وَإِذاand if اضطُرِرتَyou are driven by necessity لآدَمِيٍّto a human being مَيّتاًdead
وَإِذا اضطُرِرتَ لآدَمِيٍّ مَيّتاً
فَلتَهرُبَنthen you must surely flee مِنهُfrom him هُرُوبَthe flight of الآبِقِthe runaway slave
فَلتَهرُبَن مِنهُ هُرُوبَ الآبِقِ
And if necessity drives you to a dead human being,
then surely flee from him as a runaway slave flees.
فَالمَالِكِيّfor the Maliki يَرَىconsiders سَواءًequal أَكلُهُeating him
فَالمَالِكِيّ يَرَى سَواءً أَكلُهُ
مَعwith قَتلِهِkilling him هَذَاthis كَلامُthe words of الصَّادِقِthe truthful one
مَع قَتلِهِ هَذَا كَلامُ الصَّادِقِ
For the Maliki deems eating him the same
as killing him—these are the truthful one's words.
وَالشَّافِعِيُّand the Shafi‘i يَرَىconsiders مُباحاًpermissible أَكلهُeating him
وَالشَّافِعِيُّ يَرَى مُباحاً أَكلهُ
لِلبَائِسِfor the wretched man المُضطَرِّdriven by necessity خيفَةَfor fear of عائِقِan affliction
لِلبَائِسِ المُضطَرِّ خيفَةَ عائِقِ
And the Shafi‘i deems eating him lawful
for the wretched man in dire need, fearing an affliction
يَعتامُهُseizes him مِنbecause of جوعِهِhis hunger فَلَرُبَّماfor perhaps
يَعتامُهُ مِن جوعِهِ فَلَرُبَّما
يَغتَالُهُkills him unawares فَيَمُوتُand so he dies مِيتَةَthe death of فاسِقِa sinner
يَغتَالُهُ فَيَمُوتُ مِيتَةَ فاسِقِ
that seizes him through hunger; for it may
strike him down, and he dies a sinner's death.
Translation model: Sol 6.1