ياO مَنyou who أَتَىhas come يَخرُصُestimates the yield of الزَّيتُونَthe olive trees فَارغَةًempty of fruit
يا مَن أَتَى يَخرُصُ الزَّيتُونَ فَارغَةً
وَيَستَدِلُّand infers عَلَىabout مَاwhat فَاتَhas gone بِالوَرَقِby means of the leaves
وَيَستَدِلُّ عَلَى مَا فَاتَ بِالوَرَقِ
O you who have come to estimate the yield of olive trees empty of fruit,
O you who came to pick olives while the trees were bare,
and infer from the leaves what has already gone:
And deduced what was past from the leaves that were there,
أَتَعلَمُdo you know الغَيبَthe unseen دونَto the exclusion of النَّاسِpeople كُلِّهِمُall of them
أَتَعلَمُ الغَيبَ دونَ النَّاسِ كُلِّهِمُ
لاno والَّذيby Him who خَلَقَcreated الإِنسانَhumankind مِنfrom عَلَقِclots of blood
لا والَّذي خَلَقَ الإِنسانَ مِن عَلَقِ
Do you alone, of all people, know the unseen?
Do you know what's unseen, beyond all other men?
No, by Him who created humankind from clots of blood.
No, by Him who made humans from a clinging clot!
وَإِنَّماand only أَنتَyou فيهاin it تَستَدِلُّdraw inferences بِهِfrom it
وَإِنَّما أَنتَ فيها تَستَدِلُّ بِهِ
كَثَاقِبِlike one drilling الدُّرِّpearls فِيin داجٍdeep darkness مِنَof الغَسَقِnightfall
كَثَاقِبِ الدُّرِّ فِي داجٍ مِنَ الغَسَقِ
In this you merely draw inferences from it,
You just infer from the signs that you see within;
like one drilling pearls in the darkness of nightfall.
Like one piercing pearls in a pitch-dark night.
فَتُبso repent إِلىto اللَهِGod وَاحذَرand beware مِنof عَوَاقِبِهits consequences
فَتُب إِلى اللَهِ وَاحذَر مِن عَوَاقِبِه
مَنwhoever يَركَبِsails البَحرَthe sea لاnot يَأمَنis safe مِنَfrom الغَرَقِdrowning
مَن يَركَبِ البَحرَ لا يَأمَن مِنَ الغَرَقِ
So repent to God, and beware of its consequences:
So turn to God, beware what your acts lead you to,
Whoever sails the sea is not safe from drowning.
One who dares the sea is not safe from the drowning dew.
Sol 6.1