وَلَمّا طَغى الإِنسانُ سَلَّطَ رَبُّهُ

وَلَمّا طَغى الإِنسانُ سَلَّطَ رَبُّهُ

عَلى نَفسِهِ مِن نَفسِهِ عُضوَهُ الفَردا

عَلى نَفسِهِ مِن نَفسِهِ عُضوَهُ الفَردا

And when man transgressed, his Lord unleashed

When man grew arrogant, his Lord unleashed upon him

against him, from his own body, his lone member.

From within himself, his solitary member

فَأَعقَبَهُ ذُلاً وَفَقراً وَأَفرُخاً

فَأَعقَبَهُ ذُلاً وَفَقراً وَأَفرُخاً

صِغاراً ذَوي جُوعٍ يكدُّونَهُ كَدّا

صِغاراً ذَوي جُوعٍ يكدُّونَهُ كَدّا

So it brought him humiliation, poverty, and fledglings—

So he was left humiliated and impoverished, with fledglings

small and hungry, who wear him sorely out.

Small, famished creatures tormenting him severely

فَأَقبِح بِها مِن شَهوَةٍ كانَ أَصلُها

فَأَقبِح بِها مِن شَهوَةٍ كانَ أَصلُها

مُقَدِّمَة الإِستَينِ أَنتَجَتا وُلدا

مُقَدِّمَة الإِستَينِ أَنتَجَتا وُلدا

So how vile a lust, whose origin was

Thus the desire from which he originated

the forepart of the two arses, which together produced offspring.

Led to the birth of these two disgraceful outcomes