عَجَباًHow strange! أَعجَبُI marvel مِنat ذيone possessing بَصَرٍsight
عَجَباً أَعجَبُ مِن ذي بَصَرٍ
يَأمَنُhe trusts الدُنياthe world وَقَدthough already أَبصَرَهاhe has seen it
يَأمَنُ الدُنيا وَقَد أَبصَرَها
How strange! I marvel at one with sight
How strange is one with sight
who trusts the world, though he has seen it.
Who feels safe from this world though he sees it
إِنَّindeed لِلإِنسانِfor a human being يَوماًone day صَرعَةًa fall
إِنَّ لِلإِنسانِ يَوماً صَرعَةً
يَنبَغيit behooves لِلمَرءِa person أَنto يَحذَرَهاbeware of it
يَنبَغي لِلمَرءِ أَن يَحذَرَها
Surely, a human being will one day suffer a fall
Indeed, man has a day that fells him
that one ought to beware of.
One ought to beware it
كَمhow many قُرونٍgenerations حَضَرَتناwere among us قَدalready مَضَتpassed away
كَم قُرونٍ حَضَرَتنا قَد مَضَت
وَنَسيناand we forgot بَعدَهاafter them مَحضَرَهاtheir presence
وَنَسينا بَعدَها مَحضَرَها
How many generations once among us have passed away,
How many generations came to us, now passed
and after them we have forgotten their presence.
And after them we forgot their gathering
صُوَرٌforms كانَتwere أُناساًpeople مِثلَناlike us
صُوَرٌ كانَت أُناساً مِثلَنا
ثُمَّthen أَفناهاmade them perish الَّذيthe One who صَوَّرَهاformed them
ثُمَّ أَفناها الَّذي صَوَّرَها
Forms that were once people like us—
Forms that were people like us
then the One who formed them made them perish.
Then He who shaped them made them perish
فيin سَبيلِthe way of اللَهِGod ماhow أَغفَلَناheedless we are
في سَبيلِ اللَهِ ما أَغفَلَنا
نَأمَنُwe trust الدُنياthe world وَماand how أَغدَرَهاtreacherous it is
نَأمَنُ الدُنيا وَما أَغدَرَها
In the way of God, how heedless we are!
In God's cause we were not heedless
We trust the world—and how treacherous it is!
Yet we feel safe from the world and its betrayal
إِنَّماonly الدُنياthe world كَظِلٍّlike a shadow زائِلٍfleeting
إِنَّما الدُنيا كَظِلٍّ زائِلٍ
أَحمَدُI praise اللَهَGod كَذاthus قَدَّرَهاHe ordained it
أَحمَدُ اللَهَ كَذا قَدَّرَها
The world is only like a fleeting shadow.
The world is but a vanishing shadow
I praise God: thus He has ordained it.
I praise God who ordained it thus
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.