فَضلتاwe surpassed (reading the apparent typo as فَضَلْنا) النَّاسُthe people أَنَّاfor we are أولوهُمthe first among them
فَضلتا النَّاسُ أَنَّا أولوهُم
وَأَنَّand that مَكارِمَnoble qualities الأَخلاقِof character فيناin us
وَأَنَّ مَكارِمَ الأَخلاقِ فينا
We surpassed the people, for we are the first among them,
People have assumed that we are the best of them
And noble virtues dwell in us,
And that the finest morals reside in us
أَباًa father فَأباًthen a father إِذاwhen نَحنُwe اِنتَسَبناwe trace our descent
أَباً فَأباً إِذا نَحنُ اِنتَسَبنا
إِلىto أَنْthat تَبلُغَreach الأَنسابُthe lineages طيناclay
إِلى أَنْ تَبلُغَ الأَنسابُ طينا
Father after father, when we trace our descent,
Father after father when we trace our ancestry
Until our lineages reach clay.
Until lineages disappear into clay
Sol 6.1