للِفقرِfor poverty أهلٌa people فَكُنso be لهمْto them تبعَاa follower
للِفقرِ أهلٌ فَكُن لهمْ تبعَا
واعملْand strive علىtoward حبّهمloving them وخِدمِتهمْand serving them
واعملْ على حبّهم وخِدمِتهمْ
Poverty has its people; so be their follower.
And strive to love and serve them.
إنif عرفتknows نفسكyour soul النفيسةprecious ماwhat
إن عرفت نفسك النفيسة ما
تطلُبُit seeks فاطلُبْthen seek عُلوَthe loftiness of نسبتهمtheir lineage
تطلُبُ فاطلُبْ عُلوَ نسبتهم
If your precious soul knows what
it seeks, then seek the nobility of their lineage.
تكونyou will be منهمamong them إذاwhen هُمthey عُرِضُواare presented
تكون منهم إذا هُم عُرِضُوا
فيِin أولِthe front of الصّفthe rank يَومَthe day of دولتِهمtheir ascendancy
فيِ أولِ الصّف يَومَ دولتِهم
You will be among them when they are brought forth,
in the foremost rank on the day of their ascendancy,
بينbetween يديthe two hands of ربناour Lord تباركblessed is منHe who
بين يدي ربنا تبارك من
قدرَّdecreed فيin حُكمِهHis judgment برفعتهمfor their exaltation
قدرَّ في حُكمِه برفعتهم
before our Lord—blessed is He who
decreed in His judgment that they be exalted.
يومthe day ترىyou see الفخرglory لاno وجُودexistence لهُfor it
يوم ترى الفخر لا وجُود لهُ
إِلاexcept لهُمfor them عزّهمtheir honor بذلتهمthrough their humility
إِلا لهُم عزّهم بذلتهم
On the day you see that glory exists for none
but them; their honor lies in their humility.
مُحبّهُمone who loves them والَّذيand whoever يوَقرُهُمreveres them
مُحبّهُم والَّذي يوَقرُهُم
ومنand whoever نحَاheaded نحوهمtoward them بجملتهمall of them
ومن نحَا نحوهم بجملتهم
Whoever loves them and whoever reveres them,
and whoever follows their way—all of them—
قَومٌa people تمنىhave desired المُلُوكُkings رُتبتَهمtheir rank
قَومٌ تمنى المُلُوكُ رُتبتَهم
لِماbecause of what رأوْاthey saw منof سُمرdark lances (sense uncertain here) رفعتهمtheir exaltation
لِما رأوْا من سُمر رفعتهم
are a people whose rank kings have coveted,
for what they saw of their exaltation’s dark lances [wording unclear].
وأمرٌand a decree منfrom اللهِGod سابِقُpreviously ordained لهمfor them
وأمرٌ من اللهِ سابِقُ لهم
وقسمةٌand an allotment فانتهواso yield لقسمتهمto their allotment
وقسمةٌ فانتهوا لقسمتهم
And a decree from God was made for them beforehand,
and an allotted share—so yield to their allotment.
Sol 6.1