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The Epic of Relief Hidden Behind Closed Doors

ملحمة الفرج الذي يختبئ خلف الأبواب المغلقة

A consolation for anyone who thinks the road has ended: every hardship hides an ease that has not yet appeared.

By Architect Imad DarouichUpdated 2 min read

Stars appearing over a dark sky before dawn, the image behind this poem about hope after hardship

This poem about hope after hardship speaks to anyone who believes the road has ended. Imad reminds the reader that some pains are messages along the way, that stars appear only in darkness and dawn is born from the night, and that when God delays something He is arranging a better time for it, bringing ease after hardship.

ليس كلُّ ما يُؤلمُكَ نهايةً.Not everything that hurts you is an ending.

فبعضُ الأوجاعِ رسائلُ طريق.Some pains are messages along the road.

وبعضُ الدموعِ مفاتيحُ أبواب.And some tears are keys to hidden doors.

وبعضُ الانكساراتِ تدريبٌ للأجنحة.And some breakings are lessons for

wings.

حين يضيقُ الأفقُ حتى تظنَّ السماءَ سجناً.When the horizon narrows and the

sky seems a prison.

تكونُ النجومُ في الجهةِ الأخرى تستعدُّ للشروق.The stars are already preparing

for dawn.

هَوِّن عليكَ.Be gentle with yourself.

فما من ليلٍ أقسمَ بالبقاء.No night has sworn to remain forever.

وما من شتاءٍ استطاعَ اعتقالَ الربيع.No winter has ever imprisoned spring.

وما من جرحٍ بقيَ مفتوحاً إلى الأبد.No wound has stayed open forever.

كم ظنَّ إنسانٌ أنَّ الطريقَ انتهى.How many believed the road had ended.

فاكتشفَ أنَّه كان بدايةَ طريقٍ أعظم.Only to discover it was the start of a greater one.

وكم أغلقَ اللهُ باباً.How many doors God has closed.

ليفتحَ خلفَه مدينةً كاملةً من النور.Only to open behind it an entire city of

light.

فكلُّ هَمٍّ له موعدٌ مع الرحيل.Every sorrow has an appointment with

departure.

وكلُّ غيمةٍ تحملُ في قلبِها مطراً.Every cloud carries rain within its heart.

وكلُّ ضيقٍ يُخبّئُ اتساعاً لا يُرى.Every hardship hides an unseen expansion.

حتى الجبالُ التي تبدو أبديةً.Even mountains that appear eternal.

تُصبحُ يوماً تراباً.One day become dust.

فكيفَ بالحزن؟Then what of sorrow?

وكيفَ بالهمِّ؟And what of worry?

وكيفَ بالأيامِ الثقيلة؟And what of heavy days?

إنَّ البلاءَ مهما طالَ.Affliction, no matter how long it lasts.

فهو عابرٌ في كتابِ الزمن.Is but a passing chapter in the book of time.

والإنسانُ ليس ابنَ لحظتِه.A human is not the child of a single moment.

بل ابنُ رحلتِه كلِّها.But the child of the entire journey.

فإذا أثقلتكَ الحياةُ.If life grows heavy upon you.

فارفعْ رأسكَ قليلاً.Lift your head a little.

وانظرْ إلى السماءِ.And look toward the sky.

ستجدُ أنَّ النجومَ لا تظهرُ إلا في الظلام.You will find that stars appear only

in darkness.

وأنَّ الفجرَ لا يولدُ إلا من رحمِ الليل.And dawn is born only from the womb

of night.

وأنَّ اللهَ إذا أخَّرَ أمراً.And when God delays something.

فإنما يُرتّبُ له موعداً أجمل.He is arranging a more beautiful appointment for it.

فاهدأْ.So be at peace.

فما ضاقَ أمرٌ إلا واتَّسع.No hardship narrows except that it widens.

وما انقطعَ أملٌ إلا وولدَ أملٌ جديد.No hope dies except another is born.

وما أغلقَ القدرُ نافذةً.No window is closed by destiny.

إلا وفتحَ في السماءِ ألفَ نافذة.Without opening a thousand in the heavens.

ما بينَ الدمعِ والفرجِ خطوةٌ لا يراها البشر.Between tears and relief lies a step

unseen by human eyes.

لكنَّ اللهَ يراها.But God sees it.

ويُدبّرُها.And ordains it.

ويجعلُ بعدَ العُسرِ يُسراً.And brings ease after hardship.

وبعدَ الليلِ فجراً.And dawn after night.

وبعدَ الصبرِ دهشةً من الجمال.And after patience, a beautiful

astonishment.

بقلم المهندس المعماري عماد درويشBy Architect Imad Darouich · New York

For more on patience and prayer, read The Epic of Holy Patience: Ayoub and The Epic of Prayer: When the Human Stands at the Center of the Universe, both in the faith and spirit collection.

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Architect Imad Darouich

بقلم المهندس المعماري عماد درويش

Architect and author based in New York. He writes contemporary epics: long-form books about architects, buildings, cities and faith, in Arabic and English.

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