‫ﲑ ا ْﻟ َﻌ َﻔﺎ ِر ِ‬

‫ﻳﺖ‬ ‫َأ ِﻣ ُ‬
‫ﲑ ا ْﻟ َﻌ َﻔﺎ ِر ِ‬
‫ﻳﺖ‬ ‫َأ ِﻣ ُ‬

‫ﺗﺄﻟﻴﻒ‬
‫ﻛﺎﻣﻞ ﻛﻴﻼﻧﻲ‬
 ‫أ َ ِﻣريُ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻔ ِ‬
‫ﺎر ِ‬
‫ﻳﺖ‬
‫ﻛﺎﻣﻞ ﻛﻴﻼﻧﻲ‬

‫رﻗﻢ إﻳﺪاع ‪١٦٨٢٩ / ٢٠١٢‬‬

‫ﺗﺪﻣﻚ‪٩٧٨ ٩٧٧ ٧١٩ ٠٢٥ ١ :‬‬
‫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
‫ﻓﺎﻛﺲ‪+ ٢٠٢ ٣٥٣٦٥٨٥٣ :‬‬ ‫ﺗﻠﻴﻔﻮن‪+ ٢٠٢ ٢٢٧٠٦٣٥٢ :‬‬
‫اﻟﱪﻳﺪ اﻹﻟﻜﱰوﻧﻲ‪hindawi@hindawi.org :‬‬
‫املﻮﻗﻊ اﻹﻟﻜﱰوﻧﻲ‪http://www.hindawi.org :‬‬

‫رﺳﻢ اﻟﻐﻼف‪ :‬ﺣﻨﺎن ﺑﻐﺪادي‪.‬‬

‫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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 ‫ﲑ ا ْﻟ َﻌ َﻔﺎ ِر ِ‬
‫ﻳﺖ‬ ‫َأ ِﻣ ُ‬

‫)‪َ (1‬زا ُد ا ْﻟﻤ َ‬

‫ُﺴﺎﻓِ ِﺮ‬

‫ﺎﻫ ْﻢ و َْﻓ َﺮ َة ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬

‫ﺎل‪.‬‬ ‫ﻂ ﷲ ُ َﻟﻬُ ْﻢ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱢﺮ ْز ِق‪ ،‬وَآﺗَ ُ‬ ‫ِﻳﻦ ﺑ ََﺴ َ‬‫ﺎﺟ ُﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ْﻫ ِﻞ اﻟﺜ ﱠ َﺮاءِ‪ :‬ا ﱠﻟﺬ َ‬ ‫ﺎن »ﺣَ ﻤْ ﺪَا ُن« اﻟﺘﱠ ِ‬ ‫َﻛ َ‬
‫َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺗِﺠَ ﺎ َرﺗُ ُﻪ َراﺋِﺠَ ًﺔ َرا ِﺑﺤَ ًﺔ‪ ،‬وَأَﻋْ ﻤَ ﺎﻟُ ُﻪ ُﻣﻮ ﱠَﻓ َﻘ ًﺔ ﻧ َ ِ‬
‫ﺎﺟﺤَ ًﺔ‪.‬‬
‫ف ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷَﻣَ ﺎﻧ َ ِﺔ وَا ْﻟﻮ ََﻓﺎءِ‪،‬‬ ‫َان‪ِ ،‬ﺑ َﻔ ْﻀ ِﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻋُ ِﺮ َ‬ ‫و ََﻗ ْﺪ ذَا َع ِﺻﻴﺘُ ُﻪ ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ ﺟَ ﺎ َو َر ُه ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒُ ْﻠﺪ ِ‬
‫ري ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷَﻧْﺤَ ﺎءِ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ ََﻘ ﱠﺮ — ِﻟﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ — َﻗ َﺮا ُرهُ‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻮ َ‬
‫َاﺻ َﻠ ْﺖ‬ ‫ون ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ ِﰲ َﻛ ِﺜ ٍ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺢَ َﻟ ُﻪ ﻋُ ﻤَ َﻼءُ‪ ،‬ﻳَﺘﱠ ِﺠ ُﺮ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ ْ‬
‫ِرﺣَ ﻠُ ُﻪ وَأ َ ْﺳ َﻔﺎ ُرهُ‪.‬‬
‫ﻄﻰ ﺟَ ﻮَا َد ُه ) َرﻛِﺐَ‬ ‫ﻮن اﻟﺘﱢﺠَ ﺎ َرةِ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺎﻣْ ﺘَ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ َﺮ ِﻟﺒَﻌْ ِﺾ ُﺷﺌُ ِ‬ ‫ات ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم‪ ،‬أ َ ْزﻣَ َﻊ »ﺣَ ﻤْ ﺪَا ُن« ﱠ‬ ‫َوذَ َ‬
‫ﻮن و ََﻗﺪِﻳ ٍﺪ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺼﺎﻧَﻪُ(؛ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ ْن ﻣَ َﻼ ﺣَ ﻘِ ﻴﺒَﺘَ ُﻪ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ ﻳَﺤْ ﺘَﺎجُ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﰲ َﺳ َﻔ ِﺮ ِه ا ْﻟﺒَﻌِ ﻴﺪِ‪ِ ،‬ﻣ ْﻦ ﺟُ ﺒ ٍْﻦ َو َزﻳْﺘُ ٍ‬ ‫ﺣِ َ‬
‫) َﻟﺤْ ٍﻢ ﻣُﺠَ ﱠﻔ ٍﻒ(‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻻ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ْﻐﻨِﻲ ﻋَ ﻨ ْ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﺴﺎﻓِ ُﺮ‪ِ :‬ﻣ َﻦ ُر َﻗ ٍ‬
‫ﺎق و ََﺷ َ‬
‫ﻄﺎ ِﺋ َﺮ‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ْﻠﻮَى‬
‫و ََﻓ َ‬
‫ﻄﺎ ِﺋ َﺮ‪.‬‬
 ‫أ َ ِﻣريُ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻔ ِﺎر ِ‬
‫ﻳﺖ‬

‫)‪ (2‬ا ْﻟﻮَاﺣَ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺴﺤُ ﻮ َر ُة‬

‫ﺎح َﻏﺎﻳَﺘُﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻗ َﻔ َﻞ ﻋَ ﺎ ِﺋﺪًا‪.‬‬

‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ اﻧ ْ َﻘ َﻀ ِﺖ ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘُﻪُ‪َ ،‬و ُﻛ ﱢﻠ َﻠ ْﺖ ِﺑﺎﻟﻨﱠﺠَ ِ‬
‫ﺎن َﻗ ْﺪ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻎ وَاﺣَ ًﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻌَ ﱠﺮجَ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‬‫ﻒ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ُم اﻟ ﱠﺮا ِﺑﻊُ‪ ،‬ﺟَ ﻬَ َﺪ ُه ا ْﻟﺤَ ﱡﺮ وَاﻟﺘﱠﻌَ ﺐُ ‪َ .‬و َﻛ َ‬ ‫ﺼ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ اﻧْﺘَ َ‬
‫ِريوﱢحَ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ﻨَﺎءِ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴ ْ ِ‬
‫ري‪.‬‬ ‫ﻟُ َ‬
‫ﺻﻌُ ﺪًا ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻮﱢ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘُ ِﺸﻴ ُﻊ ا ْﻟﺒَﻬْ ﺠَ َﺔ ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﺎﻓﻮ َر ًة ﺑَﺪِﻳﻌَ ًﺔ‪ ،‬ﺗَﺘَ َﻔﺠﱠ ُﺮ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ ﻋُ ﻴُﻮ ُن ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ ُ‬ ‫َ‬
‫َو َرأى ﻧ َ ُ‬
‫ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬
‫ﺎﻓﻮ َرةِ‪ ،‬وَأ َ َﻛ َﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺑَﻘِﻲ ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬‫ﺼﺎﻧ َ ُﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ِﺟﺬْ ِع َﺷﺠَ َﺮةٍ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺟَ َﻠ َﺲ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺣَ َﺎﻓ ِﺔ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ُ‬ ‫ﻂ ﺣِ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺮﺑَ َ‬
‫ﻮن‪.‬‬‫َﻗﺪِﻳ ٍﺪ َو َزﻳْﺘُ ٍ‬

‫»ﺻﺎﺧِ َﺪ َة«‬
‫ﴫ ُع َ‬
‫)‪ (3‬ﻣَ ْ َ‬
‫ﻃﺐٌ ﺟَ ﻨ ﱞِﻲ‪َ .‬ﻓﺄ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﻳَﻤْ ﺘَ ُﻊ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻋَ ﻤَ َﺪ إ ِ َﱃ ﻧ َ ْﺨ َﻠ ٍﺔ َﻗ ِﺮﻳﺒَ ٍﺔ ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻬَ ﱠﺰ َﻫﺎ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَ َﺴ َﺎﻗ َ‬
‫ﻂ ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ ُر َ‬
‫َﴪ ًة‪.‬‬ ‫ف ﻧَﻮَاهُ‪ ،‬ﻳَﻤْ ﻨ َ ًﺔ َوﻳ ْ َ‬ ‫ِﺑﺄ َ ْﻛﻠ ِِﻪ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﺘَ َﻠﻬﱠ ﻰ ِﺑ َﻘﺬْ ِ‬
‫ِﻒ أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﺷﺎﻫِ ًﺮا — ِﰲ ﻳَ ِﺪ ِه — ﺣُ َﺴﺎﻣَ ﻪُ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُل‪» :‬إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ‪ ،‬أَﻳﱡﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻮال‪ ،‬ﻳَﻘ ُ‬‫ﻃ ٍ‬ ‫َوإِذَا ِﺑﻤَ ِﺎر ٍد ُ‬
‫َآﺧﺬْ ِﺑﺜَﺄ ْ ِري ِﻣﻨ ْ َﻚ!«‬ ‫اﻟﴩﻳ ُﺮ! َﻫﻠُ ﱠﻢ أ َ ْﻗﺘُ ْﻠ َﻚ‪ ،‬و ُ‬
‫ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎ ِﺗ ُﻞ ﱢ ﱢ‬
‫اﻟﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺮﻳﻢُ؟ وَأَيﱡ ﺛَﺄ ْ ٍر َﻟ َﻚ ﻋِ ﻨْﺪِي‪،‬‬
‫َﻓ َﺴﺄ َ َﻟ ُﻪ »ﺣَ ﻤْ ﺪَا ُن« ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﺠﱢ ﺒًﺎ‪ِ » :‬ﺑﺄَيﱢ ذَﻧ ْ ٍﺐ ﺗَ ْﻘﺘُﻠُﻨِﻲ‪ ،‬أَﻳﱡﻬَ ﺎ ﱠ‬
‫ُف ِﺑﻠُ ْﻘﻴَﺎ َك ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ؟«‬ ‫وَأَﻧَﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ْﴍ ْ‬

‫‪6‬‬
 ‫أ َ ِﻣريُ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻔ ِﺎر ِ‬
‫ﻳﺖ‬

‫َﻓﺄَﺟَ ﺎﺑَ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ ُﻣﺘَﺄ َ ﱢﻟﻤً ﺎ ﻣَ ﺤْ ُﺰوﻧًﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ أ َ ْﻫ َﻠ ْﻜ َﺖ َو َﻟﺪِي‪َ :‬‬

‫»ﺻﺎﺧِ َﺪ َة«‪ ،‬وَأَﻧ ْ َﺖ َﻻ ٍه َﻏﺎﻓِ ٌﻞ‪«.‬‬

‫)‪ (4‬اﻟﻨﱠﻮَا ُة ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎ ِﺗ َﻠ ُﺔ‬

‫ْﻒ أ َ ْﻗﺘُﻠُﻪُ‪ ،‬وَأَﻧَﺎ َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ َر ُه َو َﻟ ْﻢ أَﻋْ ِﺮ ْﻓﻪُ؟«‬

‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل »ﺣَ ﻤْ ﺪَا ُن«‪َ » :‬ﻛﻴ َ‬
‫َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺎن؟«‬‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ ُﻣﺘَﺄ ﱢﻟﻤً ﺎ‪» :‬أ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗُ ْﻠ ِﻖ ِﺑﺎﻟﻨﱠﻮَى ِﰲ ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ َﻜ ٍ‬
‫»ﺻﺪ َْﻗ َﺖ‪َ .‬ﻓﻤَ ﺎذَا ﻳ ُِﻀريُ َك ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫﺬَا؟«‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل »ﺣَ ﻤْ ﺪَا ُن«‪َ :‬‬
‫ﺎل‪«.‬‬‫»ﺻﺎﺧِ َﺪ َة« َﻓ َﻘﺘَ َﻠﺘْ ُﻪ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ني َو َﻟﺪِي‪َ :‬‬ ‫َﺧ َﻠ ْﺖ إِﺣْ ﺪَى اﻟﻨﱠﻮَى ِﰲ ﻋَ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ د َ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻐِ ريَ ُة ِﺟﻨﱢﻴٍّﺎ ﻣَ ِﺎردًا؟«‬ ‫ْﻒ ﺗَ ْﻘﺘُ ُﻞ ﻧَﻮَا ُة ا ْﻟﺒَ َﻠ ِﺢ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل »ﺣَ ﻤْ ﺪَا ُن« ﻣ َُﻔ ﱠﺰﻋً ﺎ‪َ » :‬ﻛﻴ َ‬
‫ﻈﻨﱡﻨِﻲ َﻛﺎذِ ﺑًﺎ ﻓِ ﻴﻤَ ﺎ أ َ ُﻗﻮ ُل؟ أ َ َﻻ ﺗَﻌْ َﻠ ُﻢ أ َ ﱠن ﻧ َ ْﺨ َﻞ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه‬ ‫ﺎﺿﺒًﺎ‪َ » :‬وﻳْ َﻠ َﻚ! أَﺗَ ُ‬ ‫ﴫ َخ ِﺑ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ َﻏ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َ َ‬
‫ﺎن«؛‬ ‫»ﺳ َﻠﻴْﻤَ َ‬
‫ﻒ ﺑْ ُﻦ ﺑُ ْﺮﺧِ ﻴَﺎ«‪ :‬و َِزﻳ ُﺮ ﻧ َ ِﺒﻴﱢﻨَﺎ ُ‬ ‫»آﺻ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ ُﺮ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﻈﻴ ُﻢ ِ‬ ‫ا ْﻟﻮَاﺣَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺴﺤُ ﻮ َر ِة َﻗ ْﺪ َﻏ َﺮ َﺳ ُﻪ ﱠ‬
‫ني؟«‬‫َﺎﻃ ِ‬ ‫َاﻟﺸﻴ ِ‬ ‫ﻳﺖ‪ ،‬وَا ْﻟﻤَ َﺮ َد ِة و ﱠ‬ ‫ﻮن ﻧَﻮَا ُه ِﺳﻬَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ ﺗَ ْﻔ ِﺘ ُﻚ ِﺑﻤَ ْﻦ ﺗُ ِﺼﻴﺒُ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ِﺠ ﱢﻦ وَا ْﻟﻌَ َﻔ ِﺎر ِ‬ ‫ِﻟﻴَ ُﻜ َ‬

