قالواthey said وَفَدتَyou arrived مِنfrom البَيتِthe House الحَرامِthe Sacred وَمِنand from
قالوا وَفَدتَ مِن البَيتِ الحَرامِ وَمِن
زِيارَةِvisiting المُصطَفىthe Chosen One للعَودِto return مُختاراby choice
زِيارَةِ المُصطَفى للعَودِ مُختارا
They said: You have come from the Sacred House and from
visiting the Chosen One, choosing to return.
فَزارَكَthen visited you الناسُthe people أَرسالاًin successive groups وَبَعضُهُمand some of them
فَزارَكَ الناسُ أَرسالاً وَبَعضُهُم
قَدindeed اِزدَراكَscorned you اِنتخاءًout of pride مِنهُon his part ماdid not زاراvisit
قَد اِزدَراكَ اِنتخاءً مِنهُ ما زارا
Then people visited you in successive groups, and some of them
had scorned you out of their own pride and did not visit.
وَماand not اِزدراكَscorned you سِوىexcept غَمرٍa fool أَخيpossessed of حَسَدٍenvy
وَما اِزدراكَ سِوى غَمرٍ أَخي حَسَدٍ
يَرىsees بِكَin you الشَمسَthe sun إِحراقاًburning وَإنواراand illumination
يَرى بِكَ الشَمسَ إِحراقاً وَإنوارا
And none scorned you but a fool possessed of envy,
who sees in you the sun, burning and giving light.
لَوif أَنَّهُthat it كُنتَyou had been رِجساًa filthy wretch مِنfrom among مُسالَمَةٍconverts to Islam
لَو أَنَّهُ كُنتَ رِجساً مِن مُسالَمَةٍ
وَافىarrived مِنfrom القُدسِJerusalem كانَwould have been الغُمرthe fool زوّاراa frequent visitor
وَافى مِن القُدسِ كانَ الغُمر زوّارا
Had you been a filthy wretch among the converts to Islam,
arriving from Jerusalem, the fool would have been a frequent visitor.
إِنif يُترَكُواthey are left alone فَقَديماًthen, long ago زارَvisited أَكبَرُهُمthe greatest of them
إِن يُترَكُوا فَقَديماً زارَ أَكبَرُهُم
قَدراًin rank وَأَكثَرُهُمand the most prolific of them فيin الشَرعِsacred law آثاراcontributions
قَدراً وَأَكثَرُهُم في الشَرعِ آثارا
If they are left alone, long ago the greatest among them visited—
in rank, and the richest in contributions to sacred law:
المالِكيthe Mālikī وَالحَنِيفِيُّand the Ḥanafī اللَذانِwho, both هُماthey both
المالِكي وَالحَنِيفِيُّ اللَذانِ هُما
فيin العَصرِthe age كاناboth were أَجَلَّthe most eminent الناسِthe people مِقداراin stature
في العَصرِ كانا أَجَلَّ الناسِ مِقدارا
the Mālikī and the Ḥanafī, the two who
in their age were the most eminent of people in stature,
التابعانِthe two followers الإِمامَينِthe two imams اللَذَينِwho, both هُماthey both
التابعانِ الإِمامَينِ اللَذَينِ هُما
أَصلُthe foundation الشَريعةِsacred law إِخباراًin transmission وَتَنظاراand reasoning
أَصلُ الشَريعةِ إِخباراً وَتَنظارا
the two followers of the two imams who are
the foundation of sacred law in transmission and reasoning:
الأَصبَحِيُّal-Aṣbaḥī وَنُعمانٌand Nuʿmān فَلاso may ... never بَرِحاthey both cease
الأَصبَحِيُّ وَنُعمانٌ فَلا بَرِحا
يَسقِيwaters ضَريحَهُماtheir tomb الرَحمَنُthe All-Merciful مِدراراin abundant showers
يَسقِي ضَريحَهُما الرَحمَنُ مِدرارا
al-Aṣbaḥī and Nuʿmān—may they never cease
to have the All-Merciful shower their tombs abundantly.