فباتso he spent the night يسريtraveling by night ليلهhis night ولمand did not ينمsleep
فبات يسري ليله ولم ينم
ولمand did not يجاوزexceed سيرهhis journey قيدthe length of قدمa foot
ولم يجاوز سيره قيد قدم
He spent the night journeying on through the darkness, never sleeping,
So he spent his night journeying and did not sleep.
Yet all his traveling did not carry him a single footstep.
And his journey did not exceed a foot’s length.
