كأنas though أبيmy father لكمfor you فيin الكفرunbelief نِكلاًa fetter
كأن أبي لكم في الكفر نِكلاً
وفيand in الإسلامIslam كنتُI was لكمfor you علاَطاa neck-brand
وفي الإسلام كنتُ لكم علاَطا
As though my father were a fetter for you in unbelief,
My father was blamed by you for his disbelief
and in Islam I was a brand upon your necks.
While I was valued by you for my Islam
لقدindeed أدركتُI lived to see عندكمamong you حديثاًrecently
لقد أدركتُ عندكم حديثاً
وماand not تطؤونyou tread فيin بيتٍa house بساطاa carpet
وما تطؤون في بيتٍ بساطا
Indeed, I knew you not so long ago,
I have come to learn something new from you
and you trod no carpet in any house.
Yet you do not set foot on any carpet
وماand no لناfor us بكمamong you إذat the time ذاكthat رقمpatterned cloth
وما لنا بكم إذ ذاك رقم
سوىexcept أدُمhides شقّقهhe cut it up رِهاطاleather loincloths
سوى أدُم شقّقه رِهاطا
There was no patterned cloth for us among you then,
We have no standing with you at that time
except hides cut up into leather loincloths.
Except some torn leather by constant use
وماand nothing لجميعهمُfor all of them إلاexcept رداءa cloak
وما لجميعهمُ إلا رداء
وقدand indeed شرطواthey stipulated للبسَتهfor wearing it اشتراطاa stipulation
وقد شرطوا للبسَته اشتراطا
And all of them had only a single cloak,
They all own but a cloak
and they had set conditions for wearing it:
Which they made conditions before wearing
صغيرsmall الرأسthe head ليسis not بذيpossessed of اتّساعroominess
صغير الرأس ليس بذي اتّساع
ولوand even if شقّوهthey slit it أعجلit was too quick أنto يُحاطاbe enclosed
ولو شقّوه أعجل أن يُحاطا
small at the head-opening, with no room to spare.
A small head cannot grow bigger
And even if they slit it, it was too quick to be enclosed (wording unclear).
Even if torn, it can soon be patched
Sol 6.1