عَطفُcoordination الزَّمَانِtime عَلَىwith ظَرفِthe adverbial of المَكَانِplace بَدَاappeared
عَطفُ الزَّمَانِ عَلَى ظَرفِ المَكَانِ بَدَا
لِلبَعضِto some والبَعضُand others عَنهُfrom them مَاnot يُرَىis seen أبَدَاever
لِلبَعضِ والبَعضُ عَنهُ مَا يُرَى أبَدَا
Coordinating a time expression with a place adverbial seemed permissible
The kindness of time upon the circumstance of place appeared
To some, while others never held that view.
To some, while to others it was never seen
فَمَنso those who رَأوهُaccepted it رَأَوهُaccepted it لاِشتِرَاكِهِماbecause they both share
فَمَن رَأوهُ رَأَوهُ لاِشتِرَاكِهِما
فيin الظَّرفِadverbial function إِذsince زَعَمُوهُthey claimed it فيin القُرآنِthe Qur’an بَدَاappeared
في الظَّرفِ إِذ زَعَمُوهُ في القُرآنِ بَدَا
Those who accepted it did so because both share
Those who saw it, saw it due to their shared existence
Adverbial function, since they claimed it appeared in the Qur’an.
In that circumstance, when they claimed it appeared in the Quran
وَأولَّوُاand they reinterpreted مَنthose who أبَوهُrejected it ذَاthis وعِندَهُمُand in their view
وَأولَّوُا مَن أبَوهُ ذَا وعِندَهُمُ
فيin الشِّعرِpoetry والذِّكرِand the Reminder هَذَاthis لَمnot يَكُنbe وَرَدَاoccurred
في الشِّعرِ والذِّكرِ هَذَا لَم يَكُن وَرَدَا
And those who rejected it reinterpreted this; in their view,
And they blamed those who denied this, yet to them
In poetry or the Reminder, this had not occurred,
In poetry and literature this had not occurred or been mentioned
لأنَّbecause كُلَّall الزَّمَانِtime النَّصبُaccusative marking مُطِّرَدٌis regular
لأنَّ كُلَّ الزَّمَانِ النَّصبُ مُطِّرَدٌ
فِيهِin it عَلَىas الظَّرفِan adverbial والمَكَانِand place مَاnot اطَّرَدَاwas regular
فِيهِ عَلَى الظَّرفِ والمَكَانِ مَا اطَّرَدَا
Because all time nouns regularly take the accusative
For all time, hardship befalls circumstance and place consistently
As adverbials, whereas place nouns do not always do so.
As it persisted upon them, and the youth came with that
والعَكسُand the reverse بِالعَكسِwith the reverse ruling والصَّبَانُand al-Ṣabbān جَاءَcame بِذَاwith this
والعَكسُ بِالعَكسِ والصَّبَانُ جَاءَ بِذَا
وَضَّاحُelucidator مَاwhatever مِنamong عَوِيصِabstruse matters العِلمِlearning قَدhad شَرَدَاeluded grasp
وَضَّاحُ مَا مِن عَوِيصِ العِلمِ قَد شَرَدَا
The reverse case has the reverse ruling; al-Ṣabbān set this out,
Clarifying what had strayed from obscure knowledge
An elucidator of whatever had eluded grasp in abstruse learning.
Partial English translation: 9 of 10 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1