‫)‪َ (5‬رﺟَ ﺎءٌ ﻣَ ْﻘﺒُﻮ ٌل‬

‫ﺎس ﻋَ ْﻔ ِﻮ َك؛‬‫ﺻﺎﺧِ َﺪ َة«‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺒ َْﻖ ِﱄ إ ِ ﱠﻻ ا ْﻟﺘِﻤَ ُ‬ ‫»اﻵ َن َﻓ ِﻬﻤْ ُﺖ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَﻌْ ﻨِﻴ ِﻪ‪ ،‬ﻳَﺎ »أَﺑَﺎ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل »ﺣَ ﻤْ ﺪَا ُن«‪ْ :‬‬
‫وﻓ َﻚ ﻋِ ﻨ ْ َﺪ ﷲِ‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻦ ﻳ َِﻀﻴ َﻊ ﻣَ ﻌْ ُﺮ ُ‬
‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻣَ ﺎذَا ﺗُﻔِ ﻴ ُﺪ إِذَا َﻗﺘَ ْﻠﺘَﻨِﻲ‪ ،‬و ََﻓﺠَ ﻌْ َﺖ — ِﺑ َﻘﺘْ ِﲇ — أ َ ْﻫ ِﲇ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﺘﱠﻤْ َﺖ أَو َْﻻدِي‪َ ،‬و َرﻣﱠ ْﻠ َﺖ َزو ِْﺟﻲ؟‬
‫أَﺗَﻌُ ﻮ ُد ا ْﻟﺤَ ﻴَﺎ ُة إ ِ َﱃ َو َﻟ ِﺪ َك؟‬
‫َﻓ ِﺈذَا َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ َﻟ َﻚ ﺑُ ﱞﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻻﻧْﺘ َِﻘﺎ ِم‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻦ ﻳ َِﻀريَ َك أ َ ْن ﺗُ َﺆ ﱢﺧ َﺮ ُه ﻋَ ﺎﻣً ﺎ أ َ ْو ﺑَﻌْ َﺾ ﻋَ ﺎ ٍم‪َ ،‬رﻳْﺜَﻤَ ﺎ‬
‫َﺻﺤَ ﺎﺑَﺘِﻲ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻗ ِﴤ َدﻳْﻨِﻲ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻛﺘُﺐُ و َِﺻﻴﱠﺘِﻲ‪«.‬‬ ‫أ ُ َو ﱢد ُع أ َ ْﻫ ِﲇ و َ‬

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 ‫أ َ ِﻣريُ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻔ ِﺎر ِ‬
‫ﻳﺖ‬

‫َان« ﻟِﻤَ ﺎ َرآ ُه ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺛَﺒَﺎﺗ ِِﻪ و ََﺷﺠَ ﺎﻋَ ﺘ ِِﻪ‪ ،‬و َُﻗ ﱠﻮ ِة ﺣُ ﺠﱠ ﺘ ِِﻪ‪:‬‬ ‫ﻒ َﻏ َﻀﺒُ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ »ﺣَ ﻤْ ﺪ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ‪ ،‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ َﺧ ﱠ‬
‫ْﻒ أَﺛ ُِﻖ ِﺑﻌَ ﻬْ ِﺪ َك؟«‬ ‫ﺿ ﱠﻦ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ ِﺑﺘَﺄ ْ ِﺟ ِ‬
‫ﻴﻞ َﻗﺘْ ِﻠ َﻚ إ ِ َﱃ ِﻣﺜ ْ ِﻞ َﻫﺬَا ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ ِم ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎ ِﺑ ِﻞ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻜﻴ َ‬ ‫» َﻟ ْﻦ أ َ َ‬
‫ﷲ — أَﺣَ ﺪًا‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل »ﺣَ ﻤْ ﺪَا ُن«‪» :‬أ ُ ْﻗ ِﺴ ُﻢ َﻟ َﻚ‪َ ،‬ﻷَﻋُ ﻮد ﱠَن إ ِ َﻟﻴْ َﻚ؛ وَأَﻧَﺎ َﻻ أ َ ْﺧ َﴙ — ﻣَ َﻊ ِ‬

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 ‫أ َ ِﻣريُ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻔ ِﺎر ِ‬
‫ﻳﺖ‬

‫)‪ِ (6‬ﰲ ﺧِ َﻼ ِل ﻋَ ﺎ ٍم‬

‫ﱰ َﻛ ُﻪ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ‪ .‬وَﻋَ ﺎ َد )ﺣَ ﻤْ ﺪَا ُن( إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْﻫﻠ ِِﻪ‪.‬‬

‫َﻓ َ َ‬

‫اﺳﺘَﻮ َْﱃ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬ ُﻢ ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺰ ُع‪َ .‬و َﻟ ِﻜﻨ ﱠ ُﻪ ﺑَﺬَ َل و ُْﺳﻌَ ُﻪ‬
‫َث َﻟ ُﻪ ﻣَ َﻊ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱢﻲ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ْ‬
‫ﺺ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬ ْﻢ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ إ ِ ْن َﻗ ﱠ‬
‫ﻳﻦ ا ْﻟﻤ ُِﺼﻴﺒَ ِﺔ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬﻢْ‪.‬‬
‫ِﰲ ﺗَﻬْ ِﻮ ِ‬

‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أَﻋَ ﱠﺪ ِﻟ ْﻠﻤَ ﻮ ِْت ﻋُ ﱠﺪﺗَﻪُ‪َ ،‬ﻓﻮ ﱠَﰱ َدﻳْﻨَﻪُ‪َ ،‬و َز ﱠﻛﻰ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟﻪُ‪َ ،‬و َﻛﺘَﺐَ و َِﺻﻴﱠﺘَﻪُ‪.‬‬

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 ‫أ َ ِﻣريُ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻔ ِﺎر ِ‬
‫ﻳﺖ‬

‫ني‪َ ،‬وﺗَﻮ ﱠَﺳﻠُﻮا إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‬ ‫َف ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ ُم ﻋَ َﲆ ﻧِﻬَ ﺎﻳَﺘ ِِﻪ‪ ،‬اﺟْ ﺘَﻤَ َﻊ ﺣَ ْﻮ َﻟ ُﻪ أَو َْﻻدُ ُه َو َزوْﺟَ ﺘُ ُﻪ ﺑَﺎ ِﻛ َ‬
‫ني ﻣَ ﺤْ ُﺰوﻧِ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ أ َ ْﴍ َ‬
‫أ َ ْن ﻳَﺄْذَ َن َﻟﻬُ ْﻢ ِﰲ اﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِ‬
‫ﺎب ﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻮَاﺣَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺴﺤُ ﻮ َرةِ؛ َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﻘﺒَ ْﻞ‪.‬‬
‫ﺎﻟﺼ ْ ِﱪ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻗ َﻀﺎءِ ﷲِ‪.‬‬ ‫ُﻮﺻ ِﻴﻬ ْﻢ ِﺑ ﱠ‬ ‫َﴬبُ َﻟﻬُ ُﻢ ْاﻷَﻣْ ﺜَﺎ َل‪َ ،‬وﻳ ِ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻳ ْ ِ‬‫َو َ‬

‫ﺻﺎﺣِ ﺐُ ا ْﻟ َﻐ َﺰا َﻟ ِﺔ‬

‫)‪َ (7‬‬

‫ري ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻎ ا ْﻟﻮَاﺣَ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺴﺤُ ﻮ َر َة‪ ،‬وَﺟَ َﻠ َﺲ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺣَ َﺎﻓ ِﺔ‬ ‫ﻇ ﱠﻞ ﻳ َِﺠ ﱡﺪ ِﰲ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻄ َﻠ َﻖ ِﺑﺠَ ﻮَادِ هِ‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ اﻧ ْ َ‬
‫ﺎﻓﻮ َرةِ‪ ،‬ﻣ َُﱰ ﱢَﻗﺒًﺎ ﻋَ ْﻮ َد َة ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱢﻲ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪.‬‬
‫اﻟﻨ ﱠ ُ‬

‫ريهِ؛ إِذْ أ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ َﺷﻴ ٌْﺦ َﻫ ِﺮ ٌم ﻳُﺪْﻋَ ﻰ‪» :‬ﺣَ ﻤْ َﺰ َة«‪ ،‬ﺗَﺘْﺒَﻌُ ُﻪ َﻏ َﺰا َﻟ ٌﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫َوإِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َﻟ َﻐ ِﺎر ٌق ِﰲ ﺗَ ْﻔ ِﻜ ِ‬
‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ ْاﻗ َﱰَبَ ِﻣﻨْﻪُ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﻴﱠﺎهُ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮ ﱠد ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ )ﺣَ ﻤْ ﺪَا ُن( ﺗَﺤِ ﻴﱠﺘَﻪُ‪.‬‬
‫ﺎﴆ‬ ‫وﻓ ٌﺔ — ِﻟ ْﻠ َﻘ ِ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺳﺄ َ َﻟ ُﻪ »ﺣَ ﻤْ َﺰ ُة« ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ َﺳ َﺎﻗ ُﻪ إ ِ َﱃ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻮَاﺣَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺴﺤُ ﻮ َرةِ‪ ،‬وَﻫِ َﻲ ﻣَ ﻌْ ُﺮ َ‬
‫ﺎن‪ ،‬و ََﻗ ﱠﻠﻤَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻳﺖ َو َزﻋِﻴ ِﻢ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱢ‬ ‫ري ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻔ ِﺎر ِ‬‫َان«‪ :‬أ َ ِﻣ ِ‬‫ﻳﺐ( — أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ وَاﺣَ ُﺔ » َدﻧْﺪ َ‬ ‫وَاﻟﺪﱠاﻧِﻲ ) ِﻟ ْﻠﺒَﻌِ ﻴ ِﺪ وَا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺮ ِ‬
‫َﺳ ِﻠ َﻢ — ِﻣﻤﱠ ِﻦ اﺟْ ﺘَﺎ َز َﻫﺎ — إِﻧ ْ َﺴﺎ ٌن‪.‬‬
‫ﺼﺘَ ُﻪ ﻣَ َﻊ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱢﻲ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺺ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ »ﺣَ ﻤْ ﺪَا ُن« ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘ ﱠ‬
‫َﻓﻌَ ِﺠﺐَ »ﺣَ ﻤْ َﺰ ُة« ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ أ َ َﺷ ﱠﺪ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺠَ ِﺐ‪.‬‬
‫ني َرآ ُه ﻳَﻔِﻲ ِﺑﻮَﻋْ ِﺪ ِه ِﻟ ْﻠ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱢﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻼ ﻳَﺜْﻨِﻴ ِﻪ ﻋَ ﻨ ْ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﺬَ ُر ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ ِْت‪.‬‬ ‫َو َزا َد اﺣْ ِﱰَا ُﻣ ُﻪ َوإِﺟْ َﻼﻟُ ُﻪ َﻟﻪُ‪ ،‬ﺣِ َ‬

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 ‫أ َ ِﻣريُ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻔ ِﺎر ِ‬
‫ﻳﺖ‬

‫)‪» (8‬ﻧ ُ َﻮﻳْ َﺮ ُة« وَ»ﺗَ ِﻤﻴﻢٌ«‬

‫اﺳ ُﻤﻪُ‪» :‬ﻧ ُ َﻮﻳْ َﺮ ُة«‬

‫ِﱪ ﻋِ ِﺘﻴٍّﺎ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫اﺳﺘَ َﻘ ﱠﺮ ِﺑ ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻘﺎمُ‪ ،‬أ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬﻤَ ﺎ َﺷﻴ ٌْﺦ َ‬
‫آﺧ ُﺮ َﻗ ْﺪ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻎ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻜ َ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ ْ‬
‫ﻳَﺘْﺒَﻌُ ُﻪ َﻛ ْﻠﺒ َ‬
‫َان‪.‬‬‫َﺎن أ ْﺳ َﻮد ِ‬ ‫ِ‬
‫َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ اﻗﱰَبَ ِﻣﻨﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﻴﱠﺎﻫﻤَ ﺎ‪ .‬ﻓ َﺮدﱠا ﻋَ ﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﺗﺤِ ﻴﱠﺘ ُﻪ أﺣْ َﺴﻦ َردﱟ‪.‬‬
‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬

