كَانَ خَبَّابٌ حَدَّادًا مَاهِرًا

Khabbab was a skilled blacksmith.

فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ، كَانَ فِي مَشْغَلِهِ كَعَادَتِهِ

On that day, he was in his workshop as usual,

لَكِنْ لَيْسَ لِيَصْنَعَ شَيْئًا

but not to make anything.

كَانَتْ يَدَاهُ وَقَدَمَاهُ مَوْثُوقَتَيْنِ بِإِحْكَامٍ وَلَا سَبِيلَ لِلْفِرَارِ

His hands and feet were tied tightly, and there was no way to escape.

كَانَ مُغَطًّى بِالْعَرَقِ وَيُسْخَرُ مِنْهُ وَيُهَانُ مِرَارًا وَتَكْرَارًا

He was covered in sweat, mocked, and insulted time and time again.

"لَقَدْ تَرَكْتَ دِينَنَا وَاخْتَرْتَ أَنْ تَتَّبِعَ مُحَمَّدًا!"

"You have abandoned our religion and chosen to follow Muhammad!"

وَفِي نَفْسِ الْمَوْقِدِ الَّذِي عَمِلَ فِيهِ لِسَنَوَاتٍ طَوِيلَةٍ

And in the very same hearth in which he had worked for many years,

كَانَتْ قِطْعَةٌ مِنَ الْحَدِيدِ تُسَخَّنُ الْآنَ

a piece of iron was now being heated.

وَكَانَ سَبَبُ إِظْهَارِهَا لَهُ وَاضِحًا

And the reason for showing it to him was clear.

وَمَعَ ازْدِيَادِ حَرَارَتِهَا شَيْئًا فَشَيْئًا كَانَتْ تِلْكَ اللَّحْظَةُ الْمُرْعِبَةُ تَقْتَرِبُ

As its heat increased little by little, that terrifying moment was approaching.