What 'Isa ibn Hisham Told Us. Muhammad al-Muwaylihi

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СКАЧАТЬ me for my forgetfulness, nor burden me with any difficulty in my affairs.»²⁹ When you emerged from the grave, I was so scared and bewildered that I behaved stupidly. I wasn’t able to tell you about present conditions and the way in which things have changed since your own lifetime. I hardly had an opportunity to tell you about it before the Donkeyman started bothering us, and we were beset by these misfortunes. I’ve done nothing wrong, and you should accept my excuse. Endure whatever you may encounter and put up with the situation in which you find yourself. Accept fate with a good face and don’t grieve over the past in order to atone for your present misdeeds.

      Policeman (to the Pāshā) Come on, we’re going to the Register of Convictions.

      Pāshā The Lord be praised! I do believe my suffering is over and my misfortunes have been driven away. I have regained my former status, and they have brought me my retinue and horse!³⁰

      ʿĪsā That word doesn’t mean rearing steeds and neighing thoroughbreds. It’s a department where they record the features and characteristics of the accused and find out if he has committed any previous offences.

      Policeman (to the Pāshā, as he drags him along) Stop all this chatter. Come with me quietly and in an orderly fashion.

      Pāshā (holding back) What can one do in the face of predestined fate? How can I escape? Who will dispatch me to death a second time and return me to my grave?

      ʿĪsā (pleading) I beg you, in the name of the one who is buried in the Citadel and by the clash of your swords in battle, please take my advice and behave as I suggest. Don’t resist or object. Reluctance will serve no purpose and only make our misfortunes worse. When we have no choice in the matter, the sensible thing to do is to resign ourselves to fate and to wear the appropriate garments for every situation, whether cheerful or miserable.

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      قال عيسى بن هشام: فسمع الباشا لقولي ورضي بحكم القضاء على المضض، وسرنا مع العسكري فوصلنا إلى قسم السوابق وتحقيق الشخصية فرأى الباشا هناك من أعمال التشبيه ما تنخلع له القلوب وتشيب منه النواصي فعرّوه من ثيابه وفحصوا بدنه عضوا عضوا ووجهه وحدقوا في عينيه وصنعوا ما صنعوا وهو يحرق الأرم ويتنفس الصعداء حتى انتهوا من عملهم وسألوا عن ضمانته فلم يجدوا له ضمانة لأنّ المعاون قاتله الله رد شيخ الحارة عن التصديق على ضمانتي ليجوز له الحبس فأرسلونا مع العسكري إلى النيابة فدخلنا على عضو النيابة فوجدنا أمامه قضايا جمة وأصحابها مزدحمون ينتظرون دورهم فانفردنا ناحية ننتظر دورنا والتفت صاحبي إليّ يسألني:

      الباشا أين نحن الآن ومن هذا الغلام وما هذا الزحام.

      عيسى بن هشام نحن أمام النيابة وهذا عضو النيابة وهؤلاء أرباب الدعاوى.

      الباشا وما هي النيابة.

      عيسى بن هشام النيابة في هذا النظام الجديد هي سلطة قضائية مكلفة بإقامة الدعاوى القضائية على المجرمين نيابة عن الهيئة الاجتماعية. والغرض من إنشائها أن لا تبقى جريمة بلا عقوبة ووظيفتها أن تدافع عن الحق فتظهر ذنب المذنب وبراءة البريء.

      الباشا ما هي الهيئة الاجتماعية

      عيسى بن هشام هي مجموع الأمّة.

      الباشا ومن هو هذا العظيم من الأمّة الذي اتفقت عليه لينوب عنها.

      عيسى بن هشام ليس هذا الذي تراه بعظيم من عظماء الأمة وإنما هو أحد أبناء الفلاحين أرسله أبوه إلى المدارس فاكتسب الشهادة فاستحق النيابة عن الأمّة فتولى دمائها وأعراضها وأموالها.

      الباشا نعمت المنزلة عند الله منزلة الشهادة، وللشهيد في الجنة أعلى الدرجات ولكن كيف تتصور عقولكم - وأظنهم فقدتموها- أن تجتمع الشهادة في سبيل الله والحياة في الدنيا لإنسان. ولكن الذي يفوق ذلك عجبا ويزيد العقل خبالا أن يحكم الناس فلّاح وينوب عن الأمّة حراث، ولقد خرجت من شدة إلى شدة ومن ويل إلى ويل فسلمت وصبرت ولكن لا صبر لي على هذه الخارقة فما أعظم الفاجعة وأشد النازلة، فَنِيَ مني الصبر ومن لي بفناء القبر.

      ʿĪsā ibn Hishām said: The Pāshā heard what I had to say and reluctantly accepted the decree of fate. We duly accompanied the Policeman until we reached the Register of Convictions and Substantiation of Identity. There the Pāshā endured enough identity procedures to give anyone heart failure and turn his hair white. They stripped him of his clothes, examined him limb by limb, measured his face and body, stared into his eyes, and did all kinds of things to him. He just kept sighing deeply until they had finished with him. They asked about bail and discovered that he had none because the Adjutant—God curse him!—had refused to accept the verification of his bail which the Shaykh of the Quarter had provided, so that he could legally keep him in prison for the night.

      With that, they sent us over to the Parquet with the Policeman. When we entered, we found the Parquet Attorney with a load of cases on his hands and hordes of litigants waiting their turn. So we went over to one side to wait our turn as well. My companion turned to me.

      Pāshā Where are we now? Who’s this young fellow? What’s this mob of people?

      ʿĪsā We’re in the Parquet office. This man’s a member of the Parquet, and all these people are litigants.

      Pāshā What is this “Parquet?”

      ʿĪsā In this new legal system, it’s the judicial authority responsible for bringing criminal charges against offenders, acting on behalf of society. It was introduced so that no crime should go unpunished. Its duties are to uphold the truth and prove the guilt of the guilty and the innocence of the innocent.

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