إذاif استصعبَfinds difficult الإنسانُa person إمساكrestraining نفسهhimself
إذا استصعبَ الإنسانُ إمساك نفسه
فإمساكهُthen his restraining مَنanyone who قَدhas عَدَاgone beyond النَّفسthe self أصعبُis harder
فإمساكهُ مَن قَد عَدَا النَّفس أصعبُ
If a person finds it hard to restrain himself,
If a man finds it hard to restrain himself
then for him to restrain anyone other than himself is harder.
Then restraining the soul that defies restraint is harder still