الرزقsustenance ماemphatic particle بينamong خلقthe creatures of اللَهGod مقسومٌapportioned
الرزق ما بين خلق اللَه مقسومٌ
والخلقand creatures صنفانtwo kinds مرزوقٌprovided for ومحرومand deprived
والخلق صنفان مرزوقٌ ومحروم
Provision is apportioned among God's creatures.
And creatures are of two kinds: provided for and deprived.
لاdo not تجهدexhaust النفسthe self للأرزاقfor sustenance فيin طلبseeking
لا تجهد النفس للأرزاق في طلب
شتانfar apart are خالٍone free منfrom الدنياthe world ومهمومand one burdened with worry
شتان خالٍ من الدنيا ومهموم
Do not exhaust yourself in seeking sustenance.
How far apart are one free of the world and one burdened with worry.
وربماand sometimes رزقis granted العصفورthe sparrow جائزةًa gift
وربما رزق العصفور جائزةً
بهاon it يعيشit lives وأحرمنand they were deprived القشاعيمthe aged vultures
بها يعيش وأحرمن القشاعيم
And sometimes a sparrow is granted a gift
on which it lives, while the aged vultures are deprived.
والمرءand man فيin حالةthe circumstances of الدارينthe two abodes محتكمsubject to judgment
والمرء في حالة الدارين محتكم
وكلand all ماthat قدرhas decreed الرحمنthe Most Merciful محتومinevitable
وكل ما قدر الرحمن محتوم
And man, in the circumstances of both abodes, is subject to judgment.
And all the Most Merciful decrees is inevitable.
وإنماand only نحنwe فيin الدنياthis world أولوthose undertaking سفرٍa journey
وإنما نحن في الدنيا أولو سفرٍ
وإنهاand indeed it منهجa path للحشدto the gathering ديمومa waterless desert
وإنها منهج للحشد ديموم
And we are but travelers in this world,
and it is a desert path to the gathering.
عشناwe have lived نجمعgathering ماwhat عقباهits outcome مفترقٌscattered
عشنا نجمع ما عقباه مفترقٌ
فيهاin it ونعمرand we build ماwhat عقباهits outcome مهدومdemolished
فيها ونعمر ما عقباه مهدوم
We have lived gathering what will finally be scattered,
within it, and building what will finally be demolished.
وكلناand all of us بهوىwith desire for دنياهhis worldly life مشتغلٌoccupied
وكلنا بهوى دنياه مشتغلٌ
بهاin it لهfor him ثمthere تأخيرٌsetback وتقديمand advancement
بها له ثم تأخيرٌ وتقديم
And each of us is absorbed in desire for his worldly life;
in it, there are setbacks and advances for him.
وليسand not نعلمwe know بالموتof death الزؤامswift and dreadful وذوand the man of الthe
وليس نعلم بالموت الزؤام وذو ال
جدfortune الوضيعlowly علىamong الأغفالthe heedless موزومconstrained
جد الوضيع على الأغفال موزوم
And we are unaware of swift, dreadful death, and the man of
lowly fortune is constrained among the heedless.
آمالناour hopes فيin صبىًyouth والشيبwhile gray hair ينحلناwastes us away
آمالنا في صبىً والشيب ينحلنا
وهنand they مردٌbeardless youths ومناand of us الجسمthe body مهرومdecrepit
وهن مردٌ ومنا الجسم مهروم
Our hopes are youthful, while gray hair wastes us away.
They are beardless youths, while our bodies are decrepit.
نرجوwe hope for البقاءlasting life وموجودyet the existence of البقاءlasting life لناfor us
نرجو البقاء وموجود البقاء لنا
فيماwhen نفكرwe reflect بالتحقيقin truth معدومnonexistent
فيما نفكر بالتحقيق معدوم
We hope for lasting life, yet the lasting life available to us,
when we reflect, is truly nonexistent.
آمالناour hopes بالألىin those who الماضينwent before موعظةٌa warning
آمالنا بالألى الماضين موعظةٌ
ذلتbowed لحكمهمto their rule السبعthe seven الأقاليمregions
ذلت لحكمهم السبع الأقاليم
In those who went before lies a warning for our hopes:
the seven regions bowed to their rule.
ماnot كانwas حظهمtheir share منهاof it سوىanything but حفرgrave-pits
ما كان حظهم منها سوى حفر
وكلهمand all of them لمجالto the course of الدورthe cycle مسلومsurrendered
وكلهم لمجال الدور مسلوم
Their share of it was nothing but grave-pits,
and all were surrendered to time's revolving course.
تبّاًruin لدارupon an abode فلاfor it does not تبقىremain علىin جدةprosperity
تبّاً لدار فلا تبقى على جدة
ولاand neither بهاin it ظالمٌan oppressor يبقىremains ومظلومnor an oppressed person
ولا بها ظالمٌ يبقى ومظلوم
Ruin upon an abode that does not retain its prosperity,
where neither oppressor nor oppressed remains.
غنيهاits rich man ماas long as بقيhe remains فيهاin it فمهمومthen burdened with worry
غنيها ما بقي فيها فمهموم
فقيرهاits poor man بنغيصby the bitterness of العيشliving مغمومgrief-stricken
فقيرها بنغيص العيش مغموم
Its rich man is troubled as long as he stays in it;
its poor man is grief-stricken by the bitterness of living.
دعاهاleave it فماfor never ضحكتit laughed إلاexcept بكتit wept ومتىand whenever
دعاها فما ضحكت إلا بكت ومتى
تصلit draws close جفتit turned cold وسخاهاand its bounty عندهin his eyes لومblame
تصل جفت وسخاها عنده لوم
Leave it: it never laughs without weeping; and whenever
it draws close, it turns cold, and its bounty is blameworthy in his eyes.
Sol 6.1