1. لَعَمرُ أَبي لَو أَنَّني أَتَفَكَّرُ

    رَضيتُ بِما يُقضى عَلَيَّ وَيُقدَرُ

    By my father's life, if I were to reflect,

    I would be content with what is decreed and ordained for me.

  2. تَوَكَّل عَلى الرَحمَنِ في كُلِّ حاجَةٍ

    أَرَدتَ فَإِنَّ اللَهَ يَقضي وَيَقدِرُ

    Trust in the Most Merciful for every need

    you wish fulfilled, for God decrees and ordains.

  3. مَتى ما يُرِد ذو العَرشِ أَمراً بِعَبدِهِ

    يُصِبهُ وَما لِلعَبدِ ما يَتَخَيَّرُ

    Whenever the Lord of the Throne wills something for His servant,

    it befalls him; the servant does not get whatever he chooses.

  4. وَقَد يَهلِكُ الإِنسانُ مِن بابِ أَمنِهِ

    وَيَنجو لَعَمرُ اللَهِ مِن حَيثُ يَحذَرُ

    And a person may perish through the gate of his safety,

    yet be saved, by God's life, from the quarter he fears.