﻤَ ﺢَ ِﰲ إ ِ ْ‬
‫ﺼﺘَﻪُ‪،‬‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻘِ ﱢﻲ ﻗِ ﱠ‬‫اﻟﱰ ﱡددُ‪َ .‬و َرأَى أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﻮ ِْﺿﺢَ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻘِ ﻴﱠ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َﺧ َﻀﺐَ َﺳﻴ َْﻔ ُﻪ ِﺑﺪ َِﻣﻬَ ﺎ؛ َﻓﺒَﺪَا ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
‫ﻄ َﻼ ِع؛‬ ‫ﺎﻃ ِﺮ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ ِﻣ ْﻦ َر ْﻏﺒَ ٍﺔ ِﰲ ِاﻻ ْﺳ ِﺘ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻘِ ﱡﻲ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳَﺠُ ﻮ ُل ِﺑ َﺨ ِ‬ ‫َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن ﻳَﻌْ ﻠُ َﻮ ُه ِﺑ َﺴﻴْﻔ ِِﻪ‪ .‬وَأ َ ْد َر َك ﱠ‬
‫ﺼﺘ ِِﻪ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﻌْ َﻠ َﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻏ ِﺎﻣ ِﻀﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ِﻲ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗَﻪُ‪ِ ،‬ﻟﻴ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻤ َﻊ إ ِ َﱃ ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓﺎ ْرﺗَﻤَ ﻰ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻗﺪ َِﻣﻴْ ِﻪ ُﻣﺘَﻮ ﱢَﺳ ًﻼ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﺒْﻘ َ‬
‫ﺎﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ َﺷﻮ ُْق ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَﺒْﻬَ ﻢَ‪َ .‬ﻓ ْ‬ ‫ف ِﻣ ْﻦ أَﺣْ ﺪَاﺛِﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ د ﱠَق ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻓﻬْ ِﻤ ِﻪ و ْ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ﻳَﻌْ َﻠﻢُ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﺮ َ‬
‫ِﻳﺚ‪،‬‬‫ﺻﺪ َْﻗﺘَﻨ َِﻲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ِﻠﺸﻘِ ﱢﻲ‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﻦ أُﻋْ ﻔِ ﻴَ َﻚ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ ِْت إ ِ ﱠﻻ إِذَا َ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َل ﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ف ﺟَ ِﻠﻴ َﱠﺔ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬ ‫إ ِ َﱃ ﺗَﻌَ ﱡﺮ ِ‬
‫ﺎﺟ ﱠﻲ وَا ْﻟﻤُﻌَ ﻤﱠ ﻴ ِ‬
‫َﺎت‪.‬‬ ‫ﴪ َت ِﱄ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ْاﻷَﺣَ ِ‬ ‫و ََﻓ ﱠ ْ‬
‫ﻴﻘ َﺔ َوﺑَ ﱠﺪ ْﻟ َﺖ‪«.‬‬ ‫و ََﺳﻴَ ُﻜﻮ ُن ا ْﻟﻬَ َﻼ ُك ﻧ َ ِﺼﻴﺒَ َﻚ إِذَا َﻛﺬَﺑ َْﺖ‪ ،‬أ َ ْو َﻏ ﱠري َْت ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻘِ َ‬

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‫َﺎﻣ ُﺲ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﺼ ُﻞ ْ‬

‫ﺼ ُﺔ »ﻣ ُْﻘ ِﺒ ٍﻞ«‬
‫)‪ (1‬ﻗِ ﱠ‬

‫ﺻﺒَﺤَ ْﺖ ُروﺣِ ﻲ ِﰲ َﻗﺒ َْﻀ ِﺘ َﻚ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎت أ َ ْن أ ُ ْﺧﻔِ َﻲ ﻋَ ﻨ ْ َﻚ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ ﻳَﺎ ﻣَ ﻮ َْﻻيَ ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن أ َ ْ‬‫»ﻫﻴْﻬَ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻘِ ﱡﻲ‪َ :‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل ﱠ‬
‫ﺻﻮ َرﺗِﻲ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺒﻴﺤَ ِﺔ‪ «.‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ‬ ‫ﺎل ِﻣ ْﻦ ُ‬ ‫أَﻣﱠ ﺎ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎﺗَ ُﻢ ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﺗَ َﺮى َﻓﻬُ َﻮ وَﺣْ َﺪ ُه ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻣَ ﱠﻜﻨَﻨِﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ ِاﻻﻧْﺘ َِﻘ ِ‬
‫اﻟﺴ ﱢﻦ‪.‬‬‫ﻃﺎﻋِ ﻨًﺎ ِﰲ ﱢ‬ ‫وﱃ‪ِ :‬ﻣ ْﺴ ًﺨﺎ ﻣ َُﺸ ﱠﻮ َه ا ْﻟ ﱠﺴﺤْ ﻨ َ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َرﺗ ِِﻪ ْاﻷ ُ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﻌِ ِﻪ؛ َﻓﻌَ ﺎ َد إ ِ َﱃ ُ‬ ‫َﺧ َﻠ َﻊ ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎﺗَ َﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ إ ِ ْ‬
‫ﻒ ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜ َ ُﻪ‬‫اﺳﺘَﺄْﻧ َ َ‬‫اﻟﺸﻘِ ﱡﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ْ‬ ‫ﻃ َﺮ َق ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓﺎﻣْ ﺘَ َﺰﺟَ ْﺖ د َْﻫ َﺸ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ ِﺑﺘَ َﻘ ﱡﺰ ِز ِه و ْ‬
‫َاﺷ ِﻤﺌْ َﺰ ِازهِ‪ .‬وَأ ْ‬
‫اﺳ ِﻤﻲ َﻓﻬُ َﻮ‬ ‫ﻄ ِﺒﻴﻌِ ﱢﻲ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﺧ َﻠ َﻘﻨ َِﻲ ﷲُ‪ .‬أَﻣﱠ ﺎ ْ‬ ‫»ﻫﺎ أَﻧ ْ َﺖ ذَا ﻳَﺎ ﻣَ ﻮ َْﻻي ﺗَ َﺮاﻧِﻲ ِﰲ َﺷ ْﻜ ِﲇ َ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪َ :‬‬
‫ﺎن — ﻋَ َﲆ َﻓ ْﺮ ِط ﻏِ ﻨَﺎ ُه — ﻣ َُﻘ ﱢﱰًا ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ وَﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﺎن أ َ ِﺑﻲ ﻧ َ ﱠﺴﺎﺟً ﺎ ﻣَ ﻮ ُْﻓﻮ َر اﻟﺜ ﱠ ْﺮ َوةِ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫»ﻣ ُْﻘ ِﺒ ٌﻞ«‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬
‫ﻃﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ َﻟ ْﻢ أَﺗْﻌَ ﺐْ ِﰲ ْاﻗ ِﺘﻨَﺎﺋِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ْﻛﺪَحْ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﻒ ِﱄ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻣَ ْﻮﺗ ِِﻪ ﺛ َ ْﺮ َو ًة َ‬ ‫ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱢﺮ ْز ِق‪ .‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ َﺧ ﱠﻠ َ‬
‫ﺟَ ﻤْ ﻌِ ﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬
‫َت ِﰲ َزﻣَ ٍﻦ‬ ‫اف‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَﺒَ ﱠﺪد ْ‬ ‫ﴎ ٍ‬ ‫ُ‬
‫َﺻ َﻠ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ﻳَﺪِي ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ُرﺣْ ُﺖ أﻧْﻔِ ُﻖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎ َل ِﰲ َﺳ َﻔ ٍﻪ َوإ ِ ْ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻤَ ﺎ إ ِ ْن و َ‬
‫ﻄ ِﺮ ْر ُت أَﻧَﺎ َو َزوْﺟَ ﺘِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫َاﺿ ُ‬ ‫ﻮت‪ ،‬و ْ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ ا ْﻟ ُﻘ ِ‬‫َاﺷﺘَﺪ ِﱠت ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺎﻗ ُﺔ ِﺑﻲ َﻓﻌَ ﺠَ ْﺰ ُت ﻋَ ْﻦ ﺗَﺤْ ِﺼ ِ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ‪ .‬و ْ‬ ‫َﻗﻠ ٍ‬
‫)اﻻ ْﺳﺘِﺠْ ﺪَاءِ( ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻻ ﻧَﻬْ ِﻠ َﻚ ﺟُ ﻮﻋً ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺘﱠ َﻜ ﱡﻔ ِﻒ ِ‬
 ‫ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ وَﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ‬

