بلrather ربّماperhaps قَدindeed كانwas فيamong أغمارِهمtheir inexperienced folk
بل ربّما قَد كان في أغمارِهم
إِيثارُpreference for دُنياهمtheir worldly life علىover الأديانِreligions
إِيثارُ دُنياهم على الأديانِ
Nay, perhaps among their inexperienced folk there was
But perhaps their ignorance
a preference for their worldly life over religion.
Made them prefer worldliness over religions
لِلملكِfor the king تعميمُmaking universal النفيرthe call to arms فيغتديand thus becomes
لِلملكِ تعميمُ النفير فيغتدي
فرضُthe obligation of الجِهادjihad إذاًthen علىupon الأعيانِindividuals
فرضُ الجِهاد إذاً على الأعيانِ
The king may proclaim a general call to arms; then
The king's mobilization leads to tyranny
jihad becomes an obligation upon every individual.
Thus jihad becomes obligatory for notables
وَلهand it has وَسائلmeans حكمهنّtheir ruling كحكمهِlike its ruling
وَله وَسائل حكمهنّ كحكمهِ
مَفروضةobligatory الأعدادnumbers; context suggests preparation فيin القرآنِthe Quran
مَفروضة الأعداد في القرآنِ
And it has means whose ruling is the same as its own,
And he has means of ruling them
whose preparation is prescribed in the Quran.
Like ruling the enumerated in the Quran
أَمستhave become بِهذاin this العصرِage وهيand they are صنائعٌcrafts
أَمست بِهذا العصرِ وهي صنائعٌ
قَدalready أُكملتhave been perfected بِتلاحقِthrough the succession of الأذهانِminds
قَد أُكملت بِتلاحقِ الأذهانِ
In this age, they have become crafts
With this era's crafts
perfected through the succession of minds.
Brought to perfection by succession of minds
وَتَنوّعتand have grown diverse آلاتُهاtheir instruments وتأنّقتand worked with refinement
وَتَنوّعت آلاتُها وتأنّقت
فيهاin them يدُthe hand of الإبداعinvention والإتقانِand mastery
فيها يدُ الإبداع والإتقانِ
Their instruments have grown diverse, and refinement
And its tools have diversified and polished
has been wrought in them by the hand of invention and mastery.
By the hand of innovation and perfection
عَكَفَتhave devoted themselves عَلىto اِستكمالهاperfecting them الآراءthoughts أعfirst part of 'for ages'
عَكَفَت عَلى اِستكمالها الآراء أع
صاراًremaining part of 'for ages' بِصرفِby expending نهايةthe utmost of الإمكانِcapacity
صاراً بِصرفِ نهاية الإمكانِ
Minds have devoted themselves to perfecting them for
Opinions persisted
ages, expending the utmost of their capacity,
To complete them to the extent possible
ماwhat بَينَbetween تَجريبexperimentation وقيسand measurement مبتنٍfounded
ما بَينَ تَجريب وقيس مبتنٍ
مِنfrom علمِthe science of هندسةٍgeometry علىupon أركانِpillars
مِن علمِ هندسةٍ على أركانِ
ranging between experimentation and measurement founded
Between experimentation and erected reason
on pillars of the science of geometry,
Of engineering science on its pillars
وَتَداركٍand correction لِمَواقعِfor the points of الخَطأerror الّتيthat
وَتَداركٍ لِمَواقعِ الخَطأ الّتي
لَمdid not تَنكشفbecome apparent فيin سالفbygone الأزمانِages
لَم تَنكشف في سالف الأزمانِ
and correcting the points of error that
And correcting loci of mistakes
had not been revealed in bygone ages,
Not uncovered in past times
وَحبائلٍand snares آلَتhave sworn مكائِدstratagems خدعهاtheir deceptions
وَحبائلٍ آلَت مكائِد خدعها
لِتُعطّلنَsurely to nullify شجاعةthe courage of الشجعانِthe brave
لِتُعطّلنَ شجاعة الشجعانِ
and snares whose deceptive stratagems have sworn
And snares that twisted the tricks of their deceit
surely to nullify the courage of the brave.
To disable the bravery of the brave
تَستوقعentrap الغرّthe unwary man المدلّthe one proud ببأسهِof his might
تَستوقع الغرّ المدلّ ببأسهِ
وَقعَthe falling of الهزبرthe lion بزبيةinto a pitfall الكثبانِthe dunes
وَقعَ الهزبر بزبية الكثبانِ
They entrap the unwary man, proud of his might,
To lure the easily fooled with his might
as a lion falls into a pitfall among the dunes.
And the deluded fell into the pitfall of dunes
Sol 6.1