اصبرbe patient علىwith ضرharm البلاياthe afflictions
اصبر على ضر البلايا
فالصبرfor patience منof إحدىone العطاياthe gifts
فالصبر من إحدى العطايا
Be patient with the harm of afflictions,
Be patient with the harm of calamities,
for patience is one of the gifts.
For patience is one of the gifts,
ودعand leave الحسودthe envious man فإنهfor he
ودع الحسود فإنه
متعرضexposing himself بكon your account للمناياto death
متعرض بك للمنايا
And leave the envious man, for he
Leave the envious one, for he
courts death on your account.
Exposes you to death,
فيin قلبهhis heart نارfire وإنand even if
في قلبه نار وإن
وافاكhe comes to you ضحّاكever-smiling الثناياthe front teeth
وافاك ضحّاك الثنايا
There is fire in his heart, even if
In his heart there is fire, even if
he comes to you all smiles, his front teeth showing.
He approaches you with smiling cheeks,
لاdo not تغتررbe deceived بكلامهby his words
لا تغترر بكلامه
لكabout you فيin جوانحهhis breast خباياhidden things
لك في جوانحه خبايا
Do not be deceived by his words;
Do not be deceived by his words,
within his breast lie hidden thoughts about you.
For in his soul there are hidden intentions,
ولربماand often حسراتهhis regrets
ولربما حسراته
لكover you أهلكتهhave destroyed him علىaccording to الحكاياthe tales
لك أهلكته على الحكايا
And often his regrets
And perhaps his regrets
over you have destroyed him, as tales recount.
Have destroyed him over stories,
زدincrease فيin علومكyour knowledge وارتفعand rise
زد في علومك وارتفع
عنهabove him وكنand be حسنgood in السجاياcharacter
عنه وكن حسن السجايا
Increase your knowledge, and rise
Increase your knowledge and rise
above him, and be noble in character.
Above him and be of good conduct,
واسكنand inhabit مديناتcities العلىloftiness
واسكن مدينات العلى
ودعand leave الحواسدthe envious فيin القراياthe villages
ودع الحواسد في القرايا
And dwell in the cities of loftiness,
And reside in the cities of the highest,
and leave the envious in the villages.
And leave the envious in the villages,
ليسare not النفوسthe souls الكاسياclothed (word continues)
ليس النفوس الكاسيا
تcompletion of 'clothed' معارفاًin knowledge مثلlike العراياthe naked
ت معارفاً مثل العرايا
Not alike are souls clothed
Souls covered with knowledge are not
in knowledge and naked souls.
Like the bare bodies,
والمستقيماتand the upright ones الطريthe way (word continues)
والمستقيمات الطري
قةcompletion of 'way' ليسare not كالعوجlike the crooked ones الحناياthe inner folds
قة ليس كالعوج الحنايا
And those whose way is straight
And the straight path
are not like those whose inner folds are crooked.
Is not like the crooked cavities,
أهلpeople of النفاقhypocrisy مضواhave gone ولَbut (word continues)
أهل النفاق مضوا ولَ
كنcompletion of 'but' هاbehold هناhere منهof it بقاياremnants
كن ها هنا منه بقايا
The people of hypocrisy have gone, but
The people of hypocrisy are gone but
here some remnants of it remain.
Those who saw the ugly
إنindeed الذينthose who رأواsaw القبيugliness (word continues)
إن الذين رأوا القبي
حcompletion of 'ugliness' بناin us لهمfor them كناwe were مراياmirrors
ح بنا لهم كنا مرايا
Indeed, those who saw ugliness
We were mirrors for them,
in us—we were mirrors for them.
They dug pitfalls with their cunning
حفرواthey dug ركاياwells مكرهمtheir deceit
حفروا ركايا مكرهم
حسداout of envy فماتواso they died فيin الركاياthe wells
حسدا فماتوا في الركايا
They dug the wells of their deceit
Out of envy so they died in the pits,
out of envy, so they died within those wells.
And they ridiculed the purity
واستهزأواand they mocked لطهارةbecause of purity
واستهزأوا لطهارة
فيناin us وهمwhile they خُبْثُfoulness الطواياthe inward intentions
فينا وهم خُبْثُ الطوايا
And they mocked the purity
In us while they are the wickedness of perversions,
in us, though they were foul in their inward intentions.
And they have increased harm to us
ولناand for us الأذىharm قدindeed أكثرواthey multiplied
ولنا الأذى قد أكثروا
ومنand of الأسىsorrow أبدواthey revealed خفاياhidden things
ومن الأسى أبدوا خفايا
And they heaped much harm upon us,
And from anguish they have shown hidden intentions,
and revealed hidden depths of sorrow.
And the lies they invented about us
وإلافتراand slander فيin حقناour regard
وإلافترا في حقنا
ماparticle reinforcing 'among' بينهمamong them مثلlike الهداياthe gifts
ما بينهم مثل الهدايا
And slander against us
Is not like guidance among them,
is, among them, like gifts.
And from ostentation and from plotting
ومنand with الهناhappiness ومنand with السروjoy (word continues)
ومن الهنا ومن السرو
رcompletion of 'joy' لناfor us لقدindeed ملئتwere filled زواياcorners
ر لنا لقد ملئت زوايا
And with happiness and with joy
Against us the corners have been filled,
our corners have indeed been filled.
And good tidings have come to us
ولناand to us البشارةthe glad tidings قدindeed أتتhave come
ولنا البشارة قد أتت
منfrom خيرthe best منthose who ركبrode المطاياthe mounts
من خير من ركب المطايا
And glad tidings have come to us
From the best of those who rode the mounts,
from the best of those who rode mounts.
In it the continuous hadith
فيهاin it الحديثthe hadith مسلسلserially linked الthe
فيها الحديث مسلسل ال
إسنادchain of transmission مرفوعexalted in المزاياmerits
إسناد مرفوع المزايا
Within them is a hadith with a serially linked
With elevated chain of transmission and merits,
chain of transmission, exalted in merit,
To Al-Dailami in the Musnad of
للديلميby al-Daylami فيin مسندMusnad (hadith collection) الthe
للديلمي في مسند ال
فردوسFirdaws (Paradise) عنfrom خيرthe best of البراياcreation
فردوس عن خير البرايا
reported by al-Daylami in the Musnad al-
Al-Firdaws from the best of creations,
Firdaws, from the best of creation.
He said: The hours of harm
قدindeed قالhe said ساعاتhours of الأذىsuffering
قد قال ساعات الأذى
يذهبنthey take away ساعاتhours of الخطاياsins
يذهبن ساعات الخطايا
He said: “Hours of suffering
Take away the hours of sins.
take away hours of sin.”
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