الحمدpraise للهbelongs to God علىfor نصرهHis granting victory
الحمد لله على نصره
لفرقةto the party الحقِthe truth وأشياعِهand its adherents
لفرقة الحقِ وأشياعِه
Praise be to God for the victory He granted
Praise be to God for His victory
To the party of truth and its adherents.
For the righteous band and their followers
كانwas ابنُson (Ibn) رشدRushd فيin مدىthe course of غيهhis error
كان ابنُ رشد في مدى غيه
قدalready وضعَdebased الدّينreligion بأوضاعهthrough his formulations
قد وضعَ الدّين بأوضاعه
Ibn Rushd, in the course of his error,
Ibn Rushd had gone astray
Had debased religion through his formulations.
Trying to distort the religion
حتىuntil اذاwhen اوضعhastened فيalong طُرقِهhis paths
حتى اذا اوضع في طُرقِه
توّىruin لفيهto his mouth عندat ايضاعهhis hastening
توّى لفيه عند ايضاعه
Until, when he hastened along his paths—
But once he strayed onto that path
Ruin to his mouth in his haste!
He stumbled at his first step
فالحمدُso praise للهbelongs to God علىfor اخذهseizing him
فالحمدُ لله على اخذه
واخذand seizing منthose who كانwere اتباعهhis followers
واخذ من كان اتباعه
So praise be to God for seizing him,
So praise be to God for seizing him
And seizing those who were his followers.
And seizing those who followed him