ماذاwhat أقولI say مادحاًpraising فيabout مُرسَلٍa messenger
ماذا أقول مادحاً في مُرسَلٍ
قَدindeed أفحمتhave silenced أوصَافُهhis qualities مُدَّاحَهُhis praisers
قَد أفحمت أوصَافُه مُدَّاحَهُ
What can I say in praise of a messenger
whose qualities have left his praisers speechless?
مَنْone who كَانused to جبريلٌGabriel إذاwhen ماemphatic particle جاءَهُhe came to him
مَنْ كَان جبريلٌ إذا ما جاءَهُ
يخفضُlowers تَعْظيماًin reverence لَهُfor him جَناحَهُhis wing
يخفضُ تَعْظيماً لَهُ جَناحَهُ
One for whom Gabriel, whenever he came to him,
would lower his wing in reverence.
منone who جاءَcame والشِّركُwhile polytheism ظلامٌdarkness دامِسٌpitch-black
من جاءَ والشِّركُ ظلامٌ دامِسٌ
فحينَthen when وافىhe arrived بالهدَىwith guidance أزاحَهُhe dispelled it
فحينَ وافى بالهدَى أزاحَهُ
One who came while polytheism was pitch-black darkness;
then, when he arrived with guidance, he dispelled it.
فماso not حكَىmatched برقُlightning السّماءthe sky عَزْمَهُhis resolve
فما حكَى برقُ السّماء عَزْمَهُ
ولاnor حكتْmatched أنواءُهاits rainstorms سَماحَهُhis generosity
ولا حكتْ أنواءُها سَماحَهُ
So the sky’s lightning could not match his resolve,
nor could its rainstorms match his generosity.
Sol 6.1