لِلمُصطَفىto the Chosen One ملّةٌa faith دانتsubmitted لهاto it المللُthe faiths
لِلمُصطَفى ملّةٌ دانت لها المللُ
وشرعهُand his law أَشرقَتshone منfrom نورهits light السبلُthe paths
وشرعهُ أَشرقَت من نوره السبلُ
The Chosen One has a faith to which the faiths have submitted.
For Mustafa a nation surrendered to him
And the paths have shone with the light of his law.
And his law shone radiantly illuminating the paths
مُستفعلنmustafʿilun (metrical foot) فاعِلنfāʿilun (metrical foot) مستفعلنmustafʿilun (metrical foot) فعلُfaʿilu (metrical foot)
مُستفعلن فاعِلن مستفعلن فعلُ
بحرٌa sea; a poetic meter بسيطٌexpansive; Basīṭ (meter) بهbeside it بحرُthe sea of الورىhumankind وشلُa trickle
بحرٌ بسيطٌ به بحرُ الورى وشلُ
Mustafʿilun, fāʿilun, mustafʿilun, faʿilu.
Mustaf'ilun fa'ilun mustaf'ilun fa'lu
An expansive sea—the Basīṭ meter—beside which humankind’s sea is but a trickle.
A Basit meter in which flows the sea of creation ebbing and swelling
Sol 6.1