‫ﺼﺘَ ُﻪ ﻣَ َﻊ‬‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ َﺳﺄ َ َﻟﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﺳﺒ َِﺐ ُﻗﺪُوﻣ ِِﻬﻤَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﻮَاﺣَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺴﺤُ ﻮ َرةِ‪ ،‬أَﻋَ ﺎ َد ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ »ﺣَ ﻤْ ﺪَا ُن« ﻗِ ﱠ‬
‫ِﺼﺎﺣِ ِﺒ ِﻪ‪ِ ،‬ﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪.‬‬
‫َاﻫﺎ ﻟ َ‬ ‫َان«‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ َرو َ‬‫» َدﻧْﺪ َ‬
‫ﺻﺎ ِﻧﻊٌ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ْﻦ‬ ‫ﴬ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ‪ِ ،‬ﻟﻨ َ َﺮى ﻣَ ﺎ ُﻫ َﻮ َ‬ ‫ﻈ ِﺎر‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻳَﺤْ ُ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل )ﻧ ُ َﻮﻳْ َﺮ ُة(‪َ :‬‬
‫»ﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻻﻧ ْ ِﺘ َ‬
‫ﻳَﺪ ِْري؟ َﻓ َﻠﻌَ ﱠﻠﻨَﺎ — ِﻛ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ — ﻧ َ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ أ َ ْن ﻧ َ ْﺴﺘَﻌْ ِﻄ َﻔ ُﻪ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ؛ َﻓﻨ ُ ِﻠ َ‬
‫ني َﻗ ْﻠﺒَﻪُ‪َ ،‬وﻧَﺜ ْ ِﻨﻴَ ُﻪ ﻋَ ِﻦ اﻧْﺘ َِﻘ ِﺎﻣ ِﻪ‪«.‬‬

‫ﺼ َﺔ »ﺣَ ﻤْ ﺪ َ‬
‫َان« ﻋَ ِﺠﺐَ‬ ‫اﺳ ُﻤﻪُ‪» :‬ﺗَ ِﻤﻴﻢٌ«‪َ ،‬ﻓﻨ َ َﺰ َل ﻋَ ْﻦ ﺑ َْﻐ َﻠﺘ ِِﻪ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ ﻗِ ﱠ‬
‫ِﺚ‪ْ ،‬‬ ‫ﴬ َﺷﻴ ٌْﺦ ﺛَﺎﻟ ٌ‬
‫و َُﻫﻨَﺎ ﺣَ َ َ‬
‫ﺻﺎﺣِ ﺒَﺎهُ‪.‬‬‫ﺻﻨ َ َﻊ َ‬ ‫ِﻣﻨْﻬَ ﺎ — َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﻋَ ِﺠﺐَ »ﺣَ ﻤْ َﺰ ُة« وَ»ﻧ ُ َﻮﻳْ َﺮ ُة« — وَﻋَ َﺰ َم ﻋَ َﲆ اﻧ ْ ِﺘ َ‬
‫ﻈ ِﺎر ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱢﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ َ‬

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 ‫أ َ ِﻣريُ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻔ ِﺎر ِ‬
‫ﻳﺖ‬

‫)‪ (9‬ﻣَ ْﻘ َﺪ ُم ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱢﻲ‬

‫ْﺧﻨ َ ٍﺔ‪ِ ،‬ﰲ ِﻣﺜ ْ ِﻞ ا ْرﺗ َِﻔ ِ‬

‫ﺎع ِﻣﺌْﺬَﻧ َ ٍﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﺎ ﻫِ َﻲ إ ِ ﱠﻻ أ َ ْن ﻋَ َﻼ — ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱢﻮ — د َُﺧﺎ ٌن أ َ ْﺷﺒَ ُﻪ َ ْ‬
‫ﳾءٍ ِﺑﻤَ ﺪ َ‬
‫ﻳﺖ‪َ » :‬دﻧْﺪَا ُن«‪ ،‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ ﺑَﺪَا ﻋَ َﲆ وَﺟْ ِﻬ ِﻪ ْ ِ‬
‫اﻹﻋْ ﺠَ ﺎبُ‬ ‫ﱡﺧﺎ ُن‪َ ،‬وﺗَﺠَ ﱠﲆ أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ ﻬُ ْﻢ أ َ ِﻣريُ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻔ ِﺎر ِ‬
‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَ َﻘ ﱠﺸ َﻊ اﻟﺪ َ‬
‫ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ َرآ ُه ِﻣ ْﻦ و ََﻓﺎءِ »ﺣَ ﻤْ ﺪ َ‬
‫َان«‪.‬‬

‫)‪» (10‬اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻗ َ‬
‫ﻄﺎءُ«‬

‫َان« ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﻌْ ِﻄ ُﻔﻪُ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺧﺘَ َﻢ َرﺟَ ﺎءَ ُه َﻗﺎﺋ ًِﻼ‪» :‬إ ِ ﱠن اﻟ ﱡﺪﻧْﻴَﺎ ﻣَ ﻤْ ﻠُﻮءَ ٌة ﻋَ ﺠَ ﺎﺋِﺐَ‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ ْ َ‬
‫ﴎ َع »ﺣَ ﻤْ َﺰ ُة« إ ِ َﱃ » َدﻧْﺪ َ‬
‫َان« ِﺑﺄَﻋْ ﺠَ ﺐَ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻗِ ﱠ‬
‫ﺼﺘِﻲ ﻣَ َﻊ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ َﻐ َﺰا َﻟ ِﺔ‪«.‬‬ ‫و ََﻏ َﺮاﺋِﺐَ ‪َ .‬و َﻟﻴ َْﺴ ْﺖ ﻗِ ﱠ‬
‫ﺼﺘُ َﻚ ﻣَ َﻊ »ﺣَ ﻤْ ﺪ َ‬

‫ﺼﺘ ِِﻪ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎع ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺎق ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ إ ِ َﱃ َﺳﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺷﺘَ َ‬‫َﻓ ْ‬

‫ﻃﻤَ ﻌَ ُﻪ ِﰲ ﻣ َُﺴﺎوَﻣَ ﺘ ِِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ‬ ‫ﺼﺘ ِِﻪ‪ ،‬ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْ‬
‫ﺎع ﻗِ ﱠ‬‫َو َرأى »ﺣَ ﻤْ َﺰ ُة« ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺷ َﻐ ِﻒ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱢﻲ َو َو َﻟﻌِ ِﻪ ِﺑ َﺴﻤَ ِ‬
‫َ‬
‫ﻳﺖ ﻳَﺘَﺠَ ﺎ َو ُز ِﱄ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﺛُﻠُ ِﺚ‬ ‫ﺻ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻮَا ِﺗﻴَ ِﺔ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘﺎ َل‪َ » :‬ﻟﻌَ ﱠﻞ َﺳﻴﱢﺪِي أ َ ِﻣريَ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻔ ِﺎر ِ‬ ‫ﴫ ِﰲ اﻧْﺘِﻬَ ِﺎز ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﺮ َ‬ ‫ﻳ َُﻘ ﱢ ْ‬
‫ﺼﺘِﻲ ِﺑ ِﺈﻋْ ﺠَ ﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻇﻔِ َﺮ ْت ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫َان«؛ إِذَا َ‬ ‫ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ ِة »ﺣَ ﻤْ ﺪ َ‬
‫ْت‪«.‬‬‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل » َدﻧْﺪَا ُن«‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻚ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ َرد َ‬
‫ﺎﳼ‪ .‬وَﻫِ َﻲ ِﺑﻨ ْ ُﺖ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل »ﺣَ ﻤْ َﺰ ُة«‪َ » :‬ﻟﻴ َْﺴ ْﺖ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه َﻏ َﺰا َﻟ ًﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻐِ ْﺰ َﻻ ِن‪ ،‬ﺑَ ْﻞ ﻫِ َﻲ إِﻧ ْ ِﺴﻴ ٌﱠﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ْاﻷَﻧ َ ِ ﱢ‬
‫ﻄﺎءَ«‪.‬‬ ‫ﻋَ ﻤﱢ ﻲ‪َ ،‬وﺗُﺪْﻋَ ﻰ‪» :‬اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻗ َ‬
‫ِﻒ — ِﰲ ﺧِ َﻼﻟ ِِﻪ — ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ًة وَاﺣِ َﺪ ًة‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻏِ ﺒ ُْﺖ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﺑَ َﻠﺪِي‬ ‫ﻃ ِﻮﻳ ٌﻞ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻧ َ ْﺨﺘَﻠ ْ‬ ‫و ََﻗ ْﺪ ﻣَ ﱠﺮ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ َزﻣَ ٌﻦ َ‬
‫َﺳﻨ َ ًﺔ َﻛ ِﺎﻣ َﻠ ًﺔ‪.‬‬
‫ﱠار — َو َﻟﺪِي و ََﻻ َزوْﺟَ ﺘِﻲ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َﺳﺄ َ ْﻟﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ ﻨْﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ْت ِﻣ ْﻦ ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘِﻲ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ِﺟ ْﺪ — ِﰲ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ ﻋُ ﺪ ُ‬
‫َزﻋَ ﻤَ ْﺖ أ َ ﱠن ا ْﻟﺤُ ﻤﱠ ﻰ َﻗ ْﺪ أ َ ْﻫ َﻠ َﻜﺘْﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ‪.‬‬
‫ﻴﻖ ُر ْؤﻳَﺘَﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ‪.‬‬‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ُﻛ ْﻦ أَد ِْري أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺗُ ْﻀ ِﻤ ُﺮ ا ْﻟﺤِ ْﻘ َﺪ ِﻟ َﺰوْﺟَ ﺘِﻲ َو َو َﻟﺪِي و ََﻻ ﺗُ ِﻄ ُ‬
‫اﻟﺴﺤْ َﺮ؛ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِذَا ﺑَ َﺮﻋَ ْﺖ ِﰲ ُﻓﻨُﻮﻧ ِِﻪ وَﻣَ ﻬَ َﺮ ْت‪ ،‬ﻋَ ﻤَ ﺪ ْ‬
‫َت إ ِ َﻟﻴ ِْﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪،‬‬ ‫ف أَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻠﻤَ ِﺖ ﱢ‬ ‫َو َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ َﻟ ْﻢ أَﻋْ ِﺮ ْ‬
‫َﻓ َﺴﺤَ َﺮ ْت َزوْﺟَ ﺘِﻲ ﺑ ََﻘ َﺮ ًة‪َ ،‬و َو َﻟﺪِي ﻋِ ﺠْ ًﻼ‪.‬‬
‫ﺿﺤﱢ َﻲ ِﺑ ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ ْاﻗ َﱰَبَ ا ْﻟﻌِ ﻴﺪُ‪ ،‬أ َ ْﻫ َﺪﺗْﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ‪ِ ،‬ﻷ ُ َ‬

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 ‫أ َ ِﻣريُ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻔ ِﺎر ِ‬
‫ﻳﺖ‬

‫)‪ُ (11‬دﻣُﻮ ُع ا ْﻟﺒ ََﻘ َﺮ ِة‬

‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ أ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ ا ْﻟﻌِ ﻴﺪُ‪َ ،‬ﻗ ِﺪ َم ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ﺣَ ِﺎر ُس اﻟﺪ ْﱠﺳ َﻜ َﺮةِ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻌِ ﺠْ ُﻞ وَا ْﻟﺒ ََﻘ َﺮ ُة ِﻟﻴَﺬْﺑَﺤَ ﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻫ ﱠﻢ‬
‫ﺿ ِﺎرﻋَ ًﺔ ﻣ ُْﺴﺘَﻌْ ِﻄ َﻔ ًﺔ‪،‬‬ ‫ﺾ ِﻣ ْﻦ َرأ ْ ِﺳﻬَ ﺎ‪ِ ،‬ﰲ ذِ ﱠﻟ ٍﺔ وَاﻧْﻜ َِﺴ ٍﺎر‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَﻨ ْ ُ‬
‫ﻈ ُﺮ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ َ‬ ‫ِﺑﺬَﺑ ِْﺢ ا ْﻟﺒ ََﻘ َﺮةِ‪َ ،‬رأَﻳْﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ﺗُ ْﺨﻔِ ُ‬
‫وَاﻟ ﱡﺪﻣُﻮ ُع ﺗَ َﱰ َْﻗ َﺮ ُق ِﰲ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬
‫ُون أ َ ْن‬
‫ﻃ َﻠﺒ ُْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِﺎر ِس أ َ ْن ﻳَﻌُ ﻮ َد ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِﻈريَةِ‪ ،‬د َ‬ ‫ﺎﺷﺘَ ﱠﺪ ﻋَ ﺠَ ِﺒﻲ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ‪َ ،‬و َ‬ ‫َﻓ ْ‬
‫ﻳَﻤَ ﱠﺴﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑ ُﺴﻮءٍ‪.‬‬
‫ﻄﺎءِ«‪َ ،‬زاﻋِ ﻤَ ًﺔ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ اﺣْ ﺘَ َﻘ ْﺮ ُت َﻫ ِﺪﻳﱠﺘَﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻇﻬَ َﺮ ا ْﻟ َﻐ َﻀﺐُ ﻋَ َﲆ وَﺟْ ِﻪ »اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻗ َ‬ ‫و َُﻫﻨَﺎ َ‬
‫ُﴪ َع ِﺑﺬَﺑْﺤِ ﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َﺧ ْﺖ ِﺑﺎ ْﻟ َﺨﺎدِ ِم‪ ،‬ﺗَﺄ ْ ُﻣ ُﺮ ُه أ َ ْن ﻳ ْ ِ‬‫و ََﴏ َ‬
‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِﺎر َس ﻳَﻬُ ﱡﻢ ِﺑﺬَﺑ ِْﺢ ا ْﻟﺒ ََﻘ َﺮةِ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ أ ُ ِﻃ ِﻖ ا ْﻟﺒ ََﻘﺎءَ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺨ َﺮﺟْ ُﺖ َﻫﺎﺋِﻤً ﺎ‪.‬‬

