هل تسمحون لي ؟؟؟

في بلاد يغتال فيها المفكرون، ويكفر الكاتب

وتحرق الكتب، في مجتمعات ترفض الآخر، وتفرض الصمت على الافواه والحجر على الافكار،

وتكفر اي سؤال، كان لابد ان استأذنكم ان تسمحوا لي..

In a country where thinkers are assassinated, and writers are

considered infidels and books are burnt, in societies that refuse the

other, and force silence on mouths and thoughts forbidden, and to

question is a sin, I must beg your pardon, would you permit me?

فهل تسمحون لي

ان اربي اطفالي كما اريد، وألا تملوا علي

اهواءكم واوامركم؟

Would you permit me to bring up my children as I want, and not to

dictate on me your whims and orders?

هل تسمحون لي

ان اعلم اطفالي ان الدين لله اولا، وليس

للمشايخ والفقهاء والناس؟

Would you permit me to teach my children that the religion is first to

God, and not for religious leaders or scholars or people?

هل تسمحون لي

ان اعلم صغيرتي ان الدين هو اخلاق وأدب وتهذيب

وامانة وصدق، قبل ان اعلمها بأي قدم تدخل الحمام وبأي يد تأكل؟

Would you permit me to teach my little one that religion is about good

manners, good behaviour, good conduct, honesty and truthfulness,

before I teach her with which foot to enter the bathroom or with which

hand she should eat?

هل تسمحون لي

ان اعلم ابنتي ان الله محبة، وانها تستطيع ان

تحاوره وتسأله ما تشاء، بعيدا عن تعاليم أي أحد؟

Would you permit me to teach my daughter that God is about love, and

she can dialogue with Him and ask Him anything she wants, far away

from the teachings of anyone?

هل تسمحون لي الا اذكر عذاب القبر لاولادي،

الذين لم يعرفوا ما هو الموت بعد؟

Would you permit me not to mention the torture of the grave to my

children, who do not know about death yet?

هل تسمحون لي

ان اعلم ابنتي اصول الدين وادبه واخلاقه، قبل

ان افرض عليها الحجاب؟

Would you permit me to teach my daughter the tenets of the religion

and its culture and manners, before I force on her the 'Hijab' (the

veil)?

هل تسمحون لي

ان اقول لابني الشاب ان ايذاء الناس وتحقيرهم

لجنسيتهم ولونهم ودينهم، هو ذنب كبير عند الله؟

Would you permit me to tell my young son that hurting people and

degrading them because of their nationality, colour or religion, is

considered a big sin by God?

هل تسمحون لي

ان اقول لابنتي ان مراجعة دروسها والاهتمام بتعليمها

انفع واهم عند الله من حفظ آيات القرآن عن ظهر قلب دون تدبر معانيها؟

Would you permit me to tell my daughter to revising her homework and

paying attention to her learning is considered by God as more useful

and important than learning by heart Ayahs from the Quran without

knowing their meaning?

هل تسمحون لي

ان اعلم ابني ان الاقتداء بالرسول الكريم يبدأ

بنزاهته وامانته وصدقه، قبل لحيته وقصر ثوبه؟

Would you permit me to teach my son that following the footsteps of

the Honourable Prophet begins with his honesty, loyalty and

truthfulness, before his beard or how short his thobe (long

shirt/dress) is?

هل تسمحون لي

ان اقول لابنتي ان صديقتها المسيحية ليست

كافرة، والا تبكي خوفا عليها من دخول النار؟

Would you permit me to tell my daughter that her Christian friend is

not an infidel, and ask her not to cry fearing her friend will go to

Hell?

هل تسمحون لي

ان اجاهر، ان الله لم يوكل احدا في الارض بعد الرسول لان يتحدث باسمه

ولم يخول احدا بمنح 'صكوك الغفران' للناس؟

Would you permit me to argue, that God did not authorize anyone on

earth after the Prophet to speak in his name nor did he vest any

powers in anyone to issue 'deeds of forgiveness' to people?

هل تسمحون لي

ان اقول، ان الله حرم قتل النفس البشرية، وان

من قتل نفسا بغير حق كأنما قتل الناس جميعا، وانه لا يحق لمسلم ان يروع مسلما؟

Would you permit me to say, that God has forbidden killing the human

spirit, and who kills wrongly a human being is as if he killed all

human kind, and no Moslem has the right to frighten another Moslem?

هل تسمحون لي

ان اعلم اولادي ان الله اكبر واعدل وارحم من

كل فقهاء الارض مجتمعين؟ وان مقاييسه تختلف عن مقاييس المتاجرين بالدين،

وان حساباته أحن وارحم؟

Would you permit me to teach my children that God is greater, more

just, and more merciful than all the (religious) scholars on earth

combined? And that his standards are different from the standards of

those trading the religion, and that his accountability is kinder and

more merciful?

هل تسمحون لي

Would you permit me?

( من كتابات نزار قباني )