أَيُّها الفاجِرُ جَهلاً بِالنَسَب

أَيُّها الفاجِرُ جَهلاً بِالنَسَب

إِنَّما الناسُ لِأُمٍّ وَلِأَب

إِنَّما الناسُ لِأُمٍّ وَلِأَب

O wicked one, ignorant of lineage,

O ignorant one in lineage and birth

O you who boasts arrogantly, ignorant of lineage,

People come only from a mother and a father.

People are only born of a mother and father

Surely all people are but from a mother and a father.

هَل تراهُم خُلِقوا مَن فِضَّةٍ

هَل تراهُم خُلِقوا مَن فِضَّةٍ

أَم حَديدٍ أَم نُحاسٍ أَم ذَهَب

أَم حَديدٍ أَم نُحاسٍ أَم ذَهَب

Do you think they were created from silver,

Do you see them created of silver

Do you deem that they were created from silver,

or iron, or copper, or gold?

Or iron, copper or gold?

Or from iron, or copper, or gold?

بَل تَراهُم خُلِقوا مِن طينَةٍ

بَل تَراهُم خُلِقوا مِن طينَةٍ

هَل سِوى لَحمٍ وَعَظمٍ وَعَصَب

هَل سِوى لَحمٍ وَعَظمٍ وَعَصَب

Rather, you see they were created from clay.

Rather, you see them created of clay

Nay, you see that they were created from clay;

Are they anything but flesh, bone, and sinew?

Nothing but flesh, bone and vein

Are they anything but flesh, and bone, and sinew?

إِنَّما الفَخرُ لِعَقلٍ ثابِتٍ

إِنَّما الفَخرُ لِعَقلٍ ثابِتٍ

وَحياءٍ وَعَفافٍ وَأَدَب

وَحياءٍ وَعَفافٍ وَأَدَب

Pride lies only in a steadfast mind,

True pride is in steady wisdom

Indeed, true pride belongs to a steadfast intellect,

and modesty, chastity, and good manners.

And modesty, chastity and manners

And to modesty, virtue, and refinement.