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أَﺑُﻮ ِﺻير َوأَﺑُﻮ ِﻗير
ُﺷ ِﻔ َﻲ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻣ َﺮ ِﺿ ِﻪَ ،وﻋﺎ َد إ َﻟﻴْ ِﻪ ﻧَﺸﺎ ُﻃ ُﻪ َو ُﻗ ﱠﻮﺗُ ُﻪَ ،ﻓ َﺨ َﺮ َج ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻔﻨْ ُﺪ ِقَ ،و َﻣ َﴙ ِﰲ إ ْﺣ َﺪى أَ ْﺳﻮا ِق
ا ْﻟ َﻤ ِﺪﻳﻨَ ِﺔَ ،ﻓ َﺮأَى ِزﺣﺎ ًﻣﺎ َﺷ ِﺪﻳ ًﺪا أَﻣﺎ َم َﻣ ْﺼﺒَ َﻐ ٍﺔ َﻛ ِﺒيرَ ٍةَ .وﻧَ َﻈ َﺮ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﺼﺒَ َﻐ ِﺔ َﻓ َﺮأَى َﻛ ِﺜي ًرا ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺨ َﺪ ِم
َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻬ ْﻢ أَ ْﻓ َﺨ ُﺮ اﻟﺜﱢﻴﺎ ِبَ .و َرأَى َﺻ ِﺪﻳ َﻘ ُﻪ »أَﺑﺎ ِﻗي ٍر« ﺟﺎ ِﻟ ًﺴﺎ ِﰲ َﺻ ْﺪ ِر ا ْﻟ َﻤﻜﺎ ِن — َو ُﻫ َﻮ ﻳَﺄْ ُﻣ ُﺮ َوﻳَﻨْ َﻬﻰ
— َﻓ َﻔ ِﺮ َح »أَﺑُﻮ ِﺻي ٍر« أَ َﺷ ﱠﺪ ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺮ ِح ِﺑﻤﺎ ﻧﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ َﺻ ِﺪﻳ ُﻘ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨﱠﺠﺎ ِح َواﻟﺘﱠ ْﻮ ِﻓﻴ ِﻖَ .وﻗﺎ َل ِﰲ ﻧَ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ:
» َﻟ َﻌ ﱠﻠ ُﻪ ُﺷ ِﻐ َﻞ َﻋﻨﱢﻲ ُﻃﻮ َل َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ﱠﺪ ِة ِﺑﺘَﻨْ ِﻈﻴ ِﻢ َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ َﻤ ْﺼﺒَ َﻐ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒيرَ ِة! َوﻻ َﺷ ﱠﻚ أَﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﺳﻴَ ْﻔ َﺮ ُح أَ َﺷ ﱠﺪ
ا ْﻟ َﻔ َﺮ ِح ِﺣي َن ﻳَﺮا ِﻧﻲ ،ﺑَ ْﻌ َﺪ أَ ْن ُﺷ ِﻔﻴ ُﺖ ِﻣ ْﻦ َﻣ َﺮ ِﴈ!« ﺛُ ﱠﻢ َد َﺧ َﻞ »أَﺑُﻮ ِﺻي ٍر« ِﻟﻴُ َﻬﻨﱢﺊَ ﺻﺎ ِﺣﺒَ ُﻪ ِﺑﻤﺎ
