مجلةmagazine العلمAl-‘Ilm; knowledge تجلتshone forth شمسهاits sun
مجلة العلم تجلت شمسها
فاقتبسso it borrowed الهلالAl-Hilal; the crescent منهاfrom it ماwhat اقتبسit borrowed
فاقتبس الهلال منها ما اقتبس
Al-‘Ilm (Knowledge) magazine—its sun has shone forth.
Roses plucked without guard or fear
So Al-Hilal (the Crescent) borrowed from it what it borrowed.
In gardens of enlightenment grown
روضةa garden عرفانknowledge; ‘Irfan جنىgathered زهورهاits flowers
روضة عرفان جنى زهورها
مقتطفa gleaner; Muqtataf بلاwithout رقيبa watcher وحرسand guards
مقتطف بلا رقيب وحرس
A garden of ‘Irfan (knowledge), whose flowers were gathered
The crescent borrows the light it holds dear
by Muqtataf (a gleaner), without a watcher or guards.
From brilliance of science full blown
ألفهاhe compiled it المفردthe peerless one علماًin knowledge ارجوI hope
ألفها المفرد علماً ارجو
العلمAl-‘Ilm; knowledge شمسa sun وسناهاand its radiance المقتبسAl-Muqtabis; the borrower
العلم شمس وسناها المقتبس
The one peerless in knowledge compiled it; I hope—
Singular vision as knowledge accrued
Al-‘Ilm is a sun, and Al-Muqtabis (the borrower) its radiance.
The sun is itself, by the moon it is known