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 ‫أ َ ِﻣريُ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻔ ِﺎر ِ‬
‫ﻳﺖ‬

‫)‪ (12‬ﻧَﺠَ ﺎ ُة ا ْﻟﻌِ ﺠْ ِﻞ‬

‫ﺺ ِﻣ َﻦ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ — وَﻣَ ﻌَ ُﻪ ا ْﻟﻌِ ﺠْ ُﻞ ِﻟﻴَ ْﺬﺑَﺤَ ﻪُ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َرآﻧ َِﻲ ا ْﻟﻌِ ﺠْ ُﻞ ﺗَﻤَ ﱠﻠ َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻋَ ﺎ َد ا ْﻟﺤَ ِﺎر ُس — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬
‫ا ْﻟﺤَ ِﺎر ِس‪َ ،‬ﻗﺎﻓِ ًﺰا وَا ِﺛﺒًﺎ؛ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِذَا دَاﻧَﺎﻧِﻲ‪َ ،‬راحَ ﻳَﺘَﻤَ ﱠﺮ ُغ ﺗَﺤْ َﺖ َﻗﺪَﻣَ ﱠﻲ‪َ ،‬وﻳَﺘَﻤَ ﱠﺴﺢُ ِﺑﻲ‪َ ،‬وﻳَ ْﻠﻌَ ُﻖ ﻳَﺪِي‬
‫ِﺑﻠ َِﺴﺎﻧ ِِﻪ؛ َو َﻛﺄَﻧﱠﻤَ ﺎ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﻌْ ِﻄ ُﻔﻨِﻲ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪.‬‬
‫ُﻮع ا ْﻟﺒ ََﻘ َﺮةِ‪َ .‬ﻓﺄَﻣَ ْﺮ ُت ا ْﻟﺤَ ِﺎر َس أ َ ْن ﻳ ُْﺨ ِﲇ َ َﺳ ِﺒﻴ َﻠﻪُ‪ ،‬وَأَﻧْﺬَ ْرﺗُ ُﻪ‬ ‫َ‬
‫و ََﻗ ْﺪ ذَ ﱠﻛ َﺮﻧِﻲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ِﺑﻤَ ﺎ َرأﻳْﺘُ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ُدﻣ ِ‬
‫ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻬَ َﻼكِ ‪ ،‬إِذَا ﻣَ ﱠﺴ ُﻪ ِﺑ ُﺴﻮءٍ‪.‬‬
‫َاري‪ ،‬ﻣ ُْﻐ َﻀﺒ ًَﺔ ﺣَ ﺎﻧ َِﻘ ًﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻄﺎءُ« أ َ ْن ﺗُ ْﻐ ِﺮﻳَﻨِﻲ ِﺑﺬَﺑْﺤِ ِﻪ َﻓ َﺰﺟَ ْﺮﺗُﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﺨ َﺮﺟَ ْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ د ِ‬ ‫وَﺣَ ﺎ َو َﻟ ِﺖ »اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻗ َ‬

‫)‪َ (13‬ﻛﻴْ ُﺪ »اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻗ َ‬

‫ﻄﺎءِ«‬

‫»ﺳ ِﻤريَ ُة«‬ ‫ﴎ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜًﺎ ﻋَ ﺠَ ﺒًﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻗﺎ َل‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻘ ْﺪ ﺗَﻌَ ﱠﻠﻤَ ْﺖ ِﺑﻨْﺘِﻲ َ‬ ‫ِﻴﻞ — َﻓﺄ َ َ ﱠ‬ ‫وَﺟَ ﺎءَﻧ َِﻲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِﺎر ُس — ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬
‫اﻟﺴﺤْ ِﺮ‪ُ ،‬ﻣﻨْﺬُ ﻧ َ ْﺸﺄَﺗِﻬَ ﺎ‪ .‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ َر َوﻳ ُْﺖ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﻧَﺒَﺄ َ ا ْﻟﻌِ ﺠْ ِﻞ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴﺄ َ َﻟﺘْﻨِﻲ أ َ ْن أُﺣْ ِ َ‬
‫ﴬ ُه إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ﻟ َِﱰَاهُ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻮن ﱢ‬ ‫ُﻓﻨ ُ َ‬
‫ط ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻆ و َْاﻷ َ َﻟﻢُ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﺘَﻤَ ﺎ َﻟﻚِ اﻟ ﱡﺪﻣُﻮ ُع أ َ ْن ﺗَﻨ ْ َﻔ ِﺮ َ‬‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َرأَﺗْ ُﻪ ﺑَﺪَا ﻋَ َﲆ وَﺟْ ِﻬﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻐﻴْ ُ‬
‫ﺎﻫﺎ‪.‬‬‫َﻓ َﺴﺄ َ ْﻟﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺣَ َﺰﻧَﻬَ ﺎ وَأَﺑْ َﻜ َ‬

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 ‫أ َ ِﻣريُ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻔ ِﺎر ِ‬
‫ﻳﺖ‬

‫ﺻﺎﺣِ ِﺐ‬ ‫»ﺻﺎﻋِ ﺪٌ« ﻧَﺠْ ُﻞ »ﺣَ ﻤْ َﺰ َة«‪َ ،‬‬ ‫ﻈ ﱡﻦ َﻫﺬَا ﻋِ ﺠْ ًﻼ‪ ،‬ﻳَﺎ أَﺑَﺘَﺎهُ؟ إِﻧ ﱠ ُﻪ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ِﱄ ُﻣﺘَ َﻔﺠﱢ ﻌَ ًﺔ‪» :‬أَﺗَ ُ‬
‫ﺎﺟ َﺪ َة« ا ْﻟ ِﻤ ْﺴﻜِﻴﻨ َ ِﺔ‪«.‬‬
‫اﻟﺪ ْﱠﺳ َﻜ َﺮةِ‪ .‬و َُﻫ َﻮ اﺑْ ُﻦ »ﻣَ ِ‬
‫ﺎﺟ َﺪ ُة؟«‬ ‫َﻓ َﺴﺄ َ ْﻟﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ُﻣﺘَﺤَ ﱢريًا‪» :‬وَأَﻳ َْﻦ ﻣَ ِ‬
‫ﻄﻔِ ﺊَ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺎحَ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم‪ .‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ َﺳﺤَ َﺮﺗْﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ »اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻗ َ‬
‫ﻄﺎءُ«؛ ِﻟﺘُ ْ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪» :‬إِﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ ا ْﻟﺒ ََﻘ َﺮ ُة ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ ذَﺑَﺤْ ﺘُﻤ َ‬
‫ُﻮﻫﺎ َ‬
‫ﻧَﺎ َر ﺣِ ْﻘﺪ َِﻫﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴ ِْﻬﻤَ ﺎ و ََﻏ ْ َ‬
‫ريﺗِﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣﻨْﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ‪«.‬‬
‫ﺻﺪ ِْري‪َ ،‬ودَا َر ْت ِﺑ َﻲ‬ ‫َﴫي‪ ،‬وَا ْﻟﺘَﻬَ ﺐَ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺘ ِِﻪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺪَى‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﴙ ﺑ َ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻎ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِﺎر ُس ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻗِ ﱠ‬
‫ض َﻗﺎﺋِﻤً ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْر ُ‬

‫ﺖ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ‬
‫ﺎر ِس‬ ‫)‪ِ (14‬ﺑﻨ ْ ُ‬

‫»ﺳ ِﻤريَ َة« أ ُ َﺳﺎ ِﺋﻠُﻬَ ﺎ‪ :‬أَﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْﺧ َﱪ َْت ِﺑ ِﻪ أَﺑ َ‬

‫َﺎﻫﺎ؟‬ ‫ﴎﻋْ ُﺖ إ ِ َﱃ َ‬ ‫وَأ َ ْ َ‬
‫اﻟﺸ ﱡﻚ‪«.‬‬‫ﻄ ﱠﺮ ُق إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ﱠ‬‫ني َﻻ ﻳَﺘَ َ‬‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪» :‬ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻳَ ِﻘ ٌ‬
‫اﻟﺴﺤْ ِﺮ؟«‬‫َﻓ ُﻘ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪» :‬أ َ َﻻ َﺳ ِﺒﻴ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ َﻓ ﱢﻚ ﱢ‬
‫ْﴪ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻋَ َﲆ ِﻣﺜ ْ ِﲇ‪ ،‬إِذَا أَﺟَ ﺒ َْﺖ ِﱄ َرﺟَ ﺎءً وَاﺣِ ﺪًا‪«.‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎ أَﻳ َ َ‬
‫اﻟﺴﺤْ َﺮ‪َ ،‬و َﻟﻚِ ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ َﺸﺎ ِﺋ َ‬
‫ني‪«.‬‬ ‫»ﻓ ﱢﻜﻲ ﻋَ ﻨ ْ ُﻪ ﱢ‬ ‫َﻓ ُﻘ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪ُ :‬‬
‫ﻒ ﺣِ ْﻘﺪ َُﻫﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻧَﺄْﻣَ ْﻦ‬‫ﺎب‪َ ،‬ﻟﺘَ َﻀﺎﻋَ َ‬ ‫ﻄﺎءِ« ِﺑ َﻼ ﻋِ َﻘ ٍ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﻮ أَﺑ َْﻘﻴ ُْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ »اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻗ َ‬
‫اﻟﺴﺤْ َﺮ ﻋَ ْﻦ َو َﻟ ِﺪ َك؟«‬ ‫ﻣَ ْﻜ َﺮ َﻫﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓﻬَ ْﻞ ﺗَﺄْذَ ُن ِﱄ أ َ ْن أ ُ َﻗﻴﱢﺪ ََﻫﺎ ِﺑ ِﺴﺤْ ِﺮي‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن أ َ ُﻓ ﱠﻚ ﱢ‬

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 ‫أ َ ِﻣريُ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻔ ِﺎر ِ‬
‫ﻳﺖ‬

‫)‪ (15‬ﺑَ َﺮاﻋَ ُﺔ َ‬

‫»ﺳ ِﻤريَ َة«‬

‫ﴪ ِﰲ ِﰲ ﻣُﻌَ َﺎﻗﺒَﺘِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬ﻓ ِﻬ َﻲ اﺑْﻨ َ ُﺔ‬ ‫ني‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ﱠﻻ ﺗُ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﺻﻨَﻌِ ﻲ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَ َﺸﺎ ِﺋ َ‬ ‫َﻓ ُﻘ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪» :‬ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻣَ ْﻮ ُﻛﻮ ٌل إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻚِ ‪َ :‬ﻓ ْ‬
‫ﻈﻤَ ْﺖ إ ِ َﺳﺎءَﺗُﻬَ ﺎ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ‪«.‬‬
‫ﻋَ ﻤﱢ ﻲ‪َ ،‬وإ ِ ْن ﻋَ ُ‬
‫ﴎﻋَ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ َﻗﺎ ُرو َر ٍة ) ُزﺟَ ﺎﺟَ ٍﺔ(‪َ ،‬ﻓﻤَ َﻸَﺗْﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺎءً‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْدﻧَﺘْﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ‬ ‫»ﺳ ِﻤريَ ُة« َرأ ْ ِﻳﻲ‪ .‬وَأ َ ْ َ‬ ‫ِﻒ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗُ َﺨﺎﻟ ْ‬
‫اﻟﺴﺤْ ِﺮ َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ْﻓﻬَ ْﻢ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﻌْ ﻨًﻰ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺳ َﻜﺒ َْﺖ ﻣَ ﺎء ََﻫﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻌِ ﺠْ ِﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓ ِﻤﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬وَﺟَ ﻤْ ﺠَ ﻤَ ْﺖ أ َ ْﻗﻮ ًَاﻻ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱢ‬
‫ﺎن‪.‬‬‫)ﺻﺎﻋِ ﺪٌ( إِﻧ ْ َﺴﺎﻧًﺎ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬ ‫َﻓﻌَ ﺎ َد َ‬
‫اﻟﺸﻤْ ِﻞ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ‬ ‫ﺎع ﱠ‬ ‫ور ِﺑﺎﺟْ ﺘِﻤَ ِ‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَﻮ َْﱃ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺮحُ ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻧَﺘَﻤَ ﺎ َﻟ ْﻚ أ َ ْن ﺑَ َﻜﻴْﻨَﺎ‪ِ ،‬ﻣ ْﻦ َﻓ ْﺮ ِط ﱡ ُ‬
‫اﻟﴪ ِ‬ ‫و ْ‬
‫ﻳَﺄ ْ ٍس ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱢﻠ َﻘﺎءِ َﺷﺪِﻳﺪٍ‪.‬‬
‫ﻄﺎءُ«؛ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﺣَ ﱠﻮ َﻟﺘْﻬَ ﺎ َﻏ َﺰا َﻟ ًﺔ‪.‬‬ ‫»ﺳ ِﻤريَ ُة«‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ »اﻟ ﱠﺮ ْﻗ َ‬‫َت َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﻘِ ﱠﺮ ِﺑﻨَﺎ ا ْﻟﻤ َُﻘﺎ ُم ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ ﻋَ ﺎد ْ‬
‫ﻴﺢ‪.‬‬‫ﻈ ِﺮ َﻫﺎ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺒ ِ‬
‫ني ِﺑﻤَ ﻨ ْ َ‬‫ﺻﻨَﻌَ ْﺖ؛ إِذْ َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗُﺤَ ﱢﻮ ْﻟﻬَ ﺎ دَاﺑ ًﱠﺔ د َِﻣﻴﻤَ ًﺔ‪ ،‬ﺗَﺘَﺄَذﱠى ا ْﻟﻌَ ْ ُ‬ ‫و ََﺧ ْريًا َ‬

