إِلبِسaccept أَخاكَyour brother عَلىdespite عُيوبِهhis faults
إِلبِس أَخاكَ عَلى عُيوبِه
وَاِستُرand conceal وَغَطِّand cover عَلىover ذُنوبِهhis sins
وَاِستُر وَغَطِّ عَلى ذُنوبِه
Accept your brother despite his faults.
Cover your brother's faults
Bear with your brother despite his flaws,
And conceal and cover over his sins.
And conceal and hide his sins
And veil and cover his transgressions.
وَاِصبِرand be patient عَلىwith ظُلمِthe injustice of السَفيهِthe fool
وَاِصبِر عَلى ظُلمِ السَفيهِ
وَلِلزَمانِand with time عَلىthrough خُطوبِهits calamities
وَلِلزَمانِ عَلى خُطوبِه
And patiently bear the fool’s injustice.
And be patient with the injustice of the fool
Be patient with the injustice of the fool,
And bear with time through its calamities.
And with time and its calamities
And with the calamities brought by Time.
وَدَعِand forgo الجَوابَthe reply تَفَضُّلاًout of magnanimity
وَدَعِ الجَوابَ تَفَضُّلاً
وَكِلِand entrust الظَلومَthe wrongdoer إِلىto حَسيبِهhis reckoner
وَكِلِ الظَلومَ إِلى حَسيبِه
And forgo a reply out of magnanimity.
And abstain from answering out of kindness
Forgo the retort out of graciousness,
And leave the wrongdoer to his reckoner.
And leave the oppressor to his reckoning
And entrust the oppressor to his Judge.
وَاِعلَمand know بِأَنَّthat الحِلمَforbearance عِنat (first fragment of عند)
وَاِعلَم بِأَنَّ الحِلمَ عِن
دَfinal fragment of عند ('at') الغَيظِrage أَحسَنُbetter مِنthan رُكوبِهriding it (yielding to it)
دَ الغَيظِ أَحسَنُ مِن رُكوبِه
And know that forbearance at
And know that patience in suppressing anger
And know that forbearance when anger strikes
a moment of rage is better than yielding to it.
Is better than giving in to it
Is better than giving it rein.
Sol 6.1