العِلمُknowledge يَنهَضُraises بِالخَسيسِthe lowly person إِلىto العُلاthe heights
العِلمُ يَنهَضُ بِالخَسيسِ إِلى العُلا
وَالجَهلُand ignorance يَقعُدُholds back بِالفَتىthe young man المَنسوبِof noble lineage
وَالجَهلُ يَقعُدُ بِالفَتى المَنسوبِ
Knowledge raises the lowly to the heights,
Knowledge raises the lowly to the heights,
While ignorance holds back the youth of noble lineage.
and ignorance holds back the young man of noble lineage.
وَإِذاand when الفَتىthe young man نالَattained العُلومِthe branches of learning بِفَهمِهِthrough his understanding
وَإِذا الفَتى نالَ العُلومِ بِفَهمِهِ
وَأُعيَنَand was aided بِالتَشذيبِby pruning وَالتَهذيبِand refinement
وَأُعيَنَ بِالتَشذيبِ وَالتَهذيبِ
And when a young man attains the sciences through understanding,
And when a young man gains knowledge through his understanding
And is aided by polishing and refinement,
and is aided by pruning and refinement,
جَرَتِproceeded الأُمورُaffairs لَهُin his favor فَبَرَّزَand so he excelled سابِقاًtaking the lead
جَرَتِ الأُمورُ لَهُ فَبَرَّزَ سابِقاً
فيin كُلِّevery مَحضَرِgathering مَشهَدٍpresence وَمَغيبِand absence
في كُلِّ مَحضَرِ مَشهَدٍ وَمَغيبِ
Affairs run in his favor, and he stands out in the lead,
affairs go his way, and he excels, taking the lead,
In every gathering—whether present or absent.
in every gathering, in presence and in absence.
