تَحمِلُهُcarries him الناقَةُthe she-camel الأَدماءُthe white one مُعتَجِراًwith his head wrapped
تَحمِلُهُ الناقَةُ الأَدماءُ مُعتَجِراً
بِالبُردِin the cloak كَالبَدرِlike the full moon جَلّىlit up لَيلَةَa night الظُلَمِof darkness
بِالبُردِ كَالبَدرِ جَلّى لَيلَةَ الظُلَمِ
The tawny she-camel bears him, his head wrapped in a mantle,
The white she-camel carries him, his head wrapped
like the full moon that dispelled a night of darkness.
in a cloak, like the full moon illuminating a night of darkness.
وَفيand in عِطافَيهِhis two mantles أَوor أَثناءِthe folds of بُردَتِهِhis cloak
وَفي عِطافَيهِ أَو أَثناءِ بُردَتِهِ
ماthat which يَعلُمُknows اللَهُGod مِنof دينٍfaith وَمِنand of كَرَمِgenerosity
ما يَعلُمُ اللَهُ مِن دينٍ وَمِن كَرَمِ
And within his two sides—or the folds of his mantle—lies
And within his two mantles, or the folds of his cloak,
such faith and nobility as God alone knows.
lies what God knows of faith and generosity.
Sol 6.1