ياO عاصِميʿĀṣimī ياO سالِميSālimī ياO قاسِميQāsimī
يا عاصِمي يا سالِمي يا قاسِمي
لِلأَزلَمِagainst relentless Time الجِذعِthe ever-young الذَمولِthe brisk trotter الراسِمِthe steady strider
لِلأَزلَمِ الجِذعِ الذَمولِ الراسِمِ
O ʿĀṣimī, O Sālimī, O Qāsimī,
help me against Time, ever young, trotting and striding,
وَظُهورِand the emergence of دَهدِempty talk (idiom’s first part) الرَينِfalsehood (idiom’s second part) سَعدِSaʿd القينِthe smith فيamong
وَظُهورِ دَهدِ الرَينِ سَعدِ القينِ في
قَومٍa people تَلَقّوهُwho welcomed it بِثَغرٍwith a mouth باسِمِsmiling
قَومٍ تَلَقّوهُ بِثَغرٍ باسِمِ
and the rise of falsehood—Saʿd the smith’s—among
a people who welcomed it with smiling lips.
فيهِin it اِبتِداعٌan innovation ماnot سَمِعناwe have heard مِثلَهُits like
فيهِ اِبتِداعٌ ما سَمِعنا مِثلَهُ
مِنfrom فاتِحِthe beginning of الدُنياthe world لِهَذاto this الخاتَمِclose
مِن فاتِحِ الدُنيا لِهَذا الخاتَمِ
It contains an innovation whose like we have never heard,
from the world’s beginning to this present close.
أَحبَبتُI wished لَوif only قامَتthey had been held وَماand not أَبصَرَتهُI saw it
أَحبَبتُ لَو قامَت وَما أَبصَرَتهُ
فيon الرِقِّparchment مَسطوراًinscribed عَلَيَّover me مَآتِميmy mourning rites
في الرِقِّ مَسطوراً عَلَيَّ مَآتِمي
I would rather they had been held, and I had never seen it
written on parchment—my own funeral rites.
فَتوىa fatwa قَضىhas ruled الدينُthe religion الحَنيفُupright بِأَنَّهُthat it
فَتوى قَضى الدينُ الحَنيفُ بِأَنَّهُ
مِنهاof it بَرِئٌfree فَهيَso it is زَلَّةُa lapse of عالِمِa scholar
مِنها بَرِئٌ فَهيَ زَلَّةُ عالِمِ
A fatwa: the upright faith has declared itself
free of it; it is a scholar’s lapse.
طَيفٌa passing phantom مِنَfrom الشَيطانِSatan مَسَّtouched فَمَنso who لَهاwill deal with it
طَيفٌ مِنَ الشَيطانِ مَسَّ فَمَن لَها
بِتَذَكُّرٍthrough remembrance فَتَكونُso it becomes طَيفَthe phantom of الحالِمِa dreamer
بِتَذَكُّرٍ فَتَكونُ طَيفَ الحالِمِ
A phantom from Satan has touched him; who will counter it
with remembrance, so it becomes a dreamer’s phantom?
مَرَقَتit broke away عَلىfrom الإِجماعِconsensus وَالنَصّينِand the two texts والand the
مَرَقَت عَلى الإِجماعِ وَالنَصّينِ وال
فِقهِjurisprudence الَّذيwhich بِهِماthrough those two مُروقَwith the defection of مُصارِمِone severing ties
فِقهِ الَّذي بِهِما مُروقَ مُصارِمِ
It broke with consensus, the two texts, and the
jurisprudence founded on them, like one severing all ties.
إِبليسُIblis عاطاهُpassed him خُرافَتهُhis fable الهَوىdesire
إِبليسُ عاطاهُ خُرافَتهُ الهَوى
كَالكَأسِlike a cup بَينَbetween مُنادِمٍa drinking companion وَمُنادَمِand his drinking fellow
كَالكَأسِ بَينَ مُنادِمٍ وَمُنادَمِ
Desire passed Iblis his fable,
like a cup between a drinking companion and his fellow.
شَرعُthe law of النَبِيِّthe Prophet مُنوطَةٌbound أَحكامُهُits rulings
شَرعُ النَبِيِّ مُنوطَةٌ أَحكامُهُ
بِظَواهِرٍto outward signs مَضبوطَةٍwell-defined وَمَعالِمِand markers
بِظَواهِرٍ مَضبوطَةٍ وَمَعالِمِ
The rulings of the Prophet’s law are bound
to well-defined outward signs and markers.
