قَوْمٌa people إِذَاwhen دَمَسَclosed in الظُكامُthe darkness عَلَيْهِمُover them
قَوْمٌ إِذَا دَمَسَ الظُكامُ عَلَيْهِمُ
حَدَجُواthey hurled forth قَنافِذَhedgehogs بِالنَمِيمَةِwith malicious gossip تَمْزَعُscurry swiftly
حَدَجُوا قَنافِذَ بِالنَمِيمَةِ تَمْزَعُ
A people who, when darkness closes over them,
A people when darkness falls upon them
hurl forth hedgehogs that scurry with malicious gossip.
Become hedgehogs with gossip that rends