هَذيthese مَناقِبُهُhis noble deeds فيin عَهدِthe time of دَولَتِهِhis rule
هَذي مَناقِبُهُ في عَهدِ دَولَتِهِ
لِلشاهِدينَto those present وَلِلأَعقابِand to posterity أَحكيهاI recount them
لِلشاهِدينَ وَلِلأَعقابِ أَحكيها
These are his noble deeds during his reign;
I recount them to those present and to posterity.
فيin كُلِّeach واحِدَةٍone مِنهُنَّof them نابِلَةٌa noble quality
في كُلِّ واحِدَةٍ مِنهُنَّ نابِلَةٌ
مِنَof الطَبائِعِnatural dispositions تَغذوnourishes نَفسَthe soul of واعيهاwhoever understands it
مِنَ الطَبائِعِ تَغذو نَفسَ واعيها
In each of them lies a noble quality
Of character, nourishing the soul of whoever understands it.
لَعَلَّperhaps فيwithin أُمَّةِthe nation of الإِسلامِIslam نابِتَةًa budding generation
لَعَلَّ في أُمَّةِ الإِسلامِ نابِتَةً
تَجلوpolishes لِحاضِرِهاfor its present مِرآةَthe mirror of ماضيهاits past
تَجلو لِحاضِرِها مِرآةَ ماضيها
Perhaps a budding generation within the nation of Islam
Will polish for its present the mirror of its past,
حَتّىso that تَرىit sees بَعضَsome of ماwhat شادَتraised أَوائِلُهاits forebears
حَتّى تَرى بَعضَ ما شادَت أَوائِلُها
مِنَof الصُروحِthe lofty edifices وَماand what عاناهُhe endured it بانيهاtheir builder
مِنَ الصُروحِ وَما عاناهُ بانيها
So that it may see some of what its forebears raised—
Lofty edifices—and what their builder endured.
وَحَسبُهاand enough for it أَنto تَرىit sees ماwhat كانَwas مِنfrom عُمَرٍUmar
وَحَسبُها أَن تَرى ما كانَ مِن عُمَرٍ
حَتّىso that يُنَبِّهَit awakens مِنهاfrom among it عَينَthe eye of غافيهاits sleeper
حَتّى يُنَبِّهَ مِنها عَينَ غافيها
And it need only see what Umar did
For this to awaken the eye of the sleeper in its midst.
Sol 6.1