فَعَلامَThen why أَبعَدتُمhave you banished أَخاa man of ثِقَةٍtrustworthiness
فَعَلامَ أَبعَدتُم أَخا ثِقَةٍ
لَمdid not يَجتَرِمcommit ذَنباًa sin وَلاnor سَرَقاsteal
لَم يَجتَرِم ذَنباً وَلا سَرَقا
Then why have you banished a trustworthy man
Why banish a brother, tried and true
Who committed no sin and did not steal?
Who never sinned or stole from you?
انفواBanish المُؤَذِّنَthe muezzin مِنfrom بِلادِكُمyour lands
انفوا المُؤَذِّنَ مِن بِلادِكُم
إِنif كانَis يُنفىis banished كُلُّeveryone مَنwho صَدَقاtold the truth
إِن كانَ يُنفى كُلُّ مَن صَدَقا
Banish the muezzin from your lands,
Spurn not the muezzin from your land -
If everyone who tells the truth is banished.
Would you exile all truthful men?