وَأَنتَand you لِلناسِfor the people نورٌa light يُستَضاءُillumination is sought بِهِby it
وَأَنتَ لِلناسِ نورٌ يُستَضاءُ بِهِ
كَماjust as أَضاءَgave light لَناto us فيin الظُلمَةِthe darkness اللَهَبُthe flame
كَما أَضاءَ لَنا في الظُلمَةِ اللَهَبُ
And you are a light by which people are illumined,
You are a light for people, illuminated by you,
As the flame gave us light in the darkness.
As the flame lit for us in the darkness.
أَلاdo you not تَرىsee الناسَthe people ماwhenever سَكَّنتَهُمyou calmed them سَكَنواthey became calm
أَلا تَرى الناسَ ما سَكَّنتَهُم سَكَنوا
وَإِنand if غَضِبتَyou grew angry أَزالَswept away الإِمَّةَprosperity الغَضَبُanger
وَإِن غَضِبتَ أَزالَ الإِمَّةَ الغَضَبُ
Do you not see that people grow calm whenever you calm them?
Don't you see people, how settled they became when you settled them,
And if you grow angry, anger sweeps away their prosperity.
And if you get angry, anger removes the nation.
جاءَتshe came بِهِwith him حُرَّةٌa freeborn woman كَالشَمسِlike the sun طالِعَةًrising
جاءَت بِهِ حُرَّةٌ كَالشَمسِ طالِعَةً
لِلبَدرِfor the full moon شيمَتُهاher character الإِسلامُIslam وَالحَسَبُand ancestral honor
لِلبَدرِ شيمَتُها الإِسلامُ وَالحَسَبُ
A freeborn woman bore him, like the sun rising
She came free like the rising sun,
For the full moon; her character is Islam and ancestral honor.
For the full moon, her qualities are Islam and nobility.
كَمhow many مِنof رَئيسٍa chieftain فَلىhe cleft بِالسَيفِwith the sword هامَتَهُhis head
كَم مِن رَئيسٍ فَلى بِالسَيفِ هامَتَهُ
كَأَنَّهُas though he حينَwhen وَلّىhe turned away مُدبِراًretreating خَرَبُa male bustard
كَأَنَّهُ حينَ وَلّى مُدبِراً خَرَبُ
How many a chieftain's head he has cleft with the sword,
How many chieftains have fled with their skull split by the sword,
Who, turning away in flight, looked like a male bustard.
As if when they fled defeated, they were in ruins.
Sol 6.1