وَقَلَمٌand a pen مِدَادُهُits ink تُرَابُdust
وَقَلَمٌ مِدَادُهُ تُرَابُ
فيin صُحُفٍpages سُطُورُهاtheir lines حِسابُcalculation
في صُحُفٍ سُطُورُها حِسابُ
And a pen whose ink is dust,
A pen whose ink is dust
on pages whose lines are calculations,
In pages whose lines are reckoning
يَكْثُرُabounds فيهاin them المحْوُerasure والإضْرَابُand striking out
يَكْثُرُ فيها المحْوُ والإضْرَابُ
مِنْfrom غَيْرِother than أنْthat يُسوِّدَit blackens الكتابَthe book
مِنْ غَيْرِ أنْ يُسوِّدَ الكتابَ
where erasure and striking out abound,
Much erasing and crossing out therein
without blackening the book,
Without blackening the book
حَتَّىuntil يَبِينَbecomes clear الحقُّthe truth والصَّوابُand correctness
حَتَّى يَبِينَ الحقُّ والصَّوابُ
وليسand there is no إِعْجامٌletter-dotting ولاnor إِغْرَابُobscurity
وليس إِعْجامٌ ولا إِغْرَابُ
until truth and correctness become clear;
Until truth and right are made clear
and there is neither letter-dotting nor obscurity
No cryptic letters or obscurity therein
فيهِin it ولاnor شَكٌّdoubt ولاnor ارتِيَابُmisgiving
فيهِ ولا شَكٌّ ولا ارتِيَابُ
in it, nor doubt nor misgiving.
No doubt or confusion
Sol 6.1