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The Story of the Persistent Widow
One day Jesus told his disciples a story
to show that they should always pray
and never give up.
‫القاضي‬‫و‬ ‫األرملة‬ ‫ثل‬َ
‫م‬
ْ‫ي‬َ
‫ك‬ ْ
‫م‬ُ
‫ه‬َ
‫م‬ِّ
ِ
‫ل‬َ
‫ع‬ُ
‫ي‬ِ
‫ل‬ ‫ا‬
‫ًل‬َ‫ث‬َ
‫م‬ ْ
‫م‬ُ
‫ه‬َ
‫ل‬ ‫ى‬َ
‫و‬ َ
‫ر‬َ
‫و‬
َ
‫د‬ ‫ا‬‫و‬ُّ
‫ل‬ َ
‫ص‬ُ
‫ي‬ ْ
‫أن‬ ‫ي‬ِ
‫غ‬َ
‫ب‬ْ‫ن‬َ
‫ي‬ َ
‫ف‬
‫ا‬‫ا‬
‫م‬ِ
‫ائ‬
ِ
‫ة‬ َ
‫ًل‬ َّ
‫الص‬ ِ
‫ن‬َ
‫ع‬ ‫ا‬‫و‬ُ
‫ف‬َّ
‫ق‬َ
‫و‬َ‫ت‬َ
‫ي‬ َ
‫َل‬َ
‫و‬
.
“Once there was a judge in a town. He
did not care about God. He also did not
care what people thought about him.
َ
‫ال‬َ
‫ق‬
:
«
َ
‫خ‬َ
‫ي‬ َ
‫َل‬ ٍ
‫اض‬َ
‫ق‬ ‫ا‬َ
‫م‬ ٍ
‫ة‬َ
‫ين‬ِ
‫د‬َ
‫م‬ ‫ي‬ِ
‫ف‬ َ
‫ان‬َ
‫ك‬
ُ
‫يم‬ِ
‫ق‬ُ
‫ي‬ َ
‫َل‬َ
‫و‬ َ‫هللا‬ ُ
‫اف‬
ِ
‫اس‬َّ
‫لن‬ِ
‫ل‬ ‫ا‬‫ا‬
‫ار‬َ
‫ب‬ِ
‫اعت‬
.
In that same town there was a woman whose husband
had died. She came many times to this judge and said,
‘There is a man who is doing bad things to me.’
َ
‫ل‬َ
‫م‬ْ
‫َر‬‫أ‬ ِ
‫ة‬َ
‫ين‬ِ
‫د‬َ
‫م‬ْ‫ل‬‫ا‬ َ
‫ك‬ْ‫ل‬ِ
‫ت‬ ‫ي‬ِ
‫ف‬ َ
‫ان‬َ
‫ك‬َ
‫و‬
ْ‫ي‬َ
‫ل‬ِ
‫إ‬ ‫ي‬ِ
‫ْت‬‫أ‬َ‫ت‬ ْ
‫ت‬َ
‫ان‬َ
‫ك‬ ٌ
‫ة‬
ِ
‫ه‬
‫ا‬
‫ة‬َ
‫ل‬ِ
‫ائ‬َ
‫ق‬
:
‫ي‬ِ
‫م‬ ْ
‫ص‬َ
‫خ‬ ْ
‫ن‬ِ
‫م‬ ‫ي‬ِ
‫ن‬ْ
‫ف‬ ِ
‫ص‬ْ‫َن‬‫أ‬
!
But the judge did not want to help the woman. ‫ا‬ َ
‫ن‬ِ
‫م‬ ‫ا‬
‫ة‬َّ
‫د‬ُ
‫م‬ ‫ا‬َ
‫ه‬َ
‫ب‬َ
‫ل‬َ
‫ط‬ ُ
‫ض‬ُ
‫ف‬ْ
‫ر‬َ
‫ي‬ َّ
‫ل‬َ
‫ظ‬َ
‫ف‬
ِ
‫ن‬َ
‫م‬َّ
‫لز‬
.
The judge ignored her for a while, but finally he said
to himself, ‘I don’t fear God or care about
people, but this woman is driving me crazy!’
