ياO ويحwoe to أهلthe people of صفاقسSfax عزلواthey dismissed
يا ويح أهل صفاقس عزلوا
إمامهمtheir imam ورموهُand they accused him بالخبثِof wickedness
إمامهم ورموهُ بالخبثِ
Alas for the people of Sfax! They dismissed
O woe to the people of Sfax who abandoned
their imam and accused him of wickedness.
Their imam and accused him of evil
وقدُّمواand they appointed لصلاتهمfor their prayers حدثاa youth
وقدُّموا لصلاتهم حدثا
وهلand is ...? تجوزis permissible الصّلاةprayer بالحدثِwith ritual impurity (a pun on 'youth')
وهل تجوز الصّلاة بالحدثِ
And they appointed a youth to lead their prayers—
And brought to their prayers one unclean
and is prayer valid with ritual impurity?
Can prayers be held in a state of impurity?
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.