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ʕĪsà ʕUbayd, Muqaddima (1921)

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III-§1.a

فلأيّ الفريقين يكون الانتصار ؟

fa-li-ʔayyⁱ ’l-farīqaynⁱ yakūn^u ’l-intiṣār?

Which of the two groups will possibly be victorious?

AR:…

أما نحن فموقنون بأنّ أنصار الحقائق سينجحون رغماً عن قلّة عددهم وينتصرون على خصومهم الأقوياء ، ولكنْ بعد عناء شديد ومضى مدة طويلة ؛

ʔammā naḥnu fa-mūqinūn^a bi-ʔanna ʔanṣār al-ḥaqāʔiq sa-yanǧaḥūn^a raġm^an ʕan qillaẗ ʕadadi-him wa-yantaṣirūn^a ʕalà ḫuṣūmi-him al-ʔaqwiyāʔ, wa-lākin baʕda ʕanāʔⁱⁿ šadīd wa-maḍiyy muddaẗ ṭawīlaẗ;

As for us, we are convinced that the Factualists/Realists¹ will succeed although they are so few in number and that they will defeat their powerful opponents, but only after severe suffering and a long time,

1. ʔanṣār al-ḥaqāʔiq – lit., ‘the supporters/followers of the facts’.

AR: ḥaqīqaẗ (ḥaqāʔiq)
EN: …

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