قُلsay لِلأَمينِto al-Amin أَمينِtrusted guardian آلِfamily of مُحَمَّدٍMuhammad
قُل لِلأَمينِ أَمينِ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
قَولَthe words of اِمرِئٍa man شَفِقٍconcerned عَلَيهِfor him مُحامِdefending
قَولَ اِمرِئٍ شَفِقٍ عَلَيهِ مُحامِ
Say to al-Amīn, trustee of Muhammad’s House,
Say to al-Amin, trusted guardian of Muhammad's family,
the words of a man concerned for him and speaking in his defense:
the words of a man concerned for him and defending him:
أَنكَرتُI disapproved أَنthat تَفتَرَّshould spring forth عَنكَfrom you صَنيعَةٌa favor
أَنكَرتُ أَن تَفتَرَّ عَنكَ صَنيعَةٌ
فيfor صالِحِSalih اِبنِson of عَطِيَّةَAtiyya الحَجّامِthe cupper
في صالِحِ اِبنِ عَطِيَّةَ الحَجّامِ
You denied that a benefaction had been falsely attributed to you
I disapproved that a favor should spring from you
in the matter of Ṣāliḥ ibn ʿAṭiyya, the cupper.
for Salih ibn Atiyya, the cupper.
لَيسَare not الصَنائِعُthe favors عِندَهُin his case بِصَنائِعٍtruly favors
لَيسَ الصَنائِعُ عِندَهُ بِصَنائِعٍ
لَكِنَّهُنَّbut they طَوائِلُwrongs against الإِسلامِIslam
لَكِنَّهُنَّ طَوائِلُ الإِسلامِ
Benefactions, in his estimation, are no benefactions;
Favors bestowed on him are no favors,
rather, they are wrongs for which Islam has vengeance to exact.
but wrongs against Islam.
اِضرِبstrike بِهِwith him نَحرَthe throat of العَدُوِّthe enemy فَإِنَّهُfor indeed he
اِضرِب بِهِ نَحرَ العَدُوِّ فَإِنَّهُ
جَيشٌan army مِنَof الطاعونِplague وَالبِرسامِand pleurisy
جَيشٌ مِنَ الطاعونِ وَالبِرسامِ
Use him to strike the enemy’s breast, for he is
Strike the enemy's throat with him, for he
an army made of plague and pleurisy.
is an army of plague and pleurisy.
Sol 6.1