وَإِنَّand indeed امرَءًa man قَدhas قالَstated فيconcerning الحَقِّwhat is right خُطَّةًa position
وَإِنَّ امرَءً قَد قالَ في الحَقِّ خُطَّةً
لَمُلتَمِسٌsurely seeks تَصديقَهاits confirmation بِبيانِهاby explaining it
لَمُلتَمِسٌ تَصديقَها بِبيانِها
And indeed, a man who has stated a position on what is right
A man has spoken a decisive word about truth
surely seeks to confirm it by making it clear.
Seeking its verification through its clarity
دَعِleave الخَمرَwine يَشرَبهاdrink it الغُواةُthe wayward فَإِنَّنيfor indeed I
دَعِ الخَمرَ يَشرَبها الغُواةُ فَإِنَّني
رَأَيتُI found أَخاهاher brother مُجزياًsufficient لِمَكانِهاin her stead
رَأَيتُ أَخاها مُجزياً لِمَكانِها
Leave wine for the wayward to drink, for I
Leave wine for the reckless to drink, as for me
have found her brother sufficient in her stead.
I have seen its consequence equal its vanity
فَإِنso if لاnot يَكُنهاhe be her أَوor تَكُنهُshe be him فَإِنَّهُthen indeed he
فَإِن لا يَكُنها أَو تَكُنهُ فَإِنَّهُ
أَخٌa brother أَرضَعَتهُsuckled him أُمُّهاher mother بِلِبانِهاwith her milk
أَخٌ أَرضَعَتهُ أُمُّها بِلِبانِها
So if he is not she, or she he, then he is
For if it does no harm or it does, verily
a brother whom her mother suckled with her milk.
It is a brother its mother nursed with her milk