لِلخَيرِfor goodness مَنزِلَتانِtwo ranks عِندَamong مَعاشِرٍgroups of people
لِلخَيرِ مَنزِلَتانِ عِندَ مَعاشِرٍ
وَلَهُand it has عَلىaccording to رَأيٍa view ثَلاثُthree مَنازِلِranks
وَلَهُ عَلى رَأيٍ ثَلاثُ مَنازِلِ
Goodness has two ranks among certain groups,
Goodness has two dwellings with every group of people,
and, according to one view, it has three ranks.
And three perspectives based on one's opinion.
وَاللَهُand God يَغفِرُforgives فيat الحِسابِthe reckoning لِنِسوَةٍfor women
وَاللَهُ يَغفِرُ في الحِسابِ لِنِسوَةٍ
جاهَدنَthey strove إِذwhen فُقِدَwas absent الحَياthe rain بِمَغازِلِwith spindles
جاهَدنَ إِذ فُقِدَ الحَيا بِمَغازِلِ
And God forgives, at the reckoning, women
God forgives women in accounting,
who strove with spindles when the rain failed.
When life was lost in battles they persevered.
فَكَسبنَso they earned مِنهاfrom them ماwhat يَقومُprovides sustenance بِأَنفُسٍfor lives
فَكَسبنَ مِنها ما يَقومُ بِأَنفُسٍ
وَالصَبرُand patience يَبدُنُgrows stout فيin الزَمانِthe time الهازِلِthat makes one lean
وَالصَبرُ يَبدُنُ في الزَمانِ الهازِلِ
So they earned from them what sustains lives,
They gained from it what would redeem their souls,
and patience grows stout in times that make one lean.
Patience shines through during times of decline.
أَتَصَدَّقَتdid she give in charity بِالخَيطِwith the thread ثُمَّthen هَوَتshe fell إِلىinto الthe
أَتَصَدَّقَت بِالخَيطِ ثُمَّ هَوَت إِلى ال
حَمراءِred فَاِعتَصَمَتso she clung بِخَيطِto the thread الغازِلِof the spinner
حَمراءِ فَاِعتَصَمَت بِخَيطِ الغازِلِ
Did she give thread in charity, then fall into the
She gave charity with a thread, then clung to the
red fire and cling to the spinner's thread,
Red one, so she held on to the weaver's thread.
وَأَنالَتِand she gave المِسكينَthe needy man أُكلَةَa morsel جائِعٍof a hungry person
وَأَنالَتِ المِسكينَ أُكلَةَ جائِعٍ
فَغَدَتso it became كَرَوضىlike Rawda فيin المَقامِthe station الآزِلِstraitened
فَغَدَت كَرَوضى في المَقامِ الآزِلِ
and give the needy man a hungry person's morsel,
She enabled the hungry poor to eat a meal,
so it became like Rawda in the straitened station?
Thus she became like a meadow in an eternal abode.
إِنَّindeed البَعوضَةَthe mosquito مِنbecause of تُقىًpiety مَوزونَةٌis weighed
إِنَّ البَعوضَةَ مِن تُقىً مَوزونَةٌ
بِالفيلِagainst the elephant عِندَbefore مَليكِهاits Sovereign وَالبازِلِand the full-grown camel
بِالفيلِ عِندَ مَليكِها وَالبازِلِ
Indeed, through piety a mosquito is weighed
The mosquito, though tiny, has a known weight
against the elephant and the full-grown camel before its Sovereign.
To its Lord and the one who determines all things.
وَتَصونُand protects حَبَّةُa seed خَردَلٍof mustard قَدَمَthe foot الفَتىof the young man
وَتَصونُ حَبَّةُ خَردَلٍ قَدَمَ الفَتى
عَنfrom زِلَّةٍa slip وَاليَومُand the day حِلفُan ally زَلازِلِof earthquakes
عَن زِلَّةٍ وَاليَومُ حِلفُ زَلازِلِ
And a mustard seed protects the young man's foot
A mustard seed guards the youth’s feet
from a slip, though the day is an ally of earthquakes.
From stumbling, though today quakes with tremors.
خَفfear دَعوَةَthe prayer المَظلومِof the wronged فَهيَfor it سَريعَةٌis swift
خَف دَعوَةَ المَظلومِ فَهيَ سَريعَةٌ
طَلَعَتit rose فَجاءَتthen it came بِالعَذابِwith the punishment النازِلِdescending
طَلَعَت فَجاءَت بِالعَذابِ النازِلِ
Fear the prayer of the wronged, for it is swift:
Fear the prayer of the wronged one, for it is swift,
it rose and came bearing descending punishment.
It rose up bringing punishment from above.
عُزِلَwas deposed الأَميرُthe emir عَنِfrom البِلادِthe land وَماand not لَهُfor him
عُزِلَ الأَميرُ عَنِ البِلادِ وَما لَهُ
إِلّاexcept دُعاءُthe prayer ضَعيفِهاof its weak one مِنany عازِلِone who deposes
إِلّا دُعاءُ ضَعيفِها مِن عازِلِ
The emir was deposed from rule over the land, and he had
The prince is dismissed from the country, though he has
no one to depose him but the prayer of its weak one.
Nothing left except the prayer of the weak he abandoned.
Sol 6.1