‫)‪ (2‬ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎﺗَﻤَ ِ‬

‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺴﺤُ ﻮ َر ِ‬
‫ان‬

‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ َﺮ ِة‬ ‫ﻮن َو َﻛﺎ َد ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﻘ ُﺮ وَا ْﻟﻬَ ﱡﻢ ﻳ ُْﺴﻠِﻤَ ﺎ ِﻧﻨَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِﱪ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻮ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺘَﺪَا َر ْﻛﻨَﺎ ﻋِ ﻨَﺎﻳ َُﺔ ﱠ‬ ‫َوﺗَﻌَ َﺎﻗﺒ َِﺖ ﱢ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻨ ُ َ‬
‫اﻫﺎ َﻓﺘَﺎ ًة ِﰲ ﻣ ُْﻘﺘَﺒ َِﻞ َﺷﺒَﺎ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬وإ ِ ْن‬ ‫»ﺑَ ْﺪ َر َة«‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗَ ْﺴ ُﻜ ُﻦ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ْﻘ ُﺮﺑَ ٍﺔ ِﻣﻨﱠﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺒْﺪُو ﻟِﻤَ ْﻦ ﻳَ َﺮ َ‬
‫ﺟَ ﺎ َو َز ِت ا ْﻟ ِﻤﺎﺋَ َﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷَﻋْ ﻮَا ِم‪َ .‬ﻓﺬَ َﻫﺒْﻨَﺎ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ﻧ َ ْﻠﺘَ ِﻤ ُﺲ ﻣَ ﻌُ ﻮﻧَﺘَﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮﺣﱠ ﺒ َْﺖ ِﺑﻨَﺎ وَآ َوﺗْﻨَﺎ ِﰲ ﺑَﻴْﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬
‫ﴬ‬ ‫َال‪ ،‬ﻧَﺎ َدﺗْﻨِﻲ َو َزوْﺟَ ﺘِﻲ — وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗُﺤْ ﺘَ َ ُ‬ ‫ﻇ ِﻠ ْﻠﻨَﺎ ِﰲ ﺧِ ﺪْﻣَ ﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِذَا أ ْ َﴍ ََﻓ ْﺖ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗُﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟ ﱠﺰو ِ‬ ‫َو َ‬
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‫َني‪:‬‬ ‫ان؟« َﻓ ُﻘ ْﻠﻨَﺎ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﺠﱢ ﺒ ْ ِ‬ ‫ان ِﺳﻨﱢﻲ أﻳﱡﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺰﻳ َﺰ ِ‬ ‫اش ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ ِْت — و ََﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪َ » :‬ﻛ ْﻢ ﺗُ َﻘ ﱢﺪ َر ِ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ ﻓِ َﺮ ِ‬
‫ﻳﻦ‬‫ﻳﻦ ﺗَﺘَﺠَ ﺎو َِز َ‬ ‫اﻫﺎ ْاﻵ َن‪َ ،‬ﻻ ﺗَ َﻜﺎدِ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َرﺗَﻚِ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﻧ َ َﺮ َ‬ ‫ني ﻋَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ — َو َرأَﻳْﻨَﺎ ُ‬ ‫» َﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ُوﻟِ ْﺪﻧَﺎ — ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ِﺳﺘﱢ َ‬
‫َات؛‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺎﺑ ُﱠﺔ‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺒ َْﻖ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗ َِﻲ إ ِ ﱠﻻ د ََﻗﺎﺋ ُِﻖ ﻣَ ﻌْ ﺪُود ٌ‬ ‫ني!« َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ﻮ ُز ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ ِﻨ َ‬‫ﻳﻦ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱢ‬ ‫ﴩ َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌِ ْ ِ‬
‫ﺎن‬ ‫ْت( ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟ ِﻤﺎﺋَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬وإ ِ ْن َﻛ َ‬ ‫)زد ُ‬ ‫ﺻ ُﺔ‪َ .‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ذَ ﱠر ْﻓ ُﺖ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﻌَ ﺎﻧِﻲ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻻ ﺗُ ْﻔﻠ َِﺖ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻜﻤَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻼ ﺗُ َﻘ ِ‬
‫َاﻟﴪ ِﰲ َﺷﺒَﺎ ِﺑ َﻲ اﻟﺪﱠا ِﺋ ِﻢ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋ ٌﺪ إ ِ َﱃ َﻫﺬَا‬ ‫ﻳﻦ‪ .‬و ﱢ ﱡ‬ ‫ﴩ َ‬ ‫ﻈﻬَ ِﺮي ﻳُﻮﻫِ ُﻢ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳَ َﺮاﻧِﻲ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻟ ْﻢ أَﺗَﺠَ ﺎو َِز ا ْﻟﻌِ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻣَ ْ‬
‫ﺻﻐِ ريًا ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ َﺧﺎﺗَ ٌﻢ‬ ‫ُوﻗﺎ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻨْﺪ ً‬ ‫ﴬ ُت ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ُ‬ ‫َﺻ َﻔ ْﺖ ِﱄ ُد ْرﺟً ﺎ َﺧﻔِ ﻴٍّﺎ ِﰲ ِﺻﻮَاﻧِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﺣْ َ ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎﺗَ ِﻢ‪ «.‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ و َ‬
‫ﻄﻌَ ٍﺔ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺎظ ُﻣﺘَ َﻘ ﱢ‬‫ﺻﺒَﻌِ ﻲ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟﻨَﺎ ِﰲ أ َ ْﻟ َﻔ ٍ‬ ‫َﺿﻌَ ﺘْ ُﻪ ِﰲ إ ِ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ َﺮ ُة َﺧﺎﺗَﻤَ ﻬَ ﺎ َﻓﻮ َ‬ ‫ِﻣﺜْﻠُﻪُ‪ .‬و ََﺧ َﻠﻌَ ِﺖ ﱠ‬
‫ني ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺴﺤُ ﻮ َرﻳ ِْﻦ‪َ :‬ﺧﺎﺗَ ِﻤﻲ و ََﺧﺎﺗَ ِﻢ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺮﺣُ ﻮ ِم َزو ِْﺟﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﻧْﺘُﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﺑﻬَ ﺬَﻳ ِْﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎﺗَﻤَ ْ ِ‬ ‫دُﻣْ ﺘُﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَﺘَ َﺨﺘﱠﻤَ ِ‬
‫ﺻﻮ َر ٍة‬ ‫َان‪َ .‬و َﻟﻴ َْﺲ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ُﻜﻤَ ﺎ إ ِ ﱠﻻ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺘَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻴَﺎ ِاﻻﻧْﺘ َِﻘﺎ َل إ ِ َﱃ أَيﱢ ُ‬ ‫ان ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟﺘﱠ َﺸﺒﱡ ِﻪ ِﺑ َﺸ ْﻜ ِﻞ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﺗُ ِﺮﻳﺪ ِ‬ ‫َﻗﺎدِ َر ِ‬

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‫ﺼ ُﻞ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎﻣ ُﺲ‬

‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﺎﺳﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ْﺖ — ﻣَ َﻊ َﻛﻠِﻤَ ﺎﺗِﻬَ ﺎ — آﺧِ َﺮ أَﻧ ْ َﻔ ِ‬ ‫َﺎن‪ «.‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻟ َﻔ َ‬ ‫ﺎل ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَﺘَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻴ ِ‬ ‫َان؛ َﻓﻴَﺘِ ﱡﻢ َﻟ ُﻜﻤَ ﺎ ِﻟ ْﻠﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺗَ َﺸﺎء ِ‬
‫ني ﻧَﻌْ ِﺮ ُﻓﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ؛ َﻓ ِﺈذَا‬ ‫ﺼْ ِ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َرﺗَ ْﻲ َﺷ ْﺨ َ‬ ‫ني‪َ .‬ﻓﺘَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻴْﻨَﺎ أ َ ْن ﻧَﻨْﺘَﻘِ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ُ‬ ‫أ َ ﱠو ُل َﻫﻤﱢ ﻨَﺎ أ َ ْن ﻧُﺠَ ﱢﺮبَ ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎﺗَﻤَ ْ ِ‬
‫ﻮن ِﰲ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﺑ ََﻘ ٍﺔ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَ َﺸﺄ ْ َزوْﺟَ ﺘِﻲ أ َ ْن ﺗُ ِﻀﻴ َﻊ و َْﻗﺘَﻬَ ﺎ ُﺳﺪًى َﻓﺘَﻤَ ﻨ ﱠ ْﺖ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ُﻜ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ِﺑ ُﻘﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ أَﺗَ ﱠﻢ ُﻣ َ‬ ‫ِﺑﻨَﺎ ﻧ ُ َ‬
‫ﺻ َﺔ‬ ‫ﱠﺎت( ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳ َﻔ ٍﺮ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺎﻧْﺘَﻬَ َﺰ ْت َزوْﺟَ ﺘِﻲ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫َﺎت )ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِﻨﻴ ِ‬ ‫َﺷ ْﻜ ِﻞ إِﺣْ ﺪَى ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺜ ْ ِﺮﻳ ِ‬
‫َاﻗﺘَ َﺪﻳ ُْﺖ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ َﻓﻌَ َﻠ ْﺖ‬ ‫َﴎ َﻗ ِﺔ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْودَﻋَ ﺘْ ُﻪ دَا َر َﻫﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧ َ َﻔﺎﺋ ِِﺴﻬَ ﺎ وَﺣُ ِﻠﻴﱢﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬و ْ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َرﺗِﻬَ ﺎ و َ ِ‬ ‫ﺎل إ ِ َﱃ ُ‬ ‫ﻟ ِِﻼﻧْﺘ َِﻘ ِ‬
‫وﺟ ِﻬ ْﻢ أ َ ْو َﺳ َﻔ ِﺮﻫِ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﺻ َﺔ ُﺧ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫ف ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ ْﻏ ِﻨﻴَﺎءِ‪ُ .‬ﻣﻨْﺘَ ِﻬ ًﺰا ُﻓ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫َزوْﺟَ ﺘِﻲ‪َ .‬ﻓ ُﺮﺣْ ُﺖ أَﺗَ َﺰﻳﱠﺎ ِﺑ ِﺰيﱢ ﻣَ ْﻦ أَﻋْ ِﺮ ُ‬
‫ُون أ َ ْن ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَﺎبَ أَﺣَ ٌﺪ ِﰲ أَﻣْ ِﺮي‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ِز ْﻟﻨَﺎ ﻧَﻨْﺘَﻘِ ُﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَ َﻠ ٍﺪ إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ِﴪ َﻗ ِﺔ ﻧ َ َﻔﺎﺋ ِِﺴ ِﻬ ْﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑُﻴُﻮﺗ ِِﻬ ْﻢ د َ‬ ‫ﻟَ ِ‬
‫ﻳﺮ »ﻋَ ِﲇﱟ«‬ ‫ﺼ َﺔ ﻣَ ِﻠ َﻜﺘِﻬَ ﺎ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ ََﺔ«‪َ ،‬وو َِﺻﻴﱢﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻮ َِز ِ‬ ‫ﻮر‪ ،‬وَﻋَ ﻠِﻤْ ﻨَﺎ ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎﴐ َة ِﺑ َﻼدِ اﻟﻨ ﱡ ِ‬ ‫ﺑَ َﻠ ٍﺪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَ َﻠ ْﻐﻨَﺎ ﺣَ ِ َ‬
‫ون‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ِﻤﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬وَﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓﻨَﺎ أ َ ﱠن ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ َﱪَاءِ ﻳَﺤْ ُﺴﺪُوﻧ َ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧَﺘ ِِﻪ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﻨْﺘَ ِﻬ ُﺰ َ‬ ‫ا ﱠﻟﺬِي ﻳَﺤْ ُﻜ ُﻢ ا ْﻟ ِﺒ َﻼ َد ِﺑ ْ‬
‫َﺿﻌْ ﻔِ ِﻬﻢْ‪.‬‬ ‫ُون ﻋَ َﲆ إِﻋْ َﻼ ِن ُﺳ ْﺨ ِﻄ ِﻬﻢْ‪ ،‬ﻟ ُِﻘ ﱠﻮﺗ ِِﻪ و َ‬ ‫ﺎض ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻬُ ْﻢ َﻻ ﻳَﺠْ ُﺮء َ‬ ‫ﺻ َﺔ ﻟ ِِﻼﻧْﺘ َِﻘ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﺮ َ‬
‫ﺼﻬُ ْﻢ‬ ‫ِﻲ َﺳﺎﻟِﻤً ﺎ ِﻟﻴ َُﺨ ﱢﻠ َ‬ ‫ري » ُﻣﻮ ﱠَﻓ ٍﻖ« َوﻳَﺘَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻮ َْن َﻟ ْﻮ ﺑَﻘ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺳ ِﻢ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣ ِ‬‫ﻮن ِﺑ ْ‬ ‫ﺎن ُزﻋَ ﻤَ ﺎ ُؤ ُﻫ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَﻬَ ﺎﻣَ ُﺴ َ‬ ‫َو َﻛ َ‬
‫ﴎا و َُﻫ ْﻢ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻳَﺄ ْ ٍس ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَﺤْ ﻘِ ﻴﻘِﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬ﻟِﻌ ْﻠ ِﻤ ِﻬ ْﻢ أ َ ﱠن ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريَ‬ ‫ﻳﺮ »ﻋَ ِﲇﱟ«‪ :‬أَﻣَ ﺎﻧ ﱞِﻲ ﻳُ َﺮ ﱢددُوﻧَﻬَ ﺎ ِ ٍّ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣُ ْﻜ ِﻢ ا ْﻟﻮ َِز ِ‬
‫ﻄﻌَ ْﺖ أ َ ْﺧﺒَﺎ ُر ُه ﻋَ ْﻦ أَﺧِ ﻴ ِﻪ َو َر ِﻋﻴﱠﺘ ِِﻪ‪ .‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ أ َ ْر َﻫ َﻔ ْﺖ َزوْﺟَ ﺘِﻲ‬ ‫» ُﻣﻮ ﱠَﻓ ًﻘﺎ« ُﻗ ِﺘ َﻞ ِﰲ آﺧِ ِﺮ ﻣَ ﻌَ ِﺎرﻛ ِِﻪ‪ ،‬وَاﻧ ْ َﻘ َ‬
‫ﻄ ٍﺔ ﺟَ ِﺮﻳﺌَ ٍﺔ ِﻟﺒَﻌْ ِﺚ » ُﻣﻮ ﱠَﻓ ٍﻖ« ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﺼﺐُ ِﻟ َﺮ ْﺳ ِﻢ ُﺧ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺔ‪ ،‬و ََﺳﺒَﺢَ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ َﺧﻴَﺎﻟُﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺨِ ْ‬ ‫َﺳﻤْ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ ﻟِﻬَ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬
‫َﻗ ْ ِﱪهِ‪.‬‬
‫ﺎج ﻣَ ﻤْ َﻠ َﻜ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬وﺗُﻬَ ﻴﱢﺊ ُ‬ ‫ﻈ َﻔ َﺮ ِﺑﺘَ ِ‬
‫ﺻ ٍﺔ َﻓ ِﺮﻳ َﺪ ٍة ﺗُﺘِﻴﺢُ َﻟﻨَﺎ اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ِﱄ ُﻣﺘَﺤَ ﻤﱢ َﺴ ًﺔ‪» :‬ﻳَﺎ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻓ ْﺮ َ‬
‫َﻟﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟ ُﻮﺛُﻮبَ إ ِ َﱃ ﻋَ ْﺮ ِﺷﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑ َﻼ ﻋَ ﻨَﺎءٍ!« َﻓ َﺴﺄ َ ْﻟﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﺠﱢ ﺒًﺎ‪» :‬أَيﱡ ﺣُ ْﻠ ٍﻢ أ َ ْﻏ َﺮاكِ ِﺑﻬَ ﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﻜ َﻼ ِم؟« َﻓﺄَﺟَ ﺎﺑ َْﺖ‬
‫ﺻﻮ َر ِة » ُﻣﻮ ﱠَﻓ ٍﻖ«‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْﻫﻮ ََن ا ْﻟﺒَﺎﻗِ ﻲ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ‬ ‫ْﴪ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ أ َ ْن ﺗَﺘَﻤَ ﺜ ﱠ َﻞ ِﰲ ُ‬ ‫ِﰲ َﻟﻬْ ﺠَ ٍﺔ وَاﺛ َِﻘ ٍﺔ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎ أَﻳ َ َ‬
‫ري‬‫ﱰاﺣِ ﻬَ ﺎ؛ َﻓ َﺪ َر ْﺳ ُﺖ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ َة ْاﻷ َ ِﻣ ِ‬ ‫َﺻﺤﱠ ْﺖ ﻋَ ِﺰﻳﻤَ ﺘِﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺗَﻨْﻔِ ﻴ ِﺬ ْاﻗ ِ َ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ!« َﻓﺄُﻋْ ِﺠﺒ ُْﺖ ِﺑ َﺮأ ْ ِﻳﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬و َ‬
‫ﻄﺘِﻲ‬ ‫ﺼﺎﺋ ِِﻪ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ أَﺣْ َﻜﻤْ ُﺖ ُﺧ ﱠ‬ ‫وَأَﻧْﺒَﺎءَ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻌْ َﺮ َﻛ ِﺔ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ُﻗ ِﺘ َﻞ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﺳﻤَ ﺎءَ ُﻗﻮﱠادِ َﻫﺎ و ََﻏ ْري َُﻫ ْﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﺧ َﻠ َ‬
‫ﺻﻔِ ﻴَﺎﺋ ِِﻪ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻮ ُة اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﻟﻴ َُﺔ أ َ ْن أَﺗﱠ ِﺼ َﻞ ِﺑﺄ َ ْ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َرﺗ ِِﻪ َﻓﺘَ ﱠﻢ ِﱄ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ُﺨ ْ‬ ‫ﺗَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻴ ُْﺖ أ َ ْن أَﻧْﺘَﻘِ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ُ‬
‫ﺎﺷ ُﻔﻬُ ْﻢ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ اﻋْ ﺘَ َﺰﻣْ ﺘُ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬ ‫ﻒ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ َﻛ ْﺪ أ ُ َﻛ ِ‬ ‫ﻮﺻ ُ‬‫ﺼﺎﺋ ِِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻜﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻓ ْﺮﺣَ ﺘُﻬُ ْﻢ ِﺑﻠ َِﻘﺎﺋِﻲ َﻻ ﺗُ َ‬ ‫و َُﺧ َﻠ َ‬
‫اب ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎﻣﱠ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﺎب ﻧ َ ِﺎر اﻟﺜ ﱠ ْﻮ َر ِة وَاﺟْ ِﺘﺬَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ ﻧَﺠَ ﺤَ ْﺖ دَﻋْ َﻮﺗُﻬُ ْﻢ ِﰲ إ ِ ْﻟﻬَ ِ‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﺎﴏﺗِﻲ‪ .‬و ُ ْ‬ ‫ﺗَﺤَ ﻤﱠ ُﺴﻮا ِﻟ ُﻤﻨ َ َ َ‬
‫ﻀﻮهُ(‪.‬‬ ‫ﻳﺮ »ﻋَ ِﲇﱟ« و ََﺷﺎ ِﻧﺌُﻮ ُه ) ُﻣﺒْﻐِ ُ‬ ‫ﺎﺻ ِﺔ ِﻟﻤ َُﺸﺎﻳَﻌَ ﺘِﻲ و ََﺷ ﱢﺪ أ َ ْز ِري‪ .‬وَاﻧ ْ َﻀ ﱠﻢ إ ِ َﻟﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ ﺣُ ﱠﺴﺎ ُد ا ْﻟﻮ َِز ِ‬ ‫وَا ْﻟ َﺨ ﱠ‬
‫ﺎن‬ ‫ﻈﺎﻓِ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬وﻧُﻮدِيَ ِﺑﻲ ﻣَ ِﻠ ًﻜﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ُﺧﻮ َل اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺧ ْﻠ ُﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ َﺔ د ُ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻤْ ِﺾ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٌم َﻗ َﻼ ِﺋ ُﻞ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ د َ‬

