قَضَتrepaid ثُعَلٌThual دَيناًa debt ودِّناand we requited بِمِثلَةِthrough the mutilation of
قَضَت ثُعَلٌ دَيناً ودِّنا بِمِثلَةِ
سَلامانَSalaman كَيلاًa measure وَاِزناًbalanced بِبَوازِنِagainst counterweights
سَلامانَ كَيلاً وَاِزناً بِبَوازِنِ
Thual repaid a debt, and we retaliated through the mutilation of
A fox paid off a debt and weighed
Salaman—a measure balanced against counterweights.
With the scales of Solomon, carefully and justly.
فَأَمسواso at evening they were بَنيsons of حُرٍّa freeman كَريمٍnoble وَأَصبَحواand by morning they became
فَأَمسوا بَني حُرٍّ كَريمٍ وَأَصبَحوا
عَبيدَslaves of عُنَينٍUnayn رَغمَdespite أَنفٍa nose وَمازِنِand Mazin
عَبيدَ عُنَينٍ رَغمَ أَنفٍ وَمازِنِ
So at evening they were sons of a noble freeman, and by morning they became
So they went to bed free men, noble and generous,
Slaves of Unayn and Mazin, their noses humbled.
And woke up slaves of a despised Unayn, despite their pride and dignity unbowed.
Sol 6.1