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 ‫أ َ ِﻣريُ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻔ ِﺎر ِ‬
‫ﻳﺖ‬

‫»ﺻﺎﻋِ ﺪًا«‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺬِي َﻛﺎ َد ﻳ َْﻔﻘِ ُﺪ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎﺗَﻪُ‪،‬‬‫َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أ َ ِﺟ ْﺪ ﻣَ ﺎ أ ُ َﻛﺎﻓِ ﺊ ُ ِﺑ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ َة إ ِ ﱠﻻ أ َ ْن أ ُ َزوﱢﺟَ ﻬَ ﺎ َو َﻟﺪِي‪َ :‬‬
‫وف‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺻﻨَﻌَ ْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻣَ ﻌْ ُﺮ ٍ‬ ‫َﻟﻮ َْﻻ ﻣَ ﺎ َ‬
‫َﻓﻌَ ِﺠﺐَ » َدﻧْﺪَا ُن« ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َﺳ ِﻤﻊَ‪ .‬و ََﻗﺎ َل ﻟِـ»ﺣَ ﻤْ َﺰ َة«‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎ أَﻋْ ﺠَ ﺐَ ﻗِ ﱠ‬
‫ﺼﺘَ َﻚ! و ََﻗ ْﺪ و ََﻫﺒ ُْﺖ َﻟ َﻚ ﺛُﻠُ َﺚ‬
‫ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ ِة ﺣَ ﻤْ ﺪ َ‬
‫َان‪«.‬‬

‫ﺼ ُﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ْﻠﺒ ْ ِ‬
‫َني‬ ‫)‪ (16‬ﻗِ ﱠ‬

‫َان«‪َ » :‬ﻟﻌَ ﱠﻠ َﻚ‬ ‫َني‪ ،‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ َﻗ ِﻮيَ أَﻣَ ﻠُ ُﻪ ِﰲ َﺧ َﻼ ِص اﻟﺘﱠ ِ‬

‫ﺎﺟ ِﺮ‪ ،‬و ََﻗﺎ َل ﻟِـ» َدﻧْﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺎﺣِ ﺐُ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ْﻠﺒ ْ ِ‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ »ﻧ ُ َﻮﻳْ َﺮ ُة«‪َ :‬‬
‫ﺼ ِﺔ »ﺣَ ﻤْ َﺰ َة«‪ ،‬ﻣَ َﻊ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ َﻐ َﺰا َﻟ ِﺔ‪.‬‬‫ْت ِﰲ ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫َني أَﻋْ ﺠَ ﺐَ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ وَﺟَ ﺪ َ‬ ‫ﺼﺘِﻲ ﻣَ َﻊ َﻫﺬَﻳ ِْﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ْﻠﺒ ْ ِ‬ ‫َاﺟ ٌﺪ ِﰲ ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫و ِ‬
‫ﺎﺟ ِﺮ‪ِ ،‬ﻣﺜ ْ َﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ و ََﻫﺒ َْﺖ ﻟِﺤَ ﻤْ َﺰ َة؟«‬ ‫َﻓﻬَ ْﻞ ﺗَﻌِ ُﺪﻧِﻲ — إِذَا أَﻋْ ﺠَ ﺒَﺘْ َﻚ — أ َ ْن ﺗَﻬَ ﺐَ ِﱄ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ ِة َﻫﺬَا اﻟﺘﱠ ِ‬
‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َل » َدﻧْﺪَا ُن«‪َ » :‬ﻟ َﻚ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ .‬ﻓﻬَ ِ‬
‫ﺎت ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ َ‬
‫ِﻳﺚ‪«.‬‬

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 ‫أ َ ِﻣريُ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻔ ِﺎر ِ‬
‫ﻳﺖ‬

‫ﺎن‪ .‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ و َِرﺛْﻨَﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ أ َ ِﺑﻴﻨَﺎ —‬ ‫َان ِﱄ َﺷﻘِ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺄَﻧ ْ َﺸﺄ َ »ﻧ ُ َﻮﻳْ َﺮ ُة« ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُل‪» :‬إ ِ ﱠن َﻫﺬَﻳ ِْﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ْﻠﺒ ْ ِ َ‬
‫ﻴﻘ ِ‬ ‫َني أ َﺧﻮ ِ‬
‫ﻒ‪َ .‬ﻓﺎﺗﱠﺠَ َﺮ ُﻛ ﱞﻞ ِﻣﻨﱠﺎ ِﺑﻨ َ ِﺼﻴ ِﺒ ِﻪ …‬ ‫ﺺ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ وَاﺣِ ٍﺪ أ َ ْﻟ ٌ‬ ‫ف دِ ﻳﻨ َ ٍﺎر‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺨ ﱠ‬
‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ﻣَ ْﻮﺗ ِِﻪ — ﺛ َ َﻼﺛ َ َﺔ َآﻻ ِ‬
‫ﻒ ِرﺑْﺤَ ﻪُ‪ .‬و ََﻏﺎبَ ﻋَ ﻨﱢﻲ أ َ ْﻛﺜ َ َﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ﺎ ٍم‪.‬‬ ‫»ﺻﺎدِ ٌق« ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْن ﻳ َُﺴﺎﻓِ َﺮ‪ِ ،‬ﻟﻴ َُﻀﺎﻋِ َ‬ ‫ﴏ أَﺧِ ﻲ َ‬ ‫وَأ َ َ ﱠ‬

‫)‪ (17‬ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎﺋِﺐُ ْاﻷ َ ﱠو ُل‬

‫ﺎل ﺑَﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ٍﺔ‪َ .‬ﻓﺤَ ِﺴﺒْﺘُ ُﻪ‬‫ات ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم — إِذْ َﻗ ِﺪ َم ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ﺑَﺎﺋ ٌِﺲ َﻓﻘِ ريٌ‪ِ ،‬ﰲ أ َ ْﺳﻤَ ٍ‬ ‫َوﺑَﻴْﻨَﺎ أَﻧَﺎ ﺟَ ﺎﻟ ٌِﺲ ِﰲ ُد ﱠﻛﺎﻧِﻲ — ذَ َ‬
‫ﺼﺪ ْﱠﻗ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ِﺑ ِﺪ ْر َﻫ ٍﻢ‪.‬‬
‫َﺳﺎﺋ ًِﻼ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَﺠْ ﺪِي‪َ ،‬ﻓﺘَ َ‬
‫ﺻﻮ َر َة‬ ‫ض ﺣَ ﺪٍّا أَﻧ ْ َﺴﺎ َك ُ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺮ ﱠد ُه إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﺠﱢ ﺒًﺎ‪ ،‬و َُﻫ َﻮ ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُل‪» :‬أَﺗُ َﺮاﻧِﻲ َﻗ ْﺪ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻎ ِﺑ َﻲ ا ْﻟﻬُ َﺰا ُل وَا ْﻟﻤَ َﺮ ُ‬
‫ﺻﺎدِ ٍق؟«‬ ‫أَﺧِ ﻴ َﻚ َ‬
‫ﺎن ِﺑﻌَ ْﻮ َدﺗ ِِﻪ‪.‬‬‫َﻓﺪَﻫِ ْﺸ ُﺖ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻗﺒَ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ أَﺧِ ﻲ‪ ،‬أ ُ َرﺣﱢ ﺐُ ِﺑ ِﻪ وَأُﻋَ ﺎﻧ ُِﻘ ُﻪ َﻓ ْﺮﺣَ َ‬
‫ث وَأَﺣْ ﺪ ٍ‬
‫َاث‪.‬‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﺳﺄ َ ْﻟﺘُ ُﻪ ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ َﻟﻘِ ﻴَ ُﻪ ِﰲ ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘ ِِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛﻮ َِار َ‬
‫ﻮص ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟﻪُ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﱰُ ُﻛﻮا‬ ‫ﺼ ُ‬ ‫ِﻴﻖ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳُﺤَ ﺎﻟ ِْﻔﻪُ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ ْﺪ َﺳ َﻠﺒَ ُﻪ اﻟ ﱡﻠ ُ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َِﺰ ْد ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْن َﻗﺎ َل‪ :‬إ ِ ﱠن اﻟﺘﱠ ْﻮﻓ َ‬
‫َﻟ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺛﻴَﺎ ِﺑ ِﻪ َﺷﻴْﺌًﺎ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ َﺧ َﺬﺗْﻬُ ُﻢ اﻟ ﱠﺮأ ْ َﻓ ُﺔ ِﺑ ِﻪ؛ َﻓﻤَ ﻨَﺤُ ﻮ ُه َذ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟ ِﻬ ْﺪ َم )اﻟﺜﱠﻮْبَ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺮ ﱠﻗ َﻊ ا ْﻟﺒ َِﺎﱄ َ(‪ ،‬ا ﱠﻟﺬِي‬
‫ﻳَ َﻜﺎ ُد َﻻ ﻳ َْﺴ ُﱰُ ﺟَ َﺴ َﺪهُ‪.‬‬
‫ﺼﺎﻋِ ِﺐ‪.‬‬ ‫َﻓﻬَ ﱠﻮﻧ ْ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟﻘِ ﻴَ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ َ‬
‫ﺎﻟﺴﻮَاءِ‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺛ َ ْﺮ َوﺗِﻲ — ﺣِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺌ ٍﺬ — َﻗ ْﺪ ﺗَ َﻀﺎﻋَ َﻔ ْﺖ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻘ َﺴﻤْ ﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ﺑَﻴْﻨِﻲ َوﺑَﻴْﻨ َ ُﻪ ِﺑ ﱠ‬

‫)‪ (18‬ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎﺋِﺐُ اﻟﺜﱠﺎﻧِﻲ‬

‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ؛ ِﻟﻴُﺠَ ﱢﺮبَ‬

‫ﻂ‪ِ ،‬ﺑﻌَ ْﺰﻣ ِِﻪ ﻋَ َﲆ ﱠ‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﱠﺮ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ َزﻣَ ٌﻦ َﻫﺎ ِﻧﺊ ٌ َﺳﻌِ ﻴﺪٌ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻓﺎﺟَ ﺄَﻧِﻲ » ُز َﻫ ِريٌ«‪ :‬أَﺧِ ﻲ ْاﻷَو َْﺳ ُ‬
‫ﻈ ُﻪ ِﰲ اﻟﺘﱢﺠَ ﺎ َرةِ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺣَ ﱠ‬
‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﺠﺐْ ِﻟﻨ َ ِﺼﻴﺤَ ِﺘﻨَﺎ‪.‬‬
‫ﻴﺾ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ ْﻗﺒَ ْﻠﻨَﺎ ﻛ َِﻼﻧَﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ‪َ .‬وﺑَﺬَ ْﻟﻨَﺎ و ُْﺳﻌَ ﻨَﺎ ِﰲ ﺗَﺒْﻐِ ِ‬
‫»ﺻﺎدِ ٌق«‬ ‫ﺎح‪َ ،‬ﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﻋَ ﺎ َد َ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻋَ ﺎ َد ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺳ َﻔ ِﺮ ِه — ِﰲ آﺧِ ِﺮ ا ْﻟﻌَ ﺎ ِم — ﺑَﺎدِيَ اﻟﺬﱡ ﱢل‪ ،‬ﻣَ ْﻜ ُﺴﻮ َر ا ْﻟﺠَ ﻨ َ ِ‬
‫ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪.‬‬
‫ِﻒ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‬ ‫ﻒ دِ ﻳﻨ َ ٍﺎر أ ُ ْﺧ َﺮى‪َ .‬ﻓﻮ ََﻫﺒْﺘُﻬَ ﺎ َﻟﻪُ؛ ِﻟﻴ َْﺴﺘَﺄْﻧ َ‬
‫َو ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ َﻗ ْﺪ َر ِﺑﺤْ ُﺖ — ِﰲ أَﺛْﻨَﺎءِ َﺳ َﻔ ِﺮ ِه — أ َ ْﻟ َ‬
‫ﺗِﺠَ ﺎ َرﺗَﻪُ‪.‬‬

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 ‫أ َ ِﻣريُ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻔ ِﺎر ِ‬
‫ﻳﺖ‬

‫َات َ‬
‫ﺧﻤْ ٍﺲ‬ ‫ﺳﻨَﻮ ٍ‬
‫)‪ (19‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ َ‬

‫َات َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ أ َ ْﺳﻌَ َﺪ ِﺳﻨِﻲ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ ِﺗﻨَﺎ ﺟَ ِﻤﻴﻌً ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫وَﻣَ ﱠﺮ ْت ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻨَﺎ َﺧﻤْ ُﺲ َﺳﻨَﻮ ٍ‬
‫ﺎن ِﱄ َ أ َ ْن ﻧ ُ َﺴﺎﻓِ َﺮ ﻣَ ﻌً ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ أ َﺧﻮَايَ ‪ ،‬ﻳُ َﺰﻳﱢﻨ َ ِ‬
‫َو َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ُﻛ ْﻦ أَﺟْ ﻬَ ُﻞ َﻓﻮَا ِﺋ َﺪ اﻟ ﱢﺮﺣَ ِﻞ و َْاﻷ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﺎر‪.‬‬
‫ﺻ َﻼﺣِ ﻴَﺘ ِِﻬﻤَ ﺎ و ََﻻ أَﺛ ُِﻖ ِﺑﻜ َِﻔﺎﻳَﺘ ِِﻬﻤَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎﺟﺤً ﺎ ِﰲ ﺑَ َﻠﺪِي‪َ .‬و ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ أ َ ْرﺗَﺎبُ ِﰲ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟ ِﻜﻨﱠﻨِﻲ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ ﻧ َ ِ‬
‫ﺎل‪.‬‬‫ﺎن ِﻟ َﺮأ ْ ِﻳ ِﻬﻤَ ﺎ ِﰲ اﻻ ْرﺗِﺤَ ِ‬ ‫اﻹذْﻋَ ِ‬‫ﺎن ﻋَ َﲇﱠ؛ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻟ ْﻢ أ َ ِﺟ ْﺪ ﺑُﺪٍّا ِﻣ َﻦ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﺑَﻴْ َﺪ أَﻧﱠﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ َ‬
‫ﻇ ﱠﻼ ﻳُﻠ ِﺤﱠ ِ‬