َ
‫ه‬ِ
‫ن‬ ‫ي‬ِ
‫ف‬ ِ
‫ه‬ ِ
‫س‬ْ
‫ف‬َ
‫ن‬ِ
‫ل‬ َ
‫ال‬َ
‫ق‬ ُ
‫ه‬َّ
‫أن‬ َ
‫ر‬ْ‫ي‬َ
‫غ‬
ِ
‫ر‬ْ
‫األم‬ ِ
‫ة‬َ
‫اي‬
:
‹
ٌ
‫يح‬ِ
‫ح‬ َ
‫ص‬
َ
‫ب‬ِ
‫اعت‬ ُ
‫يم‬ِ
‫ُق‬‫أ‬ َ
‫َل‬َ
‫و‬ َ‫هللا‬ ُ
‫اف‬َ
‫أخ‬ َ
‫َل‬ ‫ي‬ِّ
ِ
‫أن‬
ِ
‫اس‬َّ
‫لن‬ِ
‫ل‬ ‫ا‬‫ا‬
‫ار‬
.
َ
‫ه‬ َّ
‫ن‬ِ
‫ك‬َ
‫ل‬
ِ
‫ه‬ِ
‫ذ‬
،‫ا‬‫ا‬
‫م‬ِ
‫ائ‬َ
‫د‬ ‫ي‬ِ
‫ن‬ُ
‫ج‬ِ
‫ع‬
‫ز‬ُ‫ت‬ َ
‫ة‬َ
‫ل‬َ
‫األرم‬
I’m going to see that she gets justice, because she is
wearing me out with her constant requests!’”
َّ
‫ًل‬َ
‫ئ‬ِ
‫ل‬ ‫ا‬َ
‫ه‬َ‫ت‬َ
‫ل‬ِ
‫شك‬ُ
‫م‬ ُّ
‫ل‬َ
‫أح‬ َ
‫س‬ َ
‫ك‬ِ
‫ل‬َ
‫ذ‬ِ
‫ل‬
َّ
‫ي‬َ
‫ل‬‫إ‬
َ
‫ي‬ِ
‫تأت‬
‫ي‬ِ
‫ن‬َ
‫ق‬ِ
‫ه‬
‫ر‬ُ‫ت‬َ
‫و‬
.
›
»
Then the Lord said, “Learn a lesson from this unjust
judge. Even he rendered a just decision in the end. So don’t
you think God will surely give justice to his chosen people?
ُّ
‫ب‬َّ
‫الر‬ َ
‫ال‬َ
‫ق‬ َّ
‫م‬ُ‫ث‬
:
«
َ
‫م‬ ‫ا‬‫و‬ُ
‫ظ‬ِ
‫ح‬ َ
‫َل‬
ُ
‫ه‬َ
‫ل‬‫ا‬َ
‫ق‬ ‫ا‬
ُ
‫ير‬ِّ
ِ
‫ر‬ ِِّ
‫الش‬ ‫ي‬ ِ
‫اض‬َ
‫ق‬‫ال‬
.
َ
‫ي‬ َ
‫ًل‬َ
‫ف‬‫أ‬
‫ى‬َ
‫ل‬َ
‫ع‬ ُ‫هللا‬ ُ
‫ل‬َ
‫م‬ْ
‫ع‬
َ‫ت‬ْ
‫اخ‬ َ
‫ين‬ِ
‫ذ‬َّ
‫ال‬ ِ
‫اس‬َّ
‫الن‬ ِ
‫اف‬ َ
‫إنص‬
ْ
‫م‬ُ
‫ه‬َ
‫ار‬
God’s people shout to him night and day,
and he will always give them what is right.
He will not be slow to answer them.
‫ا‬‫ا‬
‫يع‬ِ
‫ر‬ َ
‫س‬ ْ
‫م‬ُ
‫ه‬ُ
‫ف‬ ِ
‫نص‬ُ
‫ي‬ َ
‫س‬ ُ
‫ه‬َّ
‫إن‬ ْ
‫م‬ُ
‫ك‬َ
‫ل‬ ُ
‫ول‬ُ
‫ق‬‫أ‬
.
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Art by Richard Gunther. Used under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial license.
Text from The Bible, Luke Chapter 18