سألتُI asked المنجمَthe astrologer عنabout طالعٍa horoscope
سألتُ المنجمَ عن طالعٍ
لخافضfor one who brings others low
لخافض
I asked the astrologer about a horoscope
I asked the astrologer about the fate
for one who brings others low.
Of a wrongdoer
فقالَso he said يَموتhe will die عَلىin a state of غَفلةunawareness
فقالَ يَموت عَلى غَفلة
وَيُقبَرُand he will be buried فيin أَوّلthe beginning of السابعِthe seventh month
وَيُقبَرُ في أَوّل السابعِ
So he said: “He will die unawares,
He said he will die unexpectedly
and be buried at the beginning of the seventh month.
And be buried early in the seventh month
وَيصلىand he will burn in سَعيراًa blazing fire بِماfor what قدّمتhave sent ahead
وَيصلى سَعيراً بِما قدّمت
يَداهhis two hands بنصaccording to an explicit text مِنfrom الشارعthe Lawgiver
يَداه بنص مِن الشارع
And he will burn in a blazing fire for what
He will suffer for what his hands have done
his hands have sent ahead, according to a text from the Lawgiver.”
As stated clearly in the scripture
وَنبأنيand he informed me أَنthat تاريخهhis chronogram
وَنبأني أَن تاريخه
فيin رجبٍRajab قَدalready نُعِيhis death was announced
في رجبٍ قَد نُعِي
And he told me that his chronogram read:
The astrologer informed me that his date
“In Rajab, his death was announced.”
Is in Rajab, as has been announced