لاdo not تُكذَبَنَّever be lied to فَإِنَّنيfor indeed I
لا تُكذَبَنَّ فَإِنَّني
لَكَto you ناصِحٌa sincere adviser لاdo not تُكذَبَنَّهever be lied to (with a pausal ending)
لَكَ ناصِحٌ لا تُكذَبَنَّه
Do not be deceived, for I
am your sincere adviser—do not be deceived.
وَانظُرand look لِنَفسِكَto your own welfare ماas much as استَطَعbe able (continued)
وَانظُر لِنَفسِكَ ما استَطَع
تَyou (completes the preceding verb) فَإِنَّهاfor indeed it نارٌHellfire وَجَنَّهand Paradise
تَ فَإِنَّها نارٌ وَجَنَّه
And look to your own welfare as much as you
can, for it is a matter of Hellfire and Paradise.
وَاعلَمand know بِأَنَّكَthat you فيin زَماan age (continued)
وَاعلَم بِأَنَّكَ في زَما
نِcompletes زَمانِ, meaning 'age' مُشَبَّهاتٍambiguous things هُنَّthey هُنَّهthey (repeated for emphasis)
نِ مُشَبَّهاتٍ هُنَّ هُنَّه
And know that you are in an age
of ambiguities—they are what they are.
صارَhas become التَواضُعُhumility بِدعَةًan innovation
صارَ التَواضُعُ بِدعَةً
فيهِin it وَصارَand has become الكِبرُpride سُنَّهa custom
فيهِ وَصارَ الكِبرُ سُنَّه
Humility has become an innovation
in it, and pride has become a custom.
Translation model: Sol 6.1