أَلا قَصرُ كُلِّ بَقاءٍ ذَهاب

أَلا قَصرُ كُلِّ بَقاءٍ ذَهاب

وَعُمرانُ كُلِّ حَياةٍ خَراب

وَعُمرانُ كُلِّ حَياةٍ خَراب

Behold, every stay is bounded by departure,

Behold, all abiding ends in departure,

and every life's flourishing ends in ruin.

And every life's flourishing ends in ruin.

وَكُلٍّ يُدانُ بِما كانَ دانَ

وَكُلٍّ يُدانُ بِما كانَ دانَ

فَثَمَّ الجَزاءُ وَثَمَّ الحِساب

فَثَمَّ الجَزاءُ وَثَمَّ الحِساب

Each is requited as he once dealt with others;

And each is requited as he once dealt with others;

there lies the recompense, and there the reckoning.

For there is recompense, and there the reckoning.

فَلا تُجرِ كَفَّكَ مِن مُهرَقٍ

فَلا تُجرِ كَفَّكَ مِن مُهرَقٍ

بِما لايَسُرُّ هُناكَ الكِتاب

بِما لايَسُرُّ هُناكَ الكِتاب

So do not move your hand across my parchment

So do not let your hand run over a parchment

with anything that will not please the Record there.

With words whose record will bring no joy there.

فَإِنَّكَ يَوماً مُجازى بِهِ

فَإِنَّكَ يَوماً مُجازى بِهِ

وَإِنَّ يَداً كَتَبَتهُ تُراب

وَإِنَّ يَداً كَتَبَتهُ تُراب

For one day you will be requited for it,

For one day you will be requited for it,

though the hand that wrote it has become dust.

And the hand that wrote it will be dust.

وَلا خِطَّةٌ غَيرَ إِحدى اِثنَتَينِ

وَلا خِطَّةٌ غَيرَ إِحدى اِثنَتَينِ

إِمّا نَعيمٌ وَإِمّا عَذاب

إِمّا نَعيمٌ وَإِمّا عَذاب

There is no fate but one of two:

And there is no lot but one of two:

either bliss or torment.

Either bliss or torment.

فَرُحماكَ يا مَن عَلَيهِ الحِساب

فَرُحماكَ يا مَن عَلَيهِ الحِساب

وَزُلفاكَ يامَن إِلَيهِ المَآب

وَزُلفاكَ يامَن إِلَيهِ المَآب

Your mercy, O You to whom belongs the reckoning;

So grant Your mercy, O You upon whom the reckoning rests,

and Your favor, O You to whom is the final return.

And nearness to You, O You to whom is the return.