أيُّهاO السائلُthe questioner قَدindeed بَيَّنmade clear (word continues)
أيُّها السائلُ قَد بَيَّن
تُI (verb ending) عنabout (possibly intended as 'if') كنتَyou were ذكيّاdiscerning
تُ عن كنتَ ذكيّا
O questioner, I have made it clear—
[If] you are discerning.
أحمدُI praise اللَهGod كثيراًabundantly
أحمدُ اللَه كثيراً
بأياديهfor His favors عَلَيَّاupon me
بأياديه عَلَيَّا
I praise God abundantly
for His favors bestowed upon me,
شاهداًbearing witness أنthat لاno إلهَgod
شاهداً أن لا إلهَ
غيرهother than Him ماas long as دمتُI remain حيَّاalive
غيره ما دمتُ حيَّا
bearing witness that there is no god
other than Him, as long as I live,
وعلىand concerning أحمدَAhmad بالصِّدin truth (word continues)
وعلى أحمدَ بالصِّد
قِcompletion of 'truth' رَسُولاًa messenger ونبيّاand a prophet
قِ رَسُولاً ونبيّا
and that Ahmad is, in truth,
a messenger and a prophet.
ومَنحتُand I bestowed الودَّaffection قُرباkin (word continues)
ومَنحتُ الودَّ قُربا
هُhis وواليتُand I gave allegiance to الوَصِيّاthe legatee
هُ وواليتُ الوَصِيّا
And I bestowed affection on his kin,
and gave my allegiance to the legatee.
وأتانيand there came to me خَبَرٌa report مُطstart of 'cast aside'
وأتاني خَبَرٌ مُط
طرحٌcompletion of 'cast aside' لمnot يَكُwas شيَّاanything
طرحٌ لم يَكُ شيَّا
And a report reached me, cast
aside, amounting to nothing:
أنthat علىon غيرَother than اجتماعٍagreement
أن على غيرَ اجتماعٍ
عَقَدُواthey settled الأمرَthe matter بَديّاat the outset
عَقَدُوا الأمرَ بَديّا
that, without agreement,
they settled the matter at the outset.
فوقفتُso I withheld judgment on القومَthe people تيماًTaym
فوقفتُ القومَ تيماً
وعدياًand Adi وأميّاand Umayya
وعدياً وأميّا
So I withheld judgment on the people—Taym,
and Adi, and Umayya—
غيرَnot شتامٍa habitual reviler ولكنيbut I
غيرَ شتامٍ ولكني
توليتI gave allegiance to عليَّاAli
توليت عليَّا
without reviling; but I
gave my allegiance to Ali.