قالواthey said وَفَدتَyou arrived مِنfrom البَيتِthe House الحَرامِthe Sacred وَمِنand from
قالوا وَفَدتَ مِن البَيتِ الحَرامِ وَمِن
زِيارَةِvisiting المُصطَفىthe Chosen One للعَودِto return مُختاراby choice
زِيارَةِ المُصطَفى للعَودِ مُختارا
They said: You came from the Sacred House and from
They said you came from the Sacred House and from
visiting the Chosen One, freely choosing to return.
Visiting Al-Mustafa, choosing to return
فَزارَكَso visited you الناسُthe people أَرسالاًin successive groups وَبَعضُهُمand some of them
فَزارَكَ الناسُ أَرسالاً وَبَعضُهُم
قَدindeed اِزدَراكَscorned you اِنتخاءًout of conceit مِنهُon his part ماnot زاراhe visited
قَد اِزدَراكَ اِنتخاءً مِنهُ ما زارا
So people visited you in groups, while some of them
So people visited you in delegations while some
scorned you and, out of conceit, did not visit.
Belittled you, enviously, though they did not visit
وَماand not اِزدراكَscorned you سِوىexcept غَمرٍan ignorant fool أَخيpossessed of حَسَدٍenvy
وَما اِزدراكَ سِوى غَمرٍ أَخي حَسَدٍ
يَرىhe sees بِكَin you الشَمسَthe sun إِحراقاًscorching وَإنواراand shining
يَرى بِكَ الشَمسَ إِحراقاً وَإنوارا
None has scorned you but an ignorant fool possessed of envy,
None belittled you but the envious, my brother
who sees in you the sun, scorching and shining.
Who sees you as the burning sun with its lights
لَوif أَنَّهُit were the case that كُنتَyou were رِجساًa filthy wretch مِنamong مُسالَمَةٍconverts to Islam
لَو أَنَّهُ كُنتَ رِجساً مِن مُسالَمَةٍ
وَافىarrived مِنfrom القُدسِJerusalem كانَwould have been الغُمرthe fool زوّاراa frequent visitor
وَافى مِن القُدسِ كانَ الغُمر زوّارا
Had you been a filthy wretch among the converts,
If you were an impurity from making peace
arriving from Jerusalem, the fool would have been a frequent visitor.
And came from Al-Quds, envy would still visit
إِنif يُترَكُواthey are left aside فَقَديماًthen long ago زارَvisited أَكبَرُهُمthe greatest among them
إِن يُترَكُوا فَقَديماً زارَ أَكبَرُهُم
قَدراًin rank وَأَكثَرُهُمand the most prolific among them فيin الشَرعِsacred law آثاراcontributions
قَدراً وَأَكثَرُهُم في الشَرعِ آثارا
If they are left aside, visits were paid long ago by the greatest among them
If left, the greatest of them visited
in rank, and the richest in contributions to sacred law:
A destiny, and most of them have traces in law
المالِكيthe Maliki وَالحَنِيفِيُّand the Hanafi اللَذانِthe two who هُماthey both
المالِكي وَالحَنِيفِيُّ اللَذانِ هُما
فيin العَصرِthe age كاناwere both أَجَلَّthe most exalted of الناسِpeople مِقداراin standing
في العَصرِ كانا أَجَلَّ الناسِ مِقدارا
the Maliki and the Hanafi, who both
Al-Maliki and Al-Hanifi who were
in their age were the most exalted of men in standing,
The most esteemed people of the time by merit
التابعانِthe two followers of الإِمامَينِthe two imams اللَذَينِthe two who هُماthey both
التابعانِ الإِمامَينِ اللَذَينِ هُما
أَصلُthe foundation of الشَريعةِsacred law إِخباراًin transmitted teaching وَتَنظاراand reasoned inquiry
أَصلُ الشَريعةِ إِخباراً وَتَنظارا
followers of the two imams who are
The two followers, the imams who
the foundation of sacred law in transmitted teaching and reasoned inquiry:
Are the origin of the Shariah by narration and consideration
الأَصبَحِيُّal-Asbahi وَنُعمانٌand Nu‘man فَلاso may ... not بَرِحاthey both cease
الأَصبَحِيُّ وَنُعمانٌ فَلا بَرِحا
يَسقِيwaters ضَريحَهُماboth their tombs الرَحمَنُthe All-Merciful مِدراراabundantly
يَسقِي ضَريحَهُما الرَحمَنُ مِدرارا
al-Asbahi and Nu‘man—may they never cease
Al-Asbahi and Nu’man did not cease to
to have the All-Merciful water their tombs abundantly.
Have their tombs watered by the Merciful, flowing
Sol 6.1