إِنَّما الدُنيا فَناءٌ

إِنَّما الدُنيا فَناءٌ

لَيسَ لِلدُّنيا ثُبوتُ

لَيسَ لِلدُّنيا ثُبوتُ

The world is nothing but transience;

This fleeting world is but illusion

Truly, this world is perishing,

The world has no permanence.

For this world there's no permanence

There is no stability for this earthly life.

إِنَّما الدُنيا كَبَيتٍ

إِنَّما الدُنيا كَبَيتٍ

نَسَجَتهُ العَنكَبوتُ

نَسَجَتهُ العَنكَبوتُ

The world is only like a house

This world is but a spider's web

The world is merely like a dwelling

That a spider has woven.

Spun with silken eloquence

That the spider has woven.

وَلَقَد يَكفيكَ مِنها

وَلَقَد يَكفيكَ مِنها

أَيُّها الطالِبُ قوتُ

أَيُّها الطالِبُ قوتُ

And indeed, all you require from it,

Of this world let sustenance suffice

And indeed, all that suffices you from it,

O seeker, is sustenance.

Seeker of wisdom, excellence

O seeker, is simple sustenance.

وَلَعَمري عَن قَليلٍ

وَلَعَمري عَن قَليلٍ

كُلُّ مَن فيها يَموتُ

كُلُّ مَن فيها يَموتُ

And by my life, before long,

For soon all in this world shall die

And by my life, before long,

Everyone in it will die.

Such is the nature of life's effervescence

Everyone within it shall die.