‫)‪ (20‬ﺣَ ْﺰ ُم »ﻧ ُ َﻮﻳْ َﺮ َة«‬

‫ف دِ ﻳﻨ َ ٍﺎر‪.‬‬ ‫َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺛ َ ْﺮ َوﺗِﻲ — ﺣِ ﻴﻨ َ ِﺌ ٍﺬ — َﻗ ْﺪ ﺑَ َﻠ َﻐ ْﺖ ِﺳﺘﱠ َﺔ َآﻻ ِ‬

‫»ﻓ ﱢﺮ ْق ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟ َﺪﻳْ َﻚ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒَﻴ ِْﺾ ِﰲ ِﺳ َﻼ ٍل ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﱢﺪ َدةٍ‪ ،‬و ََﻻ ﺗَﺠْ ﻌَ ْﻠ ُﻪ ُﻛ ﱠﻠ ُﻪ‬ ‫َﻓﺬَ َﻛ ْﺮ ُت ا ْﻟﺤِ ْﻜﻤَ َﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻘﺎ ِﺋ َﻠ َﺔ‪َ :‬‬
‫ِﰲ َﺳ ﱠﻠ ٍﺔ وَاﺣِ َﺪةٍ‪«.‬‬
‫ﺼ ِﻒ ْاﻵ َﺧ ِﺮ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎل‪ ،‬وَاﺗﱠﺠَ ْﺮ ُت ِﺑﺎﻟﻨ ﱢ ْ‬
‫ﻒ ا ْﻟﻤَ ِ‬ ‫ِﺼ َ‬‫َاري ﻧ ْ‬ ‫َﻓ َﺨﺒَﺄ ْ ُت ِﰲ د ِ‬

‫َو َر ِﺑﺤَ ْﺖ ﺗِﺠَ ﺎ َرﺗِﻲ؛ َﻓ ُﺮﺣْ ُﺖ أَﺗَﻨ َ ﱠﻘ ُﻞ — ﻣَ َﻊ أ َ َﺧﻮَيﱠ — ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَ َﻠ ٍﺪ إ ِ َﱃ ﺑَ َﻠﺪٍ‪َ ،‬وﺛ َ ْﺮ َوﺗُﻨَﺎ ِﰲ ا ْز ِدﻳَﺎدٍ ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ‬
‫ُﴪ‪َ ،‬ﻟ ْﻢ ﻧ َ ُﻜ ْﻦ ِﻟﻨَﺤْ ﻠُ َﻢ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻗﺒْ ُﻞ‪.‬‬ ‫أَ ْ‬
‫ﺻﺒَﺤْ ﻨَﺎ ِﰲ ﺣَ ﺎ َﻟ ٍﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻴ ْ ِ‬

‫ﺎﺟﻴ َُﺔ‬
‫ﻳﻘ ُﺔ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِ‬
‫)‪ (21‬ا ْﻟ َﻐ ِﺮ َ‬

‫ﻮن‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ‬

‫ﺼﺎﻳَﺤُ َ‬ ‫ﺎﻃﺊَ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪َ ،‬رأَﻳ ُْﺖ ﺟَ ﻤَ ﺎﻋَ ًﺔ ﻳَﺘَ َ‬ ‫ات ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم — أَﺗَﻨ َ ﱠﺰهُ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺑَ َﻠ ْﻐ ُﺖ َﺷ ِ‬ ‫و ََﺧ َﺮﺟْ ُﺖ — ذَ َ‬
‫ِﻴﻞ — َﻓﺄ َ ْﻏ َﺮ َﻗ ْﺖ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ًﺔ ِﺑ َﺮا ِﻛ ِﺒﻴﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳ َْﺴ َﻠ ْﻢ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻐ َﺮ ِق‬ ‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ًﺔ َﻗ ْﺪ َﻫﺒ ْﱠﺖ — ُﻣﻨْﺬُ َﻗﻠ ٍ‬ ‫ﻋَ ﻠِﻤْ ُﺖ أ َ ﱠن ﻋَ ِ‬
‫ُﴩ َﻓ ٌﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻬَ َﻼكِ ‪.‬‬ ‫إ ِ ﱠﻻ َﻓﺘَﺎ ٌة ﺗَﺎﻋِ َﺴ ٌﺔ ﻣ ْ ِ‬
‫ﺻﻨَﻌْ ُﺖ‪.‬‬ ‫ﴎﻋْ ُﺖ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ وَأَﻧ ْ َﻘﺬْﺗُﻬَ ﺎ؛ َﻓ َﺸ َﻜ َﺮ ْت ِﱄ َ ا ْﻟ َﻔﺘَﺎ ُة ﻣَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫َﻓﺄ َ ْ َ‬
‫ﺻﻠِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬و َرﺟَ ﺎﺣَ َﺔ ﻋَ ْﻘﻠِﻬَ ﺎ؛‬ ‫وَﻋَ ﻠِﻤْ ُﺖ أَﻧﱠﻬﺎ ﺗُﺪْﻋَ ﻰ‪َ » :‬ﻟﻤْ ﻴَﺎءَ«‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَﺒَﻴﱠﻨ ْ ُﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﺪِﻳﺜِﻬَ ﺎ ﻧَﺒَﺎ َﻟ َﺔ أ َ ْ‬
‫ﻄ َﻔ ًﺔ‪.‬‬
‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻘ ِﺒ َﻠ ْﺖ » َﻟﻤْ ﻴَﺎءُ« ُﻣﺘَ َﻠ ﱢ‬‫ﺿ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ْن ﺗُ َﺮاﻓِ َﻘﻨَﺎ ِﰲ ﱠ‬ ‫َﻓﻌَ َﺮ ْ‬
‫ﺎﻫﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺟَ َﻠﺒْﻨَﺎ ُه ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺒ ََﻀﺎﺋ ِِﻊ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ أ َ َﻗ ﱠﻠﺘْﻨَﺎ َﺳﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ ٌﺔ َﻛ ِﺒريَ ٌة‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﻤﱠ ْﻠﻨ َ َ‬

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 ‫أ َ ِﻣريُ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻔ ِﺎر ِ‬
‫ﻳﺖ‬

‫)‪ُ (22‬ﻣ َﺆاﻣَ َﺮ ُة ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺎﻗِ َﺪﻳ ِْﻦ‬

‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ ًﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﺤِ ْﻘ ِﺪ وَا ْﻟﺤَ َﺴ ِﺪ َﻫﺒ ْﱠﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻗ ْﻠﺒ َْﻲ أ َ َﺧﻮَيﱠ ‪،‬‬ ‫َت ِرﺣْ َﻠﺘُﻨَﺎ ﺗَﻨْﺘَ ِﻬﻲ ِﺑ َﺴ َﻼ ٍم‪َ ،‬ﻟﻮ َْﻻ أ َ ﱠن ﻋَ ِ‬ ‫َو َﻛﺎد ْ‬
‫ﺎح‪.‬‬‫ﻇﻔِ ْﺮ ُت ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻧَﺠَ ٍ‬ ‫َﻓﺄَﺛَﺎ َر ْت ﻓِ ِﻴﻬﻤَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻻ ﻗِ ﺒَ َﻞ َﻟﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ِﺑﺎﺣْ ﺘِﻤَ ﺎﻟ ِِﻪ‪ِ ،‬ﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻐ ْ َ‬
‫ري ِة وَا ْﻟ َﻐﻴ ِْﻆ ﻋَ َﲇﱠ‪ ،‬ﻟِﻤَ ﺎ َ‬
‫ﺼ ِﻒ اﻟ ﱠﻠﻴ ِْﻞ؛ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺬَ َﻓﺎ ِﺑﻲ — وَأَﻧَﺎ ﻧَﺎ ِﺋ ٌﻢ‬ ‫َﺻ َﱪَا إ ِ َﱃ ُﻣﻨْﺘَ َ‬ ‫َﺎﻫﻤَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ْن ﻳ ُْﻐ ِﺮ َﻗﺎﻧِﻲ‪ .‬و َ‬ ‫َﻓﺎﺟْ ﺘَﻤَ َﻊ َرأْﻳ ُ‬
‫— ِﰲ ﻋُ ْﺮ ِض ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪.‬‬

‫)‪َ (23‬ﻓ ْ‬
‫ﻀ ُﻞ » َﻟﻤْ ﻴَﺎءَ«‬

‫ِﻴﻘ ٍﺔ ﺗَﻨْﺘَ ِﺸﻠُﻨِﻲ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﻐ َﺮ ِق‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَ ْﺮ َﻓﻌُ ﻨِﻲ ِﰲ ِر ْﻓ ٍﻖ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ ِﻄريُ‬
‫َﻓﺎﻧْﺘَﺒَﻬْ ُﺖ ﻣ ُْﻔ ﱠﺰﻋً ﺎ ﻣَ ﺬْﻋُ ﻮ ًرا‪َ .‬وإِذَا ِﺑﻴَ ٍﺪ َرﻓ َ‬
‫ِﺑﻲ ِﰲ أَﺟْ ﻮ َِاز ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﻀﺎءِ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَﻘِ ﱡﺮ ِﺑﻲ ِﰲ ﺑَﻴْﺘِﻲ‪.‬‬

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 ‫أ َ ِﻣريُ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻔ ِﺎر ِ‬
‫ﻳﺖ‬

‫ﻴﺖ‬‫ﺼ ﱢﱪُﻧِﻲ(‪َ ،‬وﺗُﻬَ ﱢﻮ ُن ﻋَ َﲇ ﱠ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟﻘِ ُ‬ ‫ﻈ ْﺮ ُت‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈذَا ِﺑﻲ أ َ َرى » َﻟﻤْ ﻴَﺎءَ« إ ِ َﱃ ﺟَ ﺎ ِﻧ ِﺒﻲ ﺗُ َﺆ ﱢﺳﻴﻨِﻲ )ﺗُ َ‬ ‫َوﻧ َ َ‬
‫اب‪.‬‬‫ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ﺬَ ٍ‬
‫َني أ َ ْﺳ َﻮ َدﻳ ِْﻦ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺴﺄ َ ْﻟﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ﺟَ ِﻠﻴ َﱠﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َ ِﱪ‪.‬‬ ‫َو َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ِﺟﻮ َِار َﻫﺎ َﻛ ْﻠﺒ ْ ِ‬
‫ﺎت ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪ .‬و ََﻗ ْﺪ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ » َﻟﻤْ ﻴَﺎءُ«‪» :‬ﻣَ ﺎ أَﻧَﺎ ِﺑ ِﺈﻧ ْ ِﺴﻴﱠ ٍﺔ — َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻫﻤْ ﺘَﻨِﻲ — ﺑَ ْﻞ أَﻧَﺎ ِﺟﻨﱢﻴ ٌﱠﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَﻨ َ ِ‬
‫اﻹﻧ ْ ِﺲ‪َ ،‬وﻣُﻌَ َﺎﻗﺒَ ِﺔ أ َ ْﴍ ِ‬
‫َارﻫِ ﻢْ‪.‬‬ ‫ﻃ ُﻔﻮ َﻟﺘِﻲ — ﻣُﻮ َﻟﻌَ ًﺔ ِﺑ ُﻤ َﺆا َز َر ِة أ َ ْﺧﻴ َِﺎر ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻧ َ َﺸﺄ ْ ُت — ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ُ‬
‫ﻄﻔِ َﻚ ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ َﺧ َﻮﻳْ َﻚ‪ ،‬ﻣَ َﻊ أَﻧﱠﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﻛﺒ َِﺎر‬ ‫و ََﻗ ِﺪ اﻣْ ﺘَ َﻸ َ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒﻲ إِﻋْ ﺠَ ﺎﺑًﺎ ِﺑ َﻚ‪ ،‬ﻟِﻤَ ﺎ َرأَﻳْﺘُ ُﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ْ‬
‫َ‬ ‫ْاﻷ َ ْﴍ ِ‬
‫ﺼﺎ ِﻣﻨ ْ َﻚ‪،‬‬ ‫ان َﻟ َﻚ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻛﻴْﺪٍ؛ ِﻟﻴَﺘَ َﺨ ﱠﻠ َ‬ ‫َار؛ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ اﻣْ ﺘَ َﻸ َ َﻗ ْﻠ ِﺒﻲ َﺧﻮ ًْﻓﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ َﻚ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ ْن ﻋَ َﺮ ْﻓ ُﺖ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳُ َﺪﺑﱢ َﺮ ِ‬
‫ﻈ َﻔ َﺮا — وَﺣْ ﺪ َُﻫﻤَ ﺎ — ِﺑﺜ َ ْﺮ َوﺗِ َﻚ‪.‬‬ ‫َوﻳَ ْ‬
‫ﺎﺻ َﻔ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻬَ ﻮْﺟَ ﺎءَ‪ .‬ا ﱠﻟﺘِﻲ َرأَﻳْﺘَﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬و ََﺧﻴﱠ ْﻠ ُﺖ ِﺑ ِﺴﺤْ ِﺮي‬ ‫ﺎﻃﺊَ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‪ ،‬أَﺛ َ ْﺮ ُت ا ْﻟﻌَ ِ‬ ‫َﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َرأَﻳْﺘُ َﻚ ﺗُﻴَﻤﱢ ُﻢ َﺷ ِ‬
‫ُﴩ َﻓ ٌﺔ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﻮ ِْت‪ ،‬وَأَﻧَﺎ ﻋَ ِﺎر َﻓ ٌﺔ أ َ ﱠن‬ ‫ﺎﻫ ْﺮ ُت أَﻧﱢﻲ ﻣ ْ ِ‬ ‫ﻈ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﻔِ ﻴﻨ َ َﺔ َﻏ ِﺮ َﻗ ْﺖ ِﺑﻤَ ْﻦ ﻓِ ﻴﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬وﺗَ َ‬ ‫ﺎس أ َ ﱠن ﱠ‬ ‫ﻟِﻠﻨ ﱠ ِ‬
‫ُﻣ ُﺮوءَﺗَ َﻚ َﺳﺘَﺪ َْﻓ ُﻊ ِﺑ َﻚ إ ِ َﱃ ﻧَﺠْ َﺪﺗِﻲ‪.‬‬
‫ﺻﺢﱠ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَﻮ ﱠَﻗﻌْ ﺘُﻪُ‪.‬‬‫و ََﻗ ْﺪ َ‬

