إِذاwhen قَضىdecrees اللَهُGod أَمراًa matter جاءَit comes مُبتَدِراًhastening
إِذا قَضى اللَهُ أَمراً جاءَ مُبتَدِراً
وَكُلُّand all ماthat أَنتَyou لاقيهِwill encounter it بِتَسبيبِthrough causation
وَكُلُّ ما أَنتَ لاقيهِ بِتَسبيبِ
When God decrees a matter, it comes rushing forth;
and all you will encounter comes through causes.
ظَلَّتkept on مُلاحِيَةًdisputing فيabout الشَيءِthe thing تَفعَلُهُyou do it
ظَلَّت مُلاحِيَةً في الشَيءِ تَفعَلُهُ
جَهلاًin ignorance مُلاحِيَةٌMulahiyya: white-grape wine مِنfrom بَعدِafter غِربيبِGhirbib: dark-grape wine
جَهلاً مُلاحِيَةٌ مِن بَعدِ غِربيبِ
Still disputing over what you do
in ignorance was Mulahiyya wine, following Ghirbib wine.
لَوif لَمnot يُصيبواthey obtain مُداماًwine مِنfrom غِراسِهِمُtheir plantings
لَو لَم يُصيبوا مُداماً مِن غِراسِهِمُ
لَجازَthen it would be possible أَنthat يُمطِروهاthey rain it down فيin الشَآبيبِthe showers
لَجازَ أَن يُمطِروها في الشَآبيبِ
Had they obtained no wine from their planted vines,
they could have rained it down in showers;
وَلاِمتَرَتهاand would have milked it وَخَيلُwhile the horses القَومِof the people جائِلَةٌwheeling
وَلاِمتَرَتها وَخَيلُ القَومِ جائِلَةٌ
أَيديhands الفَوارِسِof the horsemen مِنfrom صُمِّsolid الأَنابيبِthe spear-shafts
أَيدي الفَوارِسِ مِن صُمِّ الأَنابيبِ
and, while the people's horses wheeled, it would have been milked
by the horsemen's hands from solid spear-shafts.
Sol 6.1