اِبناthe two sons of الحَرَستانِيِّal-Ḥarastānī فيin لقبيهِماtheir two titles
اِبنا الحَرَستانِيِّ في لقبيهِما
ضِدُّthe opposite of الَّذيthat which نُعِتاthey both were described بِهِby it بَينَamong المَلاthe people
ضِدُّ الَّذي نُعِتا بِهِ بَينَ المَلا
The two sons of al-Harastani, as regards their honorific titles,
The two sons of al-Ḥarastānī, in their two titles,
are the opposite of the qualities ascribed to them among the people:
are the opposite of what they are called among the people:
فَمُهَتَّكُfor, torn open الأَستارِthe veils يُدعىis called صائِناًṢāʾin (Preserver)
فَمُهَتَّكُ الأَستارِ يُدعى صائِناً
وَالسِفلَةُand the base fellow السَفلاءُutterly lowly يُدعىis called بِالعَلاby the title al-ʿAlā (Loftiness)
وَالسِفلَةُ السَفلاءُ يُدعى بِالعَلا
a violator of veils is called “Guardian,”
for he whose veils are torn is called Ṣāʾin (“Preserver”),
and the lowest of the low is called “Loftiness.”
and the lowest of the low is called al-ʿAlā (“Loftiness”).
