Story 3 : بنو اسرائيل في مصر

Question 1

و هكذا كان مدة طويلة!

Answer 1

A long period of time passed in this manner.

Question 2

فقد حفظ اهل مصر ما قالوا و عرفوا للكنعانيين الفضل

Answer 2

The people of Egypt held onto their words. They recognised the virtues of the kinaaniyeen.

Question 3

و كان هؤلاء الكنعانيون الذين كانوا يدعون بني اسرائيل اصحاب شرف و اموال

Answer 3

And those kinaani’s, the ones known as Bani Israeel were people of honour and wealth.

Question 4

و لكن تغيرت الأحوال بعد ذلك فقد فسدت اخلاقهم و تركوا الدعوة الى الله و دعاء الخلق الى الله و سقطوا على الدنيا

Answer 4

However, the conditions changed after that. Their character became corrupted and they stopped the call towards Allah (s.w.t) and their calling of the creation towards Allah (s.w.t). They drowned in the dunya.

Question 5

و تغير لهم الناس ايضا و صاروا ينظرون اليهم بغر ما كانوا ينظرون الى آبائهم

Answer 5

And the people’s attitude towards them changed also. They started looking towards them in a different manner than the way they used to look at their forefathers.

Question 6

و صاروا كسائر الناس لا يمتازون عن الناس الاّ بالنسب

Answer 6

And they became like everybody else. They never used to differentiate between people except by the lineage.

Question 7

و صار الناس يحسدون الغني منهم و يحتقرون الفقير منهم

Answer 7

And the people became jealous of the rich one from amongst them. And they looked down upon the poor one from amongst them.

Question 8

و صار اهل مصر ينظرون اليهم كغريب جاء من بلد آخر

Answer 8

The people of Egypt saw them as strangers who came from another city.

Question 9

و ليس له حق في مصر

Answer 9

And they had no right in Egypt.

Question 10

وكان اهل مصر يعتقدون انهم هم اهل البلاد و انّ مصر للمصريين

Answer 10

The people of Egypt believed that they were the people of the country and that Egypt belonged to the Egyptians.

Question 11

و يرى بعض اهل مصر انّ يوسف كان غريبا جاء من كنعان

Answer 11

And some of the people of Egypt saw Yusuf (a.s) to be a stranger who has come from Kinaan.

Question 12

و اشتراه عزيز مصر

Answer 12

And the governor of Egypt has bought him.

Question 13

و ليس للكنعاني ان يحكم مصر

Answer 13

And it is not right for a kinaani that he rules Egypt.

Question 14

و نسي كثير من الناس فضل يوسف و كرمه و احسانه

Answer 14

And the majority of people forgot the virtue of Yusuf (a.s) and his generosity and his favour.