خوارجُKharijites فارقوهُthey parted from him بنهروانٍat Nahrawan
خوارجُ فارقوهُ بنهروانٍ
علىover تحكيمهِhis arbitration الحسنِfine الجميلِadmirable
على تحكيمهِ الحسنِ الجميلِ
Kharijites parted from him at Nahrawan,
The dissenters parted with him at Nahrawan
Over his fine and admirable arbitration.
Over his good, beautiful arbitration
علىover تحكيمِهِhis appointing as arbiter فَعَمواso they became blind وصمُّواand became deaf
على تحكيمِهِ فَعَموا وصمُّوا
كتابَthe Book اللهِof God فيin فمِthe mouth of جُبْرَئيلِGabriel
كتابَ اللهِ في فمِ جُبْرَئيلِ
Over his appointing as arbiter—they went blind and deaf—
Over his arbitration they became blind and marked
The Book of God, in Gabriel's mouth.
The book of God in Gabriel's mouth
فمالواso they turned جانباًaside وبَغَواand rebelled عليهِagainst him
فمالوا جانباً وبَغَوا عليهِ
فماyet not مالواthey turned هناكَthere إلىtoward مَميلِa place to turn to
فما مالوا هناكَ إلى مَميلِ
So they turned aside and rebelled against him,
So they inclined away and rebelled against him
Yet there they did not turn toward any refuge.
Yet they did not incline there to a purpose
فتاةَmaiden (apparently intended: so wandered) القومُthe people فيin ظُلَمٍdarkness حَيارىbewildered
فتاةَ القومُ في ظُلَمٍ حَيارى
عماةًblind يَعمَهونَthey wander bewildered بلاwithout دليلa guide
عماةً يَعمَهونَ بلا دليل
So the people apparently wandered, bewildered in darkness,
The people's young women wandered in darkness
Blind, wandering in confusion without a guide.
Blind, without a guide
فضّلواthey preferred (apparently intended: so they strayed) كالسوائمlike grazing livestock يومَon the day of عيدٍa feast
فضّلوا كالسوائم يومَ عيدٍ
تنحرare slaughtered بالغداةin the morning وبالأصيلand in the late afternoon
تنحر بالغداة وبالأصيل
So they apparently strayed like grazing livestock on a feast day,
They preferred like cattle on feast day
Slaughtered in the morning and late afternoon.
Slaughtered at dawn and at night
كأنas though الطيرthe birds حولهمaround them نضارعهwe resemble him/it (unclear here)
كأن الطير حولهم نضارعه
عُكوفاًdevoutly gathered حولَaround صُلبانِthe crosses of الأبيلِthe monk
عُكوفاً حولَ صُلبانِ الأبيلِ
As though we resemble the birds around them [wording uncertain],
As if the birds contending around them
Devoutly gathered around the monk's crosses.
Circling like bats around withered palms
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.