خلقcreated اللهGod للظلامfor the darkness جحيماًa hell
خلق الله للظلام جحيماً
فهيso it منfrom غيظهاits rage عليهagainst it تفورُseethes
فهي من غيظها عليه تفورُ
God created a hell for the darkness.
God created darkness as a hell
So it seethes in its rage against the darkness.
It boiled with rage against Him
ثمthen أنشاbrought forth سحابةa cloud فسقاهاand watered it
ثم أنشا سحابة فسقاها
ريّa drenching صوبrainfall منfrom السحابthe clouds درورُflowing abundantly
ريّ صوب من السحاب درورُ
Then He brought forth a cloud and watered it
Then He created a cloud and watered it
with drenching rain pouring freely from the clouds.
Rain poured from the cloud in streams
وأماطand removed الظلامthe darkness منهfrom it برفقgently
وأماط الظلام منه برفق
فهيso it is نورlight وماand whatever سواهis besides it غرورُdelusion
فهي نور وما سواه غرورُ
And He gently removed the darkness from it.
And He gently lifted the darkness away
So it is light, and all else is delusion.
It became light, and all else illusion
ياoh لهاfor it (exclamation) ظلمةdarkness أقامتremained زماناًfor a time
يا لها ظلمة أقامت زماناً
ثمthen غابتvanished فأصبحتand then it became وهيand it is نورُlight
ثم غابت فأصبحت وهي نورُ
What a darkness, lingering for a time!
Oh darkness that lasted an age
Then it vanished, and it was now light.
Then faded, becoming at dawn pure light
هكذاthus جاءناcame to us الخفيthe hidden منof العلknowledge (continued on line 10)
هكذا جاءنا الخفي من العل
مcompletion of 'knowledge' from line 9 عليهover it منof الرموزthe symbols ستورُveils
م عليه من الرموز ستورُ
Thus the hidden part of knowledge came to us,
So came to us hidden knowledge
with veils of symbols over it.
Veiled in symbols and metaphors
Sol 6.1