بِماذاwith what أُعزّيهshall I console him وَفيهِand in him اِقتِداؤُناour emulation
بِماذا أُعزّيه وَفيهِ اِقتِداؤُنا
وَفيمَand in what أُسليهshall I comfort him وَقَدand already عَمَّhe has extended to all بالصبرِwith patience
وَفيمَ أُسليه وَقَد عَمَّ بالصبرِ
With what shall I console him, when he is our example?
With what can I console him when in him is our example
And how shall I comfort him, when he has imparted patience to all?
And with what can I give him solace when patience has spread over him
فَإِنْfor if أتْلُI recite آياتٍverses عَلَيهto him فَإِنَّنيthen indeed I am
فَإِنْ أتْلُ آياتٍ عَلَيه فَإِنَّني
كَتالٍlike one reciting لماof what يدريهhe knows it فيin السرِّsecrecy والجهرِand openness
كَتالٍ لما يدريه في السرِّ والجهرِ
For if I recite verses to him, then I am
For if I recite verses to him, I would be
Like one reciting what he knows, in private and in public.
Like one reciting what he knows not in secret and aloud
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