Sol 6.1

  1. هَذى نُقُولٌ بِنَصِّ الآيِ والأثَرِ

    رَدَّت سِوَاهَا عَلَى الأعقَابِ والأَثَرِ

    These are quotations grounded in the text of the verses and transmitted tradition.

    They drove all others back on their heels and along their trail.

  2. أبدَت لنا الحَقَّ مَنُظوماً ومُنتَشَراً

    والحَقُّ أحسَنُ مَنظُومٍ ومُنتَثَرِ

    They revealed the truth to us, set in verse and spread abroad.

    And truth is the finest thing in verse and prose.

  3. كَأَنَّ أحرَفَها في رَقِّها دُرَرٌ

    وفي أسَالِيبِها أبَهى مِنَ الدُّرَرِ

    Their letters upon their parchment seem like pearls.

    And in their style they are more splendid than pearls.

  4. لَمَّا جَنَينَا جَنىَ إجمَاعِهَا ثَمَراً

    يُزرِى بِصَافِيةِ الصَّهبَاءِ والصُّبَرِ

    When we gathered the yield of their consensus as fruit,

    Which puts clear tawny wine and heaped provisions to shame,

  5. مَجَّت طَبَائِعُنَا مِن فَرطِ لَذَّتِهِ

    ما كَانَ في دَوحَةِ التَّفوِيضِ مِن ثَمَرِ

    Our natures, from its overwhelming delight, spat out

    Whatever fruit was on the spreading tree of entrusting the matter to God.

  6. ثم ارتَحَلنَا إِلى التَّأوِيلِ تَصحَبُنَا

    أَدِلَّةٌ مِن نُصُوصِ السَّادةِ الغُرَرِ

    Then we journeyed to interpretation, accompanied by

    Proofs from the texts of illustrious masters.

  7. لَمَّا أَجًلتُ سَوامَ الفِكرِ في أُنُفٍ

    مِن رَوضِها الغَضِّ تَمَّت مُنيَةُ الفِكَرِ

    When I set the grazing herd of thought roaming in untouched growth

    Of their lush meadow, thought's desire was fulfilled.

  8. وأرتَحتُ مِن كَلأٍ قد كُنتُ أكلُؤُهُ

    مُستَوبِلٍ يَستَحِثُّ الغِرَّ في الغَرَرِ

    And I found relief from pasture I had been guarding,

    Unwholesome, spurring the unwary into peril.

  9. شَرِبتُ صَدَّ مَعَانِيهَا فَأنقَعَ مشن

    لُوحِى وأمعَنتُ في سَعدَانِهَا نَظَرِى

    I drank the [unclear word] of their meanings, and it quenched [unclear word]

    My thirst; and I gazed intently at their saʿdān plants.

  10. فَلَم أجِد غَيرَ نَصّ الذِّكر مُتَّضِحاً

    والذِّكرُ أردَعُ من صَمصَامَةٍ ذَكَرِ

    So I found nothing but the clearly evident text of the Qur’an—

    And the Qur’an restrains more than a keen sword of hard steel—

  11. أو مُستَنَدَاتِ أَحَادِيثَ مُخَرَّجَةٍ

    عن جَابِرٍ أو عن الضَّحَاكِ أو عُمُرِ

    Or supporting evidence from hadith reports traced to their sources,

    From Jābir, or from al-Ḍaḥḥāk, or ʿUmar.

  12. أبدَت نُقُولُكُ ما أخفَيتَ مِن حِكَمٍ

    مُوَرَّثَةٍ مِن جُدُودٍ سَادَةٍ زُهُرِ

    Your quotations revealed the wisdom you had concealed,

    Inherited from forefathers who were radiant masters.

  13. أجرَرتَ خَصمَكَ فهو اليومَ في خَطَرٍ

    لما ظَفِرتَ بما حَاوَلتَ مِن ظَفَرِ

    You have silenced your opponent; today he stands in peril,

    Since you attained the victory you had sought.

  14. فَإن يَسَلِّم يُخَالِف كُنهَ خَأطِرِهِ

    وإن يُخالِفكَ يَركَب لُجَّةَ الخَطَرِ

    For if he concedes, he contradicts his innermost thought,

    And if he opposes you, he rides the deep sea of peril.

  15. ولتَجعَلُوا مَعكُمُ إني مَعِيَّتُكُم

    بالذَّاتِ والنَّصرِ في بَدوٍ وفي حَضَرِ

    And count me among you: indeed, I stand with you,

    In person and in support, in desert and in town.

  16. هَذا وَبُورِكَ فِيما حُزتَ مِن عَمَلٍ

    وَمِن عُلُومٍ وَمِن أهلٍ وَمَن عُمُرِ

    That said, may what you have gained be blessed—in deeds,

    In knowledge, in family, and in lifespan.