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‫ﺺ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﻣﻨ َ َﺎﻓ َﺴﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﻳ َْﺴﺘَﺘِﺐﱠ ِﱄ َ ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻣَ ْﻮﺗِﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫أ َ ﱠو ُل َﻫﻤﱢ َﻲ أ َ ْن أ ُ ْﻫ ِﻠ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻜ َﺔ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ ََﺔ«؛ ِﻷ َ ْﺧﻠُ َ‬
‫ﺻ َﻔﺎ ِﱄ َ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻮﱡ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَﻌُ ْﺪ ِﱄ ُﻣﻨَﺎﻓِ ٌﺲ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﻠﻚِ ‪،‬‬ ‫ض‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َ‬ ‫ﱠت ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟ َﻐ َﺮ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ا ْﻟﻮ َِزﻳ َﺮ »ﻋَ ِﻠﻴٍّﺎ« َﻓﻮ َ‬
‫ﻈ َﻔ ُﺮ ِﺑ ِﻪ ْاﻷ َ ِﻣريُ » ُﻣﻮ ﱠَﻓ ٌﻖ« َﻟ ْﻮ أَﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ ﻋَ ﺎ َد إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎةِ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻳَ ْ‬ ‫ِﻴﻖ ِﺑﺄ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬
‫ﻇﻔِ ْﺮ ُت ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻮﻓ ِ‬ ‫َو َ‬
‫ﺎﺻ ِﺐ‪َ .‬وﻋ ِْﺸ ُﺖ ِآﻣﻨًﺎ ﻣَ َﻊ َزوْﺟَ ﺘِﻲ ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ‬ ‫ْت إ ِ َﻟﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ ِﺑﺄ َ ْﻛ َ ِﱪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻨ َ ِ‬
‫ﺼ ِﺎري؛ َﻓﻌَ ِﻬﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﴫ ِﰲ ُﻣ َﻜ َﺎﻓﺄ َ ِة أَﻧ ْ َ‬ ‫أ ُ َﻗ ﱢ ْ‬
‫ني ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ و ََﻓ َﺪ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ َﺳﻔِ ريُ‬ ‫َﺎب‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ِز ْﻟﻨَﺎ وَادِ ﻋَ ْ ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﺒ ِ‬ ‫ﴬ ِة ﱠ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َر َة ﺣَ ْﺴﻨَﺎءَ ِﰲ ﻧ َ ْ َ‬ ‫اﺧﺘَﺎ َر ْت ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻬَ ﺎ ُ‬ ‫ْ‬
‫ﺎن ﻧَﺒَﺄ ً َﻫﺎﺋ ًِﻼ اﻧ ْ َﺨ َﻠ َﻊ‬ ‫ان أَﺣْ َﻼ ُﻫﻤَ ﺎ ُﻣ ﱞﺮ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻜ َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫َني ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﺮ ِب َوﺗَ ْﺮكِ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﻠﻚِ ؛ و َُﻫﻤَ ﺎ أﻣْ َﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻣَ ﻮ َْﻻيَ ﻳ َُﺨ ﱢريُﻧِﻲ ﺑ ْ َ‬
‫ري ﻗِ ﱠﻠ َﺔ ا ْﻛ ِﱰَاﺛِﻲ‪َ .‬و ُرﺣْ ُﺖ‬ ‫ِﻠﺴﻔِ ِ‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ ْﺮ ُت ﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ْﺻ ِﺎﱄ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ َﻛﺘَﻤْ ُﺖ َﺧﻮ ِْﰲ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫َت أَو َ‬ ‫َﻟ ُﻪ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒﻲ وَا ْرﺗَﻌَ ﺪ ْ‬
‫اﻟﻀﻌْ ِﻒ و َِاﻻ ْﺳﺘ ِْﺨ َﺬاءِ‬ ‫ﻄ ٍﺔ ﻟِﻠﻨﱠﺠَ ﺎ ِة ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫ َﺬا ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺄ ْ ِز ِق‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ُﻛﻨﱠﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬ ‫أ ُ َﻓ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ﻣَ َﻊ َزوْﺟَ ﺘِﻲ ِﰲ َر ْﺳ ِﻢ ُﺧ ﱠ‬
‫ﻈ ًﺔ أَﻣَ ﺎ َم ﺟَ ﻴ ِْﺸ َﻚ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺪ ﱠر ِب ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﻮيﱢ ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮن ا ْﻟﺤَ ْﺮ ِب ِﺑﺤَ ﻴ ُْﺚ َﻻ ﻧ َ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ أ َ ْن ﻧَﺜْﺒ َُﺖ َﻟﺤْ َ‬ ‫وَا ْﻟﺠَ ﻬْ ِﻞ ِﺑ ُﻔﻨ ُ ِ‬
‫ﺎع ﻋَ ﻨْﻪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃ َﺎﻗ َﺔ َﻟﻨَﺎ ِﺑﺎﻟﺪ َﱢﻓ ِ‬‫ﺼ ْﻮﻧ ِِﻪ‪ ،‬و ََﻻ َ‬ ‫ﺎج ﻣَ ﻤْ َﻠ َﻜ ٍﺔ َﻻ ﻗِ ﺒَ َﻞ َﻟﻨَﺎ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻧ َ ِﺠ ْﺪ ﻣَ ﻨْﺪُوﺣَ ًﺔ ﻟِﻠﺘﱠ َﺨ ﱢﲇ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﺗَ ِ‬
‫ﻈﻨَﺎ إ ِ ﱠﻻ أ َ ْن ﻧ ُ َﻔ ﱢﻜ َﺮ ِﰲ ِاﻻﻧْﺘ َِﻘﺎ ِم ِﻣﻨ ْ َﻚ َوﻣ َِﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻜ ِﺔ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻴْﺘَﻨَﺎ ا ْﻛﺘَ َﻔﻴْﻨَﺎ ِﺑﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ أَﺑَﻰ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ ُﺳﻮءُ ﺣَ ﱢ‬
‫ﺼﺒْﺘُﻤَ ﺎ ِﻣﻨﱠﺎ ﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ‬ ‫اﻏﺘَ َ‬‫ﻄﺎ ُن‪َ ،‬ﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻤَ ﺎ أ َ ْﺳ َﻠ ْﻔﺘُﻤَ ﺎ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻨَﺎ ذَﻧْﺒًﺎ أ َ ِو ْ‬ ‫»ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ ََﺔ«‪َ .‬ﻫ َﻜﺬَا و َْﺳﻮ ََس َﻟﻨَﺎ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺸﻴْ َ‬
‫اﻟﺸﺎﺣِ ِﺐ‬ ‫ﻳﺾ ﱠ‬ ‫ﻈﻬَ ِﺮ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﻬ َﺮﻧِﻲ ِﺑﻤَ ْ‬ ‫ﻄﺘَﻨَﺎ؛ َﻓ َﻠﺠَ ﺄ ْ ُت إ ِ َﱃ َﺧﺎﺗَ ِﻤﻲ ِﻟﻴُ ْ‬ ‫ﻧ َ ْﻠﺒ َْﺚ أ َ ْن أَﻋْ َﺪ ْدﻧَﺎ ﻟ ِِﻼﻧْﺘ َِﻘﺎ ِم ُﺧ ﱠ‬
‫ف ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟﺘﱠ َﻠ ِﻒ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻨ ْ َﻘ ِﺾ أَﻳﱠﺎ ٌم َﻗﻠِﻴ َﻠ ٌﺔ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻧ َ َﻘ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﴘ إ ِ َﱃ َﻫﻴْﺌَ ِﺔ ﻣَ ﻴ ٍﱢﺖ َﻓﺎ َر َﻗﺘْ ُﻪ اﻟ ﱡﺮوحُ ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﴩ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤ ْ ِ‬
‫ﺻﻮ َرﺗِﻨَﺎ‬ ‫ْت إ ِ َﱃ ُ‬‫َت وَﻋُ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﻴﻊ ﺟُ ﺜْﻤَ ﺎﻧِﻲ‪ .‬وَﺟَ ﺎءَﺗْﻨِﻲ َزوْﺟَ ﺘِﻲ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﻋَ ﺎد ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻌْ ﺐُ ِﰲ ﺗَ ْﺸ ِﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﱰ َك ﱠ‬ ‫َاﺷ َ َ‬‫و ْ‬
‫وﱃ‪.‬‬‫ْاﻷ ُ َ‬

