قُضَاةُjudges الدهرthe age قدْindeed ضَلُّواthey went astray
قُضَاةُ الدهر قدْ ضَلُّوا
فقدfor indeed باتتhas come to be خسارتهمْtheir loss
فقد باتت خسارتهمْ
The judges of the age have indeed gone astray;
For their loss has come to be.
فباعواso they sold الدينfaith بالدنياin exchange for this world
فباعوا الدين بالدنيا
فماand not رَبِحَتْyielded profit تجارتُهمْtheir trade
فما رَبِحَتْ تجارتُهمْ
So they sold faith for this world,
And their trade yielded no profit.
Sol 6.1