لذويfor those given to الجدالdisputation إذاwhen غدواthey set out لجدالهمfor their disputation
لذوي الجدال إذا غدوا لجدالهم
حججٌarguments تَضِلَstray عنfrom الهدىright guidance وتجورُand deviate
حججٌ تَضِلَ عن الهدى وتجورُ
Disputants, when they set out to debate,
Have arguments that stray from guidance and go awry—
وُهُنٌfeeble كآنيةlike vessels الزجاجglass تَصادمتْcollided
وُهُنٌ كآنية الزجاج تَصادمتْ
فهوتْthen fell وكلٌّand each كاسِرٌa breaker مكسورbroken
فهوتْ وكلٌّ كاسِرٌ مكسور
Feeble, like glass vessels that collided,
Then fell, each shattering and shattered.
فالقاتلso the slayer المقتولthe slain ثَمَّthere لضعفهbecause of his weakness
فالقاتل المقتول ثَمَّ لضعفه
وَلوَهْيِهand because of his frailty والآسرُand the captor المأسورthe captive
وَلوَهْيِه والآسرُ المأسور
So there the slayer is the slain, through his weakness
And frailty, and the captor is the captive.