‫)‪ِ (3‬ﰲ َﻗ ْ ِ‬
‫ﴫ » ِﺑ ْﺴ َ‬
‫ﻄﺎ ٍم«‬

‫ﺎﴐ َة ُﻣ ْﻠ ِﻜ َﻚ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﺮأَﻳْﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟﻮ ُُﻓﻮ َد‬

‫ري ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَ َﻠ ْﻐﻨَﺎ ﺣَ ِ َ‬ ‫َاﺻ ُﻞ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴ ْ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺨ َﺮﺟْ ﻨَﺎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪِﻳﻨ َ ِﺔ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ِز ْﻟﻨَﺎ ﻧُﻮ ِ‬
‫اﻟﺸﻌْ ﺐُ ِﻟﻴُﺒْ ﱢﻠ ُﻐﻮا ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻜ َﺔ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ ََﺔ« ﻧَﺒَﺄ َ و ََﻓﺎ ِة ﻋَ ﻤﱢ ﻬَ ﺎ وَاﻋْ ِﱰ ََاﻓﻬَ ْﻢ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ِﻠ َﻜ ًﺔ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬﻢْ‪.‬‬‫ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ أ َ ْر َﺳ َﻠﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ‬
‫ﺻ ُﺔ ِﰲ‬ ‫ﴪﻳﺢَ ﺟَ ﻴ ِْﺸ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠﻠ ِﺠ ِﺐ )ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﻈﻴ ِﻢ( ا ﱠﻟﺬِي أَﻋْ َﺪ ْدﺗَ ُﻪ ﻟ َِﻐ ْﺰ ِوﻧَﺎ‪ .‬و ََﺳﻨَﺤَ ْﺖ َﻟﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫و ََﺷ ِﻬ ْﺪﻧَﺎ ﺗَ ْ ِ‬
‫ِﻒ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻜ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻤَ ﺜ ﱠ ْﻠ ُﺖ‬
‫َﺻﺎﺋ ِ‬‫ﺻﻮ َر ِة إِﺣْ ﺪَى و َ‬ ‫ﴫ َك‪ ،‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَﻤَ ﺜ ﱠ َﻠ ِﺖ اﻣْ َﺮأَﺗِﻲ ِﰲ ُ‬ ‫َﺧ ْﻠﻨَﺎ َﻗ ْ َ‬‫إِﺣْ ﺪَى اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ َِﺎﱄ؛ َﻓﺪ َ‬
‫ﺼﻨَﺎ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ‪.‬‬‫ري ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺪ ِم‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﺗَ َﺨ ﱠﻠ ْ‬ ‫أَﻧَﺎ ِﰲ ُ‬
‫ﺻﻮ َر ِة َﻛ ِﺒ ِ‬

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‫ﺼ ُﻞ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺎﻣ ُﺲ‬

‫ﻄﺘَﻨَﺎ وَأَﻧ ْ َﺖ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﻐ ِﺮ ٌق ِﰲ‬

‫ُﺧﻮﻟُﻨَﺎ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ ِﺴريًا‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َدﺑﱠ ْﺮﻧَﺎ ُﺧ ﱠ‬ ‫َﺧ ْﻠﻨَﺎ ﺣُ ﺠْ َﺮﺗَ َﻚ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ د ُ‬ ‫َود َ‬
‫ﺻﻮ َرﺗَﻬَ ﺎ‪،‬‬‫ﻧ َ ْﻮ ِﻣ َﻚ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻜ ُﺔ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ« ﺗَ ْﻘ َﺮأ ُ ِﰲ ﺣُ ﺠْ َﺮ ٍة أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪َ ،‬ﻓﺎﺗﱠ َﺨﺬَ ْت َزوْﺟَ ﺘِﻲ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِﺴﻬَ ﺎ ُ‬
‫ﻳﺮ َك‪.‬‬‫ﴎ ِ‬‫ﻳﺮ َﻫﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ِﺟﻮ َِار َ ِ‬ ‫ﴎ ِ‬‫َت ِﰲ َ ِ‬ ‫َو َر َﻗﺪ ْ‬
‫ف ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ وَأ َ ْﺧ َﱪُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼ ِﺔ َﻓﻤَ ﻮ َْﻻيَ أَﻋْ َﺮ ُ‬ ‫أَﻣﱠ ﺎ ﺑَ ِﻘﻴ ُﱠﺔ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬

‫ﴫ‬‫وﺟ َﻚ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن و َْﺳﻮ ََس ِﻟ َﺰوْﺟَ ﺘِﻲ ﺑَﻌْ ﺪ ُﺧ ُﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ َ‬ ‫َﻟﻴْﺘَﻨَﺎ و ََﻗ ْﻔﻨَﺎ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪﱢ؛ َو َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺸﻴْ َ‬
‫ْت أَﻧ ْ ِﺰ ُع ِﺛﻴَﺎ ِﺑﻲ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َرﺗِ َﻚ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ ِﻛﺪ ُ‬ ‫ري ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺪ ِم إ ِ َﱃ ُ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َر ِة َﻛ ِﺒ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺰﻳﱠﻨ َ ْﺖ ِﱄ أ َ ْن أَﻧْﺘَﻘِ َﻞ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُ‬
‫ُون أ َ ْن ﻳَ ْﺮﺗَﺎبَ‬
‫ﺺ َﻟﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﻠ ُﻚ د َ‬ ‫َﻓﺎﺟَ ﺄْﺗَﻨِﻲ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤُ ﺠْ َﺮةِ‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ُﺨ ﱠ‬
‫ﻄ ُﺔ أ َ ْن ﻧَﺤْ ﺘَﺎ َل ِﻻ ْﻏ ِﺘﻴَﺎ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﻟﻴ َْﺨﻠُ َ‬
‫ﺺ ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ‬ ‫ﷲ َﻏﺎ ِﻟﺒ ٌَﺔ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ أَﺑ َْﺖ ﻋَ ﺪَا َﻟﺘُ ُﻪ إ ِ ﱠﻻ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﻘﺘَ ﱠ‬ ‫ِﰲ أَﻣْ ِﺮﻧَﺎ أَﺣَ ﺪٌ‪َ .‬ﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻗ ﱠﺪ ْرﻧَﺎ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ إ ِ َرا َد َة ِ‬
‫َوﺗُﻌَ ﺎﻗِ ﺒَﻨِﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْﺳ َﻠ ْﻔ ُﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ إ ِ َﺳﺎء ٍ‬
‫َات‪.‬‬
‫ﻈﻢُ‪«.‬‬‫إ ِ ﱠن ذَﻧ ْ ِﺒﻲ ﻋَ ِﻈﻴﻢٌ؛ َو َﻟﻜ ﱠِﻦ ﻋَ ْﻔ َﻮ ﻣَ ﻮ َْﻻيَ أَﻋْ َ‬

