Oh Worshippers of Christ
أَعُبَّادَ المَسِيحِ لَنَا سُؤَالٌ
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أَعُبَّادَ الْمَسِيحِ لَنَا سُؤَالٌ * نُرِيدُ جَوَابَهُ مِمَّنْ وَعَاهُ
Oh worshippers of Christ, we have a question, we want its answer from the one who knows it.
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إِذَا مَاتَ الإِلَهُ بِصُنْعِ قَوْمٍ * أَمَاتُوهُ فَمَا هَذَا الإِلَهُ
When God died by the actions of a people, they caused him to die, then what is this God?
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وَهَلْ أَرْضَاهُ مَا نَالُوهُ مِنْهُ * فَبُشْرَاهُمْ إِذًا نَالُوا رِضَاهُ
And did it please him what they did to him, then glad tidings to them, for they gained his pleasure.
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وَإِنْ سَخِطَ الَّذِى فَعَلُوهُ فِيهِ* فَقُوَّتُهُمْ إِذًا أَوْهَتْ قُوَاهُ
And if he was angered by what they did to him, then their power must have weakened his power.
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وَهَلْ بَقِىَ الْوُجُودُ بِلَا إِلَهٍ * سَمِيعٍ يَسْتَجِيبُ لَمِنْ دَعَاهُ
And did the existence remain without a god, All-hearing, who answers the one who call upon him?
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وَهَلْ خَلَتِ الطِّبَاقُ السَّبْعُ لَمَّا * ثَوَى تَحْتَ التُّرَابِ وَقَدْ عَلَاهُ
And was the seven heavens empty when he was dead beneath the earth, and it [earth] certainly rose above him?
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وَهَلْ خَلَتِ الْعَوَالِمُ مِنْ إِلَهٍ * يُدَبِّرُهَا وَقَدْ سُمِرَتْ يَدَاهُ
And were the worlds empty of a god, to manage them, while his hands were nailed?
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وَكَيْفَ تَخَلَّتِ الأَمْلَاكُ عَنْهُ * بِنَصْرِهِمُ وَقَدْ سَمِعُوا بُكَاهُ
And how did the angels abandon him, with their help, and they certainly heard his cries?
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وَكَيْفَ أَطَاقَتِ الْخَشَبَاتُ حَمْلَ الْـ * إِلَهِ الْحَقِّ مَشْدُودًا قَفَاهُ
And how were the planks of wood able to bear The true God, bound with his back to it?
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وَكَيْفَ دَنَا الحَدِيدُ إِلَيْهِ حَتَّى * يُخَالِطَهُ وَيَلْحَقَهُ أَذَاهُ
And how did the iron come near him, To pierce him, and cause him harm.
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وَكَيْفَ تَمَكَّنَتْ أَيْدِى عِدَاهُ * وَطَالتْ حَيْثُ قَدْ صَفَعُوا قَفَاهُ
And how were the hands of his enemies able to, And they were raised to slap his back?
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وَهَلْ عَادَ الْمَسِيحُ إِلَى حَيَاةٍ * أَمَ الْمُحْيِى لَهُ رَبٌّ سِوَاهُ
And did Christ come back to life, Or the life-giver has another Lord beside him?
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وَيَا عَجَبًا لِقَبْرٍ ضَمَّ رَبًّا * وَأَعْجَبُ مِنْهُ بَطْنٌ قَدْ حَوَاهُ
And what a wonder to a grave that contained a Lord, And more wondrous than that is a womb that encompassed him.
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أَقَامَ هُنَاكَ تِسْعاً مِنْ شُهُورٍ * لَدَى الظُّلُمَاتِ مِنْ حَيْضٍ غِذَاهُ
He stayed there nine months, In the darkness, nourished by menstrual blood.
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وَشَقَّ الْفَرْجَ مَوْلُودًا صَغِيراً * ضَعِيفاً فَاتِحًا لِلثَّدْىِ فَاهُ
And he emerged from the birth canal as a small infant, Weak, opening his mouth for the breast.
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وَيَأْكُلُ ثمَّ يَشْرَبُ ثمَّ يَأْتِى * بِلَازِمِ ذَاكَ هَلْ هذَا إِلهُ
He eats, then drinks, then comes To what follows—is this a god?
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تَعَالَى اللَّهُ عَنْ إِفْكِ النَّصَارَى * سَيُسْْأَلُ كُلَّهُمْ عَمَّا افْترَاهُ
To what follows—is this a god? They will all be questioned about what they fabricated.
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أَعُبَّادَ الصَّلِيبِ لِأَىِّ مَعْنًى * يُعَظَّمُ أوْ يُقَبَّحُ مَنْ رَمَاهُ
Oh worshippers of the cross, for what reason Is it exalted, and the one who throws it, reviled?
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وَهَلْ تَقْضِى الْعُقُولُ بِغَيْرِ كَسْرٍ * وَإحْرَاقٍ لَهُ وَلَمِنْ بَغَاهُ
And does the intellect not demand breaking it, And burning it, and the one who innovated it?
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إِذَا رَكِبَ الإِلَهُ عَلَيْهِ كُرْهًا * وَقَدْ شُدَّتْ لِتَسْمِيرٍ يَدَاهُ
If the god rode upon it forcefully, While his hands were fastened to it to be nailed?
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فَذَاكَ الْمَرْكَبُ الْمَلْعُونُ حَقًّا * فَدُسْهُ لَا تَبُسْهُ إِذْ تَرَاهُ
Then that mount is truly accursed, So trample it, do not kiss it when you see it.
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يُهَانُ عَلَيْهِ رَبُّ الْخَلقِ طُرًّا * وتَعْبُدُهُ فَإِنّكَ مِنْ عِدَاهُ
The Lord of all creation was humiliated upon it, And you worship it, then you are from his enemies.
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فإِنْ عَظَّمْتَهُ مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنْ قَدْ * حَوَى رَبَّ العِبَادِ وَقَدْ عَلَاهُ
And if you exalt it because It contained the Lord of the servants, as he was placed upon it,
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وَقَدْ فُقِدَ الصَّلِيبُ فإِنْ رَأَيْنَا * لَهُ شَكْلًا تَذَكَّرْنَا سَنَاهُ
And the cross is indeed lost, then if we see, Its shape, we recall its brightness,
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فَهَلَّا لِلْقُبُورِ سَجَدْتَ طُرًّا * لَضَمِّ الْقَبْرِ رَبَّكَ فِى حَشَاهُ
Then why do you not bow to all graves, Since a grave enclosed your Lord in its depths?
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فَيَا عَبْدَ الْمِسيحِ أَفِقْ فَهَذَا * بِدَايَتُهُ وَهَذَا مُنْتَهاهُ
Oh servant of Christ, awaken, for this is Its beginning, and this is its end.