1. Meeting is best when it's for learning
Knowledge for a Muslim man,
١. إنّ اللّقا أَفْضَلُ إنْ كانَ في
تَعْلِمِ عِلْمٍ لامْرِىءٍ مُسْلِمِ
2. Or doing good, forbidding wrong
As clear law has ordained.
٢. أَوْ أَمْرِ مَعْرُوفٍ أَوْ النَّهْيِ عَنْ
مُنْكَرِ شَرْعٍ واضحٍ فاعْلَمِ
3. Or kinship in religion, or a goal
That will profit you after death.
٣. أَوْ قُرْبَةٍ في الدّينِ أو مَقْصدٍ
يَأْتيكَ بَعْد الموت بالمغْنَمِ
4. But if people meet for other than this
Flee their partition, stay safe.
٤. وإنْ تَلاقَى النّاسُ في غَيرِ ذا
فاهْرُبْ إلى فُرْقَتِهِمْ تَسْلَمِ
5. Know that intention is the root
Of good and evil, as long as you live.
٥. واعْلَمْ بأنَّ النِّيَّةَ الأَصْلُ في
خَيْرٍ وشَرٍّ دُمْتَ في الأنْعُمِ