قالواthey said تَناوَمfeign sleep وَاِلْهand be heedless عَنهاof it مُعرِضاًturning away
قالوا تَناوَم وَاِلْه عَنها مُعرِضاً
أَدرَواdid they know بِأَنَّthat اللَهَGod لَيسَis not بِنائِمِasleep
أَدرَوا بِأَنَّ اللَهَ لَيسَ بِنائِمِ
They said, “Feign sleep; disregard it and turn away.”
Did they know that God does not sleep?
لاnot فيin بَواطنinner states خافِياتٍhidden عِلمُهاknowledge of them
لا في بَواطن خافِياتٍ عِلمُها
لِلعالِمِto the Knower الأَسرارِof secrets لاnot المُتَعالِمِthe pretender to knowledge
لِلعالِمِ الأَسرارِ لا المُتَعالِمِ
Not to concealed inner states, whose knowledge
belongs to the Knower of secrets, not the pretender to knowledge.
فَمَناطُso the criterion of إِسلامِthe Islam of الوَرىhumankind نُطقٌa profession بِماof what
فَمَناطُ إِسلامِ الوَرى نُطقٌ بِما
يُدرىis known وَتُنطَقُand is uttered فيin اِنعِدامٍthe absence عادِمِof a nullifier
يُدرى وَتُنطَقُ في اِنعِدامٍ عادِمِ
So the criterion of humankind’s Islam is professing what
is known, and uttered with no nullifier present.
وَمُؤَلِّفِand the author of الصُغرىal-Ṣughrā وَكُلُّand every مُؤَلِّفٍauthor
وَمُؤَلِّفِ الصُغرى وَكُلُّ مُؤَلِّفٍ
ماnot أَلِفواthey were familiar فيin عَصرِهِhis age المُتَقادِمِlong past
ما أَلِفوا في عَصرِهِ المُتَقادِمِ
And the author of al-Ṣughrā, and every author,
had known no such thing in his long-past age.
فَالكُفرُso unbelief فيin التَقليدِfollowing authority فيin الأُخرىthe Hereafter فَقَطonly
فَالكُفرُ في التَقليدِ في الأُخرى فَقَط
يَختَصُّis restricted بِالإِجماعِby consensus عِندَin the case of الجازِمِone firmly convinced
يَختَصُّ بِالإِجماعِ عِندَ الجازِمِ
So unbelief in following authority concerns the Hereafter alone,
by consensus, for one whose conviction is firm.
وَالكُلُّand all فيin الدُنياthis world عَلىas regards إِسلامِهِhis Islam
وَالكُلُّ في الدُنيا عَلى إِسلامِهِ
يَجريproceed بِمَلزومِby the presupposition of الخِطابِthe discourse وَلازِمِand its implication
يَجري بِمَلزومِ الخِطابِ وَلازِمِ
And all, in this world, treat him as a Muslim,
following what the discourse presupposes and entails.
وَنَفَوهُand they denied it عَنof أَهلِthe people of البَواديthe deserts وَالقُرىand the villages
وَنَفَوهُ عَن أَهلِ البَوادي وَالقُرى
إِذsince كُلُّهُمall of them أَهلُpeople of اِعتِبارٍreflection دائِمِcontinual
إِذ كُلُّهُم أَهلُ اِعتِبارٍ دائِمِ
And they denied it of dwellers in deserts and villages,
since all engage in continual reflection.
إِنif يُشترَطis required نَظرُrational inquiry المُكَلَّفِof the accountable person تَتَّفِقagree
إِن يُشترَط نَظرُ المُكَلَّفِ تَتَّفِق
آراؤُهُhis opinions فيin نَهجِهاtheir course المُتَعاظِمِlofty
آراؤُهُ في نَهجِها المُتَعاظِمِ
If inquiry is required of the accountable person, they agree
in their views on its weighty course.
كُلٌّeach يَرىholds الجُملِيَّgeneral reasoning يَكفيsuffices وَهوَand it لاdoes not
كُلٌّ يَرى الجُملِيَّ يَكفي وَهوَ لا
يَحتاجُneed تَقريراًformal exposition بِقَيسٍthrough a syllogism ناظِمِorganizing
يَحتاجُ تَقريراً بِقَيسٍ ناظِمِ
Each holds that general reasoning suffices, and it does not
require exposition through an orderly syllogism.
