وباكيةٍand a weeping woman حِراءَHira تَحْزَنُshe grieves بالبُكاwith weeping
وباكيةٍ حِراءَ تَحْزَنُ بالبُكا
وَتَلْطمُand she beats مِنهاof herself خَدَّهاher cheek والمُقلَّداand the necklace-bearing neck
وَتَلْطمُ مِنها خَدَّها والمُقلَّدا
And a weeping woman at Hira grieves in tears,
Weeping bitterly, she grieves with crying,
and beats her own cheek and necklace-bearing neck,
And strikes her cheek and necklace.
علىover هالِكٍone who has died بَعْدَafter النَّبيّthe Prophet مُحمَّدٍMuhammad
على هالِكٍ بَعْدَ النَّبيّ مُحمَّدٍ
وَلَوَand if عَلِمَتْshe knew لَمْdid not تَبْكِweep إِلاّexcept محمَّداMuhammad
وَلَوَ عَلِمَتْ لَمْ تَبْكِ إِلاّ محمَّدا
over one who died after the Prophet Muhammad;
Over the death of the Prophet Muhammad,
had she known, she would have wept for Muhammad alone.
Had she known, she would have wept only for Muhammad.
فُجعْناwe were bereaved بخَيْرِof the best النّاسِpeople حَيّاًliving وَميِّتاًand dead
فُجعْنا بخَيْرِ النّاسِ حَيّاً وَميِّتاً
وأدْناهُand the nearest of them مِنْto رَبِّthe Lord البَرِيَّةof creation مِقْعَداin station
وأدْناهُ مِنْ رَبِّ البَرِيَّة مِقْعَدا
We were bereaved of the best of people, living and dead,
We were afflicted by the best of people, alive and dead,
and the nearest of them in station to the Lord of creation,
And we brought him near the Lord of all creation on a seat.
وأفْظَعِهِمْand the most grievous of them فَقْداًin loss علىfor كُلِّevery مُسْلِمٍMuslim
وأفْظَعِهِمْ فَقْداً على كُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ
وأعْظَمِهمْand the greatest of them فيamong النّاسِpeople كُلِّهمُall of them يَداin generosity (literally, hand)
وأعْظَمِهمْ في النّاسِ كُلِّهمُ يَدا
and the one whose loss was most grievous to every Muslim,
And the most dreadful loss to every Muslim,
and the most open-handed among all people.
And the greatest among all people in every way.
إذاwhen كانwas منْهُfrom him القولُspeech كانwas مُوَفَّقاًrightly guided
إذا كان منْهُ القولُ كان مُوَفَّقاً
وإنْand if كانَhe was حيّاًalive كانhe was نوراًa light مجدَّداrenewed
وإنْ كانَ حيّاً كان نوراً مجدَّدا
Whenever speech came from him, it was rightly guided;
If the word was from him, it was divinely guided,
and while he lived, he was a light renewed.
And had he lived, he would be an ever-renewing light.
لقدindeed وَرِثَتْinherited أخلاقُهُhis character المَجْدَglory والتقىand piety
لقد وَرِثَتْ أخلاقُهُ المَجْدَ والتقى
فلمso did not تتَلْقَهُyou encounter him إلاّexcept رشيداًrightly guided ومُرْشِداand guiding others
فلم تتَلْقَهُ إلاّ رشيداً ومُرْشِدا
Indeed, his character inherited glory and piety,
Indeed, his virtues inherited glory and piety,
so you encountered him only rightly guided and guiding others.
None received them except the rightly-guided guide.
Sol 6.1