بدموعناwith our tears غسلتwere washed away بقاياremnants ذنبناour sin
بدموعنا غسلت بقايا ذنبنا
والنارand the fire تأكلdevours ظلهاits shadow وظلامهاand its darkness
والنار تأكل ظلها وظلامها
With our tears, the remnants of our sin were washed away,
and the fire devours its shadow and its darkness.
وإذاand when السعيرthe blaze علىover النفوسthe souls تسلطتheld sway
وإذا السعير على النفوس تسلطت
لعقابهاto punish them إذsince زودتwere provisioned with آثامهاtheir sins
لعقابها إذ زودت آثامها
And when the blaze held sway over souls,
to punish them, since they had been laden with their sins,
لطفwas gentle الرؤوفthe All-Compassionate بهاwith them فأحرقand so burned ذنبهاtheir sin
لطف الرؤوف بها فأحرق ذنبها
عنهاaway from them وصانand preserved بلطفهthrough His kindness أجسامهاtheir bodies
عنها وصان بلطفه أجسامها
the All-Compassionate was gentle with them and burned their sin
away from them, and through His kindness preserved their bodies.
فلوso if آنّthat [apparent typo] أرواحاsouls سواهاother than them رمنsought أنto
فلو آنّ أرواحا سواها رمن أن
يدخلنenter فيهاinto it ماnot أطعنthey obeyed [likely intended: could endure] قيامهاits standing
يدخلن فيها ما أطعن قيامها
So if souls other than these sought to
enter it, they could not endure standing there [probable reading; ending unclear].