لَقَدindeed ساسَruled أَهلَthe inhabitants of الأَرضِthe earth قَومٌa people تَفَتَّقَتcame apart
لَقَد ساسَ أَهلَ الأَرضِ قَومٌ تَفَتَّقَت
أُمورٌaffairs فَماand did not أَلفَتfind لَهُمfor them يَدَthe hand of راتِقِa mender
أُمورٌ فَما أَلفَت لَهُم يَدَ راتِقِ
Indeed, a people ruled the earth's inhabitants; torn apart
A people have ruled the people of earth, whose affairs are chaotic,
Were affairs, which found no mender's hand for them.
So no hand has become accustomed to them as an ally,
هُمُthey هَتَكواtore بِالراحِwith wine أَستارَthe veils of عاذِلٍʿĀdhil (Shaʿbān)
هُمُ هَتَكوا بِالراحِ أَستارَ عاذِلٍ
وَلَمand did not يَحفَظواthey preserve بِالنُسكِthrough devotion حُرمَةَthe sanctity of ناتِقِNātiq (Ramadan)
وَلَم يَحفَظوا بِالنُسكِ حُرمَةَ ناتِقِ
They tore the veils of ʿĀdhil with wine,
They have torn down with mischief the curtains of one who finds fault,
And did not preserve Nātiq's sanctity through devotion.
And they have not preserved with moral codes the sanctity of a well-mannered woman.
إِذاwhen جَرَحواthey wounded دَنّاًa wine-jar فَلَمand did not يَرجُit hoped عِندَهُمfrom them
إِذا جَرَحوا دَنّاً فَلَم يَرجُ عِندَهُم
قِصاصاًretribution أَجادواthey excelled at قَتلَslaying عَذراءَa virgin (unmixed wine) عاتِقِmature (aged wine)
قِصاصاً أَجادوا قَتلَ عَذراءَ عاتِقِ
When they wounded a wine-jar, and it hoped from them for no
When they wound a person lowly, they do not care, with them,
Retribution, they excelled at slaying a virgin of ripe age.
About retaliation—they excel in killing an innocent maid.
وَصاغواand they fashioned بِماwith what تَجنيreap الوُلاةُthe governors مَراكِناًbasins
وَصاغوا بِما تَجني الوُلاةُ مَراكِناً
وَزادواand they added عَلىto أَسيافِهِمtheir swords وَالمَناتِقِand the belts
وَزادوا عَلى أَسيافِهِم وَالمَناتِقِ
They fashioned basins with what the governors reap,
And they have built, with what governors pilfer, structures,
And added ornament to their swords and belts.
And they have added to their swords embellishments and scabbards.
وَلَوand if كانَthere were لِلدُنِّياfor this world لَدىin the sight of اللَهِGod قيمَةٌany value
وَلَو كانَ لِلدُنِّيا لَدى اللَهِ قيمَةٌ
لَماthen would not نَظَرواthey exercised oversight فيover آهِلاتِthe populated parts of الرَساتِقِthe rural districts
لَما نَظَروا في آهِلاتِ الرَساتِقِ
And if this world had any value in God's sight,
If this world had, with God, any value,
They would not have had charge of the populated rural districts.
They would not have looked at the neglectors of duty.
Sol 6.1