انظرlook إلىat حالthe state الزمانthe times
انظر إلى حال الزمان
وماand what اعتراهbefell it منof الخللdisorder
وما اعتراه من الخلل
Behold the state of the age,
Look at the state of the times
And the disorder that has befallen it:
and the disorder that has befallen them.
القاقthe cormorant مدspread جناحهits wing
القاق مد جناحه
شركاas a snare ليصطادto catch الجملthe camel
شركا ليصطاد الجمل
The gnat spread out its wing
The cormorant spread its wing
As a snare with which to catch the camel.
as a snare to catch the camel.
فجرىand so arose بذلكbecause of that بينهمbetween them
فجرى بذلك بينهم
حربa war ولاand not even حربthe Battle of الجملthe Camel
حرب ولا حرب الجمل
Thus there arose between them
And so there arose between them
A war—but not the Battle of the Camel.
a war that outdid even the Battle of the Camel.
Sol 6.1