ماnot إِنemphasizing the negation نَفىdrove away عَنكَfrom you قَوماًpeople أَنتَyou تَكرهُهُمyou hate them
ما إِن نَفى عَنكَ قَوماً أَنتَ تَكرهُهُم
كَمِثلِlike وَقمِكَyour subduing جُهّالاًfools بِجُهّالِwith fools
كَمِثلِ وَقمِكَ جُهّالاً بِجُهّالِ
Nothing has driven people you hate away from you
When people you dislike shun you,
Nothing drives away a people whom you hate,
Like your subduing fools with fools.
It's as though an ignorant man shunned another ignorant man.
Like curbing the ignorant with the ignorant.
Sol 6.1