الناسُpeople لِلأَرضِof the earth أَتباعٌfollowers إِذاwhen بَخِلَتit is miserly
الناسُ لِلأَرضِ أَتباعٌ إِذا بَخِلَت
ضَنّواthey are miserly وَإِنand if هِيَit جادَتit gives generously مَرَّةًonce جادواthey give generously
ضَنّوا وَإِن هِيَ جادَت مَرَّةً جادوا
People follow the earth: when it is miserly,
People are followers of the earth, stingy when it withholds
they are miserly; and if it is generous once, so are they.
Yet generous when for once it is bountiful
تَماجَدَvied in boasting of glory القَومُthe people وَالأَلبابُwhile discerning minds مُخبِرَةٌdeclare
تَماجَدَ القَومُ وَالأَلبابُ مُخبِرَةٌ
أَنthat لَيسَthere are no فيin هَذِهِthese الأَجيالِgenerations أَمجادُnoble people
أَن لَيسَ في هَذِهِ الأَجيالِ أَمجادُ
People vie in boasting of glory, while reason declares
The people and hearts boast, reporting
that in these generations there are no noble people.
That there is no glory in these generations
وَالمُلكُand sovereignty لِلَّهِbelongs to God وَالدُنِّياand the world بِهاin it غِيَرٌreversals
وَالمُلكُ لِلَّهِ وَالدُنِّيا بِها غِيَرٌ
خَيرٌgood وَشَرٌّand evil وَإِعدامٌand destitution وَإِنجادُand prosperity
خَيرٌ وَشَرٌّ وَإِعدامٌ وَإِنجادُ
And sovereignty is God's, and the world has its reversals:
And kingship belongs to God, and through it the world is fickle
good and evil, destitution and prosperity.
Good and evil, life and death
وَالناسُand people شُتّىdiverse وَلَمand did not يَجمَعُهُمُunite them غَرَضٌan aim
وَالناسُ شُتّى وَلَم يَجمَعُهُمُ غَرَضٌ
شَدٌّsetting out وَحَلٌّand settling down وَإِتِهامٌand going to Tihamah وَإِنجادُand going to Najd
شَدٌّ وَحَلٌّ وَإِتِهامٌ وَإِنجادُ
And people are diverse; no common aim has united them:
And people are diverse, with no shared goal
setting out and settling down, going to Tihamah and to Najd.
Vehemence, peace, blame and life
ياO لَيلُnight ضِدّانِtwo opposites قَومٌsome people فيin الدُجىthe darkness سُهُرٌwakeful
يا لَيلُ ضِدّانِ قَومٌ في الدُجى سُهُرٌ
تَهَجَّدوكَkept vigil through you وَقَومٌand other people فيكَin you هُجّادُasleep
تَهَجَّدوكَ وَقَومٌ فيكَ هُجّادُ
O night, two opposites: some, wakeful in the darkness,
O night of opposites, some stay up late concealed in the darkness
keep vigil through you, while others sleep within you.
And some sleep through you
أَنجُدhelp أَخاكَyour brother عَلىin خَيرٍa good deed يَهُمُّhe is intent بِهِon it
أَنجُد أَخاكَ عَلى خَيرٍ يَهُمُّ بِهِ
فَالمُؤمِنونَfor believers لَدىin matters of الخَيراتِgood deeds أَنجادُstalwart helpers
فَالمُؤمِنونَ لَدى الخَيراتِ أَنجادُ
Help your brother in a good deed he intends to do,
Help your brother with any good he intends
for believers are stalwart helpers in good works.
For the faithful are always ready for good works
Sol 6.1