المَرءُ كَالنارِ تَبدو عِندَ مَسقَطِها

المَرءُ كَالنارِ تَبدو عِندَ مَسقَطِها

صَغيرَةً ثُمَّ تَخبو حِنَ تَحتَدِمُ

صَغيرَةً ثُمَّ تَخبو حِنَ تَحتَدِمُ

A person is like fire: at its place of origin it appears

A man is like a fire that seems small in its place of origin

small, then dies down when it blazes fiercely.

Then rages fiercely when it burns hot

وَالناسُ بِالناسِ مِن حَضرٍ وَبادِيَةٍ

وَالناسُ بِالناسِ مِن حَضرٍ وَبادِيَةٍ

بَعضٌ لِبَعضٍ وَإِن لَم يَشعُروا خَدَمُ

بَعضٌ لِبَعضٍ وَإِن لَم يَشعُروا خَدَمُ

And people depend on people, townsfolk and desert dwellers alike;

And people, both city and rural folk, need each other

they are servants to one another, even if they do not realize it.

Though they may not feel each other's service

وَكُلُّ عُضوٍ لِأَمرٍ ما يُمارِسُهُ

وَكُلُّ عُضوٍ لِأَمرٍ ما يُمارِسُهُ

لا مَشيَ لِلكَفِّ بَل تَمشي بِكَ القَدَمُ

لا مَشيَ لِلكَفِّ بَل تَمشي بِكَ القَدَمُ

And every bodily part has some task it performs;

And every organ has a function it performs

the hand does not walk; rather, the foot carries you along.

The hand does not walk, rather the foot walks with you

وَعالَمٌ ظَلَّ فيهِ القَولُ مُختَلِفاً

وَعالَمٌ ظَلَّ فيهِ القَولُ مُختَلِفاً

وَمُحدَثٌ هُوَ مِن رَبٍّ لَهُ القِدَمُ

وَمُحدَثٌ هُوَ مِن رَبٍّ لَهُ القِدَمُ

And the world, about which opinions have remained divided,

And it's a world where speech has differed

is brought into being by a Lord whose existence has no beginning.

With an Originator who is eternal

فَاِذخَر لِنَفسِكَ خَيراً كَي تُسَرَّ بِهِ

فَاِذخَر لِنَفسِكَ خَيراً كَي تُسَرَّ بِهِ

فَإِن فَعَلتَ وَإِلّا عادَكَ النَدَمُ

فَإِن فَعَلتَ وَإِلّا عادَكَ النَدَمُ

So store up good for yourself, that you may rejoice in it;

So do good for yourself that you may be pleased with it

for if you do, well and good; otherwise regret will revisit you.

For if you do you will, if not, regret will return to you