يُقَيِّضُappoints; provides لِلمَكتوبِfor the doomed ماwhat جَرَّbrought about حَتفُهُhis death
يُقَيِّضُ لِلمَكتوبِ ما جَرَّ حَتفُهُ
فَجازَso it passed بِناby us فيin الغَيضِthe thicket شَرَّthe worst مَجازِpassage
فَجازَ بِنا في الغَيضِ شَرَّ مَجازِ
He appoints for the fated one the very thing that brings about his death;
What brings his death is appointed for the doomed.
then through the thicket he passed by us—the worst of passages.
So it passed by us in the thicket, on the most ill-fated course.
بَعَثناwe sent إِلَيهِtoward it مِنسَرَthe beak of البازِthe falcon فَاِنثَنىand it turned back
بَعَثنا إِلَيهِ مِنسَرَ البازِ فَاِنثَنى
إِلَيناto us بَظَهرٍwith a back مِثلَlike جُؤجُؤِthe breast of بازِa falcon
إِلَينا بَظَهرٍ مِثلَ جُؤجُؤِ بازِ
We sent the falcon’s beak after him, and it wheeled back
We sent the falcon’s beak against it, and it turned back
to us, bearing a back like a falcon’s breast.
to us, with a back like a falcon’s breast.
فَأَطفَأَthen it extinguished نيرانَthe fires of الطُهاةِthe cooks كَأَنَّهاas though they were
فَأَطفَأَ نيرانَ الطُهاةِ كَأَنَّها
سَحابٌclouds يَسُحُّpouring down الوَدقَthe rain فَوقَover عِزازِhard ground
سَحابٌ يَسُحُّ الوَدقَ فَوقَ عِزازِ
And it quenched the cooks’ fires, as though they were
Then it quenched the cooks’ fires, as though they were
a cloud pouring rain over hard ground.
clouds pouring rain upon hard ground.
Sol 6.1