خُذtake مِنfrom يَقينِكَyour certainty ماthat which تَجلوyou dispel الظُنونَdoubts بِهِwith it
خُذ مِن يَقينِكَ ما تَجلو الظُنونَ بِهِ
وَإِنand if بَداappears لَكَto you أَمرٌa matter مُشكِلٌperplexing فَدَعِthen leave it
وَإِن بَدا لَكَ أَمرٌ مُشكِلٌ فَدَعِ
Take from your certainty that by which you dispel doubts;
Take from your certainty what dispels doubts,
and if a perplexing matter appears to you, leave it be.
And if a complex matter appears to you, leave it be.
قَدmay يُصبِحُcome to be المَرءُa person فيماconcerning what لَيسَdoes not يُدرِكُهُgrasp it
قَد يُصبِحُ المَرءُ فيما لَيسَ يُدرِكُهُ
مُعَلَّقَsuspended البالِthe mind بَينَbetween اليَأسِdespair وَالطَمَعِand desire
مُعَلَّقَ البالِ بَينَ اليَأسِ وَالطَمَعِ
A person may find himself, over what he does not grasp,
One may find himself in what he cannot comprehend,
his mind suspended between despair and desire.
With his mind suspended between despair and hope.
لَمdid not يَعمَلِwork الناسُthe people فيin التَصحيحِsetting things right بَينَهُمُamong themselves
لَم يَعمَلِ الناسُ في التَصحيحِ بَينَهُمُ
فَاِضطَرَّso compelled بَعضُهُمُsome of them بَعضاًothers إِلىto الخُدَعِdeceptions
فَاِضطَرَّ بَعضُهُمُ بَعضاً إِلى الخُدَعِ
People did not work to set things right among themselves,
People did not work to reform among themselves,
so some of them drove others to deceit.
So some of them forced others into deception.