أَلاwill not يَكشِفُinvestigate القُصّاصَthe storytellers والٍa governor فَإِنfor if هُمُthey
أَلا يَكشِفُ القُصّاصَ والٍ فَإِن هُمُ
أَتَواthey come بِيَقينٍwith certain knowledge فَليَقُصّواthen let them tell tales لِيَنفَعواso that they may benefit others
أَتَوا بِيَقينٍ فَليَقُصّوا لِيَنفَعوا
Will no governor investigate the storytellers? For if they
bring certain knowledge, let them tell their tales to benefit others.
وَإِنand if خَرَصواthey fabricate مَيناًlies بِغَيرِwithout تَحَرُّجٍscruple
وَإِن خَرَصوا مَيناً بِغَيرِ تَحَرُّجٍ
فَأَوجَبَthen the most necessary شَيءٍthing أَنthat يُهانواthey be humiliated وَيُصفَعواand they be slapped
فَأَوجَبَ شَيءٍ أَن يُهانوا وَيُصفَعوا
And if they fabricate lies without scruple,
then nothing is more necessary than that they be humiliated and slapped.
وَمَنand whoever جاءَcomes مِنهُمamong them واثِقاًtrusting بِشَفاعَةٍin intercession
وَمَن جاءَ مِنهُم واثِقاً بِشَفاعَةٍ
فَكَمfor many an شافِعٍintercessor فيin هَيِّنٍa trifling matter لاnot يُشَفَّعُhas his plea accepted
فَكَم شافِعٍ في هَيِّنٍ لا يُشَفَّعُ
And whoever among them comes trusting in intercession—
many an intercessor in a trifling matter has his plea refused.
سَعَواthey strove لِفَسادِfor the corruption of الدينِreligion فيin كُلِّevery
سَعَوا لِفَسادِ الدينِ في كُلِّ
مَسجِدٍmosque فَماso what بالُهُمis the matter with them لَمdid not يُستَضامواthey suffer indignity وَيَدفَعواand they be driven away
مَسجِدٍ فَما بالُهُم لَم يُستَضاموا وَيَدفَعوا
They strove to corrupt religion in every
mosque; why, then, have they not suffered indignity and been driven away?
Sol 6.1