تُوفّىَpassed away محمودُpraiseworthy الفِضالvirtues وليُّنَاour guardian
تُوفّىَ محمودُ الفِضال وليُّنَا
هوhe الندبُthe noble man عبدُservant of اللهGod نسلُoffspring of الفتىthe young man حمدْHamad
هو الندبُ عبدُ الله نسلُ الفتى حمدْ
Our guardian, praised for his virtues, has passed away.
Our protector Mahmoud Al-Fiddaal has passed away
He was the noble Abd Allah, offspring of the young man Hamad,
He is the lamented Abdallah, offspring of the noble Hamad
سليلُscion of ابنson of درعٍDirʿ ذُوpossessed of تُقىpiety وفضائلand virtues
سليلُ ابن درعٍ ذُو تُقى وفضائل
وأهلُand a man of الندَىbounty والجودِand generosity والرشدِand right guidance والزهدْand asceticism
وأهلُ الندَى والجودِ والرشدِ والزهدْ
A scion of Ibn Dirʿ, endowed with piety and virtues,
Descendant of Ibn Diraa', possessing piety and virtues
And a man of bounty, generosity, right guidance, and asceticism.
And people of benevolence, generosity, integrity, asceticism
فتىًa young man همُّهhis concern التَّقْوىpiety وطاعةُand obedience to خالقٍa creator
فتىً همُّه التَّقْوى وطاعةُ خالقٍ
وذِكْرand remembrance of إلهٍGod قادرpowerful واحدٍone صمدْself-sufficient, on whom all depend
وذِكْر إلهٍ قادر واحدٍ صمدْ
A young man whose concern was piety and obedience to the Creator,
A young man whose concern is piety and obeying the Creator
And remembrance of God, powerful, One, the Self-Sufficient.
And praising the One Able God, The Eternal
لأَلفٌindeed, a thousand مضَىhad passed منfrom بعدهاafter it مائةa hundred خَلَتْhad elapsed
لأَلفٌ مضَى من بعدها مائة خَلَتْ
وأربعةُand four الأعوامyears والعشرُand ten فيin العددْthe reckoning
وأربعةُ الأعوام والعشرُ في العددْ
Indeed, a thousand had passed; after it, a hundred had elapsed,
One thousand elapsed, after it a hundred years have passed
And four years, and ten, in the reckoning.
And forty-four years in total
بعصرِin the era of ابنthe son of سلطانِSultan بنson of سيفِSayf بنson of مالكٍMalik
بعصرِ ابن سلطانِ بن سيفِ بن مالكٍ
إمامimam of الهدَىguidance سيفSayf أخيpossessor of العدّnumbers of men والعددْand armaments
إمام الهدَى سيف أخي العدّ والعددْ
In the era of the son of Sultan ibn Sayf ibn Malik,
In the era of the son of Sultan son of Saif son of Maalik
Sayf, imam of guidance, possessed of men and armaments.
The Imam of guidance, Saif, my brother of justice and integrity