جِئتُI came أَسعىI hasten إِلىto عروبَةFriday حَتّىuntil
جِئتُ أَسعى إِلى عروبَة حَتّى
صِرتُI became أُذناًan ear لِلمنبَرِto the pulpit الأُمَوِيِّUmayyad
صِرتُ أُذناً لِلمنبَرِ الأُمَوِيِّ
I came hastening to Friday prayers, until
I became all ears to the Umayyad pulpit.
جِئتُهاI came to it ناعِلاًwearing shoes وَوَلَّيتُand I turned away عَنهاfrom it
جِئتُها ناعِلاً وَوَلَّيتُ عَنها
حافِياًbarefoot غَيرnot ظافِرٍsuccessful بِحَفِيِّin finding a kindly helper
حافِياً غَير ظافِرٍ بِحَفِيِّ
I came to it shod, and turned away from it
barefoot, having found no kindly helper.
ماnot ظَنَنّاwe thought بِأَنَّthat مَقصورَةَthe enclosure الجاthe congregational mosque (الجامع begins)
ما ظَنَنّا بِأَنَّ مَقصورَةَ الجا
مِعِcompletes الجامع: congregational mosque مَأوىًa refuge لِكُلِّfor every لِصٍّthief غَوِيِّwayward
مِعِ مَأوىً لِكُلِّ لِصٍّ غَوِيِّ
We never thought the congregational mosque's enclosure
was a refuge for every wayward thief.
أَوثَقواthey secured بِالأَقفالِwith locks مُصحَفَthe Qur'an codex عُثماUthman (عثمان begins)
أَوثَقوا بِالأَقفالِ مُصحَفَ عُثما
نَcompletes عثمان: Uthman فَخَوفيso my fear عَلَيهِfor it غَيرnot خَفِيِّhidden
نَ فَخَوفي عَلَيهِ غَير خَفِيِّ
They secured Uthman's Qur'an codex with locks;
so my fear for it is not hidden.
قالَhe said لِيَto me الحافِظُthe hadith master الأَجَلُّmost eminent بِهاءُBaha الthe (al-, in al-Din)
قالَ لِيَ الحافِظُ الأَجَلُّ بِهاءُ ال
دينِreligion (Din, in Baha al-Din) ذوpossessor of العَقلِintellect وَالمُحَيّاand the countenance البَهِيِّradiant
دينِ ذو العَقلِ وَالمُحَيّا البَهِيِّ
To me spoke the most eminent hadith master, Baha al-
Din, a man of intellect and radiant countenance:
اِمضِgo وَاِسمَعand listen وَعُدand return وَلاand do not تَطوِconceal عَنّيfrom me
اِمضِ وَاِسمَع وَعُد وَلا تَطوِ عَنّي
نَشرَdisclosure لَحنٍa grammatical slip فيin خُطبَةِthe sermon of الدَولَعِيِّal-Dawlaʿi
نَشرَ لَحنٍ في خُطبَةِ الدَولَعِيِّ
'Go, listen, and return; do not conceal from me
word of a grammatical slip in al-Dawlaʿi's sermon.'
قُلتُI said إِذwhen عُدتُI returned ماnot عَثَرتُI stumbled عَلىupon لَحa grammatical slip (لحن begins)
قُلتُ إِذ عُدتُ ما عَثَرتُ عَلى لَح
نٍcompletes لحن: grammatical slip جَلِيٍّobvious وَلاnor أَتىhe came بِخَفِيِّwith a subtle one
نٍ جَلِيٍّ وَلا أَتى بِخَفِيِّ
When I returned, I said, 'I found no grammatical slip
that was obvious, nor did he commit a subtle one.'
قالَhe said ليto me هَذِهِthis الشَهادَةُtestimony مِنهاbecause of it
قالَ لي هَذِهِ الشَهادَةُ مِنها
قَدindeed رَمَيتَyou have struck الحَشاthe heart بِداءٍwith a disease دَوِيِّgrievous
قَد رَمَيتَ الحَشا بِداءٍ دَوِيِّ
He said to me, 'This testimony—through it
you have struck my heart with a grievous disease.
أَنتَyou عِنديin my eyes خُزَيمَةُKhuzaymah الشاهِدthe witness الصاthe truthful (الصادق begins)
أَنتَ عِندي خُزَيمَةُ الشاهِد الصا
دِقُcompletes الصادق: truthful إِذwhen كانَhe was شاهِداًa witness لِلنَبِيِّfor the Prophet
دِقُ إِذ كانَ شاهِداً لِلنَبِيِّ
You are, in my eyes, Khuzaymah, the truthful witness,
when he bore witness for the Prophet.'
Sol 6.1