لعمركَby your life ماnot الاِنسانُthe human being الّاexcept بدينِهِthrough his faith
لعمركَ ما الاِنسانُ الّا بدينِهِ
فَلاso do not تَترُكabandon التَقوىpiety اعتِماداًrelying عَلىon النَسَبlineage
فَلا تَترُك التَقوى اعتِماداً عَلى النَسَب
By your life, a person's worth lies only in his faith.
By your life! Man is naught but what his faith makes of him.
So do not abandon piety, relying on lineage.
So do not abandon piety relying on lineage.
فَقَدfor indeed رَفَعَelevated الاِسلامُIslam سلمانَSalman فارِسٍof Persia
فَقَد رَفَعَ الاِسلامُ سلمانَ فارِسٍ
وَقَدand indeed وَضَعbrought low الشركُpolytheism الشَريفَthe high-born man أَباAbu (father of) لَهَبLahab (flame)
وَقَد وَضَع الشركُ الشَريفَ أَبا لَهَب
For Islam elevated Salman of Persia,
For Islam has raised the status of the Persian Salman,
And polytheism brought low the high-born Abu Lahab.
While polytheism degraded the noble Abu Lahab.
Sol 6.1