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 ‫اﻟﺴ ِﺎد ُس‬
‫ا ْﻟ َﻔ ْﺼ ُﻞ ﱠ‬

‫)‪ (1‬ﻋِ َﻘﺎبُ ْاﻷَﺛِﻴ ِﻢ‬

‫ﺎع ﻣَ ﺎ ا ْرﺗَ َﻜﺒَ ُﻪ‬ ‫ﻄﻊُ( ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻐﻴ ِْﻆ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳُﻨ ْ ِﺼ ُﺖ ﻟ َِﺴﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺎمٌ« ﻳَ َﻜﺎ ُد ﻳَﺘَﻤَ ﻴﱠ ُﺰ )ﻳَﺘَ َﻘ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ » ِﺑ ْﺴ َ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬
‫ﻄﻬُ َﺮ‬ ‫ﺼﺘ ِِﻪ َﻗﺎ َل َﻟﻪُ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎ أَﺟْ َﺪ َر َك أ َ ْن ﺗَ ْﻠﺤَ َﻖ ِﺑ َﺰوْﺟَ ِﺘ َﻚ ِﻟﺘَ ْ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻘِ ﱡﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﺷﻨ َ ٍﻊ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
‫ﴍ َك َوإِﺟْ َﺮ ِاﻣ َﻚ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻮ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴ ِﺒ ْﻖ ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ وَﻋْ ٌﺪ‬ ‫ﺺ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ َﻟ ُﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ ﱢ‬ ‫ض ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ َﺮاﺋ ِِﺮ َك وَآﺛ َ ِﺎﻣ َﻚ‪َ ،‬وﻳ َْﺨﻠُ َ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْر ُ‬
‫ﻄﻌْ ُﺖ ِﺟ ْﺴﻤَ َﻚ إ ِ ْرﺑًﺎ إ ِ ْرﺑًﺎ‪ .‬ﻋَ َﲆ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻟ ْﻦ أُﻋْ ﻔِ ﻴَ َﻚ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ﺎﻹﺑ َْﻘﺎءِ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ ِﺗ َﻚ َﻟﻤَ ﺜ ﱠ ْﻠ ُﺖ ِﺑ َﻚ و ََﻗ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻟ َﻚ ِﺑ ْ ِ‬
‫ﻄ ِﻊ ﻟ َِﺴﺎ ِﻧ َﻚ ِﻷ ُ ِرﻳﺢَ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ َﻟ َﻢ ِﻣﻨ ْ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻤَ ﺎ أَﺟْ َﺪ َر ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻠ َﻚ ِﺑﺄ َ ْن‬ ‫ﺎل‪ ،‬و ََﺳﺄ َ ْﻛﺘَﻔِ ﻲ ِﺑ َﻘ ْ‬ ‫ﺎب ﻋَ َﲆ أَيﱢ ﺣَ ٍ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌِ َﻘ ِ‬
‫اب و ََﺷ َﻘﺎءٍ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻮﺧﺘَ ُﻪ ِﰲ َﻫ ﱟﻢ َوﺑ ََﻼءٍ‪ ،‬وَﻋَ ﺬَ ٍ‬ ‫ﴤ َﺷﻴ ُْﺨ َ‬ ‫ﻳ َْﻘ ِ َ‬
‫ﻄ َﻊ ﻟ َِﺴﺎﻧ َ ُﻪ —‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻘِ ﱠﻲ — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن َﻗ َ‬ ‫ﻮر‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَ َﺮك ﱠ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَﻮ َْﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺧﺎﺗَﻤَ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺴﺤُ ِ‬ ‫و ْ‬
‫ﴪ ُة وَاﻟﻨ ﱠ َﺪمُ‪.‬‬‫ﻳَﺘَ َﻠﻮﱠى ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷ َ َﻟ ِﻢ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َﻜﺎ ُد ﺗَ ْﻘﺘُﻠُ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﺤَ ْ َ‬
‫»ﻏﺎﻟِﺐٌ « ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤ ُﻞ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ أَﻧْﺒَﺎءَ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻜ ِﺔ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ ََﺔ«‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَﻤَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻚ أ َ ْن‬ ‫و َُﻫﻨَﺎ أ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ َ‬
‫ﻮن ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻜ ُﺔ‬‫ﻳ َِﺼﻴﺢَ — ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓ ْﺮ ِط اﻟﺪ ْﱠﻫ َﺸ ِﺔ — َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪» :‬أَوَاﺛ ٌِﻖ أَﻧ ْ َﺖ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُل؟ أَﻳُﻤْ ِﻜ ُﻦ أ َ ْن ﺗَ ُﻜ َ‬
‫ث؟« ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ا ْﻟﺘَ َﻔ َﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ‬ ‫»ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ« ﺑَﺎﻗِ ﻴ ًَﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻗﻴْ ِﺪ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎةِ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﱠﻞ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻓ َ‬
‫ﻈﺎ ِﺋ َﻊ َو َﻛﻮ َِار َ‬
‫ﳾءٍ‪ :‬ﻣَ ْﻦ ﺗَ ُﻜﻮ ُن أَﻧ ْ َﺖ ﻳَﺎ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳَﺤْ ِﻤ ُﻞ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ أ َ ْﺳﻌَ َﺪ ْاﻷَﻧْﺒَﺎءِ‬ ‫ﱪﻧِﻲ َﻗﺒْ َﻞ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ َ ْ‬ ‫»ﻏﺎﻟ ٍِﺐ« و ََﻗﺎ َل‪ِ » :‬ﺑ َﺮﺑﱢ َﻚ َﺧ ﱢ ْ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺿﻴ ًْﻔﺎ ﺣَ ﱠﻞ‬ ‫َﺎت؟ وَأَيﱠ ُﻣ َﻜ َﺎﻓﺄ َ ٍة ﺗَﺘَﻤَ ﻨﱠﻰ ِﻷُﺣَ ﱢﻘ َﻘﻬَ ﺎ َﻟ َﻚ؟« َﻓﺄَﺟَ ﺎﺑَ ُﻪ َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﺴ ُﺖ إ ِ ﱠﻻ َ‬ ‫ُﴩﻳ ِ‬ ‫وَأَﺑْﻬَ ﺞَ ا ْﻟﺒ ْ َ‬
‫ﺎت إ ِ َﱃ ﻟ َِﻘﺎءِ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻜ ِﺔ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ ََﺔ«؛ َﻓﺄ َ ْﻓ َﻀ ْﺖ‬ ‫ُﺼﺎد ََﻓ ُ‬‫ﻆ ِﺑﻠ َِﻘﺎ ِﺋ َﻚ‪ ،‬و ََﺳ َﺎﻗﺘْ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻤ َ‬ ‫ِﺑ ِﺒ َﻼدِ َك‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﺳﻌَ َﺪ ُه ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱡ‬
‫ﱪ ُه و َِزﻳ ُﺮ َك ِﺑﺒَ ِﻘﻴﱠﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫ِﺼﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﺧ َ َ‬
‫إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﺑﻘ ﱠ‬
‫ﺻ ْﱪًا ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺒ ََﻘﺎءِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄﺎمٌ« َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ ُِﻄ ِﻖ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ » ِﺑ ْﺴ َ‬
 ‫ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ وَﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ‬

