Sol 6.1

  1. أَلَم تَرَ أَنَّ الحَقَّ أَبلَجُ لائِحُ

    وَأَنَّ لَجاجاتِ النُفوسِ جَوائِحُ

    Have you not seen that truth is radiant and manifest,

    and that souls' obstinate disputes are calamities?

  2. إِذا المَرءُ لَم يَكفُف عَنِ الناسِ شَرَّهُ

    فَلَيسَ لَهُ ما عاشَ مِنهُم مُصالِحُ

    If a man does not withhold his evil from people,

    then none among them will be at peace with him as long as he lives.

  3. إِذا كَفَّ عَبدُ اللَهِ عَمّا يَضُرُّهُ

    وَأَكثَرَ ذِكرَ اللَهِ فَالعَبدُ صالِحُ

    If God's servant refrains from what harms him

    and often remembers God, then that servant is righteous.

  4. إِذا العَبدُ لَم يَمدَحهُ حُسنُ فِعالِهِ

    فَلَيسَ لَهُ وَالحَمدُ لِلَّهِ مادِحُ

    If the goodness of a servant's deeds does not praise him,

    then, praise be to God, he has no one to praise him.

  5. إِذا ضاقَ صَدرُ المَرءِ لَم يَصفُ عَيشُهُ

    وَما يَستَطيبُ العَيشَ إِلّا المُسامِحُ

    If a man's breast is constricted, his life will not be serene,

    and only the forgiving find life sweet.

  6. وَبَينا الفَتى وَالمُلهِياتُ يُذِقنَهُ

    جَنى اللَهوِ إِذ قامَت عَلَيهِ النَوائِحُ

    And while diversions give the young man a taste

    of pleasure's fruit, suddenly the wailing women stand over him.

  7. وَإِنَّ امرَأً أَصفاكَ في اللَهِ وُدَّهُ

    وَكانَ عَلى التَقوى مُعيناً لِصالِحُ

    And a man who offers you sincere affection for God's sake

    and helps you in piety is surely righteous.

  8. وَإِنَّ أَلَبَّ الناسِ مَن كانَ هَمُّهُ

    بِما شَهِدَت مِنهُ عَلَيهِ الجَوارِحُ

    And the wisest of people is he whose concern

    is with the deeds his limbs bear witness to against him.