إِنّيindeed I نَظَرتُI reflected وَلاand no صَوابَsound judgment لِعاقِلٍfor a rational person
إِنّي نَظَرتُ وَلا صَوابَ لِعاقِلٍ
فيماin what يَهُمُّhe intends بِهِto do it إِذاif لَمnot يَنظُرِhe reflects
فيما يَهُمُّ بِهِ إِذا لَم يَنظُرِ
I have reflected—no rational person judges rightly
in what he intends to do unless he reflects.
فَإِذاthen behold كِتابُكَyour letter قَدalready تُخِيِّرَwas carefully chosen لَفظُهُits wording
فَإِذا كِتابُكَ قَد تُخِيِّرَ لَفظُهُ
وَإِذاand behold كِتابيmy letter لَيسَis not بِالمُتَخَيِّرِcarefully chosen
وَإِذا كِتابي لَيسَ بِالمُتَخَيِّرِ
Then behold, your letter's wording had been carefully chosen,
whereas my letter was not so carefully chosen.
وَإِذاand behold رُسومٌmarkings فيin كِتابِكَyour letter لَمdid not تَدَعleave
وَإِذا رُسومٌ في كِتابِكَ لَم تَدَع
شَكّاًdoubt لِنَظّارٍfor a keen observer وَلاnor مُتَفَكِّرِa thinker
شَكّاً لِنَظّارٍ وَلا مُتَفَكِّرِ
And behold, markings in your letter have not left
any doubt for a keen observer or a thinker.
شَكلٌvowel marks وَنَقطٌand dots لاnot يُخيلُcauses ambiguity كَأَنَّهُas though it were الthe
شَكلٌ وَنَقطٌ لا يُخيلُ كَأَنَّهُ ال
خيلانُbeauty spots لاحَتgleamed بَينَbetween تِلكَthose الأَسطُرِthe lines
خيلانُ لاحَت بَينَ تِلكَ الأَسطُرِ
Vowel marks and dots, unambiguous, as though they were the
beauty spots gleaming between those lines.
يُنبيكَit informs you عَنabout رَفعِthe nominative case الكَلامِspeech وَخَفضِهِand its genitive case
يُنبيكَ عَن رَفعِ الكَلامِ وَخَفضِهِ
وَالنَصبِand the accusative case مِنهُof it بِحالِهِin its circumstantial expression وَالمَصدَرِand the verbal noun
وَالنَصبِ مِنهُ بِحالِهِ وَالمَصدَرِ
They tell you the words' nominative and genitive,
and their accusative, including circumstantial expressions and verbal nouns,
وَيُريكَand it shows you ماthat which اِلتَبَسَتbecame obscure عَلَيكَto you وُجوهُهُits aspects
وَيُريكَ ما اِلتَبَسَت عَلَيكَ وُجوهُهُ
حَتّىso that تُعانِيَهُyou study it بِأَحسَنِin the fairest مَنظَرِappearance
حَتّى تُعانِيَهُ بِأَحسَنِ مَنظَرِ
and reveal what had baffled you in its various aspects,
so you may study it in its fairest form.
Sol 6.1