ﻧﺎ َﻟ ُﻪ ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨﱠﺠﺎ ِح َواﻟﺘﱠ ْﻮ ِﻓﻴ ِﻖَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ ﺧﺎ َب َﻇﻨﱡ ُﻪ؛ َﻓﻤﺎ ﻛﺎ َد ﻳَﺮا ُه »أَﺑُﻮ ِﻗي ٍر« َﺣﺘﱠﻰ ﺻﺎ َح ِﺑ ِﻪ ﻏﺎ ِﺿﺒًﺎ:
»أَ َﻻ ﺗَﺰا ُل — أَﻳﱡﻬﺎ اﻟ ﱢﻠ ﱡﺺ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ِﺒﻴ ُﺚ — ﺗَﺘَ َﺴ ﱠﻠ ُﻞ إ َﱃ َﻣ ْﺼﺒَ َﻐ ِﺘﻲ ِﻟﺘَ ْ ِﴪ َق اﻟﺜﱢﻴﺎ َب ِﻣﻨْﻬﺎ؟ أَ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﻜ ِﻔ َﻚ ﻣﺎ
َ َﴎ ْﻗﺘَ ُﻪ ِﻣﻨﱢﻲ ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ﱠﺮا ِت اﻟ ﱠﺴﺎ ِﺑ َﻘ ِﺔ؟ َو ِﷲ ﻻ ﺑُ ﱠﺪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﻋﻘﺎ ِﺑ َﻚ َﺣﺘﱠﻰ ﻻ ﺗَ ُﻌﻮ َد إِ َﱃ اﻟ ﱠ ِﴪ َﻗ ِﺔ ﺑَ ْﻌ َﺪ َﻫﺬا
ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم «.ﺛُ ﱠﻢ أَ َﻣ َﺮ ِﻏ ْﻠﻤﺎﻧَ ُﻪ ِﺑ َ ْﴬ ِﺑ ِﻪَ ،ﻓ َ َﴬﺑُﻮ ُه َ ْﴐﺑًﺎ ُﻣﻮ ِﺟ ًﻌﺎ َﺣﺘﱠﻰ أُ ْﻏ ِﻤ َﻲ َﻋ َﻠﻴْ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺷ ﱠﺪ ِة اﻟ ﱠ ْﴬ ِب،
ﺛُ ﱠﻢ أَ ْﻟ َﻘ ْﻮا ِﺑ ِﻪ ِﰲ اﻟ ﱠﻄ ِﺮﻳ ِﻖ.
)َ (9ﺣ ﱠﻤﺎ ُم »أَ ِﺑﻲ ِﺻي ٍر«
َو َﻟ ﱠﻤﺎ أَﻓﺎ َق »أَﺑُﻮ ِﺻي ٍر« ﻋﺎ َد إِ َﱃ ُﻏ ْﺮ َﻓ ِﺘ ِﻪ َﻣ ْﺤ ُﺰوﻧًﺎ ُﻣﺘَﺄَ ﱢﻟ ًﻤﺎ ِﻣ ﱠﻤﺎ َﺣ َﺪ َث َﻟ ُﻪ .ﺛُ ﱠﻢ َﺧ َﺮ َج ِﰲ ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﱄ
ﻳَﺒْ َﺤ ُﺚ َﻋ ْﻦ َﺣ ﱠﻤﺎ ٍم ﻳَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﺤ ﱡﻢ ِﻓﻴ ِﻪَ ،ﻓ َﻠ ْﻢ ﻳَ َﺠ ْﺪَ .ﻓ َﺴﺄَ َل اﻟﻨﱠﺎ َس :أَﻳْ َﻦ ﻳَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﺤ ﱡﻤﻮ َن؟ َﻓﻘﺎﻟُﻮا َﻟ ُﻪ» :إﻧﱠﻨﺎ
