رَفَضُواthey rejected الشِّعْرَpoetry جَهْدَutmost effort هُمْtheir ورَقوْهُand they recited charms over it
رَفَضُوا الشِّعْرَ جَهْدَ هُمْ ورَقوْهُ
بَينَهُمْamong themselves بالهَوَانِwith contempt والإزْدِراءِand disdain
بَينَهُمْ بالهَوَانِ والإزْدِراءِ
They rejected poetry with all their might and recited charms over it
among themselves, with contempt and disdain.
فَلَوْso if أنَّthat الكِتابَthe Book كانَhad been بِأَيْدِيin the hands of
فَلَوْ أنَّ الكِتابَ كانَ بِأَيْدِي
هِمْthem (completing “their hands”) مَحَوْاthey erased مِنهُfrom it سُورةَthe surah of الشُّعَراءِthe Poets
هِمْ مَحَوْا مِنهُ سُورةَ الشُّعَراءِ
So, had the Book been in their hands,
they would have erased from it the surah “The Poets.”
Sol 6.1