‫ﻄﻤَ ِﻊ أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﻘﺬ َِﻓﺎ ِﺑ َﻚ إ ِ َﱃ َﻗ َﺮ ِار ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ‬ ‫ﻄﺎ ُن اﻟ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺼ َﱪ ُْت ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ َﺧ َﻮﻳْ َﻚ؛ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ إِذَا َزﻳ َﱠﻦ َﻟﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ َﺷﻴْ َ‬ ‫َﻓ َ‬
‫َني‪ ،‬ﻋِ َﻘﺎﺑًﺎ َﻟﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ‪.‬‬‫ﴎﻋْ ُﺖ إ ِ َﱃ إِﻧ ْ َﻘﺎذِ َك‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻣَ َﺴ ْﺨ ُﺖ أ َ َﺧ َﻮﻳْ َﻚ َﻛ ْﻠﺒ ْ ِ‬
‫— وَأَﻧ ْ َﺖ ﻧَﺎ ِﺋ ٌﻢ — أ َ ْ َ‬

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 ‫أ َ ِﻣريُ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻔ ِﺎر ِ‬
‫ﻳﺖ‬

‫)‪َ (24‬ﻫ ِﺪﻳ ٌﱠﺔ ﺛ َ ِﻤﻴﻨ َ ٌﺔ‬

‫ﴬ ُت َﻟ َﻚ ﺑ ََﻀﺎﺋِﻌَ َﻚ َﺳﺎﻟِﻤَ ًﺔ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْودَﻋْ ُﺖ ﺧِ َﺰاﻧَﺘَ َﻚ َﻫ ِﺪﻳ ًﱠﺔ ﺛ َ ِﻤﻴﻨ َ ًﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻵﻟ ِِﺊ ا ْﻟﺒَﺤْ ِﺮ َوﻧ َ َﻔﺎﺋ ِِﺴ ِﻪ‪،‬‬ ‫و ََﻗ ْﺪ أَﺣْ َ ْ‬
‫ﻃﻮ َل ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ ِﺗ َﻚ‪«.‬‬‫ِﻟﺘَ ْﻐﻨَﻰ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ ُ‬
‫ﺻﻨِﻴﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ اﻟﻨ ﱠ ِﺒﻴ َﻞ‪ ،‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َرﺟَ ْﻮﺗُﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ْن‬
‫ﺼﺘِﻬَ ﺎ َودﱠﻋَ ﺘْﻨِﻲ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﺸ َﻜ ْﺮ ُت َﻟﻬَ ﺎ َ‬ ‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ اﻧْﺘَﻬَ ْﺖ » َﻟﻤْ ﻴَﺎءُ« ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻗِ ﱠ‬
‫ﺗَﻌْ ُﻔ َﻮ ﻋَ ْﻦ أ َ َﺧﻮَيﱠ ‪ ،‬وَﺣَ ْﺴﺒُﻬُ ﻤَ ﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ َﻟﻘِ ﻴَﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋِ َﻘ ٍ‬
‫ﺎب‪.‬‬
‫»ﻻ َﺳ ِﺒﻴ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْﻔ ِﻮ ﻋَ ْﻦ َﻫ َﺬﻳ ِْﻦ ا ْﻟﺤَ ُﺴﻮ َدﻳ ِْﻦ‪ .‬ﻋَ َﲆ أَﻧﱠﻨِﻲ َﻟ ْﻦ أ ُ َﺧﻴﱢﺐَ َرﺟَ ﺎءَ َك‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ » َﻟﻤْ ﻴَﺎءُ«‪َ :‬‬
‫َات‪َ ،‬ﻻ ﺗَ ِﺰﻳﺪُ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﴩ َﺳﻨَﻮ ٍ‬ ‫ُﻛ ﱠﻠﻪُ‪ ،‬و ََﺳﺄ َ ْﻛﺘَﻔِ ﻲ ِﺑ ِﺈﺑ َْﻘﺎﺋ ِِﻬﻤَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﲆ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﱡ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻮ َر ِة ﻋَ ْ َ‬
‫ﺎﻇ َﺮيﱠ ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﻃﺎ َر ْت » َﻟﻤْ ﻴَﺎءُ« ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱢﻮ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻏﺎﺑ َْﺖ ﻋَ ْﻦ ﻧ َ ِ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َ‬

‫َﻓﻌَ ِﺠﺐَ » َدﻧْﺪَا ُن« ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َﺳ ِﻤﻊَ‪َ ،‬وو ََﻫﺐَ ﻟِـ»ﻧ ُ َﻮﻳْ َﺮ َة« ﺛُﻠُ َﺚ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ ِة »ﺣَ ﻤْ ﺪ َ‬
‫َان«‪.‬‬

‫)‪ (25‬ﺑ َْﻐ َﻠ ُﺔ »ﺗَ ِﻤﻴ ٍﻢ«‬

‫َان« إِذَا‬ ‫ﻳﺖ‪ ،‬ﻳ َْﺴﺄَﻟُﻪُ‪َ :‬ﻫ ْﻞ ﻳَﻬَ ﺐُ َﻟ ُﻪ اﻟﺜﱡﻠُ َﺚ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎﻗِ َﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ ِة »ﺣَ ﻤْ ﺪ َ‬ ‫وَأ َ ْﻗﺒَ َﻞ »ﺗَ ِﻤﻴﻢٌ« ﻋَ َﲆ أ َ ِﻣ ِ‬
‫ري ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻔ ِﺎر ِ‬
‫ﺼﺘُﻪُ؟‬ ‫أَﻋْ ﺠَ ﺒَﺘْ ُﻪ ﻗِ ﱠ‬
‫َﻓﻮَﻋَ َﺪ ُه » َدﻧْﺪَا ُن« ِﺑﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ‪َ .‬ﻓﺄَﻧ ْ َﺸﺄ َ »ﺗَ ِﻤﻴﻢٌ« ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُل‪َ » :‬ﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟﺒ َْﻐ َﻠ ُﺔ ﺟَ ﺎ َر ًة ِﱄ‪َ .‬و َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ‬
‫اﻹ َﺳﺎءَةِ‪ ،‬دَا ِﺋﺒ ََﺔ ْاﻷَذَى ِﻟ ُﻜ ﱢﻞ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻳَﺘﱠ ِﺼ ُﻞ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‪ِ ،‬ﻣ ْﻦ ﺑَﻌِ ﻴ ٍﺪ أ َ ْو َﻗ ِﺮ ٍ‬
‫ﻳﺐ‪ .‬ﻳَ َﻜﺎ ُد َﻻ ﻳ َْﺴ َﻠ ُﻢ‬ ‫َﻛﺎ ْﻟﻌَ ْﻘ َﺮ ِب‪ :‬دَاﺋِﻤَ َﺔ ْ ِ‬
‫ﱠﺎن ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﺗَﺠْ ﻬَ ﻠُﻪُ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ْﻦ ﺗَﻌْ ِﺮ ُﻓﻪُ‪.‬‬
‫ﺼﺎدِ ُﻓﻪُ‪ِ .‬ﺳﻴ ِ‬ ‫ِﻣ ْﻦ َﴍ َﱢﻫﺎ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﺗُ َ‬
‫ﳾءٍ‬ ‫»ﺷﻮ َْﺷﺐَ «؛ ِﻷَﻧﱠﻬَ ﺎ — َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ُﻗ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟ َﻚ — أ َ ْﺷﺒَ ُﻪ َ ْ‬ ‫اﺳﻢَ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﻃ َﻠ ُﻘﻮا ﻋَ َﻠﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ْ‬‫َﻓ َﻼ ﻋَ ﺠَ ﺐَ إِذَا أ َ ْ‬
‫ِﺑﺎ ْﻟﻌَ ْﻘ َﺮ ِب‪.‬‬

‫)‪ (26‬ﺟُ ْﺮأ َ ُة َ‬

‫»ﺷﻮ َ‬
‫ْﺷﺐَ «‬

‫ْت‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أ َ ِﺟ ْﺪ ِﻟﺒَﻴْﺘ َِﻲ أَﺛ َ ًﺮا‪.‬‬

‫ات ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم — ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ ﻋُ ﺪ ُ‬ ‫اﻟﺴ َﻔ ِﺮ — ذَ َ‬
‫ﻄ ِﺮ ْر ُت إ ِ َﱃ ﱠ‬ ‫َاﺿ ُ‬
‫و ْ‬
‫ﻃﻴ َِﺎر‪َ .‬ﻓ ُﺮﺣْ ُﺖ أ ُ َﺳﺎ ِﺋ ُﻞ ا ْﻟ ِﺠري َ‬
‫َان‬ ‫َو َرأَﻳ ُْﺖ ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧ َ ُﻪ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬
‫ِﻳﻘ ًﺔ َﻏﻨﱠﺎءَ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺎﻓِ َﻠ ًﺔ ِﺑﺎﻟﺜﱢﻤَ ِﺎر‪ ،‬و َْاﻷ َ ْز َﻫ ِﺎر و َْاﻷ َ ْ‬
‫َث‪.‬‬‫ﻋَ ﻤﱠ ﺎ ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬

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 ‫أ َ ِﻣريُ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻔ ِﺎر ِ‬
‫ﻳﺖ‬

‫اﺳﺘَ ْﻮ َﻟ ْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ﺑَﻴْﺘِﻲ ﻋَ ﻨ ْ َﻮ ًة — ِﰲ أَﺛْﻨَﺎءِ َﺳ َﻔ ِﺮي — و ََﻫﺪَﻣَ ﺘْﻪُ؛ ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ‬ ‫»ﺷﻮ َْﺷﺐَ « َﻗ ِﺪ ْ‬ ‫َﻓﻌَ ﻠِﻤْ ُﺖ أ َ ﱠن َ‬
‫ِﻳﻘ ًﺔ َﻏﻨﱠﺎءَ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﻟﺤَ َﻘﺘْﻬَ ﺎ ِﺑﺪ ِ‬
‫َار َﻫﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫أَﻧ ْ َﺸﺄ َ ْت — ﻣَ َﻜﺎﻧ َ ُﻪ — ﺣَ ﺪ َ‬
‫َﻓﻌَ ِﺠﺒ ُْﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺟُ ْﺮأَﺗِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ .‬وذَ َﻫﺒ ُْﺖ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ ﻣُﻌَ ﺎ ِﺗﺒًﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﺗُﺒ ِ‬
‫َﺎل ﻋِ ﺘَﺎ ِﺑﻲ‪.‬‬
‫ﱠار‪َ .‬ﻓﺘَﻮَﻋﱠ ْﺪﺗُﻬَ ﺎ‬‫ﻄ ْﺮدِي ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫ﺎﻫ َﻠﺘْﻨِﻲ‪ ،‬و ََﻫﻤﱠ ْﺖ ِﺑ َ‬ ‫َت ِﰲ ﺟُ ْﺮأَﺗِﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺄَﻧ ْ َﻜ َﺮﺗْﻨِﻲ َوﺗَﺠَ َ‬ ‫َوﺗَﻤَ ﺎد ْ‬
‫ﺎﴈ ِﻷ َ ْﺷ ُﻜﻮ ََﻫﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎب إ ِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِ‬
‫ِﺑﺎﻟﺬﱠ َﻫ ِ‬
‫»ﺧ ْريٌ َﻟ َﻚ أ َ ﱠﻻ ﺗَ ْﻔﻌَ َﻞ‪ .‬وَﻣَ ﺎ أَﺟْ َﺪ َر َك أ َ ْن ﺗَﺤْ ﻤَ َﺪ ﷲ َ ﻋَ َﲆ َﺳ َﻼﻣَ ِﺘ َﻚ ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ‪ ،‬ﻋَ َﲆ‬
‫»ﺷﻮ َْﺷﺐُ «‪َ :‬‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َ‬
‫ﺎل!«‬‫ُﻛ ﱢﻞ ﺣَ ٍ‬
‫ﴍكِ َﻛﺎ ِﺋ ٌﻦ َﻛ َ‬
‫ﺎن؟«‬ ‫َﻓ ُﻘ ْﻠ ُﺖ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ‪» :‬و ََﻫ ْﻞ َﺳ ِﻠ َﻢ ِﻣ ْﻦ أَذَاكِ إِﻧ ْ َﺴﺎ ٌن؟ أ َ ْو ﻧَﺠَ ﺎ ِﻣ ْﻦ َ ﱢ‬

