1. كُلُّ اِمرِئٍ فَكَما يَدينُ يُدانُ

    سُبحانَ مَن لَم يَخلُ مِنهُ مَكانُ

    Every person—as he deals, so is he dealt with.

    Glory to Him: no place is devoid of Him.

  2. سُبحانَ مَن يُعطي المُنى بِخَواطِرٍ

    في النَفسِ لَم يَنطِق بِهِنَّ لِسانُ

    Glory to Him who grants wishes in response to thoughts

    within the soul, which no tongue has voiced.

  3. سُبحانُ مَن لا شَيءَ يَحجُبُ عِلمَهُ

    فَالسِرُّ أَجمَعُ عِندَهُ إِعلانُ

    Glory to Him whose knowledge nothing can veil.

    For every secret is open before Him.

  4. سُبحانُ مَن هُوَ لا يَزالُ مُسَبِّحاً

    أَبَداً وَلَيسَ لِغَيرِهِ السُبحانُ

    Glory to Him who never ceases to glorify,

    forever; glorification belongs to none but Him.

  5. سُبحانُ مَن تَجري قَضاياهُ عَلى

    ما شاءَ مِنها غائِبٌ وَعِيانُ

    Glory to Him whose decrees unfold according to

    what He wills of them, unseen and manifest alike.

  6. سُبحانَ مَن هُوَ لا يَزالُ وَرِزقُهُ

    لِلعالَمينَ بِهِ عَلَيهِ ضَمانُ

    Glory to Him who never ceases to be, and whose provision

    for all beings is guaranteed by Him, incumbent upon Him.

  7. سُبحانَ مَن في ذِكرِهِ طُرُقُ الرِضى

    مِنهُ وَفيهِ الرَوحُ وَالرَيحانُ

    Glory to Him, in whose remembrance lie paths to favor

    from Him, and in it are relief and sweet basil.

  8. مَلِكٌ عَزيزٌ لا يُفارِقُ عِزُّهُ

    يُعصى وَيُرجى عِندَهُ الغُفرانُ

    A mighty King whose might never leaves Him.

    He is disobeyed, yet forgiveness is hoped for from Him.

  9. مَلِكٌ لَهُ ظَهرُ الفَضاءِ وَبَطنُهُ

    لَم تُبلِ جِدَّةَ مُلكِهِ الأَزمانُ

    A King to whom belong the expanse's surface and its depths.

    The ages have not worn away the freshness of His dominion.

  10. مَلِكٌ هُوَ المَلِكُ الَّذي مِن حِلمِهِ

    يُعصى بِحُسنِ بَلائِهِ وَيُخانُ

    A King—He is the King who, in His forbearance,

    is disobeyed despite His gracious favors, and betrayed.

  11. يَبلى لِكُلِّ مُسَلعَنٍ سُلطانُهُ

    وَاللَهُ لا يَبلى لَهُ سُلطانُ

    Every potentate's authority wears away,

    but God's authority never wears away.

  12. كَم يَستَصِمُّ الغافِلونَ وَقَد دُعوا

    وَغَدا وَراحَ عَلَيهِمُ الحَدَثانُ

    How often the heedless feign deafness, though they have been called,

    and time's vicissitudes have visited them morning and evening.

  13. أَبشِر بِعَونِ اللَهِ إِن تَكُ مُحسِناً

    فَالمَرءُ يُحسِنُ طَرفَةً فَيُعانُ

    Rejoice in God's aid if you do good,

    for a person does good for an instant, and is then aided.

  14. فَنِيَ التَعَزُّزُ عَن مُلوكٍ أَصبَحَت

    في ذِلَّةٍ وَهُمُ الأَعِزَّةَ كانوا

    Pride has vanished from kings who have fallen

    into abasement, though they once were mighty.

  15. أَأُسَرُّ في الدُنيا بِكُلِّ زِيادَةٍ

    وَزِيادَتي فيها هِيَ النُقصانُ

    Am I to rejoice in every increase in this world,

    when my increase in it is decrease?

  16. وَيحَ اِبنَ آدَمَ كَيفَ تَرقُدُ عَينُهُ

    عَن رَبِّهِ وَلَعَلَّهُ غَضبانُ

    Alas for Adam's son! How can his eye sleep,

    heedless of his Lord, when He may be angry?

  17. وَيحَ اِبنِ آدَمَ كَيفَ تَغفُلُ نَفسُهُ

    وَلَهُ بِيَومِ حِسابِهِ اِستيقانُ

    Alas for Adam's son! How can his soul be heedless,

    when he is certain of the day of his reckoning?

  18. يَومُ اِنشِقاقِ الأَرضِ عَن أَهلِ البِلى

    فيها وَيَبدو الخُخطُ وَالرِضوانُ

    The day the earth splits open to reveal the people of decay

    within it, and wrath and divine favor become manifest.

  19. يَومُ القِيامَةِ يَومَ يُظلِمُ فيهِ ظُل

    مُ الظالِمينَ وَيُشرِقُ الإِحسانُ

    The Day of Resurrection, the day on which the wrongdoing

    of wrongdoers darkens, and goodness shines.

  20. يا عامِرَ الدُنيا لِيَسكُنَها وَلَي

    سَت بِالَّتي يَبقى لَها سُكَّنُ

    O you who build up this world to dwell in it—yet it is not

    a place whose inhabitants endure.

  21. تَفنى وَتَفنى الأَرضُ بَعدَكَ مِثلَما

    يَفنى المَناخُ وَيَرحَلُ الرُكبانُ

    You perish, and the earth perishes after you, just as

    the campsite vanishes and the riders depart.

  22. أَهلَ القُبورِ نَسيتُكُم وَكَذاكُمُ ال

    إِنسانُ مِنهُ السَهوُ وَالنِسيانُ

    O people of the graves, I have forgotten you; such is the

    human being: heedlessness and forgetfulness come from him.

  23. أَهلَ البِلى أَنتُم مُعَسكَرُ وَحشَةٍ

    حَيثُ اِستَقَرَّ البُعدُ وَالهِجرانُ

    O people of decay, you are a camp of desolation,

    where remoteness and estrangement have settled.

  24. الصِدقُ شَيءٌ لا يَقومُ بِهِ اِمرُؤٌ

    إِلّا وَحَشوُ فُؤادِهِ الإيمانُ

    Truthfulness is something no person upholds

    unless faith fills his heart.