ألبستُI clothed منout of همومناour cares اليومَtoday خرقَتناour patched cloak
ألبستُ من همومنا اليومَ خرقَتنا
لباسَa garment تقوىpiety وفيهand in it بعضُsome ماwhat فيهin it
لباسَ تقوى وفيه بعضُ ما فيه
Today I clothed one of our aspirations in our patched cloak—
Today, out of our cares, I clothed our patched cloak
a garment of God-consciousness, holding something of what it holds.
In a garment of piety; within it is some of what it holds.
إذاif يصحproves sound لهfor him منfrom أصلهhis origin نَسبٍlineage
إذا يصح له من أصله نَسبٍ
صحَّproved sound اللباسُthe garment لباسَa garb الفخرِpride والتيهand haughtiness
صحَّ اللباسُ لباسَ الفخرِ والتيه
If his lineage back to its source proves sound,
If his lineage from his origin proves sound,
then the investiture is sound—a robe of glory and proud bearing.
Then the garment is truly a garb of pride and haughtiness.
وأيُّand what فخرٍpride يساميrivals فخرthe pride ذيone with نَسبٍlineage
وأيُّ فخرٍ يسامي فخر ذي نَسبٍ
تفخرboasts العلمُknowledge منهfrom him فيin نواحيهits domains
تفخر العلمُ منه في نواحيه
What glory can rival the glory of one possessed of lineage,
And what pride can rival the pride of one with lineage,
in whom the world glories throughout all its realms?
Of whom knowledge boasts throughout its domains?
فليلبسso let him wear الولدُthe son المحفوظُthe protected خرقَتناour patched cloak
فليلبس الولدُ المحفوظُ خرقَتنا
علىunder الشروطِthe conditions التيwhich ضمنتُهاI included them فيهin it
على الشروطِ التي ضمنتُها فيه
So let the protected son don our patched cloak,
So let the protected son wear our patched cloak
under the conditions I have included within it:
Under the conditions I have included in it:
وهيand they are التزيُّنadorning oneself بالأخلاقِwith character traits أجمعهاall of them
وهي التزيُّن بالأخلاقِ أجمعها
محمودهاtheir praiseworthy ones فيin الذيwhat يبديhe reveals ويخفيهand he conceals it
محمودها في الذي يبدي ويخفيه
to adorn himself with every virtue of character,
These are to adorn oneself with all traits of character—
with Muhammad as their exemplar in whatever he reveals or conceals.
The praiseworthy ones—in what he reveals and conceals.