IsiXhosa Intellectual Traditions (IsiXIT) Digital Archive

LENGXELO siyifumene kwelinye lama pepa ama Ngesi, Baninzi mhlaumbi abanga Iwaziyo uhlobo lwe mbedesho yababantu balwa nama Ngesi ngoku. Ama Arab ngabantu abazimvo nengcinga zingumangaliso, kwinto ngento sini ntsompoti, ngoku kodwa malunga nezinto zase mbedeshweni. Le ncwadi kutiwa yi Koran, inemfundiso emaba kolwe kuzo, ifundiswa ngu mprofeti omkulu Wabo ongu Mahomet, kubo ifana ne Baibile lekuti. Ibafundisa ukuba Amazulu asixenxe, enjalo nje alekene; kwane Mihlaba ikwa sixenxe, ikwa lekene, ke lo sihleli kuyo ungo ngapezulu kwe minye ingowona unga pantsi kwezulu loku gqibela eli nga pantsi kwa manye. Akolwa ukuba onke loma zulu nalo mihlaba 'zitywetywe ngapezulu, aye eziza zinge, nokuba ungati xa uwanqumlayo uku hamba kwako, uhambe iminyaka emakulu mahlanu, ngenxa yobubanzi bawo. Kunjalo nje ukwangako umgama wobunzulu bawo onke amazulu lawo, kwane mihlaba, kwano kukwelelana kwawo, kwano kwe mihlaba. Maninzi amavo, kwano kudityaniswa kwento ngento ezimalunga nalo mazulu asixenxe. Kuko imbali ekolelwa kunene yokuba izulu elona longamele amanye lenziwe nge emerald (ilitye elinqabileyo), elesibini, lele silver emhlope, elesitatu, lele pearls ezinkulu ezimhlope, elesine lele ruby, ele sihlanu lele golide ebomvu, ele sitandatu lele facintte emtubi, nele sixenxe, lelokukanya okukazimlayo. Ubuninzi bama Arab buti i Paradise ikwelo zulu lipezu kwawo onke amanye, kodwa ke umbalisi osibaliselayo uti yena, into engasentla kwelo kupela izulu, zilwandle ezikwa sixenxe zokukanya, ke kukwako ama kuselo, awahlula izinto ngento ezikwa ngazi xenxe, yaye ke ne Paradise leyo, ikwa nemi kwango ezindidi ezalekeneyo, owokuqala igama lawo li Botwe lo Bungcwele le pearl ezimhlope, owesibini, li Botwe lo Xolo, elo lele ruby, owesitatu ngu Myezo wokupumla, lele chrysalite eluhlaza elo, owesine ngu Myezo wase Pakadeni, ngowe coral eziluhlaza, owesihlanu, ngu Myezo we Mivuyo we silver emhlope, owesitandatu ngu Myezo we Paradise we golide ebomvu, nowesi xenxe ngu Myezo we Ntlalo yase pakadeni, okanye we Eden, we pearl ezinkulu, elike ibotwe likangelene Dawo onke la asele xeliwe; laye lisityekelwe yi Terone yo Nceba, kuba atsho ama Arab ukumbiza u Tixo. Ke malunga nalemihlaba isixenxe, i Koran iti ukufundisa kwayo, 16 ungapezulu umiwe ngabantu, nanga matye anqabileyo, nenyamakazi, owesibini, nhlala umoya ofutaniselayo; owesitatu ungamatye esi Hogo somlilo; owesine uhlala i Sulphur yesi Hogo somlilo; owesihlanu, uhlala ozinyoka; owesitandatu uhlala o nomadudwane, abamnyama, benga ngo ndlebe-nde, benemisila efana namarele; owesixenxe uhlala u Satana nemikosi yake. Inxalenye icinga ukuba ngapantsi kowokugqibela umhlaba, kuhlala ingelosi enkulu kunene emandla makulu kunene, eyadalwa ngu Tixo ukuze ibe yintsika exase umhlaba lowo, kuba iwutwele emagxeni ayo; yaye inyatele ngenyawo zayo pezu kwo lwalwa lwe ruby; ngapantsi kwalo ololwalwa kuko inkunzi enkulu kunene ye nkomo elixasileyo, emehlo, nendlebe, ne mpumlo, no milomo, ne lwimi, namanqina, zinga mawakaanga inane; yaye vona ixaswe yintlanzikazi ebukulu buuga kangelekiyo, emehlo amenyeza ngokunkwantyisayo ; pantsi kwayo, ngamanzi, pantsi kwawo sisitokotoko sobumnyama. I Koran ifundisa ukuba esisi hogo somlilo baya kuya kuso abakohlakeleyo, singapantsi kowokugqibela umhlaba, babe ngapantsi kwezolwandle zobumnynma, obuzindidi eza lekeneyo zade zasixenxe. Akuko matanda ukuba namhla maninzi ama Arab asele kanyiselwe, kodwa ukuku dala oko ebengazi nento 16 nge Geography, ekukolekayo ukuba ubuninzi bawo, asakolwa oko kuba lo mhlaba sihleli kuwo, uraqwe lu Lwandlekazi olujikeleyo, ekuti oluya luse malandalahla lubizwe ngokutiwa lu lwandle lo Bumnyama. Beludla ngokubizwa ngelogama olulwandle luyi Atlantic. Ngapaya kolo Lwandle lu jikeleyo, kuko intaba zika Kof, ezifike zavingca, zangumvalo otintela ukuba umhlaba ugabi naku jikelezwa ngolwandle, kukolwa kananjalo ukuba kulapo kuhlala izi dalwa ezibizwa ngokutivva zi Genii; oko ke kukuti zi ndemoni, nokuba ngumoya olungileyo, nokuba ngokohlakeleyo, okunjulelwa ngamanyange ukuba ngowona wongamele impilo yomntu epililenje, ngumnyanya, lindulo elongamele aba twasayo, ohlala kwindawo etile, njenge ndawo yokufundisa enje nge College.