سَيُحشَرُwill be gathered for judgment يَعقوبُYa‘qub بِنُson of داودُDawud خائِباًdisappointed
سَيُحشَرُ يَعقوبُ بِنُ داودُ خائِباً
يَلوحُgleams كِتابٌan inscription بَينَbetween عَينَيهِhis two eyes كافِرُunbeliever
يَلوحُ كِتابٌ بَينَ عَينَيهِ كافِرُ
Ya‘qub son of Dawud will be gathered for judgment, disappointed;
Jacob son of David shall be summoned, disappointed
An inscription gleams between his eyes: 'Unbeliever.'
A book revealing between the eyes of the unbeliever
خِيانَتُهُhis betrayal المَهدِيَّal-Mahdi أَودَتdid away بِذِكرِهِwith his reputation
خِيانَتُهُ المَهدِيَّ أَودَت بِذِكرِهِ
فَأَمسىand so he became كَمَنlike one whom قَدalready غَيَّبَتهُhid him away المَقابِرُthe graves
فَأَمسى كَمَن قَد غَيَّبَتهُ المَقابِرُ
His betrayal of al-Mahdi ruined his reputation,
His betrayal of al-Mahdi destroyed his reputation
and so he became like one whom the graves have hidden away.
Thus he became like one whom graves have hidden
بَداbecame apparent مِنكَfrom you لِلمَهدِيِّto al-Mahdi كَالصُبحِlike dawn ساطِعاًshining
بَدا مِنكَ لِلمَهدِيِّ كَالصُبحِ ساطِعاً
مِنَof الغِشِّthe deceit ماwhat كانَتhad been تُجِنُّconcealing الضَمائِرُthe consciences
مِنَ الغِشِّ ما كانَت تُجِنُّ الضَمائِرُ
From you there appeared to al-Mahdi, shining like dawn,
To al-Mahdi you appeared like the dawn, shining
the deceit that consciences had kept concealed.
From the deceit that consciences were conceiving
وَهَلand is there لِبياضِfor the whiteness of الصُبحِdawn إِنif لاحَshone forth ضَوؤُهُits light
وَهَل لِبياضِ الصُبحِ إِن لاحَ ضَوؤُهُ
فَجابَand then cleft الدُجىthe gloom مِنfrom ظُلمَةِthe darkness of اللَيلِthe night ساتِرُa veil
فَجابَ الدُجى مِن ظُلمَةِ اللَيلِ ساتِرُ
And is there, for dawn’s whiteness, if its light shines forth
Can the dawn's whiteness, if its glow appears
and cleaves the gloom, any veil of the night’s darkness?
Drive away the darkness of night's veil?
أَمَنزِلَةٌa rank? فَوقَabove الَّتيthe one that كُنتَyou had نِلتَهاyou attained it
أَمَنزِلَةٌ فَوقَ الَّتي كُنتَ نِلتَها
تَعاطَيتَyou sought لاmay ... not أَفلَحتَyou find deliverance مِمّاfrom what تُحاذِرُyou dread
تَعاطَيتَ لا أَفلَحتَ مِمّا تُحاذِرُ
Was it a rank above the one you had attained
A position above that which you had attained
that you sought? May you find no deliverance from what you dread!
You pursued, but did not succeed in what you feared
Sol 6.1