1. I thought of wealth and of hoarding it
Yet what remains is the ephemeral
١. فَكَّرتُ في المالِ وَفي جَمعِهِ
فَكانَ ما يَبقى هُوَ الفاني
2. While what I spent for good causes and charity
With kindness and benevolence
٢. وَكانَ ما أَنفَقتُ في أَوجُهِ ال
بِرِّ بِمَعروفٍ وَإِحسانِ
3. That is what remains, and I will be rewarded for it
On the Day when all humans are recompensed
٣. هُوَ الَّذي يَبقى وَأُجزى بِهِ
يَوم يُجازى كُلُّ إِنسانِ
4. But counting and mentioning wealth frequently
Is a corruption of proper conduct
٤. وَمِن فَسادِ العُرفِ إِحصاؤُه
وَذِكرُهُ في كُلِّ إِبّانِ
5. So if you gain wealth, spread it around
And if you gain it, conceal it with forgetfulness
٥. فَاِنشُر إِذا أوليتَ عُرفاً وَإِن
أَولَيتَهُ فَاِستُر بِنِسيانِ