رَأَيتُI saw جَماعاتٍgroups مِنَof الناسِpeople أولِعَتbecame obsessed
رَأَيتُ جَماعاتٍ مِنَ الناسِ أولِعَت
بِإِثباتِwith proving أَشياءَthings اِستَحالَwas impossible ثُبوتُهاtheir being established
بِإِثباتِ أَشياءَ اِستَحالَ ثُبوتُها
I saw groups of people obsessed
I saw groups of people obsessed
with proving things impossible to establish.
With proving things impossible to prove.
فَقَدfor indeed أَخبَرَتhave told عَنof غَيِّهاtheir error سَنَواتُهاtheir years
فَقَد أَخبَرَت عَن غَيِّها سَنَواتُها
كَماjust as أُخبِرَتwere informed آحادُهاtheir Sundays وَسُبوتُهاand their Sabbaths
كَما أُخبِرَت آحادُها وَسُبوتُها
For their years have told of their error,
Their years have told of their misguidance,
just as their Sundays and Sabbaths were told of it.
As have their individuals and quiescence.
وَماand not هِيَthey إِلّاbut النارُthe fire توقَدُis kindled مَرَّةًat one time
وَما هِيَ إِلّا النارُ توقَدُ مَرَّةً
فَتَذكوthen it blazes وَتاراتٍand at other times يَحينُis due خُبوتُهاits dying down
فَتَذكو وَتاراتٍ يَحينُ خُبوتُها
And they are nothing but fire, kindled at one time,
It is but a fire kindled at times
then blazing up, while at other times its dying down is due.
That recalls eras whose dormancy returns.
Sol 6.1