نطيحُwe fall وَلاand do not نُطيقُhave the power to دِفاعَward off أَمرٍa decree
نطيحُ وَلا نُطيقُ دِفاعَ أَمرٍ
فَكَيفَso how يَروعُناfrightens us الغاديthe morning comer النَطيحُthe creature approaching head-on (an ill omen)
فَكَيفَ يَروعُنا الغادي النَطيحُ
We fall, unable to ward off a decree;
so how can an ill-omened creature approaching head-on in the morning frighten us?
وَلَمand did not يَكُbe أَهلُthe people of خَيبَرَKhaybar أَهلَpossessors of خُبرٍknowledge
وَلَم يَكُ أَهلُ خَيبَرَ أَهلَ خُبرٍ
بِماof what لاقىbefell السَلالِمُal-Salalim وَالوَطيحُand al-Watih
بِما لاقى السَلالِمُ وَالوَطيحُ
Nor did the people of Khaybar have knowledge
of what befell al-Salalim and al-Watih.
وَجَدتُI found الغَيبَthe unseen تَجهَلُهُare ignorant of it البَراياall creatures
وَجَدتُ الغَيبَ تَجهَلُهُ البَرايا
فَماso what is شِقٌShiqq هُديتَmay you be guided وَماand what is سَطيحُSatih
فَما شِقٌ هُديتَ وَما سَطيحُ
I have found that all creatures are ignorant of the unseen;
so what is Shiqq—may you be guided—and what is Satih?
Sol 6.1