تَوَهَّمَimagined الجاهِلُthe ignorant man المَغرورُthe deluded عَنout of سَفَهٍfolly
تَوَهَّمَ الجاهِلُ المَغرورُ عَن سَفَهٍ
أَنَّthat الفَضيلَةَvirtue فيin الإِثراءِamassing wealth لِلرَجُلِfor the man
أَنَّ الفَضيلَةَ في الإِثراءِ لِلرَجُلِ
The deluded, ignorant man imagined, out of folly,
The ignorant, deluded fool out of folly
that a man's virtue lies in amassing wealth.
Imagined that virtue for a man lies in wealth,
وَظَنَّand he thought أَنَّthat لِباسَgarb الزُهدِasceticism مَنقَصَةٌa failing
وَظَنَّ أَنَّ لِباسَ الزُهدِ مَنقَصَةٌ
إِذاwhen غَداbecame المَرءَthe man عَرياناًbare مِنَof الحُلَلِfine robes
إِذا غَدا المَرءَ عَرياناً مِنَ الحُلَلِ
And he thought the garb of asceticism a failing,
And thought that the garb of asceticism was a disgrace
when a man goes bare of fine robes.
If a man should go about naked, without clothes.
وَماand not دَرىhe knew لِتَعاميهِbecause of his willful blindness وَغَرَّتهُand his heedlessness
وَما دَرى لِتَعاميهِ وَغَرَّتهُ
بِأَنَّof the fact that حِليَةَadornment أَهلِpeople of الفَضلِvirtue فيin العَطَلِbeing unadorned
بِأَنَّ حِليَةَ أَهلِ الفَضلِ في العَطَلِ
And through his willful blindness and heedlessness, he did not know
But in his heedlessness and conceit he did not know
that the adornment of the virtuous lies in being unadorned.
That the adornment of the virtuous lies in their deeds.
Sol 6.1