أكرمْhow generous! بمنis he who يسألُasks سُؤَّالَهُhis petitioners
أكرمْ بمن يسألُ سُؤَّالَهُ
أنto يَسأَلوهask him قبلbefore أنthat يُسْأَلُواthey are asked
أن يَسأَلوه قبل أن يُسْأَلُوا
How generous is he who asks his petitioners
Honor the one who asks with his question
to ask him before they are asked!
Ask him before you yourselves are asked
وذلكمand that (addressing you all) مِنfrom فَرْطِexcess إكرامهhis generosity
وذلكم مِن فَرْطِ إكرامه
يرَىhe considers بهin his case التساءلَpetitioning لاnot يجملُis seemly
يرَى به التساءلَ لا يجملُ
And that is due to his immense generosity:
And that is from his excessive honor
he deems being petitioned unseemly for him.
He sees questioning as unbecoming
إنَّindeed ابنson of سلطانSultan سِوىexcept for مُلكِهhis kingdom
إنَّ ابن سلطان سِوى مُلكِه
لوif يُسْألُhe is asked for الدنياthe world فلاthen he does not يَبْخَلُact miserly
لو يُسْألُ الدنيا فلا يَبْخَلُ
Indeed, Ibn Sultan, save for his kingdom,
Indeed the son of the sultan except his kingdom
would not withhold the world if asked for it.
If he were asked for the world he would not be stingy
لوif رُوحهhis soul تسألُyou ask for أعطَاكَهَاhe would give it to you
لو رُوحه تسألُ أعطَاكَهَا
فليتقso let him fear الرحمنَthe All-Merciful مَنْwhoever يَسْألُasks
فليتق الرحمنَ مَنْ يَسْألُ
If you asked for his soul, he would give it to you.
If his soul were asked for he would give it
So let whoever asks fear the All-Merciful.
So let the Merciful beware of the one who asks
لاnot خَابَwas disappointed فيin الحسنىkindness لهto him سائِلٌa petitioner
لا خَابَ في الحسنى له سائِلٌ
لكنbut يخيبُfails العَذْلُreproach والعُذَّلُand the reproachers
لكن يخيبُ العَذْلُ والعُذَّلُ
No one seeking kindness from him has been disappointed,
No seeker of good from him is disappointed
but reproach and the reproachers come to nothing.
But injustice and hostility cause disappointment
لوeven if كانhe were فيin عليائهِhis lofty station آخراًlast
لو كان في عليائهِ آخراً
فإنهfor he indeed is للأكرمِsurely the most generous الأولُthe foremost
فإنه للأكرمِ الأولُ
Even if he were last in his lofty station,
If there were another after his supremacy
he is surely the most generous, the foremost.
He is still the most honorable first
فلاso do not تضاهِيهcompare him بمنwith anyone دُونهbeneath him
فلا تضاهِيه بمن دُونه
هلquestion marker يستوىare equal الأعلىthe highest أوor الأسفلُthe lowest
هل يستوى الأعلى أو الأسفلُ
So do not compare him with anyone beneath him.
So do not compare him to those below him
Are the highest and the lowest equal?
Can the highest and lowest be equal?
لهُhe has عَلَىover الأملاكِthe kings فضلٌpreeminence كماjust as
لهُ عَلَى الأملاكِ فضلٌ كما
فُضِّلَwas given preeminence فيin العالمthe world المُرْسَلُthe Messenger
فُضِّلَ في العالم المُرْسَلُ
He has preeminence over the kings, just as
He has merit over the angels as
the Messenger was given preeminence in the world.
The Messenger was preferred in the world
هوhe is المصطفىthe Chosen One المختارُthe elect مِنfrom هاشمHashim
هو المصطفى المختارُ مِن هاشم
خيرthe best of الورَىcreation نبيَّنَاour Prophet الأفْضَلُthe most excellent
خير الورَى نبيَّنَا الأفْضَلُ
He is the Chosen One, the elect of Hashim,
He is Al-Mustafa the Chosen from Hashim
the best of creation, our Prophet, the most excellent.
The best of creation, our superior Prophet
Sol 6.1