ربحhave prospered المُخلصونthe sincere بِالإِخلاصِthrough sincerity
ربح المُخلصون بِالإِخلاصِ
وَاِكتَفىand were content with العابِدونthe worshippers هولthe terror of القَصاصِretribution
وَاِكتَفى العابِدون هول القَصاصِ
The sincere have prospered through sincerity.
The sincere have won through sincerity
And the worshippers found the terror of retribution sufficient.
And the worshippers sufficed with the severity of retribution
وَأَناand I المُذنبthe sinner الَّذيwho بِسوىthrough anything other than العَفpardon (word continues)
وَأَنا المُذنب الَّذي بِسوى العَف
وcompletion of العفو, ‘pardon’ بَعيدfar off مِنfrom الجَحيمHell خَلاصيmy deliverance
و بَعيد مِن الجَحيم خَلاصي
And I am the sinner for whom, except through pardon,
While I am the sinner who in anything other than pardon
deliverance from Hell is far out of reach.
And far from Hell is my salvation