كَلّاcertainly not وَلاnor دَفعاًa rebuttal لِشُبهَةِof a doubt مورِدٍone raising
كَلّا وَلا دَفعاً لِشُبهَةِ مورِدٍ
شُبَهاًdoubts عَلَيهِagainst it مُجادِلٍa debater وَمُخاصِمِand an adversary
شُبَهاً عَلَيهِ مُجادِلٍ وَمُخاصِمِ
Certainly not; nor the rebuttal of a doubt from one raising
doubts against it—a debater and adversary.
وَالأَشعَرِيُّand al-Ashʿarī الشَيخُthe master أَشهَدُI bear witness أَنَّهُthat he
وَالأَشعَرِيُّ الشَيخُ أَشهَدُ أَنَّهُ
لَمdid not يَرمِaccuse قِبلِيّاًa person of the qibla بِكُفرٍof unbelief قاصِمِcrushing
لَم يَرمِ قِبلِيّاً بِكُفرٍ قاصِمِ
And the master al-Ashʿarī—I bear witness that he
never hurled a crushing charge of unbelief at one facing the qibla.
كَذَبَhas lied الَّذيwhoever يَعزوattributes إِلَيهِto him كُفرَهُhis unbelief
كَذَبَ الَّذي يَعزو إِلَيهِ كُفرَهُ
عِندَaccording to القُشَيرِيِّal-Qushayrī الصَؤومِthe frequent faster القائِمِthe one standing in prayer
عِندَ القُشَيرِيِّ الصَؤومِ القائِمِ
Whoever attributes that verdict of unbelief to him has lied,
according to al-Qushayrī, much-fasting and steadfast in prayer.
مَنwhoever حادَdeviates عَنfrom سُنَنِthe ways of النَبِيِّthe Prophet وَصَحبِهِand his Companions
مَن حادَ عَن سُنَنِ النَبِيِّ وَصَحبِهِ
وَالتابِعينَand the Followers الغُرّthe illustrious لَيسَis not بِسالِمِsafe
وَالتابِعينَ الغُرّ لَيسَ بِسالِمِ
Whoever departs from the ways of the Prophet and his Companions,
and the illustrious Followers, is not safe.
وَرَمىand casts المَذاهِبَthe schools of law كُلَّهاall of them ظِهرِيَّةًbehind his back
وَرَمى المَذاهِبَ كُلَّها ظِهرِيَّةً
كَالشاةِlike a sheep شَذَّتthat strayed خَلفَbehind شاءٍa flock سائِمِgrazing
كَالشاةِ شَذَّت خَلفَ شاءٍ سائِمِ
And he casts all the schools behind his back,
like a sheep straying behind a grazing flock.
إِنif راجَعَreturns to المُفتيthe mufti الصَوابَwhat is right تَراجَعَتwill recede
إِن راجَعَ المُفتي الصَوابَ تَراجَعَت
فيهِabout him اِعتِقاداتيmy judgments وَكُنتُand I would be كَخادِمِlike a servant
فيهِ اِعتِقاداتي وَكُنتُ كَخادِمِ
If the mufti returns to what is right, I shall retract
my judgments of him, and be like a servant.
وَلَئِنand if indeed تَمادىhe persists أَنif يَعيشَhe lives ليَقرَعَنhe will surely gnash
وَلَئِن تَمادى أَن يَعيشَ ليَقرَعَن
وَلِيَقرَعَنand he will surely gnash إِنif ماتَhe dies سِنَّthe tooth النادِمِof the remorseful
وَلِيَقرَعَن إِن ماتَ سِنَّ النادِمِ
And if he persists, should he live, he will surely gnash—
and if he dies, surely gnash—the tooth of remorse.
اللَهُGod يَنصُرُupholds دينَهُHis religion وَيَحوطُهand protects it
اللَهُ يَنصُرُ دينَهُ وَيَحوطُه
وَيَرُدُّand repels عَنfrom أَهليهِits adherents كَيدَthe plotting الظالِمِof the wrongdoer
وَيَرُدُّ عَن أَهليهِ كَيدَ الظالِمِ
God upholds His religion and protects it,
and repels the wrongdoer’s plotting from its adherents.
Translation model: Sol 6.1