أتجرؤdo you dare فيin تلبيسdisguising ذكركyour renown فيin ذكريmy renown
أتجرؤ في تلبيس ذكرك في ذكري
وتطمعand you aspire فيto تدليسmisrepresenting قدركyour standing فيin قدريmy standing
وتطمع في تدليس قدرك في قدري
Do you dare cloak your renown in mine,
Do you dare to weave your name into mine
and hope to pass off your standing as mine?
And wish to conceal your fate within my fate?
وإنكand indeed you إذwhen تزريdisparage عليَّagainst me مغدَّرٌapparently 'excused' (text uncertain)
وإنك إذ تزري عليَّ مغدَّرٌ
لأنيbecause I أرىsee التنينَthe dragon يزريdisparages علىagainst البَدرِthe full moon
لأني أرى التنينَ يزري على البَدرِ
And when you disparage me, you are excused [uncertain reading],
Yet you plan against me while being generous
for I see the dragon disparage the full moon.
For I see the dragon plotting against the full moon
فياso, O زارياًdetractor ماnot زالceased تمصيعُmangling لفظهhis pronunciation
فيا زارياً ما زال تمصيعُ لفظه
اذاwhen قرأhe recites القرآنَthe Qur'an يدعوcalls الىto الكُفرunbelief
اذا قرأ القرآنَ يدعو الى الكُفر
O detractor, his mangling of words keeps
O you who still recite while his words mislead
calling to unbelief whenever he recites the Qur'an.
When he reads the Quran he calls to blasphemy
يقولsays لهto him الشيطانُSatan عندduring قِرائهhis recitation
يقول له الشيطانُ عند قِرائه
أجَدتَyou have done well بماwith what حَرَّفتَyou distorted منof محكمthe clear wording الذِّكرِthe Revelation
أجَدتَ بما حَرَّفتَ من محكم الذِّكرِ
Satan says to him during his recitation,
The devil tells him while he recites
“Well done for what you have distorted of the clear Revelation!”
"Did you benefit from distorting the clear Scripture?"
لوif اَنَّthat رسولthe Messenger اللَهGod يسمعhears درسَهhis recitation
لو اَنَّ رسول اللَه يسمع درسَه
إذنthen قالhe would say ذاthis غيرother than المنزَّلwhat was revealed فيinto صدريmy breast
إذن قال ذا غير المنزَّل في صدري
Were the Messenger of God to hear his recitation,
If the Messenger of God were to hear his lesson
he would say, “This is not what was revealed into my breast.”
He would say "This is not what was revealed in my heart"
إذاwhen ماemphatic particle قراhe reads حرفاًa letter لتنفيسto stretch out حفظهwhat he has memorized
إذا ما قرا حرفاً لتنفيس حفظه
فمقصودهso his aim أنthat نختمwe finish الحمدَal-Hamd ('Praise') فيin شهرِa month
فمقصوده أن نختم الحمدَ في شهرِ
Whenever he reads a letter to stretch out what he has memorized,
Whenever he recites a letter to refresh his memorization
his aim is for us to finish al-Hamd ('Praise') in a month.
His intention is that we complete praising in the month
يمدُّhe draws out لناfor us سينthe letter sīn (s) السراطthe path (al-sirāṭ) كأنهas though he
يمدُّ لنا سين السراط كأنه
يُجَرّيhe makes run صبيّاًa boy فهوso he يَجريruns إذاwhen أُمريhe is commanded
يُجَرّي صبيّاً فهو يَجري إذا أُمري
He draws out the sīn of al-sirāṭ ('the path') for us, as though he were
He lengthens the "seen" of "al-sirat" as if
making a boy run—and he runs when commanded.
He is dragging a little boy while he runs when ordered
يُكذِّبbelies يُسراًease بالقِرانin the Qur'an قِرانهhis recitation
يُكذِّب يُسراً بالقِران قِرانه
لماbecause of what قدindeed نقاسيwe endure فيin القراءةthe recitation منof عُسرِhardship
لما قد نقاسي في القراءة من عُسرِ
His recitation belies the 'ease' in the Qur'an,
He belies easily the Quran with his recitation
because of the hardship we endure during the recitation.
