لِلَّهِ عاقِبَةُ الأُمورِ جَميعاً

لِلَّهِ عاقِبَةُ الأُمورِ جَميعاً

أَخشى التَفَرُّقَ أَن يَكونَ سَريعا

أَخشى التَفَرُّقَ أَن يَكونَ سَريعا

To God belongs the outcome of all affairs.

To Allah belong the outcomes of all affairs

I fear that parting will come swiftly.

I fear disunity, that it will be swift

أَفَتَأمَنُ الدُنيا كَأَنَّكَ لا تَرى

أَفَتَأمَنُ الدُنيا كَأَنَّكَ لا تَرى

في كُلِّ وَجهٍ لِلخُطوبِ صَريعا

في كُلِّ وَجهٍ لِلخُطوبِ صَريعا

Do you then trust this world, as though you do not see

Do you feel safe in this life as if you do not see

on every side someone felled by calamities?

In every aspect, misfortunes lying in wait

أَصبَحتَ أَعمى مُبصِراً مُتَحَيِّراً

أَصبَحتَ أَعمى مُبصِراً مُتَحَيِّراً

في ضَوءِ باهِرَةٍ أَصَمَّ سَميعا

في ضَوءِ باهِرَةٍ أَصَمَّ سَميعا

You have become blind though you see, bewildered,

You have become blind, though seeing, confused

in dazzling light, deaf though you hear.

In bright lights, deaf while hearing

لِلمَوتِ ذِكرٌ أَنتَ مُطَّرِحٌ لَهُ

لِلمَوتِ ذِكرٌ أَنتَ مُطَّرِحٌ لَهُ

حَتّى كَأَنَّكَ لا تَراهُ ذَريعاً

حَتّى كَأَنَّكَ لا تَراهُ ذَريعاً

You cast aside the remembrance of death,

Death is remembered, you are headlong towards it

so that you seem not to see how swift it is.

As if you do not see it as a pitfall

ما لي أَرى ما ضاعَ مِنكَ كَأَنَّما

ما لي أَرى ما ضاعَ مِنكَ كَأَنَّما

ضَيَّعتَهُ مُتَعَمِّداً لِيَضيعا

ضَيَّعتَهُ مُتَعَمِّداً لِيَضيعا

Why do I see what you have lost as though

Why do I see what you have lost as if

you deliberately squandered it so it would be lost?

You have deliberately let it slip away

وَتَشَوَّفَت لِذَوي مَخايِلِها المُنى

وَتَشَوَّفَت لِذَوي مَخايِلِها المُنى

وَكَتَمنَ سُمّاً تَحتَهُنَّ نَقيعا

وَكَتَمنَ سُمّاً تَحتَهُنَّ نَقيعا

And hopes have adorned themselves for those who glimpse their promise,

And craved those with depraved passions

and concealed deadly poison beneath themselves.

And concealed poison beneath them, potent

وَإِلى مَدىً سَبَقَت جِيادُ ذَوي التُقى

وَإِلى مَدىً سَبَقَت جِيادُ ذَوي التُقى

فَأَصَبنَ فيهِ مِنَ الحَياءِ رَبيعا

فَأَصَبنَ فيهِ مِنَ الحَياءِ رَبيعا

And the steeds of the devout have raced ahead toward a goal,

And to what extent the steeds of the pious have outrun

and there found rain-fed spring pasture.

And so attained the springtime of modesty

وَلَتَفتَنَنَّ عَنِ الهُدى إِن لَم تَكُن

وَلَتَفتَنَنَّ عَنِ الهُدى إِن لَم تَكُن

لِأَعِنَّةِ الدُنيا إِلَيهِ خَليعا

لِأَعِنَّةِ الدُنيا إِلَيهِ خَليعا

And you will surely be tempted away from guidance unless you are

And they will surely turn away from guidance if they are not

free of the world's reins as you turn toward it.

To the ties of worldly life thereby rendered compliant

كَم عِبرَةٍ لَكَ قَد رَأَيتَ إِنِ اِعتَبَر

كَم عِبرَةٍ لَكَ قَد رَأَيتَ إِنِ اِعتَبَر

تَ بِها وَكَم عَجَباً رَأَيتَ بَديعا

تَ بِها وَكَم عَجَباً رَأَيتَ بَديعا

How many lessons you have seen for yourself—if you have taken heed

How many lessons have you seen, if you took heed

of them—and how many wondrous marvels you have seen!

And contemplated them, and how many wonders seen, unique

إِن كُنتَ تَلتَمِسُ السَلامَةَ في الأُمو

إِن كُنتَ تَلتَمِسُ السَلامَةَ في الأُمو

رِ فَكُن لِرَبِّكَ سامِعاً وَمُطيعا

رِ فَكُن لِرَبِّكَ سامِعاً وَمُطيعا

If you seek safety in your affairs,

If you seek safety in affairs, then be

then be attentive and obedient to your Lord.

To your Lord a listener and obedient