聖人阿布,在對人類的愛中發現上帝
Each week, The Times’s crossword column, Wordplay, highlights the answer to one of the most difficult clues from the previous week’s puzzles.
每週，時報的字謎專欄“詞玩”(Wordplay)都會呈現前一週字謎難度最高的線索的答案。This week’s word: Abou.
本週的詞是：Abou（阿布）。Abou Ben Adhem is the Anglicized name of one of the most prominent early Sufi mystic saints, Ibrahim ibn Adham, who was the subject of a poem by the English poet Leigh Hunt. The entry, with the clue “ ‘___ Ben Adhem’ (Leigh Hunt poem),” was in the April 3 crossword puzzle and stumped many solvers.
阿布·本·阿德罕姆(Abou Ben Adhem)是最爲著名的早期蘇菲派神祕主義聖人之一易卜拉欣·伊本·阿德罕姆(Ibrahim ibn Adham)的英語化名字，英國詩人利·亨特(Leigh Hunt)曾寫過一首關於他的詩。這條線索“‘___ 本·阿德罕姆’（利·亨特的詩）”出現在了4月3日的字謎中，難倒了很多玩家。
Published in 1836 as pArt of a three-volume collection called “The Book of Gems: The Poets and Artists of Great Britain,” the poem describes Ben Adhem waking from a sound sleep, only to see an angel inscribing the names of those who love God in a golden book.
這首詩收錄在1836年出版的一本名叫《珍寶之書：大不列顛的詩人和藝術家》(The Book of Gems: The Poets and Artists of Great Britain)的三卷本合集中，它描繪了本·阿德罕姆從沉睡中醒來，發現一位天使正在把敬愛上帝者的名字寫入一本金色書籍裏。When he finds out that his name is not among those, he asks the angel to write his name down as one who loves his fellow man. Ben Adhem’s name appears the next night at the top of the list, implying that those who love their fellow man also love God.
他發現自己的名字不在其中，便叫天使把他的名字也寫下來，因爲他愛其他人類。第二天晚上，本·阿德罕姆的名字出現在了名單頂部，意味着愛其他人類的人相當於也愛着上帝。
