雙語暢銷書《我是馬拉拉》第7章:穆夫提(4)
My father seemed worried and shooed us into the other room, but the house was small so we could hear every word. ‘I am representing the Ulema and Tablighian and Taliban,’ Mullah Ghulamullah said, referring to not just one but two organisations of Muslim scholars to give himself gravitas. ‘I am representing good Muslims and we all think your girls’ school is haram and a blasphemy. You should close it. Girls should not be going to school,’ he continued. ‘A girl is so sacred she should be in purdah, and so private that there is no lady’s name in the Quran as God doesn’t want her to be named.’
父親看起來很憂心，把我們全部趕進另一間房，但因爲房子很小，我們還是聽得一清二楚。“我們是代表烏里瑪學會、塔布利吉派和塔利班而來的。”賈蘭穆拉罕說道，他提了兩個穆斯林學者組織來支持自己的立場。“我是代表善良的穆斯林人而來，我們認爲你的女子學校是違背伊斯蘭法的。”他繼續說道，“女孩子是很神聖的，她們應該遵循深閨制度，因爲神不想要女孩子被點名，所以整本《古蘭經》裏連一位女性的名字都沒有提到。”
My father could listen no more. ‘Maryam is mentioned everywhere in the Quran. Was she not a woman and a good woman at that?’
我父親再也聽不下去了。“《古蘭經》裏一直提到馬利亞，難道她不是女人？還是她不是好女人呢？”
‘That may be,’ replied my father. ‘But I am pointing out that the Quran names Maryam.’
“可能是這樣沒錯，”父親回答道，“但我的意思是《古蘭經》裏的確出現了馬利亞的名字。”
The mufti started to object but my father had had enough. Turning to the group, he said, ‘When this gentleman passes me on the street, I look to him and greet him but he doesn’t answer, he just bows his head.’
賈蘭穆拉罕怒目準備提出反駁，但我父親已經受夠了。他轉向那羣人，說道：“當我在路上和這位先生相遇時，我會看着他，與他打招呼，但他不會迴應我，只是點點頭。”
