رضيت مرغما

English translation: I unwillingly accepted/consented

14:20 Mar 18, 2021
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Autobiographical novel
Arabic term or phrase: رضيت مرغما
بدأت أبدي اعتراضا عقائديا خطيرا حسب فهمي لما قالته هالة بشأن الصور والمصورين. ما ذنب الصور؟ ما ذنب الدمى التي تشتريها جدتي لهدى وهبة، ثم تستغل هالة نومهما وتقوم بقطع رؤوسها ورميها في الزبالة؟ ما ذنب الموسيقى التصويرية التي تصحب أفلام الكرتون؟ ما ذنب المسلسلات التي تحكي قصصا من الواقع؟ ما ذنب ....؟ ما ذنب......؟ ما هذا الإله الذي يزعجه كل هذا؟ استغفرت الرب خشية أن يلقي بي في نار جهنم بسبب تلك الاعتراضات. رضيت مرغما بما فعلناه أنا وهالة بالصور كي لا يعذبني الرب يوم القيامة ويشويني في نار جهنم، وأحسست بالاطمئنان لأني نجوت.
Verity Roat
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:08
English translation:I unwillingly accepted/consented
Explanation:
It means accepting a belief without your will. It seems like accepting a belief forcefully
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Yassine El Bouknify
Morocco
Local time: 21:08
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2I had no choice but to resign myself to
Fuad Yahya
5 +1reluctantly consented
Amgad
4 +1compelled to accept
hassan zekry
4 +1Acquiesce to
Angie Halloum
4I unwillingly accepted/consented
Yassine El Bouknify
4Compulsively satisfied
Hanaa Naser (X)


  

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I unwillingly accepted/consented


Explanation:
It means accepting a belief without your will. It seems like accepting a belief forcefully

Yassine El Bouknify
Morocco
Local time: 21:08
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 181
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Compulsively satisfied


Explanation:
satisfy = يرضى
compulsive = اجباري

Hanaa Naser (X)
Palestine
Local time: 23:08
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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compelled to accept


Explanation:
I was compelled to accept what Hala and myself did with ....

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Note added at 1 hr (2021-03-18 16:04:24 GMT)
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https://ludwig.guru/s/I am compelled to agree

hassan zekry
Local time: 23:08
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 66

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yusuf Junina
14 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Acquiesce to


Explanation:
I think this word conveys the meaning you're trying to get hold of. Check its exact meaning in an English-English dictionary. I have just done that.

Angie Halloum
United Arab Emirates
Local time: 01:08
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 31

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Linda Al-Bairmani
12 hrs
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reluctantly consented


Explanation:
I think reluctantly here matches the literary style more as it's higher in register than unwillingly

Amgad
United States
Local time: 15:08
Native speaker of: Arabic

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Linda Al-Bairmani
11 hrs
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I had no choice but to resign myself to


Explanation:
Let me summarize my understanding of the narrator's line of thinking:

Sometime in the past, when the narrator was less thoughtful (perhaps younger), and acting under the influence of Hala, the narrator engaged in actions that the narrator now believes were thoughtless, crude, and possibly even cruel. The narrator now recognizes the folly of these actions. The actions were taken under a puritanical religious pretext. Therefore, repenting of these actions amounts to a rejection of the religious framework that instigated the actions. The narrator wants to repent of the actions and of the underlying puritanical impetus, but does not want to go so far as to reject religion per se and certainly does not want to be implicated in any kind of blasphemous thinking, such as a radical rejection of God or His commandments. This leaves the narrator intellectually cornered into a compromise: to resign oneself to the reality that the actions have indeed been taken. They cannot be undone, and, it may be safer not to think too much about the matter, because any kind of reflection could lead to an unholy rebellion that might have dire consequences in the hereafter. Resignation is acceptance of what cannot be changed. In this case, it is only the actions that cannot be undone, but even reflecting on the actions seems rife with risk of committing further sacrilege. The narrator is "letting sleeping dogs lie" because no other course of action promises a safer outcome.

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Note added at 13 hrs (2021-03-19 04:03:15 GMT)
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Textual correction: The second to last sentence should read: "It is not only the actions . . ." The word "not" was omitted by mistake. I apologize.

Fuad Yahya
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 114

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Z-Translations Translator
8 hrs

agree  Linda Al-Bairmani
10 hrs

neutral  Yassine El Bouknify: Do you really think that it's a "compromise"? It's rather a selfish decision. The doer only wants to save himself, which is quite an intelligent selfish decision. Of course, it's my own idea. I might be wrong
13 hrs
  -> Very selfish, indeed. Instead of courageously confronting and rejecting the past, the narrator is making peace with the past in order to avoid possible damnation. The narrator is taking a quasi-Cartesian wager, which is a selfish compromise.
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