أيْنَwhere منthe one who قالsaid بأنْthat ليbeginning of ليس: ‘there is no’
أيْنَ من قال بأنْ لي
سcompletion of ليس: ‘there is no’ إلىto الكُرْسِيِّthe Throne; literally, the Chair سُلَّمْa ladder
س إلى الكُرْسِيِّ سُلَّمْ
Where is he who said that there is
no ladder to the Throne?
لوif رأىhe saw قَرْنَthe horn of الحرْيثيْal-Huraythi (name continued below)
لو رأى قَرْنَ الحرْيثيْ
يِcompletion of al-Huraythi’s name استحىhe was ashamed أنto يَتَكَلَّمْhe speaks
يِ استحى أن يَتَكَلَّمْ
Had he seen al-Huraythi’s horn,
he would have been ashamed to speak.