評(píng)論
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We do our best to ignore the fact that we don't always have it,
我們盡管忽略一項(xiàng)事實(shí)，我們并不常有敬畏之心
and that not everything can be explained.
也不是一切事情都能解釋
Yet whether you're a rationalist or a mystic,
然而，無(wú)論你是理性主義者，或是神秘主義者
whether you think the words Muhammad heard that night came from inside himself or from outside,
無(wú)論你認(rèn)為穆罕穆德那夜聽(tīng)到的聲音是發(fā)自內(nèi)心，還是來(lái)自外面
what's clear is that he did experience them,
他確實(shí)地親身經(jīng)歷過(guò)
and that he did so with a force that would shatter his sense of himself and his world
他這樣做，有一種力量削弱他的感覺(jué)和他的世界
and transform this otherwise modest man into a radical advocate for social and economic justice.
并使這心里謙遜的人轉(zhuǎn)變?yōu)樯鐣?huì)公正和經(jīng)濟(jì)公正的激進(jìn)提倡者
Fear was the only sane response, the only human response.
恐懼是唯一合乎情理的反應(yīng)，唯一乎合人性的反應(yīng)
Too human for some, like conservative Muslim theologians who maintain that
對(duì)某些人來(lái)說(shuō)太人性化了，就像那些保守的穆斯林神學(xué)家斷言
the account of his wanting to kill himself shouldn't even be mentioned,
穆罕穆德想要自殺根本不應(yīng)該被提及，
despite the fact that it's in the earliest Islamic biographies.
盡管事實(shí)是最早的伊斯蘭傳記已有記載
They insist that he never doubted for even a single moment, let alone despaired.
他們堅(jiān)持認(rèn)為穆罕穆德從未有一刻懷疑過(guò)，更別說(shuō)絕望了
Demanding perfection, they refuse to tolerate human imperfection.
要追求完美，所以拒絕容忍人性的不完美
Yet what, exactly, is imperfect about doubt?
那么，懷疑的不完美到底是什么呢？
As I read those early accounts, I realized it was precisely Muhammad's doubt that brought him alive for me,
當(dāng)我閱讀這些早期文獻(xiàn)時(shí)，我意識(shí)到這正是穆罕穆德的懷疑讓他活現(xiàn)眼前
that allowed me to begin to see him in full, to accord him the integrity of reality.
讓我開(kāi)始更全面認(rèn)識(shí)他，把他和現(xiàn)實(shí)聯(lián)系起來(lái)
