Ṣuwar min Ḥayāt al-ṢaḥābiyyātAbd al-Rahman Ra'fat al-Basha

After that, Umm Habibah thought (1) the days had at last smiled on her after a long season of frowns, and that her arduous trek along the road of pain had led (2) her to an oasis of safety.

Yet she did not know what Destiny still held in store for her…
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For Allah—blessed is His wisdom—decreed that Umm Habibah be tried by an ordeal so severe that the minds of men of sound judgment would reel (3) and the understanding of the discerning (4) would waver before it, only to bring her forth from that great tribulation victorious, enthroned (5) upon the summit of success.

Thus it was that, one night, when Umm Habibah had retired to her bed, she saw in a dream that her husband, ʿUbayd Allah ibn Jahsh, was floundering in

(1) According to Umm Habiba: she supposed. (2) She completed it: she brought it to an end and conveyed it. (3) Tatish: to lose one’s way and go astray. (4) Dhu al-Ahlam: men of intellect. (5) Tatarraba: to sit.
حسبت (١) أمُّ حبيبة بعد ذلك أنَّ الأيَّام صفت لها بعد طول عبوس ... وأنَّ رحلتها الشَّاقَّة في طريق الآلام قد أفضت (٢) بها إلى واحة الأمان ... إذ لم تكن تعلم ما خبَّأته لها المقادير ... **** فلقد شاء الله تباركت حكمته، أن يمتحن أمَّ حبيبة امتحاناً قاسياً تطيش (٣) فيه عقول الرِّجال ذوي الأحلام (٤) وتتضعضع أمامه أفهام ذوي الأفهام. وأن يخرجها من ذلك الإبتلاء الكبير ظافرةً تتربَّع (٥) على قمَّة النَّجاح ... ففي ذات ليلةٍ أوت أمُّ حبيبة إلى مضجعها، فرأت فيما يراه النائم أن زوجها عبيد الله بن جحشٍ يتخبَّط في
(١) حسبت أمُّ حبيبة: ظنَّت. (٢) أفضت بها: انتهت بها وأوصلتها. (٣) تطيش: تتوه وتضل. (٤) ذوو الأَحلام: أصحاب العقول. (٥) تتربَّع: تجلس.

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