قَوْمٌa people تَوَارَثَinherited in succession بَيْتَhouse اللُّؤْمِbaseness أَوَّلُهُمُtheir forebears
قَوْمٌ تَوَارَثَ بَيْتَ اللُّؤْمِ أَوَّلُهُمُ
كَمَاjust as تَوَارثَinherited in succession رَقْمَmarkings الأذْرعِthe forelegs الحُمُرُdonkeys
كَمَا تَوَارثَ رَقْمَ الأذْرعِ الحُمُرُ
A people whose forebears inherited the house of baseness,
A people inherited the house of sorrow, the first of them
Just as donkeys inherited the markings on their forelegs.
As the red pattern on the arm is inherited
تَجَنَّبَshunned الْمَجْدglory وَالمعروفand goodness أوَّلَهُمْtheir forebears
تَجَنَّبَ الْمَجْد وَالمعروف أوَّلَهُمْ
كَمَاjust as تَجَنَّبَshunned بَطْنَinner surface الراحَةِthe palm الشَّعَرْhair
كَمَا تَجَنَّبَ بَطْنَ الراحَةِ الشَّعَرْ
Glory and goodness shunned their forebears,
The first of them shunned glory and kindness
Just as hair shuns the palm of the hand.
As the belly of the she-camel shuns hair
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.