يَوَدُّwishes أُناسٌsome people لَوif only يَكونونَthey could be مِثلَهُlike him
يَوَدُّ أُناسٌ لَو يَكونونَ مِثلَهُ
وَقَدand indeed عَلِموهُthey know him أَنّهthat he is الأوحدُthe unique one الفردُthe peerless one
وَقَد عَلِموهُ أَنّه الأوحدُ الفردُ
Some people wish that they could be like him,
Some people wish they could be like him,
though they know that he is the one—the singular.
Though they know him to be the unique, peerless one.
يَوَدّونthey wish for أَمراًsomething لاnot يَكونُcomes to be لِأَنّهُbecause it is the case that
يَوَدّون أَمراً لا يَكونُ لِأَنّهُ
أَبىhas refused اللَّهُGod ربّيmy Lord أَنthat يَكونَthere be لَهfor him نِدُّan equal
أَبى اللَّهُ ربّي أَن يَكونَ لَه نِدُّ
They desire a thing that cannot be, because
They wish for something that cannot be, because
God, my Lord, has refused to let him have an equal.
God, my Lord, has refused to let him have an equal.
