UDkt Jamal Naja uhlangana nami esitolo sekhofi ngezansi komgwaqo ukusuka ekhaya lakhe ku-Alamuddin Street, ubuso obuthule obucishe bube nezinkinga, izinwele ezimpunga, futhi ubeka - ngokukhulu ukucophelela - iphakethe elimnyama phezu kwetafula eliphambi kwakhe.
I-Tripoli enyakatho yeLebanon iyidolobha lamaSulumane futhi iNaja inePhD ezifundweni zamaSulumane. Kodwa futhi uyi-calligrapher futhi iphakethe elimnyama liqukethe amapeni namabhulashi akhe. "Manje, Robert, thatha lawa mapensela amabili uwabeke phansi." Ngiyavuma. Omunye uzwakala uphansi futhi ungenalutho. Enye izwakala iphezulu futhi ishwabana. Uthi: “Uma inothi liphakeme, iba ngcono nepensela.
I-Calligraphy iyi-Islamic hhayi nje uhlobo lobuciko lwesi-Arabhu, ngenxa yokuthi amaSulumane awavumelani nesithombe somuntu emsebenzini wenkolo. I-Iran inama-calligrapher okungenani angu-200 kodwa e-Beirut, iwubuciko obufayo - uNaja ungomunye wabali-calligrapher bangempela abangu-10 abasele - futhi ikhompuyutha ibhubhisa kancane kancane lezi zingcweti. U-Naja ucosha isithungu samakhasi acwebezelayo, agqamile kanye nebhodwe likayinki elincane futhi amapeni akhe namapensela kumemeza phezulu sengathi ayaphila, azwakala kakhulu kunoshoki ebhodini.
Ngikhunjuzwa amabhayibheli akhanyayo, ngoba lawa yizinhlamvu namagama aseduze ongawathola ezithombeni. U-Naja ukopisha i-sura evela kuKoran futhi ipeni lakhe liyakhala futhi liyakhala futhi limemeza, umbhalo wakhe wehla wenyuka ekhasini, phansi ukuya phezulu, ulinganiswa ngenani “lamadayimane” amancane - amahlanu kakhulu - nendawo yawo ngaphakathi naphakathi. ngaphansi kongwaqa, ngokuvamile ababonisa onkamisa. Esikhathini esedlule, lolu futhi kwakuwulimi lukahulumeni, lwe-Ottoman Firmins kanye negunya. Uyinki ukhethekile, futhi bathi unuka amawolintshi.
U-Naja ubiza umsebenzi wakhe ngokuthi "ukuhweba kokuhlonipha", futhi ngiyaqaphela ngaso leso sikhathi ukuthi eminyakeni engu-200 edlule, noma ubani owayefundile angafuna ukubhala kanje, hhayi nje ubufakazi bamandla, kodwa bokufunda. Kujwayelekile kangakanani ukuthi amakhompyutha aphathekayo manje acekele phansi ukufunda nokubhala kwesikhathi esedlule. U-Naja usakopisha umbhalo weKoran futhi amehlo akhe mancane ekugxiliseni ingqondo. Kungumbhalo kanye nobuciko kanye nenkolo ehlanganiswe ndawonye. Ubani namuhla ongakopisha iBhayibheli ngesandla? Ngicabanga ngoLindisfarne, kanye neNcwadi kaKells elele manje kumtapo wolwazi omkhulu wenyuvesi yami endala yaseTrinity College, e-Ireland.
"I-Calligraphy ayikwazi ukufundwa ngokushesha - futhi iwukuzilibazisa kanye nokuzijwayeza," kusho uNaja. "Kukhona ama-calligrapher angamaKristu, nakuba engebaningi. Umbhalo ufihliwe ekuzivezeni kuthisha. Ngingakuchazela kanjani? Ubaba wayenguthisha wami wokuqala. Ngabe sengiya eTurkey, eGibhithe nasemazweni amaningi ama-Arab, futhi ngizofunda, kancane kancane, ukudala lokhu okuhlangenwe nakho." Ngiyazibuza ukuthi, empeleni, i-calligraphy iyinguqulo yolimi yokucula. U-Naja ungibheka eceleni. "Ngenxa yokuthi iKoran ayiyona izinkondlo noma ayivamile lapho uyibhala, ukuyifunda akuvamile njengokucula. Inobuntu bayo."
UmProfethi, ngokudumile, wayengakwazi ukufunda nokubhala - amazwi akhe akopishwa kamuva - kodwa uNaja wengeza ngokuthi "ukungakwazi ukufunda nokubhala akusho ukuntula imfundo - uMprofethi wayehlakaniphile futhi ekhuluma nababhali bezinhlamvu". Ezikhathini zakudala, babezothola isitifiketi se-calligraphy, umkhuba osuvele wanyamalala kakhulu, nakuba uNaja ngokwakhe ezuze imiklomelo yamazwe ngamazwe ku-calligraphy futhi ube yijaji lobuciko be-calligraphic. Umbhalo we-Diwani abhala kuwo wathuthukiswa ngaphansi kombuso wase-Ottoman futhi mhlawumbe i-calligraphy edume kakhulu - esatholakala emithonjeni emidala e-Beirut - uphawu olusemthethweni lwase-Ottoman.
U-Naja uyindoda ezimisele kakhulu - kufanele ubhale kanje - kodwa uyayijabulela impilo njengoprofesa wasenyuvesi e-Beirut. "Ngiyakhuleka, kodwa ngingumuntu ovulekile. Ngijabulela wonke amazwe kanye nayo yonke impucuko. I-Islam iyinkolo elinganiselayo, hhayi eyisisekelo. Iyingxube kanye nokuhlanganiswa kwempucuko."
Maye, lokho ngeke kugcine ama-calligraphers aseMpumalanga Ephakathi. Abanye baziphilisa namuhla (nakuba kungenjalo i-Naja) ngokubhala amamenyu ezindawo zokudlela noma ngokubhala amamenyu okudla kwakusihlwa omongameli. Kubonakala kuwumphumela odabukisayo wamakhulu eminyaka wobuciko, nakuba uNaja ezohamba iminyaka eminingi okwamanje. Bese ngibuka ami amanothi engxoxo yethu, ebhalwe ngepensela elingcolile, ngokubhala ngesandla angikwazi ukufunda. Yilokhu engikwenzele ukubhala ngekhompyutha. Sengiqalile ukubhala hhayi izinhlamvu namagama kodwa ukulingisa amagama, izithombe zamagama lapho manje sekufanele ngiqagele izinhlamvu ezingekho. Ngisola ukuthi lokhu kungenxa yokuthi ikhompuyutha ephathekayo ingivumela ukuthi ngicabange ngokushesha kunalokho engikwazi ukubhala futhi uma ngibuyela epensela, amagama ami ayaginqana.
U-Naja useqale umsebenzi kwelinye iphepha futhi ipeni elimemezayo liqala futhi. Khona-ke ngiyaqaphela ukuthi kukhona iribhoni kasilika ngepeni futhi yilokho okumemezayo, uyinki egijima entweni kanye nokucindezela kwepeni kusetshenziswe kusilika. Ngifunde kancane njengoba ebhala. R-Wow-Bay-R-T-F-Yay-Sin-Kaf. "Robert Fisk," kusho ngesi-Arabhu. Futhi ubhala igama lakhe ngezinhlamvu ezincane ngaphansi: "Jamal Naja, Tripoli, ngo-5/11/2011."
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