قدindeed كانتwere الأفلاكthe celestial spheres فيat بدئهاtheir beginning
قد كانت الأفلاك في بدئها
ضعيفةweak ليسthere was no بهاin them كوكبُa star
ضعيفة ليس بها كوكبُ
Indeed, the celestial spheres were, at their beginning,
The spheres were weak in their beginnings,
weak, with no star in them.
With no planets within them.
قيمهاtheir keeper الشمسthe sun التيwhich لمdid not تزلcease
قيمها الشمس التي لم تزل
بالدورby revolving فيin أفلاكهاits spheres ترأبmends
بالدور في أفلاكها ترأب
Their keeper was the sun, which never ceased
The sun, which has not ceased
to mend them by revolving in its spheres.
Revolving in its spheres, gave them value.
وماؤهاand their water يزخرsurges فيin جوفهاtheir interior
وماؤها يزخر في جوفها
ولأرضand the earth فيin هاويةan abyss ترسبُsettles
ولأرض في هاوية ترسبُ
And their water surged within them,
And its water foamed within it,
and the earth settled in an abyss.
While earth settled in an abyss.
ودامتand remained الشمسthe sun زماناًfor a time علىover الthe
ودامت الشمس زماناً على ال
ماءwater وفوقand above الأرضthe earth لاnot تغربُsets
ماء وفوق الأرض لا تغربُ
And for a time the sun remained over the
The sun remained for an era over the
water and above the earth, never setting.
Water and above the earth, it did not set.
وأطلعتand brought forth أبخرةvapors منهماfrom them both
وأطلعت أبخرة منهما
فابتدأتso began أفلاكهاits spheres تصلبُto harden
فابتدأت أفلاكها تصلبُ
And it brought forth vapors from them both,
Vapors arose from them both,
so its spheres began to harden.
And its spheres began to solidify.
واخترعتand created أنجمهاtheir stars أنفساsouls
واخترعت أنجمها أنفسا
مدبّراتgoverning شأنهاtheir nature معجبُwondrous
مدبّرات شأنها معجبُ
And their stars created souls,
It originated its stars, wondrous
governing, wondrous in their nature.
Minds that ordain its affairs.
وكوّنand were formed الآثارthe phenomena علويةcelestial
وكوّن الآثار علوية
والمعدنand minerals المكروهthe despised والطيّبُand the good
والمعدن المكروه والطيّبُ
And celestial phenomena were formed,
And it formed the celestial bodies,
and minerals, the despised and the good.
The despised and precious metals.
وكلand all هذاthis أصلهits origin واحدone
وكل هذا أصله واحد
منهfrom it التراكيبthe compounds التيwhich ركّبواthey compounded
منه التراكيب التي ركّبوا
And all this has a single origin,
All this has one origin,
from which came the compounds they compounded.
From it, the compositions they compiled.