إِمامٌan imam مِنهُمُfrom among them لِلناسِfor the people فيهِمamong them
إِمامٌ مِنهُمُ لِلناسِ فيهِم
أَقَمتَyou straightened المَيلَthe crookedness فَاِعتَدَلَand so it became straight اِعتِدالاstraightening
أَقَمتَ المَيلَ فَاِعتَدَلَ اِعتِدالا
An imam from among them, for the people in their midst,
A leader among them for the people with them
You straightened the crookedness, and it became perfectly straight.
You straightened the inclination so it became upright
عَمِلتَyou acted بِسُنَّةِaccording to the practice of الفاروقِal-Faruq فيهِمamong them
عَمِلتَ بِسُنَّةِ الفاروقِ فيهِم
وَمِنand from عُثمانَUthman كُنتَyou were لَهُمfor them مِثالاa likeness
وَمِن عُثمانَ كُنتَ لَهُم مِثالا
You followed al-Faruq's practice among them,
You acted with the tradition of Al-Farooq among them
And you were for them a likeness of Uthman.
And from Uthman you were an example for them
وَأُمِّand a mother of ثَلاثَةٍthree مَعَهاwith her ثَلاثٌthree
وَأُمِّ ثَلاثَةٍ مَعَها ثَلاثٌ
كَأَنَّas though بِأُمِّهِمafflicting their mother وَبِهِمand afflicting them سُلالاa wasting sickness
كَأَنَّ بِأُمِّهِم وَبِهِم سُلالا
And a mother of three, with three beside her,
And a mother of three, with her three
As though their mother and they had a wasting sickness.
As if in their mother and them a lineage
فَتَحتَyou opened لَهُمfor them بِإِذنِby the permission of اللَهِGod رَوحاًrelief
فَتَحتَ لَهُم بِإِذنِ اللَهِ رَوحاً
وَلاand not يَسطيعُis able كَيدُهُمُtheir ingenuity اِحتِيالاan expedient
وَلا يَسطيعُ كَيدُهُمُ اِحتِيالا
You opened up relief for them, by God's leave,
You opened for them by the permission of Allah a relief
And their ingenuity can devise no expedient.
And their evil scheme cannot manage deceit