قَسَماًI swear بمكَّةَby Mecca والحطيمِand by al-Hatim وزَمزَمِand by Zamzam
قَسَماً بمكَّةَ والحطيمِ وزَمزَمِ
والرُكنِand by the Corner والبَيتِand by the House الشريفnoble الأعظَمِmost exalted
والرُكنِ والبَيتِ الشريف الأعظَمِ
I swear by Mecca, al-Hatim, and Zamzam,
and by the Corner and the noble, most exalted House:
ماnot إنemphatic particle سمعتُI have heard بمشرِقٍin the east أوor مَغربٍthe west
ما إن سمعتُ بمشرِقٍ أو مَغربٍ
كلّاno indeed ولاnor فيin الرومRum أوor فيin الديلَمِDaylam
كلّا ولا في الروم أو في الديلَمِ
never have I heard, in east or west—
no, nor in Rum or in Daylam—
مِثلَthe like of الفقيهthe jurist البارعِaccomplished اللسِنِeloquent الأديبِlearned in letters
مِثلَ الفقيه البارعِ اللسِنِ الأديبِ
اللوذَعِيِّkeen-witted محمَّدِMuhammad بنson of الأصرَمِal-Asram
اللوذَعِيِّ محمَّدِ بن الأصرَمِ
of anyone like the accomplished jurist, eloquent and learned,
the keen-witted Muhammad ibn al-Asram.
Sol 6.1