ياO مؤمناًa believer يُطلعُmakes rise شمساًa sun إذاwhen
يا مؤمناً يُطلعُ شمساً إذا
ألقتْcasts ذُكاءُDhukāʾ (the sun) اليدthe hand فيinto كافِرِdark night
ألقتْ ذُكاءُ اليد في كافِرِ
O believer, who makes a sun rise when
O faithful one who makes the sun rise
Dhukāʾ, the sun, casts her hand into the dark night,
When the hand of intelligence is cast upon an unbeliever
فدُمْso remain لمَكْسورِfor one broken in العُلاhigh estate جابِراًa mender
فدُمْ لمَكْسورِ العُلا جابِراً
ماas long as كسرَbreaks الجوعَhunger أبوAbū (father of) جابِرِJābir (Abū Jābir: bread)
ما كسرَ الجوعَ أبو جابِرِ
So remain a mender for one whose high estate is broken,
So be a healer for the one whose bones are broken
As long as Abū Jābir—bread—breaks hunger.
What did hunger break, O Abu Jabir