‫)‪ (27‬اِﻧْﺘ َِﻘﺎ ُم ﱠ‬

‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ َﺮ ِة‬
‫ﻄﺎﻳَ ُﺮ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﻋَ ﻴْﻨَﻴْﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺎﺿﺒ ًَﺔ‪ ،‬ﻳَ َﻜﺎ ُد ﱠ َ‬
‫اﻟﴩ ُر ﻳَﺘَ َ‬ ‫ﻈ َﺮ ْت إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ َﻏ ِ‬
‫َﻓﻨ َ َ‬
‫ﺎﴈ إ ِ َﱃ َﺷ ْﻜﻮَى ا ْﻟﻜ َِﻼ ِب؟«‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ِﱄ ُﻣ ْﺰد َِرﻳ ًَﺔ َﺳﺎﺧِ َﺮ ًة‪» :‬و ََﻫ ْﻞ ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻤ ُﻊ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِ‬
‫َﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ أ َ ْﻓﻬَ ْﻢ ﻣَ ﺎ ﺗَﻌْ ﻨِﻴ ِﻪ‪ ،‬و ََﺳﺄ َ ْﻟﺘُﻬَ ﺎ ُﻣﺘَﻌَ ﺠﱢ ﺒًﺎ‪» :‬أَيﱠ ﻛ َِﻼ ٍب ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﺼﺪ َ‬
‫ِﻳﻦ؟«‬
‫ﺎﴈ إ ِ َﱃ َﺷ ْﻜﻮَا َك‪َ ،‬ﻓ ِﺈذَا‬ ‫َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ ِﱄ َﻫ ِﺎزﺋَ ًﺔ‪َ » :‬ﻟ ْﻮ أَﺑ َْﻘﻴْﺘُ َﻚ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ أَﻧ ْ َﺖ‪َ ،‬ﻟﺠَ ﺎ َز أ َ ْن ﻳ َْﺴﺘَ ِﻤ َﻊ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِ‬
‫ﺣَ ﱠﻮ ْﻟﺘُ َﻚ َﻛ ْﻠﺒًﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻛ َﻔ ْﻔ ُﺖ ﻋَ ﻨﱢﻲ أَذَا َك‪«.‬‬
‫ﺎل‪َ .‬ﻓﺤَ ﺎ َو ْﻟ ُﺖ أ َ ْن‬
‫ﻮر‪َ ،‬ﻓﻤَ َﺴ َﺨﺘْﻨِﻲ َﻛ ْﻠﺒًﺎ ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺤَ ِ‬ ‫ات ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻤَ ﺎءِ ا ْﻟﻤَ ْﺴﺤُ ِ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َر ﱠﺷ ْﺖ وَﺟْ ِﻬﻲ ِﺑ َﻘ َ‬
‫ﻄ َﺮ ٍ‬
‫أ َ ْﺳﺘَﻌْ ِﻄ َﻔﻬَ ﺎ‪َ ،‬ﻓﺎﻧ ْ َﻘ َﻠﺐَ َﻛ َﻼ ِﻣﻲ ﻋُ ﻮَاءً َوﻧُﺒَﺎﺣً ﺎ‪.‬‬

‫ﺖ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱠﺰ ِار‬
‫)‪ِ (28‬ﺑﻨ ْ ُ‬

‫ﺻﻨَﻊُ‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ و ََﻗ ْﻔ ُﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ُد ﱠﻛ ِ‬

‫ﺎن ﺟَ ﱠﺰ ٍار‪َ ،‬ﻓ َﺮﻣَ ﻰ إ ِ َﱄ ﱠ ِﺑ َﻘﻠ ٍ‬
‫ِﻴﻞ‬ ‫ْﻒ أ َ ْ‬
‫َﻓﻤَ َﺸﻴ ُْﺖ ﻣَ ْﻐﻤُﻮﻣً ﺎ ﺣَ ِﺰﻳﻨًﺎ َﻻ أَد ِْري َﻛﻴ َ‬
‫ﻈ ِﻢ ِﻷَﻋْ ُﺮ َﻗ ُﻪ ِ‬
‫)ﻵ ُﻛ َﻞ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻋَ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟ ﱠﻠﺤْ ِﻢ(‪.‬‬ ‫ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟﻌَ ْ‬
‫ﺼﺘِﻲ‪ ،‬وَأ َ ْﺧ َﱪ َْت ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ أَﺑ َ‬
‫َﺎﻫﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺻﺤِ ﺒَﻨِﻲ إ ِ َﱃ ﺑَﻴْﺘ ِِﻪ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﻠﻤﱠ ﺎ َرأَﺗْﻨِﻲ ِﺑﻨْﺘُ ُﻪ َﻓ ِﻄﻨ َ ْﺖ إ ِ َﱃ ﻗِ ﱠ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َ‬
‫»ﻻ‬‫اﻟﺴﺤْ ِﺮ‪َ .‬ﻓ َﺴﺄ َ َﻟﻬَ ﺎ أ َ ْن ﺗُﻌِ ﻴ َﺪﻧِﻲ إِﻧ ْ َﺴﺎﻧًﺎ َﻛﻤَ ﺎ ُﻛﻨ ْ ُﺖ َﻓ َﻘﺎ َﻟ ْﺖ َﻟﻪُ‪َ :‬‬ ‫ﻮن ﱢ‬ ‫َو َﻛﺎﻧ َ ْﺖ ﺑ َِﺎرﻋَ ًﺔ ِﰲ ُﻓﻨ ُ ِ‬
‫اﻫﺎ‬‫ض ِﻷَذَ َ‬ ‫»ﺷﻮ َْﺷﺐَ «‪ ،‬ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻻ ﻧَﺘَﻌَ ﱠﺮ َ‬ ‫اﻟﺴﺎﺣِ َﺮةِ‪َ :‬‬ ‫َﺳ ِﺒﻴ َﻞ إ ِ َﱃ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ — ﻳَﺎ أَﺑَﺘَﺎ ُه — َﻗﺒْ َﻞ أ َ ْن أَﻧْﺘَﻘِ َﻢ ِﻣ َﻦ ﱠ‬
‫َت إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻨَﺎ ِﺑﻬَ ﺎ‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن ﺣَ ﱠﻮ َﻟﺘْﻬَ ﺎ ﺑ َْﻐ َﻠ ًﺔ‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻗﺬَ َﻓﺘْﻨِﻲ ِﺑ ِﺈﺣْ ﺪَى‬
‫ِﻴﻼ‪ ،‬وَﻋَ ﺎد ْ‬ ‫ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم‪ .‬ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َﻏﺎﺑ َْﺖ َﻗﻠ ً‬
‫وﱃ ِﺑ ِﺈ ْذ ِن ﷲِ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﺻﻮ َر ِﺗ َﻚ ْاﻷ ُ َ‬
‫اﻟﺼﻮ َرةِ‪ ،‬وَﻋُ ْﺪ إ ِ َﱃ ُ‬ ‫»اﺧ ُﺮجْ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ﱡ‬ ‫ﺮات اﻟﻨ ﱠ ْﺮ ِﺟ ِﺲ‪ ،‬وَﻫِ َﻲ ﺗَ ُﻘﻮ ُل‪ْ :‬‬ ‫َز َﻫ ِ‬

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 ‫أ َ ِﻣريُ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻔ ِﺎر ِ‬
‫ﻳﺖ‬

‫ْت آد َِﻣﻴﱠﺘِﻲ َﻗﺒﱠ ْﻠ ُﺖ ﻳَﺪ ََﻫﺎ‪َ ،‬ﺷﺎ ِﻛ ًﺮا َﻟﻬَ ﺎ َ‬

‫ﺻﻨِﻴﻌَ ﻬَ ﺎ‪.‬‬ ‫ﱰ َدد ُ‬ ‫اﺳ َ ْ‬
‫َو َﻟﻤﱠ ﺎ ْ‬
‫ﱠار‪.‬‬ ‫َاﺳﺘَ ْﻮ َﻟﻴ ُْﺖ ﻋَ َﲆ ا ْﻟﺤَ ﺪ َ‬
‫ِﻳﻘ ِﺔ وَاﻟﺪ ِ‬ ‫و ْ‬
‫َ‬
‫ﻄﺒ ِْﻊ(‪ ،‬ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ ْن ﻣ ُِﺴ َﺨ ْﺖ‬ ‫)ﺳﻬْ َﻠ َﺔ اﻟ ﱠ‬‫»ﺷﻮ َْﺷﺐُ « َﻫﺎدِ ﺋَ َﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﺨﻠُ ِﻖ‪َ ،‬ﻟﻴﱢﻨ َ َﺔ ا ْﻟﻌَ ِﺮﻳ َﻜ ِﺔ َ‬ ‫ﺻﺒَﺤَ ْﺖ َ‬ ‫وَأ َ ْ‬
‫دَاﺑ ًﱠﺔ‪َ .‬و َﻟ ْﻢ ﺗَﻌُ ْﺪ ﺗُ َﻔ ﱢﻜ ُﺮ ِﰲ ْاﻷَذَى ُﻣﻨْﺬُ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم‪.‬‬
‫ﺎن أ َ ْﻷَﻣَ ﻬَ ﺎ إِﻧ ْ َﺴﺎﻧًﺎ‪ ،‬وَﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْﻛ َﺮﻣَ ﻬَ ﺎ ْاﻵ َن ﺣَ ﻴَﻮَاﻧًﺎ!‬
‫َﻓﻤَ ﺎ َﻛ َ‬
‫و ََﻫﺎ ﻫِ َﻲ ذِي أَﻣَ ﺎﻣَ َﻚ‪ ،‬ﺗَﺤْ ِﻤﻠُﻨِﻲ ُﻛ ﱠﻞ ﻳَ ْﻮ ٍم إ ِ َﱃ َﻏﺎﻳَﺎﺗِﻲ‪ِ ،‬ﰲ أ َ ْﺳ َﻔ ِﺎري ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﺮﻳﺒَ ِﺔ وَا ْﻟﺒَﻌِ ﻴ َﺪةِ‪ِ ،‬ﺑ َﻼ‬
‫ﺿﺠَ ٍﺮ‪«.‬‬ ‫ﱪ ٍم و ََﻻ َ‬ ‫ﺗَ َ ﱡ‬

‫ﺧﺎﺗِﻤَ ُﺔ ا ْﻟﻘِ ﱠ‬
‫ﺼ ِﺔ‬ ‫)‪َ (29‬‬

‫ﺻﺎﺣِ ﺒُﻚِ ؟«‬ ‫َﻓﺎ ْﻟﺘَ َﻔ َﺖ إ ِ َﻟﻴْﻬَ ﺎ » َدﻧْﺪَا ُن« ﻳ َْﺴﺄَﻟُﻬَ ﺎ‪» :‬أَﺣَ ٍّﻘﺎ ﻣَ ﺎ ﻳ َُﻘﻮ ُل َ‬
‫ِﻳﻖ‪.‬‬ ‫ﺼﺪ ِ‬ ‫»ﺷﻮ َْﺷﺐُ « )أ َ َﺷﺎ َر ْت( ِﺑ َﺮأ ْ ِﺳﻬَ ﺎ إِﻳﻤَ ﺎءَ َة اﻟﺘﱠ ْ‬ ‫َﻓﺄَوْﻣَ ﺄ َ ْت َ‬
‫َﻓﻌَ ِﺠﺐَ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﻨ ﱢ ﱡﻲ ِﻣﻤﱠ ﺎ َﺳ ِﻤ َﻊ َو َرأَى‪.‬‬
‫ﺎن ﻣَ ﺎ و ََﻫﺐَ ﻟِـ»ﺗَ ِﻤﻴ ٍﻢ« اﻟﺜﱡﻠُ َﺚ ا ْﻟﺒَﺎﻗِ َﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﻴَﺎ ِة »ﺣَ ﻤْ ﺪ َ‬
‫َان«‪.‬‬ ‫َﴎﻋَ َ‬ ‫وُ ْ‬
‫ﻳﺖ« َﺷﺎ ِﻛ ًﺮا َﻟﻬُ ْﻢ ﻣَ ﺎ أ َ ْﻫ َﺪ ْو ُه إ ِ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺣَ ﺪ ٍ‬
‫ِﻳﺚ ﺑ َِﺎر ٍع‪ ،‬و ََﻗ َ‬
‫ﺼ ٍﺺ‬ ‫ﺛ ُ ﱠﻢ َودﱠﻋَ ﻬُ ْﻢ »أ َ ِﻣريُ ا ْﻟﻌَ َﻔ ِﺎر ِ‬
‫ﻃﺎ َر ِﰲ ا ْﻟﺠَ ﱢﻮ ﺣَ ﺘﱠﻰ َﻏﺎبَ ﻋَ ِﻦ ا ْﻟﻌُ ﻴ ِ‬
‫ُﻮن‪.‬‬ ‫َراﺋ ٍِﻊ‪َ .‬و َ‬
‫ﺎش ِآﻣﻨًﺎ ﻣَ ﺤْ ﺒُﻮ ًرا؛ ﺑَﻌْ َﺪ أ َ ْن أ َ ْد َر َك أُﻣْ ِﻨﻴﱠﺘَﻪُ‪ ،‬و ْ‬
‫َاﺳ َ َ‬
‫ﱰ ﱠد‬ ‫وَﻋَ ﺎ َد »ﺣَ ﻤْ ﺪَا ُن« إ ِ َﱃ أ َ ْﻫﻠ ِِﻪ ﻣَ ْ ُ‬
‫ﴪو ًرا‪ ،‬وَﻋَ َ‬
‫ﺣُ ﱢﺮﻳﱠﺘَﻪُ‪.‬‬

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