جمعتit combined آيتينtwo wonders مُحييةًlife-giving طوstart of ‘at times’
جمعت آيتين مُحييةً طو
راًcompletion of ‘at times’ وطوراًand at times مميتةًdeath-dealing للنفوسto souls
راً وطوراً مميتةً للنفوس
It combined two wonders: giving life at
I gathered two verses reviving,
times, and at times bringing death to souls.
again and again, the souls,
لطفتit grew subtle فاغتدتso it became تَحلit occupies منwithin الأجْstart of ‘the bodies’
لطفت فاغتدت تَحل من الأجْ
سادcompletion of ‘the bodies’ منthrough لطفهاits subtlety محلthe place of النفوسsouls
ساد من لطفها محل النفوس
It grew subtle and came to occupy, within
Then gentled, so it came to reside
bodies, through its subtlety, the place of souls.
from its gentleness the souls' abode