اصبر على ضر البلايا

اصبر على ضر البلايا

فالصبر من إحدى العطايا

فالصبر من إحدى العطايا

Be patient with the harm of afflictions,

Be patient with the harm of calamities,

for patience is one of the gifts.

For patience is one of the gifts,

ودع الحسود فإنه

ودع الحسود فإنه

متعرض بك للمنايا

متعرض بك للمنايا

And leave the envious man, for he

Leave the envious one, for he

courts death on your account.

Exposes you to death,

في قلبه نار وإن

في قلبه نار وإن

وافاك ضحّاك الثنايا

وافاك ضحّاك الثنايا

There is fire in his heart, even if

In his heart there is fire, even if

he comes to you all smiles, his front teeth showing.

He approaches you with smiling cheeks,

لا تغترر بكلامه

لا تغترر بكلامه

لك في جوانحه خبايا

لك في جوانحه خبايا

Do not be deceived by his words;

Do not be deceived by his words,

within his breast lie hidden thoughts about you.

For in his soul there are hidden intentions,

ولربما حسراته

ولربما حسراته

لك أهلكته على الحكايا

لك أهلكته على الحكايا

And often his regrets

And perhaps his regrets

over you have destroyed him, as tales recount.

Have destroyed him over stories,

زد في علومك وارتفع

زد في علومك وارتفع

عنه وكن حسن السجايا

عنه وكن حسن السجايا

Increase your knowledge, and rise

Increase your knowledge and rise

above him, and be noble in character.

Above him and be of good conduct,

واسكن مدينات العلى

واسكن مدينات العلى

ودع الحواسد في القرايا

ودع الحواسد في القرايا

And dwell in the cities of loftiness,

And reside in the cities of the highest,

and leave the envious in the villages.

And leave the envious in the villages,

ليس النفوس الكاسيا

ليس النفوس الكاسيا

ت معارفاً مثل العرايا

ت معارفاً مثل العرايا

Not alike are souls clothed

Souls covered with knowledge are not

in knowledge and naked souls.

Like the bare bodies,

والمستقيمات الطري

والمستقيمات الطري

قة ليس كالعوج الحنايا

قة ليس كالعوج الحنايا

And those whose way is straight

And the straight path

are not like those whose inner folds are crooked.

Is not like the crooked cavities,

أهل النفاق مضوا ولَ

أهل النفاق مضوا ولَ

كن ها هنا منه بقايا

كن ها هنا منه بقايا

The people of hypocrisy have gone, but

The people of hypocrisy are gone but

here some remnants of it remain.

Those who saw the ugly

إن الذين رأوا القبي

إن الذين رأوا القبي

ح بنا لهم كنا مرايا

ح بنا لهم كنا مرايا

Indeed, those who saw ugliness

We were mirrors for them,

in us—we were mirrors for them.

They dug pitfalls with their cunning

حفروا ركايا مكرهم

حفروا ركايا مكرهم

حسدا فماتوا في الركايا

حسدا فماتوا في الركايا

They dug the wells of their deceit

Out of envy so they died in the pits,

out of envy, so they died within those wells.

And they ridiculed the purity

واستهزأوا لطهارة

واستهزأوا لطهارة

فينا وهم خُبْثُ الطوايا

فينا وهم خُبْثُ الطوايا

And they mocked the purity

In us while they are the wickedness of perversions,

in us, though they were foul in their inward intentions.

And they have increased harm to us

ولنا الأذى قد أكثروا

ولنا الأذى قد أكثروا

ومن الأسى أبدوا خفايا

ومن الأسى أبدوا خفايا

And they heaped much harm upon us,

And from anguish they have shown hidden intentions,

and revealed hidden depths of sorrow.

And the lies they invented about us

وإلافترا في حقنا

وإلافترا في حقنا

ما بينهم مثل الهدايا

ما بينهم مثل الهدايا

And slander against us

Is not like guidance among them,

is, among them, like gifts.

And from ostentation and from plotting

ومن الهنا ومن السرو

ومن الهنا ومن السرو

ر لنا لقد ملئت زوايا

ر لنا لقد ملئت زوايا

And with happiness and with joy

Against us the corners have been filled,

our corners have indeed been filled.

And good tidings have come to us

ولنا البشارة قد أتت

ولنا البشارة قد أتت

من خير من ركب المطايا

من خير من ركب المطايا

And glad tidings have come to us

From the best of those who rode the mounts,

from the best of those who rode mounts.

In it the continuous hadith

فيها الحديث مسلسل ال

فيها الحديث مسلسل ال

إسناد مرفوع المزايا

إسناد مرفوع المزايا

Within them is a hadith with a serially linked

With elevated chain of transmission and merits,

chain of transmission, exalted in merit,

To Al-Dailami in the Musnad of

للديلمي في مسند ال

للديلمي في مسند ال

فردوس عن خير البرايا

فردوس عن خير البرايا

reported by al-Daylami in the Musnad al-

Al-Firdaws from the best of creations,

Firdaws, from the best of creation.

He said: The hours of harm

قد قال ساعات الأذى

قد قال ساعات الأذى

يذهبن ساعات الخطايا

يذهبن ساعات الخطايا

He said: “Hours of suffering

Take away the hours of sins.

take away hours of sin.”