دينٌreligion وَكُفرٌand unbelief وَأَنباءٌand tales تُقَصُّare recounted وَفُرand Fur- (beginning of Furqan)
دينٌ وَكُفرٌ وَأَنباءٌ تُقَصُّ وَفُر
قانٌ-qan (completing Furqan, the Qur'an) يَنُصُّstates explicitly وَتَوراةٌand the Torah وَإِنجيلُand the Gospel
قانٌ يَنُصُّ وَتَوراةٌ وَإِنجيلُ
Religion and unbelief, tales recounted, and the Fur-
qan that declares, and the Torah and the Gospel.
فيin كُلِّevery جيلٍgeneration أَباطيلٌfalsehoods يُدانُfaith is professed بِهاthrough them
في كُلِّ جيلٍ أَباطيلٌ يُدانُ بِها
فَهَلso, has ...? تَفَرَّدَstood alone يَوماًever بِالهُدىin guidance جيلُa generation
فَهَل تَفَرَّدَ يَوماً بِالهُدى جيلُ
In every generation, falsehoods are professed as faith;
so has any generation ever stood alone in guidance?
وَمَنand whoever أَتاهُcame to him سِجِلُّthe writ السَعدِof good fortune عَنfrom قَدَرٍa decree
وَمَن أَتاهُ سِجِلُّ السَعدِ عَن قَدَرٍ
عالٍlofty فَلَيسَthen there is no لَهُfor him بِالخُلدِof immortality تَسجيلُrecorded grant
عالٍ فَلَيسَ لَهُ بِالخُلدِ تَسجيلُ
And whoever receives good fortune's writ from a decree
on high has no recorded grant of immortality.
وَماand does not تَزالُcease لِأَهلِfor people of الفَضلِmerit مَنقَصَةٌdisparagement
وَما تَزالُ لِأَهلِ الفَضلِ مَنقَصَةٌ
وَلِلأَصاغِرِand for the petty تَعظيمٌexaltation وَتَبجيلُand reverence
وَلِلأَصاغِرِ تَعظيمٌ وَتَبجيلُ
And the worthy are ever subject to disparagement,
while the petty receive exaltation and reverence.
هَلdid ...? سُرَّتwere gladdened الخَيلُthe horses أَنthat زانَتadorned سَوابِقَهاtheir swiftest steeds
هَل سُرَّت الخَيلُ أَن زانَت سَوابِقَها
بَينَamong المَواكِبِthe processions غُرّاتٌwhite forehead blazes وَتَحجيلُand white leg markings
بَينَ المَواكِبِ غُرّاتٌ وَتَحجيلُ
Were horses gladdened that their swiftest steeds were adorned
amid the processions with white forehead blazes and white leg markings?
أُمَّwas sought التَفاخُرُboasting فيناamong us لَيسَnot يَعرِفُهُknows it
أُمَّ التَفاخُرُ فينا لَيسَ يَعرِفُهُ
إِلّاexcept الأَنيسُhumankind وَبَعضُand some القَولِspeech تَهجيلُvilification
إِلّا الأَنيسُ وَبَعضُ القَولِ تَهجيلُ
Boasting is sought among us; none knows it
except humankind, and some speech is vilification.
فَلِتَلبِسَso let ... wear الوَحشُthe wild beasts نُعمىbliss لاno حِذاءَfootwear لَهاfor them
فَلِتَلبِسَ الوَحشُ نُعمى لا حِذاءَ لَها
يَقيwards off التُرابَthe dust وَلاand no لِلهامِfor the heads تَرجيلُcombing
يَقي التُرابَ وَلا لِلهامِ تَرجيلُ
So let wild beasts wear bliss: they have no footwear
to ward off the dust, nor any combing for their heads.
ماnot مُبغِضَيَّthose who hate me لَعَمريby my life مُحضِريbringers of أَجليmy appointed death
ما مُبغِضَيَّ لَعَمري مُحضِري أَجلي
بِالكَيدِthrough scheming إِنif كانَthere is ليfor me فيin الغَيبِthe unseen تَأجيلُa reprieve
بِالكَيدِ إِن كانَ لي في الغَيبِ تَأجيلُ
My haters, by my life, cannot bring about my death
through scheming, if a reprieve awaits me in the unseen.
لاnot الحَربُwar أَفنَتannihilated وَلاand not سِلمُpeace with العَدوِّthe enemy حَمَتprotected
لا الحَربُ أَفنَت وَلا سِلمُ العَدوِّ حَمَت
بَلrather لِلمَقاديرِto the decrees of fate تَأخيرٌdelay وَتَعجيلُand hastening
بَل لِلمَقاديرِ تَأخيرٌ وَتَعجيلُ
Neither war destroys nor peace with the enemy protects;
rather, delay and hastening belong to fate.
وَمَدحُكَand your praise of المَرءَa man بِالأَخلاقِfor moral qualities يَعدَمُهاhe lacks them
وَمَدحُكَ المَرءَ بِالأَخلاقِ يَعدَمُها
لِلحُرِّfor a noble man ذيpossessing اللُبِّunderstanding تَبكيتٌreproach وَتَخجيلُand shaming
لِلحُرِّ ذي اللُبِّ تَبكيتٌ وَتَخجيلُ
And your praising a man for virtues he lacks
is, to a noble man of sense, reproach and shame.
فَاِصرِفso offer لِعافيكَto your petitioner سَجلَa large bucket العُرفِof kindness تَملَأَهُyou fill it
فَاِصرِف لِعافيكَ سَجلَ العُرفِ تَملَأَهُ
وَلَوand even if أَتاكَcame to you مِنَfrom الخَضراءِthe green sky سِجّيلُbaked-clay stones
وَلَو أَتاكَ مِنَ الخَضراءِ سِجّيلُ
So offer your petitioner a bucket of kindness, filling it,
even if baked-clay stones come to you from the green sky.
Sol 6.1