الصَبرُ مِفتاحُ ما يُرجّى

الصَبرُ مِفتاحُ ما يُرجّى

وَكُلُّ خَيرٍ بِهِ يَكونُ

وَكُلُّ خَيرٍ بِهِ يَكونُ

Patience is the key to what is hoped for.

Patience is the key to what is hoped for

Patience is the key to all that is hoped for,

And through it every good thing comes to be.

And with it all good things come

And through it, every goodness comes to be.

فَاِصبِر وَإِن طالَتِ اللَيالي

فَاِصبِر وَإِن طالَتِ اللَيالي

فَرُبَّما طاوَعَ الحُرونُ

فَرُبَّما طاوَعَ الحُرونُ

So be patient, even if the nights grow long.

So be patient though the nights be long

So be patient, even if the nights grow long,

For sometimes the balky steed yields.

For soon the difficult may become easy

For perhaps the obstinate will eventually yield.

وَرُبما نِيلَ بِاِصطِبارٍ

وَرُبما نِيلَ بِاِصطِبارٍ

ما قيلَ هَيهاتَ ما يَكونُ

ما قيلَ هَيهاتَ ما يَكونُ

And through steadfast patience one sometimes attains

And perhaps with perseverance

And perhaps, through endurance, one may attain

What was said to be far beyond reach, never to come to pass.

What was said 'never' may be attained

That which was once said to be impossible.