عَرَفتُ الشَرَّ لا لِلشَر

عَرَفتُ الشَرَّ لا لِلشَر

رِ لَكِن لِتَوَقّيهِ

رِ لَكِن لِتَوَقّيهِ

I came to know evil, not for evil’s sake,

I've come to know evil, not for evil's sake,

but to guard against it.

But to avoid and distance myself from it.

وَمَن لَم يَعرِفِ الشَرَّ

وَمَن لَم يَعرِفِ الشَرَّ

مِنَ الخَيرِ يَقَع فيهِ

مِنَ الخَيرِ يَقَع فيهِ

And whoever does not distinguish evil

Whoever knows not evil and its ways,

from good falls into it.

Will fall unwittingly into evil midst the good.