يُنَجِّمونَthey practise astrology وَماand not يَدرونَthey know لَوif سُئِلواthey were asked
يُنَجِّمونَ وَما يَدرونَ لَو سُئِلوا
عَنِabout البَعوضَةِthe mosquito أَنّىwhere مِنهُمُamong them تَقِفُit alights
عَنِ البَعوضَةِ أَنّى مِنهُمُ تَقِفُ
They practise astrology, yet, if asked, they would not know
They prognosticate though they know not, if asked
where among them a mosquito would alight.
About the mosquito, whence it alights upon them.
وَفَرَّقَتهُمand have divided them عَلىdespite عِلّاتِهاtheir flaws مِلَلٌreligious creeds
وَفَرَّقَتهُم عَلى عِلّاتِها مِلَلٌ
وَعِندَand in the view of كُلِّeach فَريقٍfaction أَنَّهُمthat they ثَقِفواthey have gained understanding
وَعِندَ كُلِّ فَريقٍ أَنَّهُم ثَقِفوا
And creeds, for all their flaws, have divided them,
Boredom with their vain pursuits divided them;
and each faction thinks it has attained understanding.
Each party thinks they have the truth.
دَعِleave البَريَّةَhumankind لِلخُطبانِfor the wolves تَأكُلُهُthey devour it
دَعِ البَريَّةَ لِلخُطبانِ تَأكُلُهُ
فَإِنَّهُمfor they كَنَعامٍlike ostriches فيهِwithin it يُنتَقَفُis picked off
فَإِنَّهُم كَنَعامٍ فيهِ يُنتَقَفُ
Leave humankind for the wolves to devour,
Leave the desert for the braggarts to consume,
for they are like ostriches, picked off from among the flock.
For they are like ostriches feeding there.
وَلَوand if دَرَتknew بِمَخازيهِمof their shameful deeds بُيوتُهُمtheir houses
وَلَو دَرَت بِمَخازيهِم بُيوتُهُم
هَوَتwould collapse عَلَيهِمupon them وَلمand would not تُنظِرهُمُgrant them respite السُقُفُthe roofs
هَوَت عَلَيهِم وَلم تُنظِرهُمُ السُقُفُ
And if their houses knew of their shameful deeds,
If their houses knew their hidden disgraces
they would collapse upon them, and the roofs would grant them no respite.
Their roofs would collapse upon them without delay.
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.