حيلَةُa means البُرءِhealing صَنعَةٌa craft لِعَليلِfor an ailing man
حيلَةُ البُرءِ صَنعَةٌ لِعَليلِ
يَتَرَجّىhopes for الحَياةَlife أَوor لِعَليلِهfor his patient
يَتَرَجّى الحَياةَ أَو لِعَليلِه
The means of healing is a craft for an ailing man
The guile of the healthy is a craft for the sick
Who hopes for life—or for his patient.
Who hopes for life, or for his sickness
فَإِذاthen when جاءَتcame المَنِيَّةُdeath قالَتshe said
فَإِذا جاءَت المَنِيَّةُ قالَت
حيلَةa means البُرءِhealing لَيسَthere is not فيin البُرءِhealing حيلَهa means
حيلَة البُرءِ لَيسَ في البُرءِ حيلَه
Then when Death comes, she says:
So when death comes it says
“The means of healing—there is no means in healing.”
The guile of the healthy has no power over the healthy