إِنَّ لِلَّهِ عِباداً فُطَنا

إِنَّ لِلَّهِ عِباداً فُطَنا

تَرَكوا الدُنيا وَخافوا الفِتَنا

تَرَكوا الدُنيا وَخافوا الفِتَنا

Indeed, God has discerning servants,

Indeed, Allah has servants who are wise

Who forsook the world and feared its trials.

They abandoned the life of this world and feared temptations

نَظَروا فيها فَلَمّا عَلِموا

نَظَروا فيها فَلَمّا عَلِموا

أَنَّها لَيسَت لِحَيٍّ وَطَنا

أَنَّها لَيسَت لِحَيٍّ وَطَنا

They reflected on it, and when they learned

They examined it and when they knew

That it is no home for any living being,

That it is not a home for the living

جَعَلوها لُجَّةً وَاِتَّخَذوا

جَعَلوها لُجَّةً وَاِتَّخَذوا

صالِحَ الأَعمالِ فيها سُفُنا

صالِحَ الأَعمالِ فيها سُفُنا

They regarded it as a deep sea, and took

They made it a passage and took

Righteous deeds as ships within it.

Righteous deeds in it as their ships