لَوif كانَwere بَطنُكَyour belly شِبراًa handspan قَدcertainly شَبِعتَyou ate your fill وَقَدand certainly
لَو كانَ بَطنُكَ شِبراً قَد شَبِعتَ وَقَد
أَبقيتَyou left خُبزاًbread كَثيراًmuch لِلمساكينِfor the poor
أَبقيتَ خُبزاً كَثيراً لِلمساكينِ
Had your belly been a handspan, you would have eaten your fill and
left much bread for the poor.
فَإِنso if تُصِبكَstrikes you مِنfrom الأَيّامِthe days جائِحَةٌa calamity
فَإِن تُصِبكَ مِن الأَيّامِ جائِحَةٌ
لَمnot نَبكِwe mourn مِنكَin you عَلىover دُنياworldly life وَلاnor دينِfaith
لَم نَبكِ مِنكَ عَلى دُنيا وَلا دينِ
So if a calamity of time should strike you,
we would mourn neither worldly life nor faith in you.
مازِلتَyou have continued فيin سورَةthe surah الأَعرافِal-A‘raf (the Heights) تَدرُسُهاyou study it
مازِلتَ في سورَة الأَعرافِ تَدرُسُها
حَتّىuntil فُؤادُكyour heart مِثلُlike الخَزِّsilken cloth فيin اللّينِsoftness
حَتّى فُؤادُك مِثلُ الخَزِّ في اللّينِ
You have kept studying the surah al-A‘raf,
until your heart is like silken cloth in softness.
إِنَّindeed اِمرءاًa man كُنتُI was مَولاهُhis client فَضَيَّعَنيthen he neglected me
إِنَّ اِمرءاً كُنتُ مَولاهُ فَضَيَّعَني
يَرجوhe hopes for الفَلاحَsuccess لعنديsurely in my view حقُّa true مَغبونِdupe
يَرجو الفَلاحَ لعندي حقُّ مَغبونِ
Indeed, a man whose client I was, who then neglected me,
and who hopes for success, is in my eyes a true dupe.