لمnot (past negation) ترَsee عينٌan eye نظرَتlooked
لم ترَ عينٌ نظرَت
أحسنَmore beautiful منthan منظرهِhis appearance
أحسنَ من منظرهِ
Never has an eye beheld a sight
No eye that ever gazed has seen
fairer than his appearance.
anything fairer than his appearance.
الفوزُtriumph والنِّعمةand blessing والنand the… (continued)
الفوزُ والنِّعمة والن
نَّعمةُease; luxury فيin مخبرهِhis inner nature
نَّعمةُ في مخبرهِ
Success and grace—and bles—
Triumph, blessing, and
—sing—dwell within his inner nature.
ease are in his inner nature.
ماnot تصِلreach الألسنُthe tongues فيin الthe
ما تصِل الألسنُ في ال
وَصفِdescription إلىto أكثرهِthe greater part of him
وَصفِ إلى أكثرهِ
Tongues cannot, in their descrip—
Tongues cannot, in
—tion, reach the greater part of him.
description, encompass the greater part of him.
كيفَhow بِمنof one who تنتسبُtraces its lineage الشthe… (start of “sun”)
كيفَ بِمن تنتسبُ الش
شمسُsun إلىto جوهرهِhis essence
شمسُ إلى جوهرهِ
What, then, of one to whom the sun
What, then, of one to whose essence the
traces its lineage—to his essence?
sun traces its lineage?
Sol 6.1