فَعَلتَyou acted فِعلَthe action of تِجارٍmerchants مُخسِرينَincurring losses بِهِthrough it
فَعَلتَ فِعلَ تِجارٍ مُخسِرينَ بِهِ
فَاِعبُدso worship إِلَهَكَyour God تُرزَقُyou will be granted خَيرَthe best مُتَّجَرِtrade
فَاِعبُد إِلَهَكَ تُرزَقُ خَيرَ مُتَّجَرِ
You have acted like merchants who incur a loss thereby.
So worship your God; you will be granted the best of trade.
ماwhat لِلمَذاهِبِwith the creeds قَدalready أَمسَتthey have become مُغَيَّرَةًaltered
ما لِلمَذاهِبِ قَد أَمسَت مُغَيَّرَةً
لَهاthey have اِنتِسابٌan affiliation إِلىto القُدّاحِal-Qaddah أَوor هَجَرِHajar
لَها اِنتِسابٌ إِلى القُدّاحِ أَو هَجَرِ
What ails the creeds, now so altered,
affiliated with al-Qaddah or Hajar?
قالواthey said البَريَّةُhumankind فَوضىungoverned لاno حِسابَreckoning لَهاfor it
قالوا البَريَّةُ فَوضى لا حِسابَ لَها
وَإِنَّماand merely هِيَit مِثلُlike النَبتِplants وَالشَجَرِand trees
وَإِنَّما هِيَ مِثلُ النَبتِ وَالشَجَرِ
They said, "Humankind is ungoverned, with no reckoning for it,
and it is merely like plants and trees."
فَالجاهِليَّةُso the old pagan ways خَيرٌbetter مِنthan إِباحَتِهِمtheir permissiveness
فَالجاهِليَّةُ خَيرٌ مِن إِباحَتِهِم
سَجيَّةَthe way of الحارِثِal-Harith الحَرّابِthe warrior أَوor حُجُرِHujr
سَجيَّةَ الحارِثِ الحَرّابِ أَو حُجُرِ
So the old pagan ways are better than their permissiveness—
the way of al-Harith the warrior, or Hujr.
فَماso ... not أَفادواthey gained سِوىexcept إِحلالِmaking lawful نِسوَتِهِمtheir women
فَما أَفادوا سِوى إِحلالِ نِسوَتِهِم
مُعَرَّضاتٍexposed لِأَهلِto the adherents of الباطِنِesoteric doctrine الفُجُرِthe depraved
مُعَرَّضاتٍ لِأَهلِ الباطِنِ الفُجُرِ
So they achieved nothing but permitting access to their women,
exposed to the depraved adherents of esoteric doctrine.
وَإِنَّand indeed أَحسَنَbetter مِنthan تَعظيمِهِمtheir veneration of رَجُلاًa man
وَإِنَّ أَحسَنَ مِن تَعظيمِهِم رَجُلاً
صِفراًdevoid مِنَof الحِكَمِwisdom التَعظيمُveneration لِلحَجَرِfor a stone
صِفراً مِنَ الحِكَمِ التَعظيمُ لِلحَجَرِ
And indeed, better than their veneration of a man
devoid of wisdom is veneration of a stone.
وَهَلand are ...? ثَعالِبُthe foxes of طَيٍّTayy فيin مَنازِلِهاtheir dwellings
وَهَل ثَعالِبُ طَيٍّ في مَنازِلِها
إِلّاanything but ثَعالِبُfoxes وَحشٍof the wild بِتنَthey spent the night فيin الوجُرِthe dens
إِلّا ثَعالِبُ وَحشٍ بِتنَ في الوجُرِ
And are the foxes of Tayy, in their dwellings,
anything but wild foxes that have spent the night in dens?
ضَلَّwent astray الأَنامُhumankind وَهاذاand this مَنهَجٌa path أُمَمٌstraight
ضَلَّ الأَنامُ وَهاذا مَنهَجٌ أُمَمٌ
يَهديit guides إِلىto الحَقِّthe truth فَاِسلُكهُso follow it وَلاتَجُرِand do not stray
يَهدي إِلى الحَقِّ فَاِسلُكهُ وَلاتَجُرِ
Humankind has gone astray, and this is a straight path
that leads to truth; so follow it, and do not stray.
خَلِّleave العِبادَpeople وَماand what اِختارواthey chose فَمُلكُهُمُfor their dominion
خَلِّ العِبادَ وَما اِختاروا فَمُلكُهُمُ
إِذاwhen نَظَرتَyou consider كَعَبدٍlike a slave راحَwent out مُؤتَجَرِhired out
إِذا نَظَرتَ كَعَبدٍ راحَ مُؤتَجَرِ
Leave people to what they have chosen; for their dominion,
when you consider it, is like a slave gone out on hire.
يَغنيكَsuffices you ظِلُّthe shade of سَيالٍan acacia يُستَظَلُّone takes shelter بِهِbeneath it
يَغنيكَ ظِلُّ سَيالٍ يُستَظَلُّ بِهِ
عَنinstead of سائِلِmolten التِبرِgold فيin البُنيانِbuildings وَالحُجَرand chambers
عَن سائِلِ التِبرِ في البُنيانِ وَالحُجَر
The shade of an acacia, beneath which one shelters, suffices you
instead of molten gold in buildings and chambers.
Sol 6.1