لاdo not تَشْمُتنَّever gloat بمنover one who أساdid wrong وهَوىand fell
لا تَشْمُتنَّ بمن أسا وهَوى
واسْتكْفِand seek protection ربَّكَyour Lord سوءَthe evil of مُنْقلبهْhis fate
واسْتكْفِ ربَّكَ سوءَ مُنْقلبهْ
Never gloat over one who did wrong and fell.
Do not gloat over one who stumbled and fell
And ask your Lord to spare you the evil of his fate.
And ask your Lord to relent his miserable plight
إنَّindeed الشَّماتَةgloating بغْيُtransgression ذيof one possessed of سَفَهٍfolly
إنَّ الشَّماتَة بغْيُ ذي سَفَهٍ
جَهِلَwas ignorant of القضاءَfate ونامَand slept عنْheedless of نِوبهْits reversals
جَهِلَ القضاءَ ونامَ عنْ نِوبهْ
Indeed, gloating is the transgression of a fool
For gloating is the way of the foolish one
Who was ignorant of fate and slept, heedless of its reversals.
Who is ignorant of fate and asleep to his own faults
كمhow many ظالِمٍan oppressor أحْببتُI wished for صَرْعَتهُhis downfall
كم ظالِمٍ أحْببتُ صَرْعَتهُ
فبكيْتُهُthen I wept for him ممَّاbecause of what تورَّطَhe became ensnared بِهْin it
فبكيْتُهُ ممَّا تورَّطَ بِهْ
Many an oppressor's downfall I have wished for,
How many a tyrant did I wish to see fallen
Then wept for him over what he had become ensnared in.
Yet I wept for him, ensnared as he was
Sol 6.1