شَكَوتُI complained إِلىto وَكيعٍWakīʿ سوءَweakness of حِفظيmy memory
شَكَوتُ إِلى وَكيعٍ سوءَ حِفظي
فَأَرشَدَنيso he guided me إِلىto تَركِabandoning المَعاصيsins
فَأَرشَدَني إِلى تَركِ المَعاصي
I complained to Wakīʿ of my poor memory.
So he guided me to abandon sins.
وَأَخبَرَنيand he told me بِأَنَّthat العِلمَknowledge نورٌlight
وَأَخبَرَني بِأَنَّ العِلمَ نورٌ
وَنورُand the light of اللَهِGod لاnot يُهدىis bestowed لِعاصيupon a sinner
وَنورُ اللَهِ لا يُهدى لِعاصي
And he told me that knowledge is light,
and God's light is not bestowed upon a sinner.