بشرىgood tidings فقدfor indeed خُتمِwas completed الكتابْthe book
بشرى فقد خُتمِ الكتابْ
وبداand appeared الهناءthe happiness المستطابْdelightful
وبدا الهناء المستطابْ
Good tidings, for the book has been completed!
Good tidings, for the book has been sealed
And delightful joy has appeared.
And evident joy has appeared
وتقررتand were established أبحاثهُits arguments
وتقررت أبحاثهُ
وتحققتand were verified باباًa chapter فبابْthen a chapter
وتحققت باباً فبابْ
And its arguments have been established,
Its research has been decided
and confirmed, chapter by chapter.
And its doors have been realized, door by door
الشيخُthe shaykh منthrough تدقيقهِhis careful scrutiny
الشيخُ من تدقيقهِ
عنfrom صعبهِits difficult parts كَشفhe lifted الحجابْthe veil
عن صعبهِ كَشف الحجابْ
The shaykh, through his careful scrutiny,
The Sheikh from his revision
has lifted the veil from its difficulties.
Has uncovered the difficult veil
وأتىand he brought بماwith what لوif شِمْتهُyou beheld it
وأتى بما لو شِمْتهُ
لرأيتهُyou would surely see it العجبَthe wonder العجابْmost wondrous
لرأيتهُ العجبَ العجابْ
And he brought forth what, if you beheld it,
And came with what if you smelled it
you would find the wonder of wonders.
You would see it as wondrous wonder
والكنزُand the treasure أخرجbrought forth درهits pearls
والكنزُ أخرج دره
للناسfor the people منfrom بعدafter احتجابْconcealment
للناس من بعد احتجابْ
And the treasure has brought forth its pearls
The treasure brought out its pearls
for the people, after being hidden.
To people after being hidden
درّpearls بنظمِin the verse of الشيخthe shaykh كمhow many
درّ بنظمِ الشيخ كم
قدindeed حلّيتْwere adorned منهfrom it رقابْnecks
قد حلّيتْ منه رقابْ
Pearls in the shaykh's verse—how many
Pearls in the Sheikh's composition, how many
necks have been adorned with them!
Necks have been adorned by it
لوif يسمعwere to hear الطائيal-Ta'i بماof what
لو يسمع الطائي بما
ألقىhe presented لمالhe would incline لهtoward him وطابْand be pleased
ألقى لمال له وطابْ
If al-Ta'i heard of what
If Al-Tai heard what
he presented, he would incline toward him and rejoice.
He recited, he would incline to him and be pleased
وأبوand Abu حنيفةHanifa لوif رآhe saw
وأبو حنيفة لو رآ
هhim لَقرhe would rejoice عيناًin his eye واستطابْand find delight
ه لَقر عيناً واستطابْ
And Abu Hanifa, if he saw
And if Abu Hanifa saw it
him, would rejoice and find delight.
He would be delighted and pleased
مَنwho مثلكمْlike you ياO معشرَcompany of الthe
مَن مثلكمْ يا معشرَ ال
طلابstudents قدindeed عرفَhas learned الصوابْwhat is right
طلاب قد عرفَ الصوابْ
Who like you, O company of
Who is like you, O group of
students, has come to know what is right?
Students, who knew what’s right
فزتمyou have gained بتدقيقاتهِthrough his meticulous analyses
فزتم بتدقيقاتهِ
وكشفتموand you lifted عنهfrom it النقابْthe veil
وكشفتمو عنه النقابْ
You have benefited from his meticulous analyses,
You succeeded with his revisions
and lifted the veil from it.
And uncovered its mask
وظفرتموand you prevailed وغنمتموand you reaped rewards
وظفرتمو وغنمتمو
منهfrom him بتنقيحthrough refining اللبابthe essence
منه بتنقيح اللباب
And you have prevailed and reaped rewards
And you won and gained
from him, through refining the essence.
By maturing the mind
هذاthis هوit (emphatic) السحرthe magic الذيthat
هذا هو السحر الذي
بِورودهِupon its arrival يحلوbecomes sweet الشرابْthe drink
بِورودهِ يحلو الشرابْ
This is the magic that
This is the magic which
sweetens the drink upon its arrival.
With its arrival, the drink becomes sweet
بلrather لاnot يقاسis compared بعالمwith a scholar
بل لا يقاس بعالم
هيit; that قيسcomparison بحرٌa sea بالسرابْwith the mirage
هي قيس بحرٌ بالسرابْ
Rather, he cannot be compared with any scholar:
But it cannot be compared to a scholar
that is comparing a sea with a mirage.
It is compared to a sea with a mirage
كمhow often نوّرilluminated الأبصارthe eyes منfrom
كم نوّر الأبصار من
ألفاظهِhis words الدررُthe pearls العِذابْsweet; delightful
ألفاظهِ الدررُ العِذابْ
How often have eyes been illumined by
How much he enlightened visions
the sweet pearls of his words!
With his precious words
كمhow many; how often حلّhe solved منin; among علمthe science of الفراstart of ‘the inheritance shares’
كم حلّ من علم الفرا
ئضَcompletion of ‘inheritance shares’ مشكلاًa knotty problem ونفىand removed صعابْdifficulties
ئضَ مشكلاً ونفى صعابْ
How often has he solved, in the science of inheritance,
How much he solved from surplus rulings
a knotty problem, and dispelled difficulties!
A problem, and removed difficulties
وأبانand he clarified قدرthe amounts of فروضهِits prescribed shares
وأبان قدر فروضهِ
بغريبthrough remarkable أنواعِtypes of الحسابْcalculation
بغريب أنواعِ الحسابْ
And he clarified the amounts of its prescribed shares
And demonstrated the amount of its obligations
through remarkable forms of calculation.
With strange types of calculations
والآنand now مسكmusk ختامهِits conclusion
والآن مسك ختامهِ
شرُفَbecame honored المكانthe place بهِthrough it وطابْand became pleasant
شرُفَ المكان بهِ وطابْ
And now, the musk of its conclusion:
And now taking its seal
the place is honored and made pleasant through it.
The place has been honored by it and smelled good
لاmay ... not زلتyou cease ياO بحرsea of الهدىguidance
لا زلت يا بحر الهدى
تبديyou reveal لناto us فصلdecisiveness of الخطابْspeech
تبدي لنا فصل الخطابْ
May you never cease, O sea of guidance,
You still, O sea of guidance
to reveal to us decisive speech.
Show us the detail of speech
ماwhat قلتI said فيكَof you بديهةًextemporaneously
ما قلت فيكَ بديهةً
بشرىgood tidings فقدfor indeed ختمَhe completed الكتابْthe book
بشرى فقد ختمَ الكتابْ
What I said of you, extemporaneously, was:
I have not said inadequately about you
"Good tidings, for he has completed the book!"
Good tidings, for the book has been sealed
Sol 6.1