وَمِنَAndيُؤْتَىis givenالْحِكْمَةِwisdomفَقَدْhasأُوتِيَbeen grantedخَيْرًاgoodكَبِيرًاmuch
And he who is given wisdom has certainly been granted much good.
كِتَابُBookالإِبَانَةِthe clarificationعَنْaboutأُصُولِthe foundationsالدِّيَانَةِof the religion
The Book of the Clarification about the Foundations of the Religion.
الدّينِThe religion
The religion.
لِإِمَامِFor the Imamالْمُتَكَلِّمِينَof the speakersنَاصِرٍNasserسُنَّةِthe Sunnahسَيِّدِof the Masterالْمُرْسَلِينَof the messengersوَالدَّافِعِand the defenderعَنْofوَالْمُصَحِّحِand the correctorلِعَقَائِدِof the beliefsالمُسْلِمِينَof the Muslimsالشَّيْخِthe SheikhأَبِيAbuالْحَسَنِAl-HassanعَلِيٍّAliابْنِson ofإِسْمَاعِيلَIsmailالْبَصْرِيِّAl-BasriالشَّافِعِيِّAl-Shafi'iمِنْfromذُرِّيَّةِthe offspringأَبِيof AbuمُوسَىMusaالأَشْعَرِيِّAl-Ash'ariصَاحِبِthe companionرَسُولِof the Messengerاللَّهِof Allahإِلَيْهِto himتُنْسَبُis attributedالطَّائِفَةِthe groupالأَشْعَرِيَّةِof Ash'ari
For the Imam of the Speakers, the defender of the Sunnah of the Master of the Messengers, and corrector of the beliefs of the Muslims, Sheikh Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Ismail al-Basri al-Shafi'i, from the offspring of Abu Musa al-Ash'ari, is attributed the Ash'ari sect.
وَقَالَAnd saidالأُسْتَاذُthe professorأَبُوAbuإِسْحَاقَIsḥaqالإِسْفَرَائِينِيِّal-IsfarayiniكُنْتُI wasفِيinجَنْبِthe sideالشَّيْخِof the SheikhأَبِيAbuالْحَسَنِAl-HassanالْبَاهِلِيِّAl-Bahiliكَقَطْرَةٍlike a dropفِيinالْبَحْرِthe sea
And said the professor Abu Isḥaq al-Isfarayini: I was at the side of Sheikh Abu al-Hasan al-Bahili like a drop in the sea.
وَسَمِعْتُAnd I heardالْبَاهِلِيَّAl-BahiliيَقُولُsayكُنْتُI wasفِيinجَنْبِthe sideالأَشْعَرِيِّof al-Ash'ariكَطَاطِرَةٍlike a dropفِيinالْبَحْرِthe sea
And I heard Al-Bahili say: I was at the side of al-Ash'ari like a drop in the sea.
قَالَهُHe said itتَاجُTajالسُّبْكِيِّal-Sabkiفِيinالطَّبَقَاتِthe classesالْوُسْطَىthe middle
This was said by Taj al-Sabki in the Middle Classes.
قَالَHe saidابْنُIbnخَلْكَانُKhalkanوُلِدَwas bornالشَّيْخُthe Sheikhسَنَةَin the yearسَبْعِينَseventyأَوْorسِتّينَsixtyوَمَائَتَيْنِand two hundredوَأَمَّاAnd as forوَفَاتُهُhis deathقِيلَit was saidسَنَةَin the yearنَيِّفٍmore thanوَثَلاثِينَthirtyأَوْorأَرْبَعٍtwenty-fourوَعِشْرِينَand twentyأَوْorثَلاثِينَthirtyوَثَلاثمِائَةٍand three hundred
Told Ibn Khalkan: The Sheikh was born in the year seventy or sixty-two hundred, and as for his death, it was said to be in the year more than thirty, or twenty-four, or thirty-three hundred.
فَجْأَةًSuddenlyحَكَاهُhe mentionedابْنُIbnالْهَمْدَانِيِّal-Hamdaniفِيinذَيْلِthe appendixتَارِيخِof the historyالطَّبَرِيِّal-Tabariبِبَغْدَادَin Baghdadوُدُفِنَand was buriedبَيْنَbetweenالْكَرْخِal-Karkhوَبَابِand the Gateالْبَصْرَةِof Basraرَحِمَهُmay Allah have mercy upon himتَعَالَىthe Exalted
Suddenly he mentioned Ibn al-Hamdani in the appendix of the history of al-Tabari in Baghdad, and he was buried between al-Karkh and the Gate of Basra. May Allah have mercy upon him, the Exalted.
بِمَطْبَعَةِIn the pressمَجْلِسِcouncilدَائِرَةِof the circleالْمَعَارِفِof knowledgeالنِّظَامِيَّةِthe systematicالْكَائِنَةِexistingفِيinالْهِنْدِIndiaبِحَيْدَرَin Hyderabadآبَادٍabadالدّّكَنِthe Deccanعُمْرَهَاmay it lastاللَّهُAllahإِلَىtoأَقْصَىthe utmostالزَّمَنِof time
In the press of the Council of Systematic Knowledge existing in India in Hyderabad, may Allah make it last to the utmost of time.