Due to the difficulty we experience in reciting
يُنازعhe wrestles فيwith والنازعاتِby those that wrench forth إذاwhen قراhe recites
يُنازع في والنازعاتِ إذا قرا
ويعصرand he wrings out منهfrom him العينthe eye فيat عَينِthe letter ʿayn والعَصرِby Time
ويعصر منه العين في عَينِ والعَصرِ
He wrestles with 'By those that wrench forth' whenever he recites,
He disputes about "al-naziat" whenever he recites
and wrings out his eye over the ʿayn in wa-l-ʿaṣr ('By Time').
And squeezes out of it the eye in "ayn and al-asr"
اذاwhen ماemphatic particle قراhe reads والفجرِby Dawn فيin عتماتِهِhis hours of darkness
اذا ما قرا والفجرِ في عتماتِهِ
تراهyou see him يقاسيهاhe labors through it إلىuntil مطلعthe breaking الفجرِdawn
تراه يقاسيها إلى مطلع الفجرِ
When he reads 'By Dawn' in his hours of darkness,
When he recites "al-fajr" in its darkness
you see him laboring through it until the break of dawn.
You see him struggling with it until the dawn breaks
قراhe recited الحشرَal-Hashr ('The Gathering') يوماًone day بالغداةat dawn مصلياًwhile praying
قرا الحشرَ يوماً بالغداة مصلياً
فطوَّلso he prolonged it حتىuntil خِلتهاI thought it وقفةَthe standing الحَشرِthe Gathering of Judgment
فطوَّل حتى خِلتها وقفةَ الحَشرِ
One day at dawn, he recited al-Hashr ('The Gathering') while praying,
One day he recited "al-hashr" at dawn while praying
and drew it out until I thought it the standing at the Gathering of Judgment.
So he prolonged it until he paused at the "hashr"
يُزَهِّدdiscourages interest فيin الإسلامIslam قُبحُthe ugliness قِرائهhis recitation
يُزَهِّد في الإسلام قُبحُ قِرائه
فيكسبso he earns فيناamong us الإثمَsin منfrom موضعthe place الأجرِreward
فيكسب فينا الإثمَ من موضع الأجرِ
The ugliness of his recitation turns people away from Islam,
The ugliness of his recitation makes one lack zeal for Islam
so he earns sin among us where there should be reward.
So he earns sins for us in the place of reward
ويحسبand he thinks منout of جهلٍignorance وعُجبٍand conceit بأنهthat he is
ويحسب من جهلٍ وعُجبٍ بأنه
كعاصمٍlike ʿĀṣim المقريthe Qur'an reciter أوor كأبيlike Abū عمروʿAmr
كعاصمٍ المقري أو كأبي عمرو
And out of ignorance and conceit, he imagines himself
He thinks out of ignorance and self-admiration
like ʿĀṣim the Qur'an reciter, or like Abū ʿAmr.
That he is like Asim al-Qari or like Abu Amru
عميتyou became blind أباO Abū الحسنal-Ḥasan ثمthen عميتَyou became blind عنto
عميت أبا الحسن ثم عميتَ عن
عماكyour blindness كماas قدalready قيلwas said فيin سالفthe bygone part of الدهرِtime
عماك كما قد قيل في سالف الدهرِ
You became blind, Abū al-Ḥasan, then became blind to
May Abu al-Hassan be blinded and you were blinded about
your own blindness, as was said in ages past:
Your blindness just as it was said in times past
جهلتَyou were ignorant ولمand did not تعلمknow بأنكthat you are جاهلٌignorant
جهلتَ ولم تعلم بأنك جاهلٌ
فمَنso who ليfor me بأنthat تدريyou know بأنكthat you لاdo not تدريknow
فمَن لي بأن تدري بأنك لا تدري
“You were ignorant and did not know that you were ignorant;
You did not know and were unaware of your ignorance
who, then, can assure me that you will know you do not know?”
Who will make you know that you do not know?
Sol 6.1