وَكاتِبٍand a scribe ماnot عِندَهُin his view أَنَّهُthat he
وَكاتِبٍ ما عِندَهُ أَنَّهُ
يَنفَعُهُbenefits him الشُكرُgratitude عَلىfor النَقعِthe dust
يَنفَعُهُ الشُكرُ عَلى النَقعِ
And a scribe who has no notion that
A writer who thinks not
gratitude for the dust will benefit him.
That gratitude for a favor is gain;
جَميعُall ماthat which يَفعَلُهُhe does it كُلفَةٌan effort
جَميعُ ما يَفعَلُهُ كُلفَةٌ
إِلّاexcept أَذاهُthe harm he causes فَهوَso it is بِالطَبعِby nature
إِلّا أَذاهُ فَهوَ بِالطَبعِ
Everything he does takes effort,
All he does seems a burden to him,
except the harm he causes—that comes naturally.
Save the hurt he can give, which is plain.
قَدindeed نَصَبَset up البُخلُmiserliness لَهُfor him قِبلَةًa direction of prayer
قَد نَصَبَ البُخلُ لَهُ قِبلَةً
يَقرأُhe recites فيهاin it سورَةَthe surah of المَنعِwithholding
يَقرأُ فيها سورَةَ المَنعِ
Miserliness has set up a direction of prayer for him;
Misers make greed their qibla and creed,
there he recites the surah of withholding.
Reciting in it the chapter "Refrain".
مَنwhoever حَلَّlodges مِنّاamong us بِفَناءٍin a courtyard لَهُof his
مَن حَلَّ مِنّا بِفَناءٍ لَهُ
حَلَّlodges بِوادٍin a valley غَيرَnot ذيhaving زَرعِcrops
حَلَّ بِوادٍ غَيرَ ذي زَرعِ
Whoever among us lodges in his courtyard
Whoever takes lodging with us in our abode
lodges in a valley without crops.
Might as well lodge in a barren terrain.
Sol 6.1