ﻧَﺬْ َﻫ ُﺐ إِ َﱃ ا ْﻟﺒَ ْﺤ ِﺮ ِﻟﻨَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﺤ ﱠﻢ ِﻓﻴ ِﻪَ «.ﻓﻘﺎ َل ِﰲ ﻧَ ْﻔ ِﺴ ِﻪ» :إ ﱠن َﺟﻤﺎ َل َﻫ ِﺬ ِه ا ْﻟ َﻤ ِﺪﻳﻨَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺒي َر ِة ﻻ ﻳَ ِﺘ ﱡﻢ إ ﱠﻻ
إِذا أُﻧْ ِﺸﺊَ ِﻓﻴﻬﺎ َﺣ ﱠﻤﺎ ٌم «.ﺛُ ﱠﻢ ذَ َﻫ َﺐ »أَﺑُﻮ ِﺻي ٍر« إِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ِﻠ ِﻚَ ،و َ َﴍ َح َﻟ ُﻪ ِﻓ ْﻜ َﺮﺗَ ُﻪَ ،ﻓ َﺮ ِ َﴈ َﻋﻨْﻬﺎَ ،وأَ َﻣ َﺮ
ِﺑ ِﺒﻨﺎءِ َﺣ ﱠﻤﺎ ٍم َﻓ ْﺨ ٍﻢ — ِﰲ أَ ْﺣ َﺴ ِﻦ َﻣﻜﺎ ٍن ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ِﺪﻳﻨَ ِﺔ — َو ْﻓ َﻖ ﻣﺎ ﻳَ ْﺸﺘَ ِﻬﻲ »أَﺑُﻮ ِﺻي ٍر«َ .و َﻟ ﱠﻤﺎ َﻓ َﺮ ُﻏﻮا
ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﺑﻨﺎ ِﺋ ِﻪ َوإ ْﻋﺪا ِد ِهَ ،ذ َﻫ َﺐ »أَﺑُﻮ ِﺻي ٍر« إِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ِﻠ ِﻚَ ،و َدﻋﺎ ُه إِ َﱃ ِزﻳﺎ َر ِة َﺣ ﱠﻤﺎ ِﻣ ِﻪَ .ﻓ َﻠ ﱠﻤﺎ َد َﺧ َﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻤ ِﻠ ُﻚ
ا ْﻟ َﺤ ﱠﻤﺎ َم ُ ﱠﴎ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﻧﻈﺎ ِﻣ ِﻪ َوﻧَﻈﺎ َﻓ ِﺘ ِﻪَ ،وأُ ْﻋ ِﺠ َﺐ ِﺑ َﺬﻛﺎ ِء »أَ ِﺑﻲ ِﺻي ٍر« َوأَ َد ِﺑ َﻪ إِ ْﻋﺠﺎﺑًﺎ َﻛ ِﺒيرًا .ﺛُ ﱠﻢ َﺧ َﺮ َج
ا ْﻟ َﻤ ِﻠ ُﻚ — ﺑَ ْﻌ َﺪ أَ ِن ا ْﺳﺘَ َﺤ ﱠﻢ ِﻓﻴ ِﻪ — َﻣ ْ ُﴪو ًرا را ِﺿﻴًﺎَ .وﻛﺎ َﻓﺄَ »أَﺑﺎ ِﺻي ٍر« أَ ْﺣ َﺴ َﻦ ُﻣﻜﺎ َﻓﺄَ ٍةَ .و ِﰲ ا ْﻷَﻳﱠﺎ ِم
اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﻟﻴَ ِﺔ زا َر ا ْﻷُ َﻣﺮا ُء َوا ْﻟ ُﻮ َزراءُ َوأَ ْﻋﻴﺎ ُن ا ْﻟ َﻤ ِﺪﻳﻨَ ِﺔ َﺣ ﱠﻤﺎ َم »أَ ِﺑﻲ ِﺻي ٍر«َ ،وأُ ْﻋ ِﺠﺒُﻮا ِﺑ ِﻪ ا ْ ِﻹ ْﻋﺠﺎ َب ُﻛ ﱠﻠ ُﻪ.
َوﻛﺎ َن ﻳُ ْﻜ ِﺮ ُﻣ ُﻬ ْﻢ ﻏﺎﻳَ َﺔ ا ْ ِﻹ ْﻛﺮا ِمَ ،ﻓﺄَ َﺣﺒﱡﻮ ُه َﺟ ِﻤﻴ ًﻌﺎَ ،وﺗَﺘﺎﺑَ َﻊ اﻟﻨﱠﺎ ُس َﻋ َﲆ َﺣ ﱠﻤﺎ ِﻣ ِﻪ.
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