مَرَّpassed الزَمانُtime فَأَضحىso became فيin الثَرىthe dust جَسَدٌa body
مَرَّ الزَمانُ فَأَضحى في الثَرى جَسَدٌ
فَهَلso have...? تَمَلّىenjoyed رِجالٌmen بِالمُلاواتِwith long spans of time
فَهَل تَمَلّى رِجالٌ بِالمُلاواتِ
Time passed, and a body came to lie in the dust.
Have men, then, enjoyed the long years?
وَالروحُand the soul أَرضِيَّةٌearthly فيin رَأيِthe view of طائِفَةٍa group
وَالروحُ أَرضِيَّةٌ في رَأيِ طائِفَةٍ
وَعِندَand according to قَومٍsome people تَرقّىit ascends فيthrough السَماواتِthe heavens
وَعِندَ قَومٍ تَرقّى في السَماواتِ
And the soul is earthly, in the view of one group,
while others hold that it ascends through the heavens.
تَمضيit journeys عَلىin هَيئَةِthe form of الشَخصِthe person الَّذيwhom سَكَنَتit dwelt
تَمضي عَلى هَيئَةِ الشَخصِ الَّذي سَكَنَت
فيهِwithin him إِلىto دارُan abode of نُعمىbliss أَوor شَقاواتِmiseries
فيهِ إِلى دارُ نُعمى أَو شَقاواتِ
It journeys in the form of the person it dwelt
within, to an abode of bliss or misery.
وَكَونُهاand its being فيin طَريحِcast-off الجِسمِthe body أَحوَجَهاmade it need
وَكَونُها في طَريحِ الجِسمِ أَحوَجَها
إِلىto مَلابِسَgarments عَنَّتهاburdened it وَأَقواتِand provisions
إِلى مَلابِسَ عَنَّتها وَأَقواتِ
And its dwelling in the cast-off body made it need
garments that burdened it, and food.
وَقُدرَةُand the power of اللَهِGod حَقٌّreal لَيسَnot يُعجِزُهاrenders it powerless
وَقُدرَةُ اللَهِ حَقٌّ لَيسَ يُعجِزُها
حَشرٌa gathering لِخَلقٍof creatures وَلاnor بَعثٌa resurrection لِأَمواتِof the dead
حَشرٌ لِخَلقٍ وَلا بَعثٌ لِأَمواتِ
And God's power is real: beyond it lies neither
the gathering of creation nor the raising of the dead.
فَاِعجَبso marvel لِعُلوِيَّةِat the celestial الأَجرامِbodies صامِتَةًsilent
فَاِعجَب لِعُلوِيَّةِ الأَجرامِ صامِتَةً
فيماin what يُقالُis said ومِنهاand among them ذاتُpossessing أَصواتِvoices
فيما يُقالُ ومِنها ذاتُ أَصواتِ
So marvel at the celestial bodies, silent,
so it is said—though some of them have voices.
وَلاand do not تُطيعَنَّever obey قَوماًa people ماnot دِيانَتَهُمtheir religion
وَلا تُطيعَنَّ قَوماً ما دِيانَتَهُم
إِلّاexcept اِحتِيالٌa scheme عَلىfor أَخذِtaking الإِتاواتِtribute payments
إِلّا اِحتِيالٌ عَلى أَخذِ الإِتاواتِ
And never obey a people whose religion is nothing
but a scheme to exact tribute.
وَإِنَّماand only حَمَّلَmade bear التَوراةَthe Torah قارِئَهاits reader
وَإِنَّما حَمَّلَ التَوراةَ قارِئَها
كَسبُearning الفَوائِدِprofits لاnot حُبُّlove of التِلاواتِrecitations
كَسبُ الفَوائِدِ لا حُبُّ التِلاواتِ
And what made its reader shoulder the Torah
was only the pursuit of gain, not love of recitation.
إِنَّindeed الشَرائِعَreligious laws أَلقَتhave cast بَينَناamong us إَِحناًgrudges
إِنَّ الشَرائِعَ أَلقَت بَينَنا إَِحناً
وَأَودَعَتناand implanted in us أَفانينَvarieties of العَداواتِenmity
وَأَودَعَتنا أَفانينَ العَداواتِ
Indeed, religious laws have sown grudges among us
and instilled in us all manner of enmity.
وَهَلand were...? أُبيحَتmade lawful نِساءُthe women of القَومِthe people عَنat عُرُضٍrandom
وَهَل أُبيحَت نِساءُ القَومِ عَن عُرُضٍ
لِلعُربِto the Arabs إِلّاexcept بِأَحكامِby the rulings of النُبُوّاتِprophetic dispensations
لِلعُربِ إِلّا بِأَحكامِ النُبُوّاتِ
And were the people's women made lawful indiscriminately
to the Arabs, except by the rulings of prophethood?
Translation model: Sol 6.1