وزيرٌ ما تقلَّدَ قطُّ وزراً

وزيرٌ ما تقلَّدَ قطُّ وزراً

ولا داناهُ في مثوىً أثامُ

ولا داناهُ في مثوىً أثامُ

A minister who never bore a burden of sin,

A minister who never held office,

nor did punishment for sin draw near him in any abode.

Nor dwelled in a home of sins,

وجلُّ فعاله صَاداتُ بِرٍّ

وجلُّ فعاله صَاداتُ بِرٍّ

صِلاتٌ أو صَلاةٌ أو صِيَامُ

صِلاتٌ أو صَلاةٌ أو صِيَامُ

And most of his deeds are acts of goodness beginning with ṣād:

Most of his deeds were acts of righteousness,

gifts, or prayer, or fasting.

Prayers, supplications, or fasting.