شِرَّةُvehemence الأَسبابِthe causes فيwithin كُلِّevery امرِئٍperson
شِرَّةُ الأَسبابِ في كُلِّ امرِئٍ
قُوَّةُpower الشَهوةِdesire ثُمَّthen الغَضَبِanger
قُوَّةُ الشَهوةِ ثُمَّ الغَضَبِ
The vehemence of the causes within every person
The causes of evil in every man
is the power of desire, and then of anger.
Are lust and wrath’s dominion
فاقطَعَنَّso be sure to cut off الأصلthe root تأمَنyou will be safe from فَرعَهُits branch
فاقطَعَنَّ الأصل تأمَن فَرعَهُ
كلُّevery حالٍstate سُبِّبَتwas caused منby سَبَبِa cause
كلُّ حالٍ سُبِّبَت من سَبَبِ
So cut off the root, and be safe from its branch;
So cut off the root, be safe from the branch
every state is brought about by a cause.
Each state proceeded from a cause
مبدأُsource الآلامِthe sufferings تانِthese two احذَرهُماbeware of them both
مبدأُ الآلامِ تانِ احذَرهُما
تنجُyou will escape منfrom جمرٍembers شديدِfierce اللَهَبِthe flame
تنجُ من جمرٍ شديدِ اللَهَبِ
These two are the source of suffering; beware of them both,
The origin of sorrows lies in two - beware them
and you will escape fiercely flaming embers.
And you’ll be saved from fierce flames
كانَتاthey both were فيin آدمٍAdam منfrom قبلِbefore أَنthat
كانَتا في آدمٍ من قبلِ أَن
حُطَّwas cast down منfrom عاليlofty سُمُوِّelevation الرُتَبِthe ranks
حُطَّ من عالي سُمُوِّ الرُتَبِ
They were in Adam before
They were in Adam before he fell
he was cast down from the lofty heights of rank,
From his lofty station sublime
تحتَunder حُكمِthe rule العقلِreason فيin طاعاتهِacts of obedience to it
تحتَ حُكمِ العقلِ في طاعاتهِ
حاكماًruling فيamong جُندهِits troops لمnot يُغصَبِbe forcibly dispossessed
حاكماً في جُندهِ لم يُغصَبِ
under reason's rule, in obedience to it,
Under reason’s rule obedient
ruling among its troops, never dispossessed.
Ruling his soldiers, none forced by crime
إذwhen عَصَىhe disobeyed اللَهَGod عَصَتهُit disobeyed him فاغتدَىso he became
إذ عَصَى اللَهَ عَصَتهُ فاغتدَى
فيin نِزاعٍstrife دائِمٍunceasing مَعwith نَصَبِtoil
في نِزاعٍ دائِمٍ مَع نَصَبِ
When he disobeyed God, it disobeyed him, and he became
But disobeying God, they raged unrestrained
caught in endless strife and toil.
Ever at war with hardship and toil
فورثناهاso we inherited it بعدلٍby justice واجبٍbinding
فورثناها بعدلٍ واجبٍ
أَوجَبَdecreed الأرثَinheritance بأُمٍّthrough a mother وأَبِand a father
أَوجَبَ الأرثَ بأُمٍّ وأَبِ
So we inherited it under a binding justice
We inherited them by justice binding
that decreed inheritance through mother and father,
Mandated descent from father and mother
كجيازيlike Gehazi وبنيهِand his sons وَرِثُواthey inherited
كجيازي وبنيهِ وَرِثُوا
بَرَصَleprosy الوالدِthe father عنby حكمdecree النبِيthe prophet
بَرَصَ الوالدِ عن حكم النبِي
as with Gehazi and his sons, who inherited
As Gehazi’s sons inherited
the father's leprosy by the prophet's decree.
Their father’s pallor by decree of the Prophet
Sol 6.1