زَعَمَclaimed اِبنُson of سَلمىSalma أَنَّthat حِلميmy forbearance ضَرَّdid harm بيto me
زَعَمَ اِبنُ سَلمى أَنَّ حِلمي ضَرَّ بي
ماnot ضَرَّharmed قَبليbefore me أَهلَهُits possessors الحِلمُforbearance
ما ضَرَّ قَبلي أَهلَهُ الحِلمُ
Ibn Salma claimed that my forbearance harmed me.
Ibn Salma claimed that my forbearance has harmed me
Forbearance never harmed its possessors before me.
No one was harmed before me by forbearance
إِنّاindeed, we أُناسٌa people مِنamong سَجِيَّتِهِمtheir natural traits
إِنّا أُناسٌ مِن سَجِيَّتِهِم
صِدقُtruthfulness الحَديثِspeech وَرَأيُهُمand their judgment حَتمُdecisive
صِدقُ الحَديثِ وَرَأيُهُم حَتمُ
Indeed, we are a people whose natural traits include
We are people whose innate nature
truthfulness in speech, and whose judgment is decisive.
Makes their speech truthful and their view decisive
لَبِسواthey clothed themselves in الحَياءَmodesty فَإِنso if نَظَرتَyou looked حَسِبتَهُمyou thought them
لَبِسوا الحَياءَ فَإِن نَظَرتَ حَسِبتَهُم
سَقِمواthey were ill وَلَمand did not يَمسَسهُمُtouch them سُقمُillness
سَقِموا وَلَم يَمسَسهُمُ سُقمُ
They clothed themselves in modesty; if you looked, you would think them
They have worn modesty, so if you look you think
ill, though no illness had touched them.
They are sick though no illness has touched them
إِنّيindeed, I وَجَدتُI found العُدمَpoverty أَكبَرُهُits greatest form
إِنّي وَجَدتُ العُدمَ أَكبَرُهُ
عُدمُpoverty العُقولِintellects وَذَلِكَand that العُدمُpoverty
عُدمُ العُقولِ وَذَلِكَ العُدمُ
Indeed, I have found that the greatest poverty
I have found the greatest lack is
is poverty of intellect—and that is true poverty.
Lack of intellect, and that is the lack
وَالمَرءُand a man أَكثَرُmost عَيبِهِhis fault ضَرَراًin harm
وَالمَرءُ أَكثَرُ عَيبِهِ ضَرَراً
خَطَلُfolly اللِسانِthe tongue وَصَمتَهُand his silence حُكمُwisdom
خَطَلُ اللِسانِ وَصَمتَهُ حُكمُ
And a man's most harmful fault
The most harmful flaw of a person
is the tongue's folly; his silence is wisdom.
Is a loose tongue while silence is wisdom
والحزمand prudence تقوىfear of اللّهGod فاتقهso fear Him
والحزم تقوى اللّه فاتقه
ترشدyou will be rightly guided وليسand there is no لفاجرfor a wicked person حزمُprudence
ترشد وليس لفاجر حزمُ
And prudence is fear of God, so fear Him:
And composure is fear of God, so fear Him
you will be rightly guided; no wicked person has prudence.
You will be guided, and the immoral has no composure
خيرthe best الأمورthings مغبةoutcome وشهادةand outward appearance
خير الأمور مغبة وشهادة
تقوىfear of الالهGod وشرهاand the worst of them الاثمُsin
تقوى الاله وشرها الاثمُ
The best of things, in outcome and outward appearance,
The best of matters is avoidance and testimony
is fear of God; the worst of them is sin.
Fear of God, and its evil is sin
Sol 6.1