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Leave people be, for people do oppress and hurt,

دع الناس إن الناس توسي وتؤلم

1. Leave people be, for people do oppress and hurt,
While your Lord decrees what He desires and rules.

١. دَعِ الناسَ إِنَّ الناسَ تُوسِي وَتُؤلِمُ
وَرَبُّكَ يَقضِي ما يَشاءُ وَيَحكُمُ

2. He sees His servant's varied kindness
As a witness, though He desires no witness, and your Lord knows best.

٢. يَرى عَبدُهُ إِحسانَهُ مُتَنَوِّعاً
شَهِيّاً ولا يَشهَى وَرَبُّكَ أَعلَمُ

3. How many a state the servant thought loss
Yet when it passed, behold, a gain it becomes.

٣. فكَم حالَةٍ بالعَبدِ ظُنَّت خَسارَةً
فلَمَّا تَعَدَّتهُ إِذا هِيَ مَغنَمُ

4. And observe the noble ancients, they are the ones
Who gained virtue among people, yet were oppressed and hurt.

٤. وَلاحِظ كِراماً سالِفِينَ هُمُ هُمُ
عَلى فَضلِهِم في الناسِ رِيعُوا وَأُولِمُوا

5. Though some of the righteous are inclined
To rule against their desires and give precedence.

٥. عَلى أَنَّ بعضَ الصالِحِينَ مُفَضِّلٌ
خِلافَ هَواهُ حُكمُهُ وَمُقَدِّمُ

6. And God has fine favors in the folds of His decree,
The perceptive, regarding its mysteries, comprehends.

٦. ولِلَّهِ أَلطافٌ بِطَيِّ قَضائِهِ
أَخو الفَهمِ في أَسرارِها يَتَفَهَّمُ

7. So Moses, by being cast into the river, attained his exaltation,
And rose to the highest of ranks, while he was honored.

٧. فمُوسى بِقَذفِ اليَمِّ تَمَّ عُلُوُّهُ
تَرَقَّى إِلى أَعلَى الذُّرا وَهوَ مُكرَمُ

8. And Joseph, after the well and prison for a time,
Contained kingship, and he was the utilized, revered one.

٨. وَيُوسُفُ بعدَ الجُبِّ وَالسِجنِ حِقبَةً
حَوَى المُلكَ وَهوَ المُستَفادُ المُعَظَّمُ

9. And by patience and piety, you attain His gifts,
And the most devout, to The Guardian, is the most noble.

٩. وبِالصَّبرِ وَالتَّقوى تَنالُ هِباتِهِ
وَأَتقَى الوَرى عِندَ المُهَيمِنِ أَكرَمُ

10. So servant of The Mighty, the son of the excellent man Umar
Whom the lineage of Aqqas raised — the translated one.

١٠. فعبد العَزيزِ بنَ الفَتَى عُمَرَ الذي
إِلى آلِ عَكّاسٍ نَماهُ المُتَرجِمُ

11. We know you to be of perceptive intellect and possessing pilgrimage
And you are, by God's praise, a leading expert.

١١. عَهِدناكَ ذا فَهمٍ ذَكِيٍّ وَذا حِجاً
وَأَنتَ بِحَمدِ اللَّهِ حَبرٌ مُقَدَّمُ

12. So do not worry about what God has ordained, for He
Is the treasure, and without God the desirer is destroyed.

١٢. فَلا تَكتَرِث مِمّا قَضى اللَّهُ إِنَّهُ
هُوَ الذُّخرُ وَالباغِي سِوى اللَّه يُعدِمُ