كَمْhow many شَهِيداًa martyr خَلَّدَimmortalized التَّاthe history (first part)
كَمْ شَهِيداً خَلَّدَ التَّا
رِيخُhistory (continuation) فِيهِin it وَشَهِيداand a martyr
رِيخُ فِيهِ وَشَهِيدا
How many a martyr has history
immortalized in it, and how many a martyr
ذَاقَtasted مِنْfrom تَعْذِيبِtorture دُقْلَتْDiocletian (first part)
ذَاقَ مِنْ تَعْذِيبِ دُقْلَتْ
يَانِDiocletian (continuation) نَاراًfire وَحَدِيداand iron
يَانِ نَاراً وَحَدِيدا
tasted, through Diocletian's torture,
fire and iron,
سَاجِداًprostrate لِلهِto God لاَnot يَرْconsents (first part)
سَاجِداً لِلهِ لاَ يَرْ
ضَىconsents (continuation) لِمَخْلُوقٍto a created being سُجُوداprostration
ضَى لِمَخْلُوقٍ سُجُودا
prostrate before God, refusing
to bow before any created being,
وَاهِباًoffering دُنْياهُhis worldly life لِدِيِـfor faith (first part)
وَاهِباً دُنْياهُ لِدِيِـ
ِـنِfaith (continuation) وَمَاand not كَانَhe was مُرِيداdesiring
ِـنِ وَمَا كَانَ مُرِيدا
offering his worldly life for a faith,
and desiring nothing.
إِنْif تَمَلَّكْتَyou gain dominion فَلاَthen do not تَتَّyou take (first part)
إِنْ تَمَلَّكْتَ فَلاَ تَتَّ
خِذِtake (continuation) النَّاسَthe people عَبِيداslaves
خِذِ النَّاسَ عَبِيدا
If you gain dominion, do not
take people as slaves.
ضَلَّwent astray مَنْwhoever كَانَwas لِمَاfor what لَمْdid not
ضَلَّ مَنْ كَانَ لِمَا لَمْ
يَرِدِwill; desire الْقَوْمَthe people مُرِيداdesiring
يَرِدِ الْقَوْمَ مُرِيدا
Astray is he who desires what
the people have not willed.
زَمَنٌan age خَطَّwrote بِهِin it آfathers (first part)
زَمَنٌ خَطَّ بِهِ آ
باؤُكُمْyour fathers (continuation) سَفَراًa book مُجِيداglorious
باؤُكُمْ سَفَراً مُجِيدا
An age in which your fathers
penned a glorious book;
ثُمَّthen رَدَّwarded off الصَّبرُpatience عَنْهُمْfrom them
ثُمَّ رَدَّ الصَّبرُ عَنْهُمْ
ذلِكَthat الْكَيْدَthe plot الْمُبِيداdevastating
ذلِكَ الْكَيْدَ الْمُبِيدا
then patience warded off from them
that devastating plot.
وَانْقَضَتْand passed away تِلْكَthose النُحُوسُmisfortunes الِـthe
وَانْقَضَتْ تِلْكَ النُحُوسُ الِـ
ِـدُّكْنُdark بَلْrather عَادَتْbecame سُعُودَاgood fortunes
ِـدُّكْنُ بَلْ عَادَتْ سُعُودَا
And those dark misfortunes passed away;
nay, they turned to good fortune.
يَبْذُرُsows الْبَغْيُoppression دِمَاءًblood
يَبْذُرُ الْبَغْيُ دِمَاءً
يَنْبَتُmakes grow العَدْلُjustice وُروُداroses
يَنْبَتُ العَدْلُ وُروُدا
Oppression sows blood;
justice makes roses grow.