Fortress of the Muslim
Hisn al-Muslim 50
Arabic hadith text
سَجَـدَ وَجْهـي للَّـذي خَلَقَـهُ وَشَقَّ سَمْـعَـهُ وَبَصَـرَهُ بِحَـوْلِـهِ وَقُـوَّتِهِ ﴿فتَبـارَكَ اللهُ أَحْسَـنُ الخـالِقيـن﴾.
Translation
My face has prostrated to the One who created it and opened its hearing and sight by His power and might. “So blessed is Allah, the Best of creators.”
Translation notes
وَشَقَّ سَمْـعَـهُ وَبَصَـرَهُ بِحَـوْلِـهِ وَقُـوَّتِهِ
The witness renders the verb as ‘gave it hearing and sight’; this translation retains the Arabic wording شقّ (‘opened’) and renders حوله وقوته as His power and might.
Should the direct Arabic wording be retained, or should the witness’s interpretive ‘gave it hearing and sight’ be preferred?