فَإِن تَكُنِ الدُنيا تُعَدُّ نَفيسَةً

فَإِن تَكُنِ الدُنيا تُعَدُّ نَفيسَةً

فَإِنَّ ثَوابَ اللَهِ أَعلى وَأَنبلُ

فَإِنَّ ثَوابَ اللَهِ أَعلى وَأَنبلُ

For if this world is deemed precious,

If this world is deemed precious,

If this worldly life is reckoned as precious,

then God's reward is higher and nobler.

Then God's reward is higher and nobler.

Then the reward of God is higher and more noble.

وَإِن تَكُنِ الأَرزاقُ حَظاً وَقِسمَةً

وَإِن تَكُنِ الأَرزاقُ حَظاً وَقِسمَةً

فَقِلَّةُ حِرصِ المَرءِ في الكَسبِ أَجمَلُ

فَقِلَّةُ حِرصِ المَرءِ في الكَسبِ أَجمَلُ

And if livelihoods are a matter of fortune and allotment,

If livelihoods are fortune and allotment,

And if sustenance is but destiny and division,

then less eagerness in a person's pursuit of earnings is finer.

Then one's lack of greed in earning is more beautiful.

Then less greed in a man's pursuit is more beautiful.

وَإِن تَكُنِ الأَموالُ لِلتَركِ جَمعُها

وَإِن تَكُنِ الأَموالُ لِلتَركِ جَمعُها

فَما بالُ مَتروكٍ بهِ الحُرُّ يَبخَلُ

فَما بالُ مَتروكٍ بهِ الحُرُّ يَبخَلُ

And if wealth is gathered to be left behind,

If possessions are for hoarding their gathering,

And if wealth is gathered only to be left behind,

then why is a noble man stingy with what is to be left behind?

Why then would the free man be stingy with what's left?

Why then should a free man be stingy with what he must abandon?

وَإِن تَكُنِ الأَبدانُ لِلمَوتِ أُنشِئَت

وَإِن تَكُنِ الأَبدانُ لِلمَوتِ أُنشِئَت

فَقَتلُ اِمريءٍ لِلّهِ بِالسَيفِ أَفضَلُ

فَقَتلُ اِمريءٍ لِلّهِ بِالسَيفِ أَفضَلُ

And if bodies were created for death,

If bodies were created for death,

And if these bodies were created for death,

then a man's being slain for God by the sword is better.

Then a man's killing for God with the sword is better.

Then being slain by the sword for the sake of God is best.

عَلَيكُم سَلامَ اللَّهِ يا آَلَ أَحمَدٍ

عَلَيكُم سَلامَ اللَّهِ يا آَلَ أَحمَدٍ

فَإِنّي أَراني عَنكُمُ سَوفَ أَرحَلُ

فَإِنّي أَراني عَنكُمُ سَوفَ أَرحَلُ

God's peace be upon you, O family of Ahmad,

Peace of God be upon you, O family of Ahmed,

Upon you be the peace of God, O family of Ahmad,

for I see that I shall depart from you.

For I see that I will soon depart from you.

For I perceive that I shall soon depart from you.