وَلَقيتهُم لَقيَ الأَعا

وَلَقيتهُم لَقيَ الأَعا

جِمِ كَالجَرادِ المُرتَدِفِ

جِمِ كَالجَرادِ المُرتَدِفِ

And I met them in an encounter with the non-

I met them as strangers meet

Arabs, like locusts following one another.

Like locusts in scattered formation

فَقَطَعت أَصلَهُم وَقَط

فَقَطَعت أَصلَهُم وَقَط

ع الأصل أقطع لِلطَّرفِ

ع الأصل أقطع لِلطَّرفِ

So I cut off their root; and cut-

So I cut off their roots, and to cut

ting the root more surely severs the branch.

The root is to cut off the branch