غَلبتَyou bested عَلىfor الخَلافَةِthe caliphate مَنthe one who تَمَنّىaspired
غَلبتَ عَلى الخَلافَةِ مَن تَمَنّى
وَمَنّاهُand filled him with hopes المُضِلُّthe misleader بِهاof it الضَلولُthe errant one
وَمَنّاهُ المُضِلُّ بِها الضَلولُ
You won the caliphate over the one who aspired to it,
You prevailed over the caliphate, he who wished for it
and whom the errant misleader had filled with hopes of it.
And he who the misguided one misled with it into misguidance
فَأهلَكَso he destroyed نَفسَهُhimself سَفَهاًout of folly وَجُبناًand cowardice
فَأهلَكَ نَفسَهُ سَفَهاً وَجُبناً
وَلَمand was not يُقسَمallotted لَهُto him مِنهاof it فَتيلُa date-stone thread
وَلَم يُقسَم لَهُ مِنها فَتيلُ
So he destroyed himself through folly and cowardice,
So he destroyed himself out of foolishness and cowardice
and not even a date-stone thread of it was allotted to him.
And no part of it was allotted to him
وَوازرَهُand supported him ذَوُوpossessors of طَمَعٍgreed فَكانواso they became
وَوازرَهُ ذَوُو طَمَعٍ فَكانوا
غُثاءَflotsam السَيلِof the torrent يَجمَعُهُgathers it السيولُthe floods
غُثاءَ السَيلِ يَجمَعُهُ السيولُ
And men of greed supported him, and so they became
And assisting him were the covetous so they were
the torrent's flotsam, gathered together by floods.
Like flood-water foam gathered by torrents
دَعواthey called upon إِبليسَIblis إِذwhen كذَبواthey lied وَجارواand acted unjustly
دَعوا إِبليسَ إِذ كذَبوا وَجاروا
فَلَمyet did not يُصرِخهُمُcome to their aid المُغويthe tempter الخَذولُthe faithless one
فَلَم يُصرِخهُمُ المُغوي الخَذولُ
They called upon Iblis when they lied and acted unjustly,
They invoked Satan when they lied and transgressed
yet the faithless tempter did not come to their aid.
Yet the misguiding betrayer did not cry out to them
وَكانواand they were أَهلَpeople of طاعتِهِobedience to him فَوَلّىthen he turned away
وَكانوا أَهلَ طاعتِهِ فَوَلّى
وَسارَand went وَراءَهُbehind him منهُمof them قَبيلُa band
وَسارَ وَراءَهُ منهُم قَبيلُ
And they were his obedient followers; then he turned away,
And they were people obedient to him so he turned
and a band of them went along behind him.
And a tribe among them walked in his footsteps
وَهُمand they لَمdid not يُقصِرواmake brief فيهاin it بحَقٍّby right
وَهُم لَم يُقصِروا فيها بحَقٍّ
عَلىin أَثَرِthe footsteps of المُضِلِّthe misleader وَلَمand did not يُطيلواprolong
عَلى أَثَرِ المُضِلِّ وَلَم يُطيلوا
And they had no rightful tenure in it, brief—
And they did not fall short concerning it in truth
following the misleader's footsteps—or long.
In the tracks of the misguided one, nor were they slow
وَماand not الناسُthe people اِحتَبَوكَfavored you بِهاwith it وَلَكِنbut
وَما الناسُ اِحتَبَوكَ بِها وَلَكِن
حَباكَfavored you بِذالِكَwith that المَلِكُthe King الجَليلُthe Majestic
حَباكَ بِذالِكَ المَلِكُ الجَليلُ
And it was not the people who bestowed it upon you; rather,
It was not the people's love of you with it, but
the Majestic King bestowed it upon you.
The Sublime King loved you for that
تُراثُthe inheritance of مَحمَّدٍMuhammad لَكُمُyours, collectively وَكُنتُمand you were
تُراثُ مَحمَّدٍ لَكُمُ وَكُنتُم
أُصولَthe roots of الحقِّtruth إِذwhen نُفِيَwere banished الأُصولُthe roots
أُصولَ الحقِّ إِذ نُفِيَ الأُصولُ
Muhammad's inheritance is yours, and you were
The inheritance of Muhammad is for you and you were
the roots of truth when the roots were banished.
The origins of truth when the origins were banished
Sol 6.1