1. So count not wealth as endless gain,
Salvation is the real bargain.
١. فَلا تَحسَبِ الغُنمَ جَمعَ التِلا
دِ فَإِنَّ النَجاةَ هِيَ المَغنَمُ
2. If but the just could win salvation -
How then for those of oppression?
٢. وَلَيتَ النَجاءَةَ لِلمُنصِفي
نَ تُرَجّى فَكَيفَ لِمَن يَظلِمُ
3. Behind you here two dwellings lie,
Both wrecked, and more shall yet comply.
٣. حِيالَكَ دارانِ مَهدومَةٌ
وَمَنقوضَةٌ خَلفَها تُهدَمُ
4. Instruction here for those who learn,
And warning, did you but discern.
٤. وَفي ذاكَ مُعتَبَرٌ لِلَّبي
بِ وَمُتَّعِظٌ لَكَ لَو تَعلَمُ
5. If governance an infidel holds,
O'er Muslims, perished are the folds.
٥. إِذا جازَ حُكمُ اِمرِىءٍ مُلحِدٍ
عَلى مُسلِمٍ هَلَكَ المُسلِمُ