حُسامٌa keen sword هوit is الموتُdeath الزؤَامُswift and dreadful متىwhenever يَشِمbeholds
حُسامٌ هو الموتُ الزؤَامُ متى يَشِم
لهُof it برقlightning رعْدthunder جاءَهُcame upon it منهُfrom it ترْعِيدُtrembling
لهُ برق رعْد جاءَهُ منهُ ترْعِيدُ
A keen sword, swift and dreadful death itself; whenever thunder beholds
The sword is death, whenever it is drawn,
its lightning, a shudder comes upon it from the sword.
It has the lightning and thunder as company.
غَداbecame عرَضاan incidental attribute للمَوْتِof death جوْهَرُthe substance مَتْنِهِits blade
غَدا عرَضا للمَوْتِ جوْهَرُ مَتْنِهِ
ولكنand yet معْدُومَnonexistent الردىdeath فيهِin it مَوْجُودُexistent
ولكن معْدُومَ الردى فيهِ مَوْجُودُ
The substance of its blade has become an incidental attribute of death,
Tomorrow its blade will be presented with lives,
yet death, though nonexistent, exists within it.
Although ruinous within it, existence persists.
فلوْso if عابدُونَworshippers الشمسthe sun والنارand fire أبصَرواbeheld
فلوْ عابدُونَ الشمس والنار أبصَروا
أشعتَهُits rays لأغرتهُمْwould have beguiled them منهfrom it معبُودُan object of worship
أشعتَهُ لأغرتهُمْ منه معبُودُ
So had the worshippers of the sun and fire beheld
If sun and fire worshippers saw its rays,
its rays, it would have beguiled them as an object of worship.
They would be seduced by it like an idol.
Sol 6.1