تُكَلِّفُنيyou charge me with رَدَّbringing back ماضيthe past of الأُموthe affairs (word continues)
تُكَلِّفُني رَدَّ ماضي الأُمو
رِending of 'the affairs' وَبَعثَرَةَand scattering الأَعظُمِthe bones البالِيَهmouldering
رِ وَبَعثَرَةَ الأَعظُمِ البالِيَه
You charge me with recalling affairs long past,
You charge me with bringing back bygone affairs
with scattering the moldering bones.
and scattering the mouldering bones.
أَبوكَyour father الَّذيwho جاءَdid ماwhat قَدalready عَلِمknew (verb continues)
أَبوكَ الَّذي جاءَ ما قَد عَلِم
تَyou (preceding verb's ending) فَصارَتso it became لَهُfor him سُنَّةٌa practice جارِيَهcontinuing
تَ فَصارَت لَهُ سُنَّةٌ جارِيَه
Your father was the one who did what you already know,
Your father is the one who did what you already know;
and it became for him a precedent still in force:
so it became an enduring practice for him.
أَقامَhe brought forward الرِجالَthe men عَلىagainst أُمِّهِhis mother
أَقامَ الرِجالَ عَلى أُمِّهِ
فَأَشهَدَهُمso he had them testify أَنَّهاthat she زانِيَهa fornicator
فَأَشهَدَهُم أَنَّها زانِيَه
he brought the men forth against their own mother
He brought the men forward against his mother,
and made them testify that she was an adulteress.
and had them testify that she was a fornicator.
وَكانواand they were عُدولاًupright فَأَدّواso they delivered إِلَيto (word continues)
وَكانوا عُدولاً فَأَدّوا إِلَي
هِhim أَمانَةَthe trust أَيّامِهاher days الخالِيَهbygone
هِ أَمانَةَ أَيّامِها الخالِيَه
They were upright witnesses, and duly rendered
And they were upright, so they delivered to
to him the honest account of her bygone days.
him the trust of her bygone days.
