جاملْ عدوَّكَ ما استطعتَ فإنهُ

جاملْ عدوَّكَ ما استطعتَ فإنهُ

بالرِفْقِ يُطْمَعُ في صلاح الفاسدِ

بالرِفْقِ يُطْمَعُ في صلاح الفاسدِ

Treat your enemy courteously as best you can, for

Beautify your enemy as much as you can, for with kindness, one may hope to reform the corrupt.

Through gentleness, one may hope to reform the corrupt.

And beware of your envious ones as much as you can, for if you are heedless of them, they will not be heedless of you.

واحذرْ حسودَك ما استطعتَ فإنه

واحذرْ حسودَك ما استطعتَ فإنه

إن نِمْتَ عنه فليسَ عنك براقدِ

إن نِمْتَ عنه فليسَ عنك براقدِ

And beware of your envier as best you can, for

Verily the envious one, even if he sees you being friendly towards him, is more harmful to you than an openly hostile enemy.

If you sleep heedless of him, he does not sleep heedless of you.

And perhaps the enemy will be pleased when he sees good from you, so he becomes no longer stubbornly opposed.

إن الحسودَ وإن أراكَ توَدُّداً

إن الحسودَ وإن أراكَ توَدُّداً

منه أضرُّ من العدوِّ الحاقدِ

منه أضرُّ من العدوِّ الحاقدِ

Indeed, the envious man, even if he shows you affection

Yet the pleasure of the envier is the loss of the blessing you were given by the Generous, the Eternal.

On his part, is more harmful than a spiteful enemy.

So be patient with the rage of the envier, for his fire throws its sparks into everlasting torment.

ولَربَّما رَضِيَ العدوُّ إِذا رأى

ولَربَّما رَضِيَ العدوُّ إِذا رأى

منك الجميلَ فصار غيرَ معاندِ

منك الجميلَ فصار غيرَ معاندِ

And an enemy may well be appeased when he sees

Or have you not seen how the fire consumes itself until it returns to cold, lifeless ashes?

Kindness from you, and cease to be defiant.

It adds blessings to the envied one from his Lord’s bounty while the heart of the envious one melts away.

ورِضا الحسودِ زوالُ نعمتِكَ التي

ورِضا الحسودِ زوالُ نعمتِكَ التي

أُوتِيتَها من طَارفٍ أو تالدِ

أُوتِيتَها من طَارفٍ أو تالدِ

But the envier's satisfaction is the loss of your blessing, which

You were given, whether newly acquired or inherited.

فاصْبِرْ على غَيظِ الحسودِ فنارُهُ

فاصْبِرْ على غَيظِ الحسودِ فنارُهُ

ترمي حشاهُ بالعذابِ الخالدِ

ترمي حشاهُ بالعذابِ الخالدِ

So endure the envier's rage, for his fire

Pelts his innards with everlasting torment.

أوما رأيتَ النارَ تأكلُ نفسها

أوما رأيتَ النارَ تأكلُ نفسها

حتى تعودَ إِلى الرَّمادِ الهامدِ

حتى تعودَ إِلى الرَّمادِ الهامدِ

And have you not seen fire devour itself

Until it turns to lifeless ashes?

تضفو على المحسود نعمة ربِّهِ

تضفو على المحسود نعمة ربِّهِ

ويذوبُ من كَمَدٍ فُؤادُ الحاسدِ

ويذوبُ من كَمَدٍ فُؤادُ الحاسدِ

His Lord's blessing abounds upon the envied man,

While the envier's heart melts with anguish.