هذاthis كِتابٌa book فُصِّلتwere set forth in detail آياتُهُits verses
هذا كِتابٌ فُصِّلت آياتُهُ
بِفَرائدٍwith rare gems أَزرَتput to shame عُقودَnecklaces الجَوهَرِthe jewels
بِفَرائدٍ أَزرَت عُقودَ الجَوهَرِ
This is a book whose verses are set forth
This is a book whose verses are detailed
With rare gems that put jeweled necklaces to shame.
With pearls that adorned necklaces of jewels
فاقَتsurpassed فَواصِلُهits cadences القَوافيthe rhymes إِذfor أَتَتْthey came
فاقَت فَواصِلُه القَوافي إِذ أَتَتْ
بِبَديعِwith wondrous لَفظٍdiction بِالبَيانِwith eloquence محبَّرِembellished
بِبَديعِ لَفظٍ بِالبَيانِ محبَّرِ
Its cadences surpassed rhymes, for they came
Its rhymes surpassed the intervals when they came
In wondrous diction, embellished with eloquence.
With eloquent words embellished with rhetoric
أَملىhe dictated بِهِin it الإسكندرُAlexander الحِكَمَthe maxims الَّتيthat
أَملى بِهِ الإسكندرُ الحِكَمَ الَّتي
لَمdid not يَملِdictate آرسطوAristotle عَلىto الاسكندرِAlexander
لَم يَملِ آرسطو عَلى الاسكندرِ
In it, Alexander dictated maxims that
Alexander dictated therein wisdoms
Aristotle did not dictate to Alexander.
That Aristotle did not tire of instilling in Alexander
حِكَمٌmaxims تُفيدteach ذَويthose possessing النُهىintellect فيin ساعةٍan hour
حِكَمٌ تُفيد ذَوي النُهى في ساعةٍ
ماwhat لاdo not تُفيدُهُمُteach them تَجارُبِexperiences أَدهُرِages
ما لا تُفيدُهُمُ تَجارُبِ أَدهُرِ
Maxims that teach the discerning in an hour
Wisdoms that benefit the people of wisdom in an hour
What the experience of ages does not teach them.
What their lifelong experiences do not benefit them
أَهدىhe offered لِأَفكارِto the minds of الملاthe people رَيحانةًa sprig of basil
أَهدى لِأَفكارِ الملا رَيحانةً
مِنfrom رَوضِa garden فكرٍthought بِالبَلاغةِthrough eloquence مُثمِرِfruitful
مِن رَوضِ فكرٍ بِالبَلاغةِ مُثمِرِ
He offered people's minds a sprig of basil
He gifted the ideas of scholars fragrance
From a garden of thought, fruitful through eloquence.
From a garden of thought fruitful with eloquence
بَرَزَتshe appeared لَناto us مِثلlike العَروسِthe bride تَزينُهاadorn her
بَرَزَت لَنا مِثل العَروسِ تَزينُها
حِبَرُbrocades الفَصاحةِeloquence تَحتَbeneath رَقمٍembroidery عَبقَريwondrous
حِبَرُ الفَصاحةِ تَحتَ رَقمٍ عَبقَري
She appeared before us like a bride, adorned
There appeared to us examples like a bride adorned
By eloquence's brocades beneath wondrous embroidery.
With the ink of eloquence under masterful composition
عَربيةُArab السِّربالِthe garb ضِمنَwithin وَشاحِهاher sash
عَربيةُ السِّربالِ ضِمنَ وَشاحِها
بِكرٌa virgin مِنfrom among الأَعجامِthe non-Arabs ذاتُpossessing تَسَتُّرِconcealment
بِكرٌ مِن الأَعجامِ ذاتُ تَسَتُّرِ
Arab in dress, within her sash
Arabic in dress, within its cloak
Is a veiled virgin of foreign origin.
A virgin of foreign origin in concealment
نَطَقَتshe spoke بِمُختَرعِwith invented الحَديثِnarrative وَنُزِّهَتand she was kept free
نَطَقَت بِمُختَرعِ الحَديثِ وَنُزِّهَت
فيماin what رَوتْهُshe recounted it عَنfrom مَقامِthe station of المُفتَريthe liar
فيما رَوتْهُ عَن مَقامِ المُفتَري
She spoke in invented tales, yet was held above
It spoke of the inventor of hadith and was purified
The station of a liar in what she recounted.
In what it narrated of the stance of the slanderer
لِلّهِto God مُنشِئهاher author اللَبيبthe discerning فَكَمfor how many بَدَتappeared
لِلّهِ مُنشِئها اللَبيب فَكَم بَدَت
مِنهُfrom him نَوابغُmarvels حِكمةٍwisdom لَمnot تُنكَرِbe denied
مِنهُ نَوابغُ حِكمةٍ لَم تُنكَرِ
God bless her discerning author! How many have appeared
To its wise originator, for how many appeared from him
From him—marvels of wisdom that were not denied.
Ingenuities of wisdom that cannot be denied
قَدindeed جاءَhas come ماwhat فاتَeluded الذينَthose who تَقَدَّمواcame before
قَد جاءَ ما فاتَ الذينَ تَقَدَّموا
فَلِذاكَand therefore قُلناwe said الفَضلُthe merit لِلمُتَأَخِّرِto the latecomer
فَلِذاكَ قُلنا الفَضلُ لِلمُتَأَخِّرِ
Now has come what eluded those who came before;
What eluded those who came before has arrived
And so we said: the merit belongs to the latecomer.
So we say merit belongs to the latecomer
Sol 6.1