لاdo not تُنكرَنَّdeny (emphatic) منamong الأنامِhumankind تَفَاوُتاًdifferences
لا تُنكرَنَّ من الأنامِ تَفَاوُتاً
إذsince كانis ذاthis one عَبداًa slave وذلكand that one سَيِّدَاa master
إذ كان ذا عَبداً وذلك سَيِّدَا
Never deny the differences among humankind,
Deny not within mankind inequality
since this one is a slave and that one a master.
Where one is bondman and another lord
فالنَّاسُfor people مثلُlike الأرضِthe earth منهاof it بُقعَةٌa patch
فالنَّاسُ مثلُ الأرضِ منها بُقعَةٌ
تلقَىyou find بهاin it خَبَثاًfilth وأُخرىand another مَسجِداa mosque
تلقَى بها خَبَثاً وأُخرى مَسجِدا
For people are like the earth: one patch of it
For people are as plots of earth, some good
is where you find filth, and another is a mosque.
And some made mosque, while others ill afford