ياO أَباfather of جَعفَرJa‘far لَكَمhow much منof نَعيمprosperity
يا أَبا جَعفَر لَكَم من نَعيم
عادَturned فيamong أَهلهits possessors بَلاءًaffliction وَبوساand misery
عادَ في أَهله بَلاءً وَبوسا
O Abu Ja‘far, how much prosperity
has turned to affliction and misery for its possessors!
إِعلَمنknow well عَنfrom تَيَقّنcertainty وَاِختِبارand experience
إِعلَمن عَن تَيَقّن وَاِختِبار
إِنthat قارونQarun كانَwas مِنof قَومthe people of موسىMoses
إِن قارون كانَ مِن قَوم موسى
Know with certainty and from experience
that Qarun was of the people of Moses.