وإنيand indeed I لأوثرI surely favor منthose whom أَصطفيI choose
وإني لأوثر من أَصطفي
وأغضيand I turn a blind eye علىto زلةa slip العاثرthe one who stumbles
وأغضي على زلة العاثر
And indeed I favor those I choose,
I prefer the one I have chosen
and overlook the slip of one who stumbles.
And overlook the stumbler's lapse
وأَهوىand I love الزيارةَvisits ممنfrom those whom اُحبّI love
وأَهوى الزيارةَ ممن اُحبّ
لاعتقدso that I may acknowledge الفضلَthe merit للزائرas belonging to the visitor
لاعتقد الفضلَ للزائر
And I love visits from those I love,
And love to visit whom I love
so that I may acknowledge the visitor’s merit.
Not believing merit is in the visitor