إذاwhen بهرتshone brilliantly للهاشميfor the Hashimite دلالةa sign
إذا بهرت للهاشمي دلالة
فكمso how many حججٌproofs فيwithin طَيِّهاits folds ودلائلand signs
فكم حججٌ في طَيِّها ودلائل
When a sign shines forth for the Hashimite,
When Hashimi's signs became clear
How many proofs and signs lie folded within it!
What proofs in its folds and evidence
فكمso how many مرةa time آتىhe bestowed الغنىwealth كفَّthe palm of سائلa beggar
فكم مرة آتى الغنى كفَّ سائل
وكمand how many مرةa time أعطىhe granted المنىwishes فكرthe mind of سائلa questioner
وكم مرة أعطى المنى فكر سائل
How often he bestowed wealth upon a beggar's palm,
How often wealth came, stayed the hand of one who asks
And how often granted a questioner's mind its wishes!
And how often blessing gave thought to one who asks
لهin his favor تحتbeneath أستارthe veils of الغيوبunseen things شهادةٌtestimony
له تحت أستار الغيوب شهادةٌ
مُعدَّلةٌduly authenticated لمdid not تبقِleave قولاًa word لقائلfor a speaker
مُعدَّلةٌ لم تبقِ قولاً لقائل
Beneath the veils of the unseen lies testimony in his favor,
He has under curtains of the unseen, testimony
Duly authenticated, leaving no speaker a word to say.
Set right, no longer words of one who speaks
يحدثhe tells عماof what كانhas been أوor هوit كائنis to be
يحدث عما كان أو هو كائن
فقسso judge آخراًa later instance منof صدقهhis truthfulness بالأوائلby the earlier ones
فقس آخراً من صدقه بالأوائل
He tells of what has been or is to come;
He tells of what was and what is
So judge his later truths by the earlier ones.
So believe the last from his truth in the first
إذاif الصدقtruth لمhas not يعوزكfailed you فيin غدواتهhis mornings
إذا الصدق لم يعوزك في غدواته
فلاthen no شكdoubt فيabout تصديقهbelieving him بالأصائلin the evenings
فلا شك في تصديقه بالأصائل
If truth has not failed you in his mornings,
If truth did not fail you in his comings
Then surely he is to be believed in the evenings.
No doubt in believing him in origins
وحسبكand it suffices you فيconcerning الأنباءreports بالغيبof the unseen أنَّهthat
وحسبك في الأنباء بالغيب أنَّه
ستسمعهاyou will hear them بالنقلthrough transmission منfrom قولthe words of قائلa speaker
ستسمعها بالنقل من قول قائل
And concerning reports of the unseen, it is enough for you that
And enough of news of unseen that
You will hear them transmitted from a speaker's words.
You'll hear it related in words of a speaker
Sol 6.1