كثُرتْhave multiplied رواياتُaccounts الرُّواةِthe narrators فواعِدٌso one promises
كثُرتْ رواياتُ الرُّواةِ فواعِدٌ
بالخيرof good عنكon Your behalf ومخبرٌand one reporting بوَعيدِof a threat
بالخير عنك ومخبرٌ بوَعيدِ
The narrators’ accounts have multiplied: one promises
Good on Your behalf, and another reports threats.
وتقسَّمواand they split شُعباًinto factions فملمحُso one glimpses رخْصةٍa concession
وتقسَّموا شُعباً فملمحُ رخْصةٍ
ومُبالغٌand one going to excess فيin الخوفِfear والتَّشْديدِand strictness
ومُبالغٌ في الخوفِ والتَّشْديدِ
And they have split into factions: one glimpses a concession,
And another goes to excess in fear and strictness.
وتنوَّعتْand have varied قُربُacts of devotion العِبادِof the servants فراشِدٌso one is rightly guided
وتنوَّعتْ قُربُ العِبادِ فراشِدٌ
ومُضَلَّلُand one misguided in الأعمالdeeds غيرُnot رشيدِrightly guided
ومُضَلَّلُ الأعمال غيرُ رشيدِ
And the servants’ devotions have varied: one is rightly guided,
And another, misguided in his deeds, is not rightly guided.
وأتيتُand I came بابكYour door مُفلساًdestitute منof عُدَّةٍprovision
وأتيتُ بابك مُفلساً من عُدَّةٍ
ليof my own غيرexcept حُسنgoodness of الظَّنِّexpectation والتوحيدِand affirmation of Your oneness
لي غير حُسن الظَّنِّ والتوحيدِ
And I came to Your door, bereft of any provision
Of my own, save good hope in You and affirmation of Your oneness.