أقولُI say لصحبيto my companions والهُمومُand worries كأنهاas though they were
أقولُ لصحبي والهُمومُ كأنها
شَباthe keen edge صارمٍof a sharp sword قدalready أرهفhoned القينُthe smith حدَّهits edge
شَبا صارمٍ قد أرهف القينُ حدَّه
I say to my companions, while worries seem like
I say to my friends, while worries are like
the keen edge of a sword whose edge the smith has honed,
A sharp, well-honed sword, their edge made keen,
لَدُنْat غدْوةًdawn قلَّgrew scarce النصيرthe helper منamong الورىhumankind
لَدُنْ غدْوةً قلَّ النصير من الورى
فلاso no ناصرٌhelper اِلاexcept المُهَيمنُthe Guardian وحْدهُHe alone
فلا ناصرٌ اِلا المُهَيمنُ وحْدهُ
at dawn, when helpers among humankind grew scarce—
Since early morn, few are the helpers found;
so there is no helper but the Guardian alone:
No aid but God's alone can intervene.
ثِقواtrust, all of you بالذيin Him who شادَraised السماءَheaven بأيْدهِby His might
ثِقوا بالذي شادَ السماءَ بأيْدهِ
ومنْand who هوHe كافٍsufficient for فيamid المُلِمّاتِcalamities عبدهُHis servant
ومنْ هو كافٍ في المُلِمّاتِ عبدهُ
Trust in Him who raised heaven by His might,
Have faith in Him whose hands the heavens spread,
and who suffices for His servant amid calamities.
For in distress He suffices for His servants.
Sol 6.1