فيin مُقبِلِthe beginning or approach of الأَمرِthe affair تَشبيهٌa likeness or comparison وَمُدبِرُهُand its end or retreat
في مُقبِلِ الأَمرِ تَشبيهٌ وَمُدبِرُهُ
كَأَنَّماas though فيهِwithin it بِاللَيلِby night المَصابيحُthe lamps
كَأَنَّما فيهِ بِاللَيلِ المَصابيحُ
In the affair’s beginning and its end there is a likeness—
as though lamps were shining within it by night.