سَميُّthe namesake of نبيّناour Prophet لمdid not يبقَremain منهمof them
سَميُّ نبيّنا لم يبقَ منهم
سواهexcept him فعندَهso with him حصلَsettled الرجاءُhope
سواه فعندَه حصلَ الرجاءُ
Our Prophet's namesake—none of them remained
But him; in him hope came to rest.
فغُيِّبso he was concealed غَيْبةًan absence منfrom غيرother than موتٍdeath
فغُيِّب غَيْبةً من غير موتٍ
ولاnor قتلٍbeing slain وصارَand went بهwith him القضاءُdestiny
ولا قتلٍ وصارَ به القضاءُ
Then he was hidden away, without dying
Or being slain; and destiny carried him
إلىto رَضْوىRadwa فحلَّso he settled بهاin it بشعبٍin a ravine
إلى رَضْوى فحلَّ بها بشعبٍ
تجاورهdwell beside him الخوامعُhyenas والظباءُand gazelles
تجاوره الخوامعُ والظباءُ
To Radwa, where he settled in a ravine.
Hyenas and gazelles dwell beside him.
وبينand among الوحشِthe wild beasts يرعىhe grazes فيin رياضٍmeadows
وبين الوحشِ يرعى في رياضٍ
منof الآفاقthe far-off regions مرتَعُهاtheir grazing ground خَلاءُuninhabited
من الآفاق مرتَعُها خَلاءُ
And among wild beasts he grazes in meadows,
In far-off regions, their grazing grounds unpeopled.
فحلَّso he settled فماso no بهاin it بشرٌhuman being سواهُother than him
فحلَّ فما بها بشرٌ سواهُ
بِعُقْوَتِهin his surrounding grounds لهfor him عسلٌhoney وماءُand water
بِعُقْوَتِه له عسلٌ وماءُ
So he settled there, with no human but himself;
In the grounds around him, he has honey and water.
إلىuntil وقتٍa time ومدّةٍand a term كلِّevery وقتٍspan of time
إلى وقتٍ ومدّةٍ كلِّ وقتٍ
وإنْand even if طالتْit lasts long عليهِfor him لهاit has انقضاءُan end
وإنْ طالتْ عليهِ لها انقضاءُ
Until a time and a term; every span of time,
However long it lasts for him, has an end.
فَقُلْso say للنّاصبِto the hostile opponent الهاديwho guides ضَلالاًinto error
فَقُلْ للنّاصبِ الهادي ضَلالاً
تقومُyou rise وليسand there is no عندَهُمُwith them غَناءُhelp
تقومُ وليس عندَهُمُ غَناءُ
So tell the hostile opponent who leads astray:
You rise, yet they have no help to offer.
فداءٌa ransom لابنِfor the son of خولةَKhawla كلُّevery نذلٍwretch
فداءٌ لابنِ خولةَ كلُّ نذلٍ
يُطيفhe circles بهaround him وأنتَand you لهfor him فِداءُa ransom
يُطيف به وأنتَ له فِداءُ
May Khawla's son be ransomed by every wretch
Who circles round him—and you be his ransom too.
كأناas though we بابنِwith the son of خولةَKhawla عنwithin قريبٍa short time
كأنا بابنِ خولةَ عن قريبٍ
وربُّand the Lord of العرشِthe Throne يفعلُdoes ماwhat يشاءُHe wills
وربُّ العرشِ يفعلُ ما يشاءُ
It is as though we see Khawla's son before long—
And the Lord of the Throne does what He wills—
يهزّhe brandishes دوينَjust beneath عينِthe eye of الشمسthe sun سَيفاًa sword
يهزّ دوينَ عينِ الشمس سَيفاً
كلمعِlike the flash of البرقِlightning أخلَصَهُmade it pure الجَلاءُburnishing
كلمعِ البرقِ أخلَصَهُ الجَلاءُ
Brandishing a sword just beneath the sun's eye,
Like lightning's flash, made pure by burnishing.
تُشَبِّهُyou liken وجهَهُhis face قمراًto a moon منيراًradiant
تُشَبِّهُ وجهَهُ قمراً منيراً
تُضيءُshines لهfor him إذاwhen طلعhe rises السَّماءُthe sky
تُضيءُ له إذا طلع السَّماءُ
You liken his face to a radiant moon;
The sky shines for him when he rises.
فلاso not يَخفىhe is hidden علىfrom أحدٍanyone بصيرٍwith sight
فلا يَخفى على أحدٍ بصيرٍ
وهلand is there بالشمسin the sun ضاحيةًplainly visible خفَاءُconcealment
وهل بالشمس ضاحيةً خفَاءُ
So he is hidden from no one with sight;
And can the sun, shining openly, ever be hidden?
هنالكthere تعلمwill know الأحزابُthe factions أنّاthat we
هنالك تعلم الأحزابُ أنّا
ليوثٌlions لاnot يُنَهنهِناhold us back الكِفاءُequal opponents
ليوثٌ لا يُنَهنهِنا الكِفاءُ
There the factions will know that we
Are lions whom equal opponents cannot hold back.
فنُدركُso we shall overtake بالذّحولِwith blood vengeance بَنيthe sons of أميٍّUmayy
فنُدركُ بالذّحولِ بَني أميٍّ
وفيand in ذاكthat الذحولِblood vengeance لهمfor them فناءُannihilation
وفي ذاك الذحولِ لهم فناءُ
So we shall overtake the sons of Umayy in blood vengeance,
And in that vengeance lies their annihilation.
Sol 6.1