سيرٌways لهمfor them طابتْwere good فماso not خبثتْwere foul
سيرٌ لهم طابتْ فما خبثتْ
رَبِحَتْyielded profit لهمfor them سلعٌwares وماand not خَسِرَواthey lost
رَبِحَتْ لهم سلعٌ وما خَسِرَوا
Their ways were good and were not foul.
Their wares yielded profit, and they suffered no loss.
نصرُواthey were aided فماso not خذلتْforsook لهمfor them دولٌstates
نصرُوا فما خذلتْ لهم دولٌ
عملواthey worked وماand not علمُواthey knew وماand not نفرُواthey recoiled
عملوا وما علمُوا وما نفرُوا
They were aided, and no states forsook them.
They worked, did not know, and did not recoil.
عصرٌan age بهمthrough them جادتْwas bountiful وماand not لؤُمتْwas base
عصرٌ بهم جادتْ وما لؤُمتْ
كرمتwere noble لهمfor them شيمٌtraits وماand not نكرُواthey were disowned
كرمت لهم شيمٌ وما نكرُوا
An age was bountiful through them and was not base.
Their traits were noble, and they were not disowned.
قدرواthey were capable فماso not ذّمتْwas censured لهمfor them خلقcharacter
قدروا فما ذّمتْ لهم خلق
شرفتْwas exalted لهمfor them حَسَبٌancestral honor فماso not غدرواthey betrayed
شرفتْ لهم حَسَبٌ فما غدروا
They were capable, and their character was not censured.
Their ancestral honor was exalted, and they did not betray.
عمرُواthey built فماso not خربتْfell to ruin لهمfor them طرقٌroads
عمرُوا فما خربتْ لهم طرقٌ
كبُرَتْgrew great لهمfor them هِمَمٌaspirations ومَاand not صَغُرُواthey grew small
كبُرَتْ لهم هِمَمٌ ومَا صَغُرُوا
They built, and their roads did not fall to ruin.
Their aspirations grew great, and they did not grow small.
أرزٌcedars بهمby them شُدَّتwere bound fast وماand not حللتwere loosened
أرزٌ بهم شُدَّت وما حللت
رفعتْwere raised لهمfor them مِدَحٌpraises وماand not كَدَرُواthey became sullied
رفعتْ لهم مِدَحٌ وما كَدَرُوا
Cedars were bound fast by them and were not loosened.
Praises were raised for them, and they did not become sullied.
وقعواthey fell وماand not شَانَتْbrought disgrace لهمfor them خُلُقٌcharacter
وقعوا وما شَانَتْ لهم خُلُقٌ
نِعَمٌblessings لهمfor them شُهرتْbecame known فماso not فَخَرُواthey boasted
نِعَمٌ لهم شُهرتْ فما فَخَرُوا
They fell, and their character brought no disgrace.
Their blessings became known, and they did not boast.
صبرُواthey were patient فماso not جزعُواthey despaired بماover what حرمِواthey were denied
صبرُوا فما جزعُوا بما حرمِوا
مدِحُواthey were praised فماso not ذمَتwere censured لهمfor them سيرُways
مدِحُوا فما ذمَت لهم سيرُ
They were patient and did not despair over what they were denied.
They were praised, and their ways were not censured.
غرَرٌbright foreheads لهمfor them لاحتshone forth فماso not سَدِمتْgrew sorrowful
غرَرٌ لهم لاحت فما سَدِمتْ
حَسبancestral honor لهمfor them ظهرتْbecame evident وماand not قَذرُواthey became foul
حَسب لهم ظهرتْ وما قَذرُوا
Their bright foreheads shone forth and did not grow sorrowful.
Their ancestral honor became evident, and they did not become foul.
شَكَرُواthey gave thanks فماso not كفرتْwent unacknowledged لهمfor them نعمٌblessings
شَكَرُوا فما كفرتْ لهم نعمٌ
عظمواthey grew great فماso not محيتwere erased لهمfor them أثُرُtraces
عظموا فما محيت لهم أثُرُ
They gave thanks, so their blessings did not go unacknowledged.
They grew great, and their traces were not erased.
كبرُواthey grew great فماso not صغُرتْshrank لهمfor them هِمَمٌaspirations
كبرُوا فما صغُرتْ لهم هِمَمٌ
جَمُدواthey grew rigid فماso not حبَستْwere confined لهمfor them فِكَرُthoughts
جَمُدوا فما حبَستْ لهم فِكَرُ
They grew great, and their aspirations did not shrink.
They grew rigid, and their thoughts were not confined.
Sol 6.1