أَلاWill ... not? يَكشِفُinvestigate القُصّاصَthe storytellers والٍa governor فَإِنfor if هُمُthey
أَلا يَكشِفُ القُصّاصَ والٍ فَإِن هُمُ
أَتَواbring بِيَقينٍwith certainty فَليَقُصّواthen let them tell tales لِيَنفَعواso that they may benefit others
أَتَوا بِيَقينٍ فَليَقُصّوا لِيَنفَعوا
Will no governor investigate the storytellers? For if they
bring sure knowledge, let them tell their tales, that they may benefit others.
وَإِنand if خَرَصواfabricate مَيناًfalsehood بِغَيرِwithout تَحَرُّجٍscruple
وَإِن خَرَصوا مَيناً بِغَيرِ تَحَرُّجٍ
فَأَوجَبَthen the most imperative شَيءٍthing أَنthat يُهانواthey be humiliated وَيُصفَعواand be slapped
فَأَوجَبَ شَيءٍ أَن يُهانوا وَيُصفَعوا
And if they fabricate falsehood without scruple,
then the most imperative thing is that they be humiliated and slapped.
وَمَنand whoever جاءَcomes مِنهُمamong them واثِقاًtrusting بِشَفاعَةٍin intercession
وَمَن جاءَ مِنهُم واثِقاً بِشَفاعَةٍ
فَكَمfor many an شافِعٍintercessor فيin هَيِّنٍa trifling matter لاnot يُشَفَّعُhas his intercession accepted
فَكَم شافِعٍ في هَيِّنٍ لا يُشَفَّعُ
And whoever among them comes trusting in intercession—
for many an intercessor in a trifling matter has his plea refused.
سَعَواthey strove لِفَسادِfor the corruption of الدينِreligion فيin كُلِّevery
سَعَوا لِفَسادِ الدينِ في كُلِّ
مَسجِدٍmosque فَماso what بالُهُمis their situation لَمhave not يُستَضامواthey been humbled وَيَدفَعواand been driven away
مَسجِدٍ فَما بالُهُم لَم يُستَضاموا وَيَدفَعوا
They strove to corrupt religion in every
mosque; why, then, have they not been humbled and driven away?
Sol 6.1