Al-Aqsa Flood | طُوفَانُ الأقَْصَى
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These homelands speak:
Toufaan طُوفَانُ Toufaan طُوفَانُ
How I long for their speech:
Awtaan أَوْطَانٌ Awtaan أَوْطَانٌ
كَمْ أشَْتَاقُ إلَِى كَلَامِ الْأوَْطَانِ
How I long for these words that dare to speak:
أحَْرُفٌ تَتَوَالَى بَیْنَ الْیَقِینِ وَالشغَفِ
ھِتَافَاتٌ تَلوُحُ بَیْنَ همَجِيَّةِ غاصِبٍ وَعَقِیدَةِ أرَْضٍ
ھَذِهِ الْأرَْضُ
This land
This land that speaks:
"They attacked the stationed worshippers
and desecrated Al-Aqsa
...hundreds
have
been
martyred
We have decided to put an end to the occupation's crimes.
The time has ended for them
to act without
accountability.
5,000 rockets were launched.
Today, the people reclaim their revolution,
correct their path,
and return
to the march of return.”
—commander in chief of the Martyr
Izz El-Din Al-Qassam Brigades,
Mohammed Deif, 10/7/2023
~~~
{أذُِنَ للَِّذِینَ یُقَاتَلوُنَ بِأَنَّهُمْ ظُلمُِوا ۚ وَإِنَّ ﷲَ عَلَىٰ نَصْرِھِمْ لَقَدِیرٌ}
(سورة الحج: الآیة ٣٩)
{Permission [to fight] has been given to those who are being fought because they were wronged. And indeed, Allah is competent to grant them victory.}
(Surah Al-Hajj - 39)
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This land — these homelands are made
from the compressed bodies of martyrs — their blood
flood the streams to their harbours
Toufaan طُوفَانُ Awtaan أوَْطَانٌ
This land — these homelands:
الْعَالِقَةُ بَيْنَ أَكْتَافِ عَمَالِقَةٍ مِنَ الشُّهَدَاءِ الْأَبْطَالِ
:دَمٌ يَسِيلُ كَأَنَّهُ يُنَادِي
طُوفَانُ Toufaan طُوفَانُ Toufaan
ھَذِهِ الْأرَْضُ
This land
تَصِیحُ مِنَ أحَْشَائِھَا
calls from its core:
أیها الشعب الفلسطیني العظیم، أیها الأمتان العربیة والإسلامیة"
أیها الأحرار في العالم
ردا على جرائم الاحتلال وانتهاكاته المتواصلة
بحق شعبنا في القدس
والضفة
وغزة، وعدوانه المتكرر على
المسجد الأقصى المبارك
و إنه لجهاد… نصر أو استشهاد
It is a jihad of victory or martyrdom.
O great Palestinian people, O Arab and Islamic nations
O free people of the world, we saw God's victory manifest
as we stormed the enemy's fortresses which
Cr
Um
Bl
Ed
BEFORE US
like a spider's web.
Be confident, our people,
for our victory is coming.”
—Martyr Izz El-Din Al-Qassam Brigades military spokesman,
Abu Obeida, 10/10/2023
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Deluge of sorrows
and pains طُوفَانُ الْأَحْزَان
وَالْآلَام
Deluge of proverbs
and idols طُوفَانُ الْأَمْثَال
وَالْأَصْنَام
Deluge of words
and deeds طُوفَانُ الْكَلَام.
وَالْأَعْمَال
Deluge of the free —
horizons طُوفَانُ الْأَحْرَار
آفَاق
طُوفَانٌ یَرْفضُ الْأَسْمَاءَ
سْمَاءَ طُوفَانْ
طُوفَانْ
كَمْ أشَْتَاقُ طُوفَانَكِ
— Toufan
how I long
for your deluge
our homelands
—
these lands
أَوْطَاننا
أَوْطَانٌ
October 28, 2023
We are immediately ready to make a deal.
This includes:
the release of all prisoners in the prisons of the zionist enemy
in exchange:
the release of all prisoners held by the resistance.
