لَيْسَis not الصَّدِيقُthe friend الَّذِيwho تَعْلُوis exalted مَنَاسِبُهُhis ancestry
لَيْسَ الصَّدِيقُ الَّذِي تَعْلُو مَنَاسِبُهُ
بَلِrather الصَّدِيقُthe friend الَّذِيwho تَزْكُوare pure شَمَائِلُهُhis character traits
بَلِ الصَّدِيقُ الَّذِي تَزْكُو شَمَائِلُهُ
A friend is not one whose ancestry is exalted;
A friend is not one whose association is high
Rather, a friend is one whose character is pure.
But a friend is one whose character is pure
إِنْif رَابَكَtroubles you الدَّهْرُtime لَمْnot تَفْشَلْfail عَزَائِمُهُhis resolves
إِنْ رَابَكَ الدَّهْرُ لَمْ تَفْشَلْ عَزَائِمُهُ
أَوْor نَابَكَbefalls you الْهَمُّsorrow لَمْnot تَفْتُرْslacken وَسَائِلُهُhis means of helping
أَوْ نَابَكَ الْهَمُّ لَمْ تَفْتُرْ وَسَائِلُهُ
If time troubles you, his resolve does not fail;
If time has frustrated you, his determination does not fail
Or if sorrow befalls you, his efforts to help do not flag.
Or if anxiety has turned on you, his efforts do not cease
يَرْعَاكَcares for you فِيin حَالَتَيْthe two states of بُعْدٍdistance وَمَقْرَبَةٍand nearness
يَرْعَاكَ فِي حَالَتَيْ بُعْدٍ وَمَقْرَبَةٍ
وَلاand not تُغِبُّكَreach you intermittently مِنْof خَيْرٍgoodness فَوَاضِلُهُhis generous gifts
وَلا تُغِبُّكَ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَوَاضِلُهُ
He cares for you, whether far away or close at hand,
He shelters you in times of distance and closeness
And his generous gifts of goodness reach you without interruption.
And his overflowing goodness never misses you
لاnot كَالَّذِيlike the one who يَدَّعِيclaims وُدّاًaffection وَبَاطِنُهُand his inner self
لا كَالَّذِي يَدَّعِي وُدّاً وَبَاطِنُهُ
بِجَمْرِwith the embers of أَحْقَادِهِhis grudges تَغْلِيboil مَرَاجِلُهُhis cauldrons
بِجَمْرِ أَحْقَادِهِ تَغْلِي مَرَاجِلُهُ
Not like one who professes affection, while within him
Not like one who claims affection yet inside
His cauldrons boil over the embers of his grudges.
His burning grudges boil in his vessels
يَذُمُّcensures فِعْلَthe deed of أَخِيهِhis brother مُظْهِراًdisplaying أَسَفاًregret
يَذُمُّ فِعْلَ أَخِيهِ مُظْهِراً أَسَفاً
لِيُوهِمَto mislead النَّاسَthe people أَنَّthat الْحُزْنَgrief شَامِلُهُenveloping him
لِيُوهِمَ النَّاسَ أَنَّ الْحُزْنَ شَامِلُهُ
He censures his brother's deed, displaying regret,
He disparages his brother's deed feigning sorrow
To make people believe that grief envelops him.
To delude people that grief has overwhelmed him
وَذَاكَand that مِنْهُfrom him عِدَاءٌhostility فِيin مُجَامَلَةٍcourtesy
وَذَاكَ مِنْهُ عِدَاءٌ فِي مُجَامَلَةٍ
فَاحْذَرْهُso beware of him وَاعْلَمْand know بِأَنَّthat اللَّهَGod خَاذِلُهُforsaking him
فَاحْذَرْهُ وَاعْلَمْ بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ خَاذِلُهُ
And that, on his part, is hostility cloaked in courtesy;
Yet in him is animosity in pretense of agreeableness
So beware of him, and know that God will forsake him.
So beware of him for indeed Allah will forsake him
Sol 6.1