قالواthey said جَهَنَّمُHell دارُabode الخلدِeternity ساكنُهاits inhabitant
قالوا جَهَنَّمُ دارُ الخلدِ ساكنُها
إذاwhen تَطاوَلَstretches on دهرٌan age أَخمَدَextinguishes اللَّهَبَاthe flame
إذا تَطاوَلَ دهرٌ أَخمَدَ اللَّهَبَا
They said: Hell is the abode of eternity; its inhabitant,
They said Hell is the abode of eternity, its inhabitant
when an age stretches on, extinguishes the flame.
When eons pass, God extinguishes the flames
أمَالِكٌhas Mālik...? صارbecome مِنbecause of عَجْزٍa lack لِذِيof what is in يَدِهِhis hand
أمَالِكٌ صار مِن عَجْزٍ لِذِي يَدِهِ
لاnot يسْتطيعُis able لفقرٍbecause of poverty يشْتريbuy الحَطبَاthe firewood
لا يسْتطيعُ لفقرٍ يشْتري الحَطبَا
Has Mālik, through lack of means, become one who
An angel became, out of incapacity, in the hands of Him
cannot, through poverty, buy firewood?
Who cannot, out of poverty, buy firewood