‫)‪َ (2‬ﻓ ْﺮﺣَ ُﺔ اﻟ ﱢﻠ َﻘﺎءِ‬

‫ﻄﺎمٌ« أ َ ْن ﻳَﻌْ ﺘَ ِﺬ َر ﻟِـ»ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ ََﺔ« ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ أ َ ْﺳ َﻠ َﻔ ُﻪ‬ ‫ني ِﺑﺎﻟ ﱢﻠ َﻘﺎءِ‪ .‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ ﺣَ ﺎ ْ َو َل » ِﺑ ْﺴ َ‬ ‫و ََﻻ ﺗَ َﺴ ْﻞ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻓ ْﺮﺣَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻜ ْ ِ‬
‫اﻟﺴﺤْ َﺮ‬ ‫ﺎﴈ؛ َﻓ ِﺈ ﱠن ﱢ‬ ‫»ﻻ ﺣَ ﺎﺟَ َﺔ ِﺑﻨَﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ذِ ْﻛ ِﺮ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﻃﻌَ ﺘْ ُﻪ َﻗﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ ًﺔ‪َ :‬‬‫ري ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﻤﱠ َﺪةٍ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َ‬ ‫إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ إ ِ َﺳﺎءَ ٍة َﻏ ْ ِ‬
‫ﺎت أ َ ْن‬ ‫»ﻫﻴْﻬَ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎمٌ«‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﺼﺎﺋِﺐَ َوﻣِﺤَ ٍﻦ‪َ «.‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َل » ِﺑ ْﺴ َ‬ ‫ُﻫ َﻮ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺴﺌُﻮ ُل وَﺣْ َﺪ ُه ﻋَ ْﻦ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ َﻟ ﱠﻢ ِﺑﻨَﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ َ‬
‫ف‬ ‫ﺎن أَﺟْ َﺪ َرﻧِﻲ أ َ ْن أ َ ْﺳﺘَ ْﻠ ِﻬ َﻢ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒﻲ ِﻟﺘَﻌَ ﱡﺮ ِ‬ ‫ﴪ ٍع و ََﻏ ْﻔ َﻠ ٍﺔ‪ .‬ﻣَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﴘ ﻣَ ﺎ و ََﻗﻌْ ُﺖ ﻓِ ﻴ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺗَ َ ﱡ‬ ‫أ َ ْﻏﻔِ َﺮ ِﻟﻨ َ ْﻔ ِ َ‬
‫ﻈﻬَ ُﺮ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻮ‬ ‫ﻂ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْ‬ ‫ﺎﺧﺘَ َﻠ َ‬‫اﺳﺘَ ْﺴ َﻠﻤْ ُﺖ ﻟِﻤَ ﺎ ﺣَ َﻜﻤَ ْﺖ ِﺑ ِﻪ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﺎيَ ‪َ ،‬ﻓ ْ‬ ‫ﴪﺗَﺎهُ! َﻟ َﻘ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫ﻴﻘﺘِﻚِ ‪ .‬وَا ﺣَ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﻘِ َ‬
‫ﺻﺪ ََق ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤُ ْﻜ ِﻢ وَأ َ ْﺧ َﱪَ؛ َﻓ َﻘ ﱠﻠﻤَ ﺎ ﻳ ُْﺨ ِﻄﺊ ُ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْﻠﺐُ ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ أ َ ْن ﺗُ ْﺨ ِﻄﺊ ُ‬ ‫ﺎن أ َ ْ‬‫ﺣَ ﱠﻜﻤْ ُﺖ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒﻲ َﻟ َﻜ َ‬
‫اﻟﺸ ْﻜ ِﺮ ِهلل ِ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻌَ ﺎ َد ُة ِﺑﻠ َِﻘﺎﺋ ِِﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َُﻘ ﱢﴫَا ِﰲ ﱡ‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َل ﺣِ ﻮَا ُر ُﻫﻤَ ﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن َﻏﻤَ َﺮﺗْﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ «.‬و َ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ﻴْﻨ َ ِ‬
‫ﻄﺎ ٍم«‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻓِ ِﻪ وَﻋَ ِﻈﻴ ِﻢ َآﻻﺋ ِِﻪ‪ ،‬و ََﺳﺎ ِﺑ ِﻎ أ َ ْﻓ َﻀﺎﻟ ِِﻪ َوﻧَﻌْ ﻤَ ﺎﺋ ِِﻪ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻠ ْﺖ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ« ﻋَ َﲆ » ِﺑ ْﺴ َ‬ ‫ﻋَ َﲆ َﺧﻔِ ﱢﻲ أ َ ْﻟ َ‬
‫ْت إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ﺻﻌِ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫ﺎق أ َ ْن َ‬ ‫ﺎن ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻏ َﺮاﺋ ِِﺐ ِاﻻﺗﱢ َﻔ ِ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻧ َ َﺔ؟« َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل‪َ » :‬ﻛ َ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓ َﺖ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺸﻴْ َ‬ ‫ﺗَ ْﺴﺄَﻟُﻪُ‪َ » :‬ﻛﻴ َ‬
‫ﻮﺟﺌْ ُﺖ ِﺑ ُﺮ ْؤﻳَ ِﺔ َرﺟُ ٍﻞ‬ ‫ُﻮﺻ ُﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ﺣُ ﺠْ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻜ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻓﺘَﺤْ ُﺖ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎبَ ُﻓ ِ‬ ‫ﴫ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُﺳ ﱠﻠ ٍﻢ َﺧﻔِ ﱟﻲ ﻳ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬
‫اﻟﺸﺒَ ِﻪ‪َ .‬رأَﻳْﺘُ ُﻪ ﻳَﻬُ ﱡﻢ ِﺑﺎ ْرﺗِﺪَاءِ ﺑَﻌْ ِﺾ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْرﺗَﺪِﻳ ِﻪ‬ ‫ﻄﺎﻧ َ ُﺔ — أَﺗَ ﱠﻢ ﱠ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴْ َ‬ ‫ﻳ ُْﺸ ِﺒﻬُ ﻨِﻲ — َﻛﻤَ ﺎ أ َ ْﺷﺒَﻬَ ﺘْﻚِ ﱠ‬
‫ﻄﺎﻧ َ َﺔ ﺗُ َﺸﺠﱢ ﻌُ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ذَﻟِﻚِ ؛ َﻓﺘَﻤَ ﱠﻠ َﻜﻨ َِﻲ ا ْﻟ َﻐ َﻀﺐُ وَﻋَ َﺰﻣْ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻗﺘْﻠ ِِﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻴْ َ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣُ َﻠ ٍﻞ‪ ،‬و ََﺳ ِﻤﻌْ ُﺖ ﱠ‬
‫ﻄ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺒﻴﺜ َ ُﺔ ذِ َراﻋَ ﻴْﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ‬ ‫ﴎ َع إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻬَ َﺮ ِب‪َ ،‬وﻧَﺠَ ﺎ ِﺑﺄُﻋْ ﺠُ ﻮﺑَ ٍﺔ‪َ .‬وﺑ ََﺴ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻘِ ﱡﻲ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ أ َ ْ َ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ْن َرآﻧ َِﻲ ﱠ‬
‫َت‬‫ﺎن ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎﺗَ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺴﺤُ ﻮ ُر‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻫﻮ ْ‬ ‫ْﻒ ﻳَﺪ ََﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴ ُ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻊ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺗَ ْﻠﺘَ ِﻤ ُﺲ ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻔ َﻮ وَاﻟ ﱠﺮﺣْ ﻤَ َﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ َ‬
‫ﻴﻘﺘِﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ ﺠُ ﻮ ًزا ﺣَ ﻴْ َﺰﺑُﻮﻧًﺎ َﻗ ِﺒﻴﺤَ َﺔ‬ ‫ﱠت ﻋَ َﲆ ﺣَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫ِﻒ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺒَﺪ ْ‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ ْﺨ َﻔﻰ وَﺟْ ﻬُ ﻬَ ﺎ اﻟ ﱠﺰاﺋ ُ‬ ‫َﻛ ﱡﻔﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ْاﻷ َ ْر ِض ْ‬
‫»ﻻ ﺗَﻌْ ﺠَ ﺐْ‬ ‫ﴪ ًة‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﺿ ِﺎرﻋَ ًﺔ ُﻣﺘَﺤَ ﱢ َ‬ ‫ﺎﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ ﻋَ ﺠَ ِﺒﻲ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ِﱄ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺤْ ﻨ َ ِﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓ ْ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻮَﺟْ ِﻪ د َِﻣﻴﻤَ َﺔ ﱠ‬
‫ﻄﻌْ َﺖ ﻳَﺪِي َوﻓِﻴﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎﺗَ ُﻢ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺴﺤُ ﻮ ُر ا ﱠﻟﺬِي أ َ ْﻛ َﺴﺒَﻨِﻲ ا ْﻟ ُﻘ ْﺪ َر َة ﻋَ َﲆ اﻟﺘﱠﺤَ ﻮ ِﱡل إ ِ َﱃ‬ ‫ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺗَ َﺮى‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﻗ َ‬
‫ني َزو ِْﺟﻲ ا ْﻟﻬَ ِﺎر ِب َﺧﺎﺗَﻤً ﺎ ِﻣﺜ ْ َﻠﻪُ‪ ،‬أَﺗَﺎحَ َﻟ ُﻪ أ َ ْن ﻳَﺘَﻤَ ﺜ ﱠ َﻞ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َر ِة ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻜ ِﺔ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ ََﺔ«‪ .‬و ََﺳ َﱰَى ِﰲ ﻳَﻤِ ِ‬ ‫ُ‬
‫ِﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ‬ ‫ﺿ ِﺎرﻋَ ًﺔ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَ ْﻐﻔِ َﺮ ًة‪ ،‬ﺗَﺘَﻮ ﱠَﺳ ُﻞ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ أ َ ْن أُﺑْﻘ َ‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َرﺗِ َﻚ‪ «.‬وَا ْرﺗَﻤَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎدِ ﻋَ ُﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻗﺪَﻣَ ﱠﻲ َ‬ ‫ِﰲ ُ‬
‫ﺿﺎﻗ ْﺖ ﺟَ ِﺮﻳﻤَ ﺘُﻚِ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺎل‪ ،‬ﻓﻘ ْﺪ َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ﺎل‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺎذِ ِب ْاﻵﻣَ ِ‬ ‫ْ‬
‫»ﻻ ﺗُﻌَ ﱢﻠ ِﲇ ﻧَﻔ َﺴﻚِ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻤُﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ً‬
‫ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗِﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬ﻓﻘ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺎﻧِﻘﺎ‪َ :‬‬‫ُ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺎن ﻟِﻠ ﱠﺮﺣْ ﻤَ ِﺔ ﻣَ ﺠَ ﺎ ٌل‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎن ْاﻷَﻣْ ُﺮ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ َﻜ َ‬ ‫َت إ ِ َﺳﺎءَﺗُﻚِ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ وَﺣْ ﺪِي َﻟﻬَ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺸﻨْﻌَ ﺎءُ ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻔ ِﻮ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ِﻮ ْاﻗﺘَ َﴫ ْ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
‫َو َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻚِ دَﻣﱠ ْﺮ ِت ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ َة َﺳﻴﱢ َﺪ ٍة ﺑ َِﺮﻳﺌَ ٍﺔ ِآﻣﻨ َ ٍﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺒَ ﱠﺪ ْﻟ ِﺖ ﻧَﻌِ ﻴﻤَ ﻬَ ﺎ ﺟَ ﺤِ ﻴﻤً ﺎ‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ﱠﻮ ْﻟ ِﺖ َﺳﻌَ ﺎ َدﺗَﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ ﺬَاﺑًﺎ‬
‫اﻫﺎ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ذَﻟِﻚِ ‪َ «.‬و َﻟ ْﻢ أ ُ ِﺿ ِﻊ ا ْﻟﻮ َْﻗ َﺖ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺎت أ َ ْن أ َ َر َ‬
‫ﻄ ْﺮد َِﻫﺎ ذَﻟِﻴ َﻠ ًﺔ ﻣَ ِﻬﻴﻨ َ ًﺔ‪ .‬و ََﻫﻴْﻬَ َ‬ ‫أَﻟِﻴﻤً ﺎ‪ ،‬وَاﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ َﻛﻴْﺪُكِ ِﺑ َ‬
‫ﻄ َﻠ ْﻘ ُﺖ ِﰲ أَﺛ َ ِﺮ َزو ِْﺟﻬَ ﺎ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻮز‪ ،‬وَاﻧ ْ َ‬‫اﻟﴩﻳ َﺮ ِة ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠُ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ ْﻫ َﻮﻳ ُْﺖ ِﺑ َﺴﻴْﻔِﻲ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻋُ ﻨ ُ ِﻖ ﱢ ﱢ‬