— Yahya Sinwar
Hamas leader in Gaza
~~~
وَلَمَنِ انتَصَرَ بَعْدَ ظُلْمِهِ فَأُولَئِكَ مَا عَلَيْهِم مِّن سَبِيلٍ (٤١) إنما السبيل على الذين يظلمون الناس ويبغون في}
{الأرض بغیر الحق أولئك لهم عذاب ألیم (٤٢)
(سورة الشورى)
{Those who retaliate after being wronged cannot be blamed. The blame is on those who oppress people and commit tyranny on earth unjustly. Those will face painful consequences.}1
(Surah Ash-Shura 42:41)
~~~
Translation for the untranslated Arabic lines of poetry is provided below in italics and bracketed
These homelands speak:
Toufaan طُوفَانُ Toufaan طُوفَانُ
(deluge deluge)
How I long for their speech:
Awtaan أوَْطَانٌ Awtaan أوَْطَانٌ
(homelands homelands)
كَمْ أشَْتَاقُ إلَِى كَلَامِ الْأوَْطَانِ
(how I long for the words of homelands)
How I long for these words that dare to speak:
أحَْرُفٌ تَتَوَالَى بَیْنَ الْیَقِینِ وَال َّشغَفِ
(alphabets that alternate between conviction and fervour)
ھِتَافَاتٌ تَلوُحُ بَیْنَ ھمَجِ َّ یةِ غاصِبٍ وَعَقِیدَةِ أرَْضٍ
(cries that loom between savagery of an oppressor and the creed of a land)
ھَذِهِ الْأرَْضُ
(this land)
This land
This land that speaks:
~~~
This land – these homelands are made
from the compressed bodies of martyrs – their blood
flood the streams to their harbours
Toufaan طُوفَانُ Awtaan أوَْطَانٌ
(homelands deluge)
This land – these homelands:
الْعَالقَِةُ بَیْنَ أكَْتَافِ عَمَالقَِةٍ مِنَ ال ُّ شھَدَاءِ الْأبَْطَالِ
(suspended between the shoulders of colossal martyrs, the valiant)
:دَمٌ يَسِيلُ كَأَنَّهُ يُنَادِي
(blood streaming as though calling out:)
Toufaan طُوفَانُ Toufaan طُوفَانُ
(deluge, deluge)
ھَذِهِ الْأرَْضُ
This land
تَصِیحُ مِنَ أحَْشَائِھَا
calls from the depths of its core:
أیھا الشعب الفلسطیني العظیم، أیھا الأمتان العربیة والإسلامیة
(O Arab and Islamic nations,) (O great Palestinian people,)
أیھا الأحرار في العالم
(O free people of the world)
ردا على جرائم الاحتلال وانتهاكاته المتواصلة
(and its ongoing violations) (in response to the crimes of the occupation)
بحق شعبنا في القدس
(against our people in Jerusalem)
والضفة
(the West Bank)
وغزة، وعدوانه المتكرر على
(and its repeated aggression) (and Gaza,)
المسجد الأقصى المبارك
(against the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque.)
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(Deluge of sorrows and pains). طُوفَانُ الْأحَْزَان وَالْآلَام
(Deluge of proverbs and idols) طُوفَانُ الْأمَْثَال وَالْأصَْنَام
(Deluge of words and deeds) طُوفَانُ الْكَلَام وَالْأعَْمَال
(Deluge of the free — horizons) طُوفَانُ الْأحَْرَار آفَاق
طُوفَانٌ یَرْفضُُ الْأسَْمَاءَ سْمَاءَ طُوفَانْ
(a flood rejecting all names — (except for) the sky of deluge)
طُوفَانْ كَمْ أشَْتَاقُ طُوفَانَكِ
(flood – how I long for your deluge)
Toufan — how I long for your deluge
Our homelands — these lands
أوَْطَاننا أوَْطَانٌ
(Our homelands — these lands)
1 Translation by Dr. Mustafa Khattab from ‘The Clear Quran’ (Furqaan Foundation, 2020)
