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ʕĪsà ʕUbayd, Muqaddima (1921)

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III-§1.a

هذا هو الواجب المقدّس الذي نترسّمه ، ونؤمل أن تؤدّي بعض ما يقتضيه هذا الواجب ،

hāḏā huwa ’l-wāǧib al-muqaddas allaḏī natarassamu-hū, wa-nuʔammil^u ʔan tuʔaddiya baʕḍ^a mā yaqtaḍī-hi hāḏā ’l-wāǧib,

This is the sacred obligation that we take as our public duty,¹ and we hope that some of the things that this task requires will be implemented.

1. Or: ‘that we try to fulfil’ (?).

AR: wāǧib, muqaddas, ʔamal
EN: sacred obligation, public duty

ونظنّ ألا يوجد مَن يدّعی علينا أنّ رواياتنا قصصية كانت أو مرسحية مقتبسة من روايات أجنبية ،

wa-naẓunn^u ʔal-lā yūǧadu man yaddaʕī ʕalay-nā ʔanna riwāyāti-nā qaṣaṣiyyaẗ^an kānat ʔaw marsaḥiyyaẗ^an muqtabisaẗ^un min riwāyātⁱⁿ ʔaǧnabiyyaẗ,

We believe that nobody can accuse us of taking the inspiration for our pieces/accounts – whether they are stories or plays – from foreign ones,

AR: riwāyaẗ, marsaḥ, muqtabis (iqtibās), ʔaǧnabī
EN: …

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