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‫ﺼ ُﻞ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴﺎدِ ُس‬

‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ ْﻓ َﴣ إ ِ َﱃ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ ََﺔ« ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ َﺳ ِﻤﻌَ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ »ﻣ ُْﻘ ِﺒ ٍﻞ« وَﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْﻟﺤَ َﻘ ُﻪ ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋِ َﻘ ٍ‬

‫ﺎب‪.‬‬

‫ﺧﺎﺗِﻤَ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬
‫ﺼ ِﺔ‬ ‫)‪َ (3‬‬

‫ﻄﺎ ٍم« و ََﻗ ْﺪ ﻋَ َﻘﺪ َِت اﻟﺪ ْﱠﻫ َﺸ ُﺔ أ َ ْﻟ ِﺴﻨَﺘَﻬُ ﻢْ‪َ ،‬وﺑَ َﻠ َﻎ‬ ‫ِﻳﺚ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ » ِﺑ ْﺴ َ‬ ‫ﻮن إ ِ َﱃ ﺣَ ﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺎن ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ ﻳُﻨ ْ ِﺼﺘُ َ‬ ‫َو َﻛ َ‬
‫َﺎﺳﻤً ﺎ‪:‬‬ ‫»ﻏﺎﻟ ٍِﺐ« و ََﻗﺎ َل َﻟ ُﻪ ﺑ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠَ ﺐُ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ْﻢ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻣَ ﺒْ َﻠ ٍﻎ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ﻰ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛ َﻼ ِﻣ ِﻪ ا ْﻟﺘَ َﻔ َﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻠِﻚِ َ‬
‫ﻴﻞ‪،‬‬ ‫َآن ِﱄ أ َ ْن أ ُ َﻛﺎﻓِ ﺌَ َﻚ ﻋَ َﲆ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْﺳ َﺪﻳ َْﺖ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟَ ِﻤ ٍ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺒﻴ ُﻞ‪ ،‬و َ‬ ‫»و َْاﻵ َن ﺟَ ﺎءَ َد ْو ُر َك أَﻳﱡﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ‬
‫ُﴩﻳ ِ‬
‫َﺎت‪«.‬‬ ‫ﱠﺎت‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ ُﻛﻨ ْ َﺖ أ َ ﱠو َل ﻣَ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﻤَ َﻞ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ أ َ ْﺳﻌَ َﺪ ا ْﻟﺒ ْ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺘَﻤَ ﱠﻦ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ﻣَ ﺎ ِﺷﺌْ َﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ أُﻣْ ِﻨﻴ ٍ‬
‫ﴎ َع ِﺑ ِﺎﻻﻋْ ِﺘﺬَ ِار إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‬ ‫ﻴﻘ ِﺔ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳُﺤَ ﱢﺪﺛُﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْﻓ َﻀ ْﺖ »ﻋَ ِﺠﻴﺒ َُﺔ« إ ِ َﱃ َزو ِْﺟﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺤَ ﻘِ َ‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫وُ ْ‬
‫ﻈﺎ ٍم‪ .‬وَاﺑْﺘَﻬَ ﺞَ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ري ِه ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﻴَﺎ ِم ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ُﻫ َﻮ أ ْﻫﻠُ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ َﻔﺎ َو ٍة َوإِﻋْ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺼ ْﻔﺢَ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﺼ ِ‬ ‫ُﻣ ْﻠﺘَ ِﻤ ًﺴﺎ ِﻣﻨ ْ ُﻪ ﱠ‬
‫ﺻﺎﺣِ ِﺒ ِﻪ‬ ‫ﺿﻴ ًْﻔﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َ‬ ‫»ﻏﺎﻟِﺐٌ « َ‬ ‫ﴫ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻠﻜ ﱢِﻲ ﺣَ ﻴ ُْﺚ ﻧ َ َﺰ َل ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ ُﻚ َ‬ ‫ﺎن‪َ ،‬وذَ َﻫﺐَ ا ْﻟﺠَ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻜ ِ‬
‫ﺻﺒَﺤَ ﺎ —‬ ‫ني‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄ َ ْ‬ ‫َني ا ْﻟﻤَ ِﻠ َﻜ ْ ِ‬
‫َاﴏ ا ْﻟﻤَ َﻮ ﱠد ِة ﺑ ْ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ٍم«‪ ،‬ﻋِ ﱠﺪ َة أَﻳﱠﺎ ٍم ِﰲ إِﺟْ َﻼ ٍل َوإ ِ ْﻛ َﺮا ٍم‪َ .‬وﺗَ َﻮﺛ ﱠ َﻘ ْﺖ أَو ِ ُ‬ ‫» ِﺑ ْﺴ َ‬
‫ﺻ َﻔﻰ َﺧﻠِﻴ َﻠ ْ ِ‬
‫ني‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﺪ ََق ﺟَ ﺎ َرﻳ ِْﻦ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻛ َﺮ َم أ َ َﺧ َﻮﻳ ِْﻦ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْ‬ ‫ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم — أ َ ْ‬

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