أَمثالُناthose like us كانَexisted جُملٌmultitudes قَبلَناbefore us فَمَضواthen they passed away
أَمثالُنا كانَ جُملٌ قَبلَنا فَمَضوا
وَمِثلُand the like of رُزءٍan affliction وَجَدناwe felt حِسَّهُits sensation وَجَدواthey experienced
وَمِثلُ رُزءٍ وَجَدنا حِسَّهُ وَجَدوا
Multitudes like us existed before us, then passed away.
And they experienced affliction like that whose pain we have felt.
وَالمَجدُand glory لِلَّهِto God لاno خَلقٌcreated being يُشارِكُهُshares with Him
وَالمَجدُ لِلَّهِ لا خَلقٌ يُشارِكُهُ
وَآلُand the descendants of حَوّاءَEve ماnot طابواthey were virtuous وَلاnor مَجَدواthey were noble
وَآلُ حَوّاءَ ما طابوا وَلا مَجَدوا
And glory belongs to God; no creature shares it with Him.
And Eve's descendants were neither virtuous nor noble.
أَمّاas for إِلىtoward كُلِّevery شَرٍّevil عَنَّarose فَاِنتَبَهواthen they awoke
أَمّا إِلى كُلِّ شَرٍّ عَنَّ فَاِنتَبَهوا
بَلrather لَمdid not يَنامواthey sleep وَلَكِنand yet عَنconcerning تُقاًpiety هَجَدواthey slumbered
بَل لَم يَناموا وَلَكِن عَن تُقاً هَجَدوا
As for every evil that arose, they awoke to it.
Rather, they did not sleep—but when it came to piety, they slumbered.
وَالناسُand people يَطغَونَthey transgress فيin دُنياهُمُtheir worldly life أَشَراًin wanton pride
وَالناسُ يَطغَونَ في دُنياهُمُ أَشَراً
لَولاwere it not for المَخافَةُfear ماnot زَكّواthey gave alms وَلاnor سَجِدواthey prostrated themselves
لَولا المَخافَةُ ما زَكّوا وَلا سَجِدوا
And people transgress in their worldly life out of wanton pride.
Were it not for fear, they would neither give alms nor prostrate themselves.
فيin كُلِّall أَمرِكَyour affairs تَقليدٌimitation رَضيتَyou were content بِهِwith it
في كُلِّ أَمرِكَ تَقليدٌ رَضيتَ بِهِ
حَتّىeven مَقالُكَyour saying رَبِّيَmy Lord واحِدٌone أَحَدُthe only one
حَتّى مَقالُكَ رَبِّيَ واحِدٌ أَحَدُ
In all your affairs there is imitation you have accepted—
even your saying, 'My Lord is One, the Only One.'
Sol 6.1